Isaiah 32, 33, 34
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So tonight we continue in the book of Isaiah, and will soon be completing the first half of Isaiah. Remember the we noticed the first 39 chapters have a sense that reminds us of the OT and 40 -66 seems to correspond to the NT.
The section we will be looking at tonight and next week 32 - 35 continue to deal with judgement on nations, the Great Tribulation, and looks into the Kingdom Age of Christ’s rule on earth.
Chapter 32
1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,
And princes will rule with justice.
2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And a cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
4 Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge,
And the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly.
Now as we consider Chapters 32 & 33 some believe that these prophecies were given prior to Ch 31 & 32 as they seem in the near to be looking forward to the reign of Hezekiah, a righteous king.
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness. The nation of Judah had had to tolerated, Hezekiah's father Ahaz, who was very wicked. Of Hezekiah it is written:
And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done … He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any who were before him. For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses (, ).
Some see a looking forward to Hezekiah's grandson Josiah another great King. Ultimately though in the far fulfillment we see Jesus Christ ruling in righteousness during the Millennium.
At that time Isaiah says: 4 Also the heart of the rash will understand knowledge, Paul wrote that at His return;
The New King James Version Chapter 13
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
Isaiah continues with observations of life under a Righteous King;
5 The foolish person will no longer be called generous,
Nor the miser said to be bountiful;
6 For the foolish person will speak foolishness,
And his heart will work iniquity:
To practice ungodliness,
To utter error against the LORD,
To keep the hungry unsatisfied,
And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 Also the schemes of the schemer are evil;
He devises wicked plans
To destroy the poor with lying words,
Even when the needy speaks justice.
8 But a generous man devises generous things,
And by generosity he shall stand.
What a great word. Be generous.
Proverbs says;
The New King James Version Chapter 11
25 The generous soul will be made rich,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.
The New King James Version Chapter 22
9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.
Now Isaiah gives a message for the women of Judah.
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease,
Hear my voice;
You complacent daughters,
Give ear to my speech.
10 In a year and some days
You will be troubled, you complacent women;
For the vintage will fail,
The gathering will not come.
11 Tremble, you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent ones;
Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,
And gird sackcloth on your waists.
12 People shall mourn upon their breasts
For the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
13 On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city;
14 Because the palaces will be forsaken,
The bustling city will be deserted.
The forts and towers will become lairs forever,
A joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks—
15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
It is said that Women are a great barometer of the morality of a nation. Here, in Isaiahs day, he observes the women caught up in frivolous pursuits, complacent regarding the moral degradation of the nation. He says, In a year and some days
You will be troubled, you complacent women; and
Tremble, you women who are at ease;
you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent ones;
Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare,
And gird sackcloth on your waists.
Sackcloth, would be worn as symbols of mourning or grieving. Burlap is very rough and irritating to the skin.
Isaiah gives a ray of hope in v15, all this will be, Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high..
We know of three outpourings of God’s Spirit, at Pentecost , at the end as prophesied by Joel
The New King James Version Chapter 2
28 “And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
And during the GT upon Israel; Ezekiel
The New King James Version Chapter 39
28 then they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer. 29 And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord GOD.”
Everything changes in your life when the Holy Spirit is poured out on you!
Isaiah concludes with the results of God’s righteous reign;
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
17 The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
18 My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
19 Though hail comes down on the forest,
And the city is brought low in humiliation.
20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
I love verse 17. You want peace be right with God. And there is only one way to be right with God and that is through His Son Jesus Christ.
Many time we come across friend or family members and they are not at peace, they are troubled. Our tendency is to comfort and tell them it will be okay. But maybe, they are not right with God, because, The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
Chapter 33
Here, God has message for the Assyrians and their King Sennacherib in the near, and a message to all who would mess with Israel.
1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
When you cease plundering,
You will be plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
As we consider political candidates, as we are in that season, we need to consider there positions on Israel.
In God’s promise to Abraham in
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
and in Zechariah
The New King James Version Chapter 2
8 For thus says the LORD of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye.
Much of our blessing as a nation is linked to our treatment of Israel.
Isaiah continues with a prayer;
O LORD, be gracious to us;
We have waited for You.
Be their arm every morning,
Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee;
When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;
4 And Your plunder shall be gathered
Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
As the running to and fro of locusts,
He shall run upon them.
O LORD, be gracious to us: In light of the Assyrian threat and the longed for deliverance of a righteous king, God's people no longer look to the Egyptians, they no longer look to themselves. Now, they look to the LORD, and cry out, "O LORD, be gracious to us."
In light of their rediscovered faith Isaiah exclaims;
5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
And the strength of salvation;
The fear of the LORD is His treasure.
