The Strand Study Bible

ISAIAH 28:28

ISAIAH 29:14

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28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. 29 This also cometh forth from the LORD OF HOSTS , which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. READ NEXT - II Kings 17:3-5 Isaiah 29 Isaiah’s two-fold prophecy - #1. The promise of Assyria to distress more Judean cities (Fulfilled - Isa 36:1 - 704 BC) #2. The promise of a future siege upon Jerusalem 1 1 Woe to 2 Ariel, to Ariel, the city 3 where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. P 2 1 Yet I will distress Ariel, 4 and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. P 3 1 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. P 4 1 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, 4 and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. P 5 1 Moreover the multitude of thy strang- ers shall be like small dust, and the multi- tude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. P 6 1 Thou shalt be visited of the 5 LORD OF HOSTS with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm (Fulfilled - Right before Rev 19:11) Date Written - 704 BC/AM 3296

and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. P 7 6 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. P 8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: 6 so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. P 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: 6 they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. P 10 7 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. 13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as 8 this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: 14 Therefore, behold, 6 I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: 9 for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. P

1. Fulfilled - Isa 36:1 & II Ki 18:13-14 & II Chro 32:1 (Assyrian Distress of Judean Cities) 2. that is, “the lion of God; Jerusalem” - Gen 49:9 & Rev 5:5 3. II Sam 5:6-9 4. II Ki 18:37-19:3 5. Isa 24:23 & 25:6 6. Fulfilled - Right before Rev 19:11 (Future Seige) (See - Zech 12:1-9 & Mic 4:11-12) 7. Quoted in the NT- Rom 11:8 8. Quoted in the NT -Mt 15:8-9 & Mk 7:6-7

9. Quoted in the NT - I Cor 1:19

Isaiah 29 The year is 704 BC Assyria is on the move towards world domination, but Judah and Jerusalem are in her way. While King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet refuse to budge, the rest of God’s people in Judah have gone awry. Jerusalem is put on notice… and she’s about to get “cooked.” 29:1 Ariel is the mystic name for Jerusalem. Ariel means “altar-hearth” (the place of burnt offerings). God was about to turn Jerusalem into a place of burnt sacrifice. 29:2 “ and it shall be unto me as Ariel ” means that God was about to bring judgment upon Jerusalem, consuming her through the invasions of Assyria and eventually Babylon (II Ki 25). Because of her sin (vs 9-13), the city of Jerusalem, which was known for her burnt offerings, would become a burnt offering unto the Lord. 29:5 According to II Kings 18:17 & 19:35, “ the multitude of thy strangers ” added up to 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. 29:9 Why ( Stay yourselves, and wonder ) can’t we seem to learn from other people’s mistakes? Why can’t we seem to learn from our father’s mistakes ( Zech 1:4 )? Why do we continue to repeat history instead of learning from it? God gives us the answer in verses 9-16. 29:10 Because of sin, the Israelites would be given a “divine anesthetic” ( the spirit of deep sleep ). 29:13 The sin that eventually brought down Jerusalem was the sin of faithlessness, i.e., the failure to “ fear ” God’s Word ( Prov 1:7 ). Those who willfully choose to close their eyes to the light that they have been given will find themselves fighting the very hand that once fed them.