Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for

 Isaiah 22:1-25

A prophecy against the Valley of VisionWhat troubles you now, that you have all gone up on the roofs, you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle. All your leaders have fled together;  they have been captured without using the bow.  All you who were caught were taken prisoner together, having fled while the enemy was still far away. Therefore I said, “Turn away from me; let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.” The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day of tumult and trampling and terror in the Valley of Vision, a day of battering down walls and of crying out to the mountains.

You saw that the walls of the City of David were broken through in many places; you stored up water in the Lower Pool. You counted the buildings in Jerusalem and tore down houses to strengthen the wall. You built a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or have regard for the One who planned it long ago.

But see, there is joy and revelry, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine! “Let us eat and drink,” you say, “for tomorrow we die!”

The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing: “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administratorWhat are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

I will depose you from your office, and you will be ousted from your position.

In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah.

 “In that day,” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.

Why?

The people in Jerusalem build the wall and prepare weapons, but all of these were useless. They rely on themselves. They prepared food, and water but the Lord said you did not look to the One who made it. So they will fall. Till your dying day, this sin will not be atoned for.

Shebna the palace administrator will lose his position, but another one Eliakim son of Hilkiah was chosen by the Lord, will have authority in Jesusalem.

God's love will return to his people, even in so worse situation. For God's love endure forever same as God's righteousness.

How?

Bare in mind rely on the Lord and humble me, Only the Lord is my stronghold.


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