Today look at the first 2 verses of Isaiah chapter 17. "The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 16 … THINGS I DIDN’T SAY
This is the fourth Lesson looking at Moab, a little thirty-mile square nation east of the Dead Sea. But comprised of a people distantly related to the Jews. This "fourth lesson" idea is Isaiah's, not mine! He has given that Country two whole chapters … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 16 … THE SIN GOD HATES
Well, God hates sin. Period! But in most of the "vice lists" (a litany of wicked deeds or attitudes) in the Bible, PRIDE is at least near the top, if not at the very top! (If you recall, Isaiah chapter 14 places "pride" as the root cause of … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 15, THINGS I DIDN’T SAY
We're not "through" with Moab yet! Though today we are still in Isaiah 15 … the Prophet continues his divinely inspired Jeremiad against these people throughout the next chapter as well, Isaiah 16. But today, one more thought is dominating my … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 15 … MOAB
Actually Isaiah gives two whole chapters (15 and 16) to his denunciation of the little nation/kingdom of "Moab." Maybe because those people were distantly related to the Israelites! (Moab was the child of that infamously incestuous relationship … [Continue reading]
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