If you want to see a stable person find one who trusts in the Lord! Real treasure is the fear of the Lord.
7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
Meaning, those who had arranged peace treaties with Assyria. Hezekiah had given God from the temple to appease Sennacherib;
8 The highways lie waste,
The traveling man ceases.
He has broken the covenant,
He has despised the cities,
He regards no man.
9 The earth mourns and languishes,
Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
Sharon is like a wilderness,
And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Sharon and Bashan were formerly lush fruitful areas.
In this next section God is dealing with the half hearted Jews after the destruction of the Assyrian Army.
10 “Now I will rise,” says the LORD;
“Now I will be exalted,
Now I will lift Myself up.
11 You shall conceive chaff,
You shall bring forth stubble;
Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;
Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done;
And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
We must consider the fact that our God is a consuming fire. He knows our hearts and will consume our flesh. Hebrew says
The New King James Version Chapter 12
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
The New King James Version Chapter 4
13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
He who despises the gain of oppressions,
Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
16 He will dwell on high;
His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
Bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.
These are promises to the righteous.
Next, Isaiah here prophesies over Jerusalem
17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
Jesus in His HP Prayer in said
The New King James Version Chapter 17
5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
To Jesus in all His Glory.How beautiful...
They will see the land that is very far off.
18 Your heart will meditate on terror:
“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 You will not see a fierce people,
A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
No more cruel enemies!
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
When you think about it, where is the safest place on the earth? Jerusalem. God has promised to protect it.
21 But there the majestic LORD will be for us
A place of broad rivers and streams,
In which no galley with oars will sail,
Nor majestic ships pass by
This seems to a vision of the river that will flow from the Mt of Olives after the great earth quake foretold in Ezekiel where the Mount will break in two and a river will flow to the Mediterranean sea and to the Dead Sea. The dead sea will be restored and fishing will return.
Interestingly, Jerusalem unlike nearly every other ancient great city was landlocked. It seems God has plans to change all that in the Millennium. It seems no enemy ships will be allowed.
22 (For the LORD is our Judge,
The LORD is our Lawgiver,
The LORD is our King;
He will save us);
Here God lays out His Government, Judicial, Legislative, and Executive.
23 Your tackle is loosed,
They could not strengthen their mast,
They could not spread the sail.
Speaking of enemy ships..
Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
The lame take the prey.
24 And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”;
The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.
Imagine in Gods Kingdom there will be no sickness!
Now on to Chapter 34
Isaiah changes track and we get a prophesy of Armageddon.
1 Come near, you nations, to hear;
And heed, you people!
Let the earth hear, and all that is in it,
The world and all things that come forth from it.
Notice He is talking to the nations and the earth.
2 For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations,
Indignation of the Lord is an idiom of the GT.
And His fury against all their armies;
He has utterly destroyed them,
He has given them over to the slaughter.
3 Also their slain shall be thrown out;
Their stench shall rise from their corpses,
And the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
The Revelation tells us:
The New King James Version Chapter 14
18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” 19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trampled outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.
This will be a literal bloodbath!
4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll;
All their host shall fall down
As the leaf falls from the vine,
And as fruit falling from a fig tree.
This imagery is repeated through out the Old and NT’s.
Matthew
The New King James Version Chapter 24
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
It seems there will be lots of meteors falling during the GT.
He continues,
5 “For My sword shall be bathed in heaven;
Indeed it shall come down on Edom,
And on the people of My curse, for judgment.
6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood,
It is made overflowing with fatness,
With the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 The wild oxen shall come down with them,
And the young bulls with the mighty bulls;
Their land shall be soaked with blood,
And their dust saturated with fatness.”
We remember that Edom is another name for Jacobs fraternal twin. Edom besides being a enemy of Israel is a symbol of the “flesh”. Remember Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of stew.
Edom is south and east of Israel today and includes Saudi Arabia. SA has been the major financier of antisemitic groups around the world.
8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9 Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night or day;
Its smoke shall ascend forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.
Saudi Arabia is interesting in that it has so much oil reserves and could explain Isaiah’s vision of V9 -
9 Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
10 It shall not be quenched night or day;
Its smoke shall ascend forever.
We can only imagine how long that would burn!
But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And He shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
12 They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.
A picture of utter destruction.
13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.
15 There the arrow snake shall make her nest and lay eggs
And hatch, and gather them under her shadow;
There also shall the hawks be gathered,
Every one with her mate.
16 “Search from the book of the LORD, and read:
Not one of these shall fail;
Not one shall lack her mate.
For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them.
17 He has cast the lot for them,
And His hand has divided it among them with a measuring line.
They shall possess it forever;
From generation to generation they shall dwell in it.”
So a daunting description of the GT.. I am glad we will not see it.