Isaiah 1:21-31
The sin of Jerusalem: faithful city has become a harlot! Once was full of justice but now murderers! Silver has become dross. Rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gift. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.
The Lord avenge them as enemies.
I will restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.
Zion will be redeemed with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness. But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the Lord will perish.
You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted.
You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water.
Why?
Swift and terrible judgment will fall on all who continue to defy him: he will cleanse his people from their sin.
Oaks: The sacred groves where Canaanite rites儀式 took place; symbols of the nation's idolatry.
All of the sins were pointed out and the Lord has his plan to clean the city of Jerusalem back to the old with city of righteousness and faithful city.
City of Righteousness, the Faithful City is God delights. Otherwise the Lord will avenge them and all rebels will be perished.
The righteousness of the Lord endure forever.
The sins the the Lord hates: without faith and justice, love bribe and gift, rebel rulers, accompany with thieves, don't care about the cause of fatherless and widow.
Rebel is turn away from the Lord, so they will be evildoer. Loss their conscious.
How?
Fear the Lord who is righteous God, who can stand before Him. With the grace the Jesus Christ we can pray before the Lord. Keep focus on the Lord but not the men, to give honor to the Lord, but it is not for my own.
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My home town church anticipates my return can give them something, may the Lord help me, I am not mighty man, I am only a servant of the Lord, I can do nothing but the Lord can do. May I could be a tube of the God's grace to those needed people.
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