Be still, waiting for the Lord

Isaiah 9:8-10:4
6/17/2013
There are four sections about "Yet for all this his anger is not turned away his hand is still upraised."
1)All the people will know it - they say with pride and arrogance of heart. Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth.
"The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars."
2)The people have not returned to him who struck them, so the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail-- the elders, prominent men and the prophets.
3)By the wrath of the Lord Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; no one will spare his brother.
4)Woe to those who make unjust laws, deprive the poor of their tights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain.
The prophecy is written in four stanzas, each ending with the same refrain.
The Assyrians took many Israelite captive in 734, but Samaria held out out until 722/1. Israel had turned a deaf ear to the warnings of mos and the appeals of Hosea, the two prophets God had specially sent them.
Why?
The Lord's angry raises his justice, even he has love to his people, but those people rebel him and has done too much wicked. The Lord let the enemies to attack Israel and Judah. Even though they did not return to the Lord.
Te problem is people's heart turn away from the Lord, they refuse to honor the Lord, even the message from the Lord has been sent to them. They have not any response to the Lord.
People have strong confidence to do it by themselves, without turn to the Lord. Man is proud to his wisdom and capability, the problem is rely on man will fall, victory belong to the Lord.
God's love is with us, his salvation is come to everyone, only the unbelief heart keep him away from the Lord.
How?
I am same as other men, want to do something by myself, I have to learn waiting for the Lord, be patient, be quiet(Be still), let the Lord do to me.