Isaiah 17:1-14
See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.
In that day people will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles and the incense altars their fingers have made.
You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines, though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest will be as nothing in the day of disease and incurable pain.
Why?
The prophecy also attacks Israel for siding with Syria against their kin - nation of Judah.
Ally with others to against our own brother is not acceptable before the Lord.
How?
Actions of love is love our brother first.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Saturday, June 23, 2018
All boasta are empty
Isaiah 16:1-14
In love a throne will be established, in faithfulness a man will sit on it - one from the house of David - one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
We have heard of Moab's pride - how great is her arrogance! of her conceit, her pride and her insolence(傲慢; )but her boasts are empty. Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail(哀號) together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
But the Lord says:"Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor(輝) and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."
Now only three short years away. Moab send to Jerusalem for help, and God urges his people to take the fugitives in.
The cities of Moab fell to Assyria in successive campaigns. They were to fall again to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
Why?
For Moab's pride and her arrogance, conceit, her pride and insolence so Moab fall and his people will be despised.
All boasts are empty.
In love a throne will be established, in faithfulness a man will sit on it . This is the Jesus Christ, in God's love and faithfulness Jesus will be sit on the throne.
How?
Be humble, trust in the Lord and honor the holy name of the Lord.
In love a throne will be established, in faithfulness a man will sit on it - one from the house of David - one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
We have heard of Moab's pride - how great is her arrogance! of her conceit, her pride and her insolence(傲慢; )but her boasts are empty. Therefore the Moabites wail, they wail(哀號) together for Moab. Lament and grieve for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.
But the Lord says:"Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor(輝) and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."
Now only three short years away. Moab send to Jerusalem for help, and God urges his people to take the fugitives in.
The cities of Moab fell to Assyria in successive campaigns. They were to fall again to Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
Why?
For Moab's pride and her arrogance, conceit, her pride and insolence so Moab fall and his people will be despised.
All boasts are empty.
In love a throne will be established, in faithfulness a man will sit on it . This is the Jesus Christ, in God's love and faithfulness Jesus will be sit on the throne.
How?
Be humble, trust in the Lord and honor the holy name of the Lord.
Friday, June 22, 2018
Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night
Isaiah 15:1-9
A Prophecy Against Moab
Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives(難民) flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction
Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.
The Moab were descendants of Abraham's nephew, Lot. They occupied the plateau land east of the Dead Sea. It was from Maon that Ruth came. At times the Moabites were on good terms with the Israelites, but they had no share in Israel's faith. Isaiah is stirred to sympathy at the spectacle of Maob's suffering.
These are all town in Maobs, 'Nebo' is the mountain from which Moses viewed the promised land; 'Zoar' a town at the southern Sodom. The 'Valley of willows/poplars' is probably the boundary between Moab and Edom to the south.
Why?
When diisaster come, there is no one can escape, even different country. So as economy crisis come it affects whole world.
Isiah felt the terrible of Moah, their relative country.
Head is shaved and beard cut off means shame on their traditional culture.
How?
Do not joy with other country under suffering, it is warning to everyone.
A Prophecy Against Moab
Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!
Dibon goes up to its temple, to its high places to weep; Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved and every beard cut off.
My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives(難民) flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the hill to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction
Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab; their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim, their lamentation as far as Beer Elim.
The Moab were descendants of Abraham's nephew, Lot. They occupied the plateau land east of the Dead Sea. It was from Maon that Ruth came. At times the Moabites were on good terms with the Israelites, but they had no share in Israel's faith. Isaiah is stirred to sympathy at the spectacle of Maob's suffering.
These are all town in Maobs, 'Nebo' is the mountain from which Moses viewed the promised land; 'Zoar' a town at the southern Sodom. The 'Valley of willows/poplars' is probably the boundary between Moab and Edom to the south.
Why?
When diisaster come, there is no one can escape, even different country. So as economy crisis come it affects whole world.
Isiah felt the terrible of Moah, their relative country.
Head is shaved and beard cut off means shame on their traditional culture.
How?
Do not joy with other country under suffering, it is warning to everyone.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him
Isaiah 14:21-32
The Lord Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have purposed, so it will happen, I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removes from their shoudlers."
For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart(阻撓) him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the .north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks. What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nations?
"The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted(折磨) people will find refuge."
Assyria's fate is also sealed. Ultimately Babylon will break the power of Assyria. But before that there will be a signal defeat in God's own land,
The date is probably, Assyria is in trouble, and the Philistines try to persuade Judah to join them in rebellion. But the Assyrians are far from finished. Worse is to come - and the Philistines are doomed. God's poor and suffering people, however, find sagety in him.
Why?
The Lord Almighty has pruposed, who can thwart, His hand is streched out, and who can turn it back? No one can against the Lord.
Babyloian, Assyrian and Philistines both will be destroyed in God's plan. And both are happened as God said in history.
The Lord is righreousness and has compassion, only those who obey Him and turn to Him will be saved.
Whom I afraid ? what I need worrty? the income or the needy? God is my salvation and my way, God will lead me and provide what I need for God loves me.
How?
Praise the Lord Almighty, honor his great Holy name. May his word will done on earth as in heaven.
The Lord Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have purposed, so it will happen, I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removes from their shoudlers."
