Isaiah 29:1-24

Isaiah: God controls the nations

God controls the future

Isaiah Chapter s 21 to 30

Norman Hillyer

Chapter 29

The fate of *Jerusalem

v1 *Woe to *Jerusalem, the city of David! It will not matter how often you repeat your series of special services in the *Temple. v2 I am bringing great trouble upon the people in *Jerusalem. They will cry loudly with pain. The city itself will become like one great *altar on which gifts to God are burning. v3 I, the *Lord, will send a powerful enemy to surround *Jerusalem. I shall order them to erect high structures (temporary buildings) against *Jerusalem’s walls. Then I shall order the enemy to attack *Jerusalem. v4 Then fear of the enemy will knock you to the ground. Your voice will be weak, as if your words come through the dust on the ground. Your voice will be a mere whisper.

v5 But listen, people in *Jerusalem. Your attackers will become like dust. The cruel enemy made you very afraid. But their soldiers will become like dry grass that the wind carries away. And it will all happen in a moment. Suddenly! v6 The *Lord is coming to *Jerusalem’s rescue. He will send fierce storms of wind and storms of fire. The earth will shake powerfully. v7 All the foreign armies that frighten the inhabitants of *Jerusalem will vanish like a bad dream in the night. v8 The enemy will be like a hungry person who dreams of food. But he wakes to find that he is still hungry. Or like someone who does not have enough to drink, but he dreams of water. So he wakes to find that his mouth is still dry. Such will be the experience of the nations that attack *Mount Zion.