The Strand Study Bible

ISAIAH 14:14

ISAIAH 15:3

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off their shoulders. P 26 10 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. P 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? 10 and his hand is stretched out, andwho shall turn it back? P 28 In 12 the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. The promise of Philistia’s fall to Assyria (Fulfilled - 713 BC) 29 Rejoice not thou, whole 13 Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: 14 for out of the 15 serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his 16 fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. P 30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: 14 and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. P 31 14 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the 15 north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. P 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. Isaiah 15 The promise of Moab’s fall to Assyria (Fulfilled - 711 BC) Date Written - c. 713 BC/AM 3287 1 The burden of Moab. 17 Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; P 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places,to weep: 17 Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut 17 off. P 3 In their streets they shall gird them -

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet 1 THOU shalt be brought down to hell, 2 to the sides of the pit. P 16 3 They that see THEE shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 7 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. P 20 7 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. P 21 7 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. P 22 7 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD OF HOSTS , and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, 8 and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. P 23 7 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the and 9 besom of destruc- tion, saith the LORD of hosts. P The promise of Assyria’s fall to Babylon (Fulfilled - 612 BC) 24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, say- ing, 10 Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: P 25 10 That I will break the Assyrian 11 in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from

1. Fulfilled - Rev 20:10 (Satan’s

Punishment) (See - Gen 3:15 & Ezk 28:16-19 & Dan 7:9) 2. Ezk 28:8-9 3. Note - There is coming a day when Satan will no longer have the edge over humanity. One day in the very near future man, in his new resurrected body, will view God’s most powerful angel ( they that see THEE ) as nothing. 7. Fulfilled - Rev 14:8 & 18:2 (Fall of Political Babylon) 8. Isa 47:1,9 9. or, “broom” 10. Fulfilled - 612 BC (Fall of Assyria) 11. Isa 37:36 12. or, “ 717 BC” - II Ki 16:20 13. or, “Philistia” 14. Fulfilled - 713 BC (Fall of Philistia) 15. or, “Assyria” 16. or, “Sennacherib” II Ki 18:17 17. Fulfilled - 711 BC (Fall of Moab) (See - Amos 2:1-3)

14:25 Isaiah now turns his attention to Assyria, the world power of his day. God promises to break Assyria (the paddle He is using to spank Israel with), and warns Israel’s neighbor (Palestina) not to rejoice against Israel (vs 29) once the paddle has been broken, for a bigger paddle (Babylon) is coming to take its place…and it’s sure to swing their way. 15:1 a The inhabitants of Moab (modern-day Jordan) came from Lot’s incest with one of his daughters (Gen 19:29-37). Like Edom, which came from the descendants of Esau (Gen 36:1), Moab and Ammon (Gen 19:38) were a part of Abraham’s family and thus kin to Israel. No wonder Isaiah wept over the fate of Moab ( vs 5 ). It always hurts more whenever it hurts family. The conception of Moab and the burden of its end were due to the self-regarding choices of one man (Gen 13:1-12 & 19:17-23). Lot’s legacy, Moab and Ammon, was destined to provide the worst carnal seduction in the history of Israel (Balaam’s evil counsel which culminated in Moab at Baal-poer, named after Baal, the local heathen god worshipped at Peor – Num 25:1-3) and the cruelest religious perversion ever presented to Israel (the sacrificing of babies to Molech, the god of the Ammonites – Lev 18:21 and I Ki 11:4-7). Warning! The self-centered decisions you make today will come back to haunt your descendants tomorrow. 15:1 b Moab was laid waste by 3 different Assyrian kings: Tiglath-Pileser (732 BC), Sargon (711 BC), and Sennacherib (701 BC).