Reading: Isaiah 14 -17
My Verse: "The LORD of hosts has sworn:
"As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand" (Isaiah 14:24).
This is such an amazing section of scripture! Here Isaiah foretells the devastating destruction of nations and cities -
Babylon: "I will rise up against them,' declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and "remnant," "descendants and posterity," declares the LORD. And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts. (Isaiah 12:21,22).
Assyria: "that I will break the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains trample him underfoot" (Isaiah 14:25)
Philistia: "Wail, O gate; cry out, O city;
melt in fear, O Philistine, all of you!
For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks." (Isaiah 14:29).
Moab: "An oracle concerning Moab.
Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone. . . " (Isaiah 15:1
Damascus: "Behold Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins" (Isaiah 17:1)
Isaiah did not rejoice in these predictions. Instead he wept.
"Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab. . ." Isaiah 17:11).
What You say LORD God stands. Isaiah had no doubt that these things would happen and he wept for the people. You, LORD God will not be mocked. The things happening in our nation show a continual denial of You, it seems we are following in the path of these doomed nations. Yes, there are many wonderful things happening - supposedly advancements in our lives. And yet if we forget from whence it all comes, we will pay! For You destroyed those nations because they forgot You!
"For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant plants
and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
though you make them grow on the day that you plant them.
and make them blossom in the morning that you sow,
yet the harvest will flee away
in a day of grief and incurable pain" (Isaiah 17:10,11).
Help me to be faithful in prayer for our nation, for our leaders. For it is only You, LORD God in which all that exists is held together! (Colossians 1:17)
Your Word is Truth and what You, LORD God say shall stand!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "The LORD of hosts has sworn:
"As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand" (Isaiah 14:24).
This is such an amazing section of scripture! Here Isaiah foretells the devastating destruction of nations and cities -
Babylon: "I will rise up against them,' declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and "remnant," "descendants and posterity," declares the LORD. And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts. (Isaiah 12:21,22).
Assyria: "that I will break the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains trample him underfoot" (Isaiah 14:25)
Philistia: "Wail, O gate; cry out, O city;
melt in fear, O Philistine, all of you!
For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks." (Isaiah 14:29).
Moab: "An oracle concerning Moab.
Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night,
Moab is undone. . . " (Isaiah 15:1
Damascus: "Behold Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins" (Isaiah 17:1)
Isaiah did not rejoice in these predictions. Instead he wept.
"Therefore my inner parts moan like a lyre for Moab. . ." Isaiah 17:11).
What You say LORD God stands. Isaiah had no doubt that these things would happen and he wept for the people. You, LORD God will not be mocked. The things happening in our nation show a continual denial of You, it seems we are following in the path of these doomed nations. Yes, there are many wonderful things happening - supposedly advancements in our lives. And yet if we forget from whence it all comes, we will pay! For You destroyed those nations because they forgot You!
"For you have forgotten the God of your salvation
and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge;
therefore, though you plant pleasant plants
and sow the vine-branch of a stranger,
though you make them grow on the day that you plant them.
and make them blossom in the morning that you sow,
yet the harvest will flee away
in a day of grief and incurable pain" (Isaiah 17:10,11).
Help me to be faithful in prayer for our nation, for our leaders. For it is only You, LORD God in which all that exists is held together! (Colossians 1:17)
Your Word is Truth and what You, LORD God say shall stand!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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