Read Isa. 57:1-13
This is a continuation of yesterday. The rulers were so perverted and unjust that they persecuted and killed the righteous, but in their death they found peace. In verse 3 he addresses the wicked. They practiced sorcery, magic, casting spells, and some practiced prostitution which was a part of the worship of Baal and Asherah. They sacrificed their own children as a pagan ritual. God invites Isaiah behind the doors of the wicked. He also took Ezekiel there in Eze. 8:8-12. God told Ezekiel to dig into the wall and when he did he found a door. God told him to go in and when he did he saw pictures of all the idols that Israel had embraced. He described them as creeping things, and abominable beasts which symbolized what the elders of Israel do in the dark, in the chambers of their imagination. Interesting that they were the things they imagined in their minds, not just their deeds. Their idolotry had taken them so far from God and since they hadn't heard from God they stopped fearing him. They would face judgment, but the righteous would inherit the Promised Land.
Lord, I read today in Ex. 23:13 that you tell us to be circumspect and not to mention the name of other gods, or let it be heard from our mouth. Watch over our mouths and let us speak of You and your greatness and not of the gods around us.
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