DAY 186 Read Isaiah 13 through 15.
Today's reading: Many of Isaiah's prophecies have been fulfilled with striking accuracy. Today's reading contains one of these--Isaiah 13:19, 20. Another well-known passage--Isaiah 14:12-15--describes Lucifer's rebellion against God.
Memory gem: "I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir" (Isaiah 13:12).
Thought for today:
The prophet Isaiah says that Babylon, "the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah" (Isaiah 13:19). It is a brief statement, a brief prophecy, but it is direct and literal.
There is still more. In Isaiah 13:20 we read: "Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there." Now, how did Isaiah know that the Arabian would continue to exist even after Babylon had become dust? Twenty-five hundred years ago the Babylonians were the haughty rulers of the world, while a few humble Arabs lived in tents about Babylon. The Babylonians are gone; the Arabs still live in tents in that country. But they do not live in Babylon. They don't pitch their tents there.
This same prophet Isaiah who gave us some of the remarkable prophecies about these nations and cities brings us this wonderful word from God: "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18).
Will you receive this from the same prophet whose prophecies have come true and are coming true now and will come true to the end of the world, over into the new earth which has been promised to all of God's saints?
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Difficult or obscure words:
Isaiah 13:21. "Owls"--Hebrew, ostriches.
Isaiah 13:21. "Satyrs"--wild goats.
Isaiah 13:22. "Dragons"--Hebrew, jackals.
Isaiah 14:4. "Golden city"--probably better: terror.
Isaiah 14:29. "Cockatrice"--adder, a poisonous snake.
Isaiah 17:10. "Pleasant plants" and "strange slips"--representations of the gods and goddesses of fertility often worshiped by idolators.
Today's reading: Many of Isaiah's prophecies have been fulfilled with striking accuracy. Today's reading contains one of these--Isaiah 13:19, 20. Another well-known passage--Isaiah 14:12-15--describes Lucifer's rebellion against God.
Memory gem: "I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir" (Isaiah 13:12).
Thought for today:
The prophet Isaiah says that Babylon, "the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah" (Isaiah 13:19). It is a brief statement, a brief prophecy, but it is direct and literal.
There is still more. In Isaiah 13:20 we read: "Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there." Now, how did Isaiah know that the Arabian would continue to exist even after Babylon had become dust? Twenty-five hundred years ago the Babylonians were the haughty rulers of the world, while a few humble Arabs lived in tents about Babylon. The Babylonians are gone; the Arabs still live in tents in that country. But they do not live in Babylon. They don't pitch their tents there.
This same prophet Isaiah who gave us some of the remarkable prophecies about these nations and cities brings us this wonderful word from God: "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18).
Will you receive this from the same prophet whose prophecies have come true and are coming true now and will come true to the end of the world, over into the new earth which has been promised to all of God's saints?
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Difficult or obscure words:
Isaiah 13:21. "Owls"--Hebrew, ostriches.
Isaiah 13:21. "Satyrs"--wild goats.
Isaiah 13:22. "Dragons"--Hebrew, jackals.
Isaiah 14:4. "Golden city"--probably better: terror.
Isaiah 14:29. "Cockatrice"--adder, a poisonous snake.
Isaiah 17:10. "Pleasant plants" and "strange slips"--representations of the gods and goddesses of fertility often worshiped by idolators.
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