Read Isa. 17:1-14
On to Damascus...Damascus is the capital city of Syria which had allied with the Northern Kingdom of Israel against Assyria. Isaiah prophesied that it would become a heap of ruins. This was fulfilled in 732 B.C. The remnant of the people will be so few it will be like a reaper reaping the crop in his arms because the crops are so few. Verses 4-11 look forward to "that day" when in the future Israel will be through great tribulation and a remnant will be left to enter the millennial reign. God always leaves a remnant. That remnant will be humbled and turn to God as their source of supply. Verses 12-14 look at the Assyrian army that invades Judah. They roared like the seal and rushed like many waters, but God stopped them and spared Jerusalem. This happened in 701 B.C. and it will happen again in the last days. In Eccl. it says that what has happened will happen again, there is nothing new under the sun. We can look to the past to see our future.
Lord, help us to look back and learn. Help us not to make the same mistakes.
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