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This chapter
gives us a basic outline of the history of Jerusalem from the siege of Assyria
to the siege of Babylon. Assyria will
come onto the scene and conquer Israel.
They will march all the way down to Jerusalem. They will conquer the countryside. They will lay siege to the city. Just when all hope is lost, a plague will
overtake them and they will turn tail and head back to Assyria, ashamed. The whole situation will bring about the
death of the king of Assyria as his sons use the defeat to question his right
to rule.
The sad
thing is that such obvious evidence of God’s hand at work will be missed by the
Hebrew people of Jerusalem. As this
chapter is Isaiah claims, the blind will continue to be blind! Even when the spirit of the Lord is poured
out before them, the people will not recognize Him at work. They will remain too focused on their own
desires and enjoying their sudden release from certain death to recognize god’s
hand at work in their life.
The Hebrew
people are honoring God with their lips, but their hearts are not near to
God. They are saying the right words,
but they don’t really mean them. They
are going through the motions, but they aren’t actually practicing the ways of
the Lord.
This leads
us to a great conclusion. The meek will
obtain the joy of the Lord. If the
leadership will ignore the hand of God at work, the Lord will save those who
will take the time to notice. The Lord
will lift up those who honor Him. He
will sanctify them. There will be a
remnant that returns focused on relationship with their God.
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