Reading: Isaiah 49
My Verse: "I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the LORD your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob" (Isaiah 49:26).
Reading this book is like a wild ride through history. I feel like I am careening through the past whilst getting glimpses into the now and beyond into the future! This point is repeated throughout - that all peoples will come to acknowledge that You are the LORD God of the universe!
The Amplified clarifies this verse.
"And I will make those who oppress you consume themselves [in mutually destructive wars], thus eating their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I , the LORD, am your savior and/or Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob" (Isaiah 49:26 AMP)
Wow! "Mutually destructive wars!" Has this ever stopped? Does it not seem to be at an increased level today? I believe I just heard another country was up in arms - fighting amongst themselves!
I like how the ESV commentary points out that defying You, LORD God is "self-destructive."
I especially like the Amplified Bible's clarification "all flesh shall know" "[with a knowledge grounded in personal experience]!" You, LORD God, deal with nations but You also deal with each of us personally, so that each and every individual will know personally that You are the God of the universe, You are the God they have denied.
I read somewhere the importance and need of repetition of important points, as we seem to need that emphasis to be assured of the urgency of a fact. This point is repeated often throughout Isaiah. This all important point of Your ultimate purpose, LORD God.
"Then all flesh shall know
that I am the LORD your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
"And I will take you to Me for a people,
and I will be to you a God;
and you shall know that it is I,
the LORD your God,
Who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians" (Exodus 6:7 AMP).
"And I will give you the treasures of darkness
and hidden riches of secret places,
that you may know that it is I,
the LORD,
the God of Israel, Who call you by your name" (Isaiah 45:3 AMP).
"That men may know from the east
and the rising of the sun
and from the west
and the setting of the sun
that there is no God besides Me,
I am the LORD
and no one else [is He] (Isaiah 45:6 AMP).
"And kings . . .
and their queens . . .
They shall bow down to you with their faces
to the earth
and lick up the dust of your feet;
and you shall know . . .
that I am the LORD . . ." (Isaiah 49:23 AMP)
We do need repetition and reminding. And whenYou, LORD God repeat yourself, we had better listen!
"As I live, says the LORD, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God" (Romans 8:11,12).
Yes, all will know, and all will know this truth personally.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the LORD your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob" (Isaiah 49:26).
Reading this book is like a wild ride through history. I feel like I am careening through the past whilst getting glimpses into the now and beyond into the future! This point is repeated throughout - that all peoples will come to acknowledge that You are the LORD God of the universe!
The Amplified clarifies this verse.
"And I will make those who oppress you consume themselves [in mutually destructive wars], thus eating their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I , the LORD, am your savior and/or Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob" (Isaiah 49:26 AMP)
Wow! "Mutually destructive wars!" Has this ever stopped? Does it not seem to be at an increased level today? I believe I just heard another country was up in arms - fighting amongst themselves!
I like how the ESV commentary points out that defying You, LORD God is "self-destructive."
I especially like the Amplified Bible's clarification "all flesh shall know" "[with a knowledge grounded in personal experience]!" You, LORD God, deal with nations but You also deal with each of us personally, so that each and every individual will know personally that You are the God of the universe, You are the God they have denied.
I read somewhere the importance and need of repetition of important points, as we seem to need that emphasis to be assured of the urgency of a fact. This point is repeated often throughout Isaiah. This all important point of Your ultimate purpose, LORD God.
"Then all flesh shall know
that I am the LORD your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."
"And I will take you to Me for a people,
and I will be to you a God;
and you shall know that it is I,
the LORD your God,
Who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians" (Exodus 6:7 AMP).
"And I will give you the treasures of darkness
and hidden riches of secret places,
that you may know that it is I,
the LORD,
the God of Israel, Who call you by your name" (Isaiah 45:3 AMP).
"That men may know from the east
and the rising of the sun
and from the west
and the setting of the sun
that there is no God besides Me,
I am the LORD
and no one else [is He] (Isaiah 45:6 AMP).
"And kings . . .
and their queens . . .
They shall bow down to you with their faces
to the earth
and lick up the dust of your feet;
and you shall know . . .
that I am the LORD . . ." (Isaiah 49:23 AMP)
We do need repetition and reminding. And whenYou, LORD God repeat yourself, we had better listen!
"As I live, says the LORD, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess to God.
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God" (Romans 8:11,12).
Yes, all will know, and all will know this truth personally.
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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