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Isaiah ch.17 - The Assyrian "Harvest" of 732 BCE
Our chapter is entitled "Pronouncement against Damascus" but what it really describes is the Assyrian advance of Tiglat Pilesser in 732 BCE which dev…
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.16 - Archaeology and Israeli Song
The prophecy of ch.15-16 closes with the words: "That is the word that God spoke concerning Moab LONG AGO." (16:13)
To what does the prophet refer?
…3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.15 - A Cry for Moav
Ch.15 and 16 articulate a lament for the destruction and demise of Moav, their cities ravaged and their landscape devastated.
Is this a sympathetic …
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.14 - Fallen From Heaven
Chapter 13 and 14 - the Pronouncement against Babylon - depicts the fall of a superpower and its leader who has "fallen from the heavens" to Sheol, w…
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.13 - Prophecies Against the Nations (Intro to ch.13-23)
Ch.13-23 gives us a succession of prophecies that predict the demise of Israel's adversaries. This is a phenomenon found in other prophetic books. Wh…
3 years, 2 months ago
Isaiah ch.12 - A Song of Praise
The victories against Ashur (or possibly the Messianic triumph) will mirror the Exodus from Egypt.
Just as after the miracle of the Red Sea, Israel w…
3 years, 2 months ago
Isaiah ch.11 - The Wolf and the Lamb
Seen by many as the vision of Messianic times, chapter 11 imagines:
1. God's defeat of Assyria
2. The restoration of a monarchy of Justice and awar…
3 years, 2 months ago
Isaiah ch.10 - "Woe to Assyria!"
On the one hand, Assyria is the "rod" of God's anger. On the other hand their conceit and vanity, their rapacious penchant for power and conquest, wi…
3 years, 2 months ago
Isaiah ch.9 - Prince of Peace - From Darkness to Light!
Two prophecies.
The first - to Judah - heralds relief and a return to sovereign rule, justice and religion.
The second - to the Northern Kingdom - wa…
3 years, 2 months ago
Isaiah ch.8 - Ahaz Rejects Isaiah's Advice
Isaiah has invested every effort to convince Ahaz to retain his independence and not to succumb to alliances. Ahaz rejects his advice. What now?
3 years, 2 months ago