For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart(阻撓) him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the .north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks. What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nations?
"The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted(折磨) people will find refuge."
Assyria's fate is also sealed. Ultimately Babylon will break the power of Assyria. But before that there will be a signal defeat in God's own land,
The date is probably, Assyria is in trouble, and the Philistines try to persuade Judah to join them in rebellion. But the Assyrians are far from finished. Worse is to come - and the Philistines are doomed. God's poor and suffering people, however, find sagety in him.
Why?
The Lord Almighty has pruposed, who can thwart, His hand is streched out, and who can turn it back? No one can against the Lord.
Babyloian, Assyrian and Philistines both will be destroyed in God's plan. And both are happened as God said in history.
The Lord is righreousness and has compassion, only those who obey Him and turn to Him will be saved.
Whom I afraid ? what I need worrty? the income or the needy? God is my salvation and my way, God will lead me and provide what I need for God loves me.
How?
Praise the Lord Almighty, honor his great Holy name. May his word will done on earth as in heaven.
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star
Isaiah 14:1-20
The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoiland from the harsh labor forced on you, you will take up this tauntagainst the king of Babylon : How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
You will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again.
In Isiah's day Babylon was struggling for independence from Assyria. This prophecy concerns Babylon, 100 year later, at the height of it power - and looks forward to the day when Babylon in turn will be brought down.
In 539 Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians led by Cyrus. Xerxes destroyed the city in 478, and it was finally abandoned in the 4th century BC. In the New Testament, Babylon becomes a symbol. It is the city of rebel humanity, implacably(無情) opposed to God.
Why?
Human proud and their kingdom, authority will goes away and fell down one day. All become realm of the dead below. What the value of a man in the world?
The Lord have compassion on Jacob and to those who follow his word. God give us relief from suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on us.
Do not envy or angry to the evil doers, only those who walking on the way of the Lord and trust in Jesus Christ have eternal life.
How?
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star. Be humble and obey God's word and do what God's delight things.
The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoiland from the harsh labor forced on you, you will take up this tauntagainst the king of Babylon : How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
You will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again.
In Isiah's day Babylon was struggling for independence from Assyria. This prophecy concerns Babylon, 100 year later, at the height of it power - and looks forward to the day when Babylon in turn will be brought down.
In 539 Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians led by Cyrus. Xerxes destroyed the city in 478, and it was finally abandoned in the 4th century BC. In the New Testament, Babylon becomes a symbol. It is the city of rebel humanity, implacably(無情) opposed to God.
Why?
Human proud and their kingdom, authority will goes away and fell down one day. All become realm of the dead below. What the value of a man in the world?
The Lord have compassion on Jacob and to those who follow his word. God give us relief from suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on us.
Do not envy or angry to the evil doers, only those who walking on the way of the Lord and trust in Jesus Christ have eternal life.
How?
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star. Be humble and obey God's word and do what God's delight things.
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
A prophecy against Babylon
Isaiah 13:1-22
A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw.the Lord and the weapons of his wrath - to destroy the whole country.
I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins, I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.
Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians,, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations.
The song of God's salvation will be on every one's lips. Isaiah picture is all in physical terms. But what he sees is a radical change. This is a new earth, centered on God and obedient to his will.
Why?
Babylon was so strong country, but will be destroyed by the Lord for their arrogance of the haughty.
No arrogance men or country could stand firm and longer before the Lord, when the day is come, their pride will fall soon and unbelievable.
How?
Be humble and follow the command of the Lord.
A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw.the Lord and the weapons of his wrath - to destroy the whole country.
I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins, I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold.
Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians,, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations.
The song of God's salvation will be on every one's lips. Isaiah picture is all in physical terms. But what he sees is a radical change. This is a new earth, centered on God and obedient to his will.
Why?
Babylon was so strong country, but will be destroyed by the Lord for their arrogance of the haughty.
No arrogance men or country could stand firm and longer before the Lord, when the day is come, their pride will fall soon and unbelievable.
How?
Be humble and follow the command of the Lord.
Monday, June 18, 2018
Surely God is my salvation
Isaiah 12:1-6
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious thing; let this be known to the world.
The song of God's salvation will be on every one's lips.
Isaiah pictures it all in physical terms. But what he sees is a radical change. This is a new earth, centered on God and obedient to his will.
Why?
Isaiah see the radical change in the future. So he praised the Lord and described the situation of every one's praises and proclaim God's holy name.
Yes, God is my salvation, my strength and my song. His name is exalted. Everyone will shout and sing new songs to praise the Lord.
God has done great and glorious things to me.
How?
Praise the name of the Lord with joy and trust in him without afraid.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.
The Lord, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious thing; let this be known to the world.
The song of God's salvation will be on every one's lips.
Isaiah pictures it all in physical terms. But what he sees is a radical change. This is a new earth, centered on God and obedient to his will.
Why?
Isaiah see the radical change in the future. So he praised the Lord and described the situation of every one's praises and proclaim God's holy name.
Yes, God is my salvation, my strength and my song. His name is exalted. Everyone will shout and sing new songs to praise the Lord.
God has done great and glorious things to me.
How?
Praise the name of the Lord with joy and trust in him without afraid.
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