October 5th
Isaiah, 24
1:
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and
turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants
thereof. 2:
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the
servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with
the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury
to him. 3:
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD
hath spoken this word. 4:
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth
away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 5:
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they
have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the
everlasting covenant. 6:
Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell
therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are
burned, and few men left. 7:
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do
sigh. 8:
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth,
the joy of the harp ceaseth. 9:
They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter
to them that drink it. 10:
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no
man may come in. 11:
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the
mirth of the land is gone. 12:
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with
destruction. 13:
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people,
there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning
grapes when the vintage is done. 14:
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of
the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15:
Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD
God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16:
From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory
to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me!
the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the
treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. 17:
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the
earth. 18:
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the
fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst
of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high
are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. 19:
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the
earth is moved exceedingly. 20:
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21:
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the
host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth
upon the earth. 22:
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the
pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall
they be visited. 23:
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD
of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his
ancients gloriously.
Isaiah, 25
1:
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;
for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are
faithfulness and truth. 2:
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a
palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. 3:
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the
terrible nations shall fear thee. 4:
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in
his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when
the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 5:
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry
place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the
terrible ones shall be brought low. 6:
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a
feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full
of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7:
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast
over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. 8:
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take
away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. 9:
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited
for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for
him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 10:
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall
be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the
dunghill. 11:
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that
swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down
their pride together with the spoils of their hands. 12:
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,
lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
Today
we are reading in Isaiah 24 & 25. Isaiah chapter 24 begins a new
section which continues right on to ch 27v13 in which Isaiah declares
judgment and mercy on Israel. Ch 24v1-23 is the judgment and Ch
25v1-27v13 is the mercy. We begin in v1 were Isaiah declares that the
judgment of God will fall on the land. It will come on v2 the people,
priests, masters, maids, mistresses, buyer, seller, lender,
borrowers, taker of usury, and the giver of usury. The land will be
depopulated. Then Isaiah says that the Lord will be glorified in his
judgments in the whole earth v13-16. Fear of death will come on the
inhabitants of the earth. The very foundations of the earth will
shake. There will be great things going on in the earth itself. It
will roll and shake very much v19-20. This will be the judgments of
the kings of the earth. They will be gathered and imprisoned and
visited by God after a long time v21-22. The moon and sun will cease
to shine on the earth. This will all occur in the Day of the LORD of
hosts when Christ reigns in Mount Zion and Jerusalem and all his OT
saints are raised in glory. In Ch 25 Isaiah begins his section
describing the Mercy of the LORD and he begins with praise. In that
day men will praise the LORD for all his wonderful acts and counsels.
The enemies of God will be totally destroyed. Their cities will be
levelled never to be built again. All nations will fear the LORD,
because he will emulate righteousness toward the poor and needy v2-5.
The Lord will restore Israel bringing them into fatness and joy. He
will remove the veil that lies over their eyes. He will conquer
death. He will wipe away all tears from off all faces and he will
remove the rebuke of the nations from Israel v6-8. In that they will
say This is our God we have been waiting for him, he will save us.
This is the LORD that we waited for, we will be glad and rejoice in
his salvation v9. People ask how were the Old Testament saints saved?
Well they weren’t. Their salvation was future and bound up into the
Day of the LORD. In v10 he speaks of the mountain of the LORD brought
to rest and of the destruction of Moab. The Lord will totally humble
Moab v11-12.
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