Read: Isaiah 10:1-11:16; 2 Corinthians 12:11-21; Psalm 56:1-13; Proverbs 23:6-8
Isaiah addressed the ones who wrote laws that oppressed the poor and didn’t protect the widow and the orphan. It will not go well for these lawmakers. Their money will not be able to buy them out of judgement.
God was using Assyria to be his hand of judgment. He would send them to Israel to carry out his fury on them. In verse 9 Isaiah compared a city in Syria like a city in Assyria, a walled city to a city that was all spread out, and the capital of Israel to the capital of Syria. They all had idols and were destroyed because of them. Should God not do the same to Jerusalem who was full of idols?
When it is all over, then God will punish Assyria who he used to punish the nations. They will boast that they conquered all these nations but God was the one who did it. God will punish Assyria with a plague among their troops. They will be judged in a day. Their nation will be destroyed in soul and body.
A remnant of Israel and those who survived the fall of Jerusalem will turn to the Lord and lean on him. He told his remnant not to be afraid of what the Assyrians were doing because they would not last long. They will soon be gone and the burden of them lifted off their shoulders. God will destroy Lebanon.
But the remnant will be the branch of the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord will rest upon them and God will send his Spirit, his Spirit of wisdom and understanding, his Spirit of counsel and might, and his Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. He will judge the poor and decide what is just and fair for the meek of the earth. He will kill the wicked and righteousness and faithfulness will reign in the earth. There will be peace among the animals and no fear of harm. The whole earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord.
God will call his people home to Israel. There will be peace in the Middle East. Their enemies will be under them. The Red Sea will be divided into seven channels and God will lead his people across it. There will be a highway from Assyria for God’s people to come to Israel.
In Corinthians, Paul defends his position as an apostles and reminds them of the signs and wonders and mighty works they did. He reminds them of the ones he sent to them like Titus and asks if they in any way took advantage of them.
He fears that if he comes to see them he will be disappointed that they have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality and sensuality they practiced. He also thinks they might be disappointed in him that he is not what they thought he would be.
Like in our Psalm, Paul can say, “ God is for me, in him I put my trust. What can man do to me?”
Lord thank you that we will walk before you in the light of life. You delivered our soul from death and keep our feet from falling. We trust that you will bring us through to a better day.
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