September 28, 2020, Isaiah cont...Proverbs cont....

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Isaiah chapter 14

The judgement of the righteous 

And the...

The judgement of those who serve idols.

The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob. Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the Lord's land. 

They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors. 

Rule with knowledge/Wisdom/Mental stability/Emotional stability/sound mind and judgement and most importantly God knows that you have a mind to do righteousness. Or a desire for what is right. 

On that day of the Lord when he gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, you will take up this taunt against the King of Babylon:

How the oppressor has come to an end!

How his fury has ended!

The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, 

the scepter of the rulers, 

which in anger struck down peoples 

using relentless aggression.

All the lands are at rest and at peace; 

they break into singing.

Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon 

gloat over you and say, 

Now that you have been laid low, 

no one comes to cut us down. 

The realm of the dead is below all those are all stirred

to meet you at your coming; 

It rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you---

All those who were leaders in the world;

it makes them rise from their thrones---

all those who were kings over the nations.

They will all respond, 

they will say to you, 

you also have become weak, as we are; 

you have  become like us.

All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, 

along with the noise of your harps; 

maggots are spread out beneath your and worms cover you.

How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn!

You have been cast down to the earth, 

you who once laid low the nations!

(In the midst of it; Satan is being cast down. These people serve him but now it's over for him). 

You said in your heart, 

I will ascend to the heavens;

I will raise my throne

above the stars of God;

I will sit enthrone on the mount of assembly, 

on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds, 

I will make myself like the most High. 

But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, 

to the depths of the pit. 

Those who see you stare at you, 

they ponder your fate:

Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,

the man who made the world a wilderness, 

who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?

All the kings of the nations lie in state, 

each in his own tomb. 

But you are cast out of your tomb

like a rejected branch;

you are covered with the slain, 

with those pierced by the sword, 

those who descend to the stones of the pit.

Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will not join

them in burial, for you have destroyed your land

and killed your people. 

Let the offspring of the wicked 

never be mentioned again, 

Prepare a place to slaughter his children

for the sins of their ancestors; 

they are not to rise to inherit the land 

and cover the earth with their cities. 

God says, 

"I will rise up against them, 

declares the Lord Almighty.

I will wipe out Babylon's name and survivors, 

her offspring and descendants, declares the Lord.  

I will turn her into a place for owl's and into swampland;

I will sweep her with the broom of destruction.

(Israel only gets a taste of judgement this is the whole meal, dessert, drink, and a second helping, and the leftovers)

The Lord Almighty has sworn, 

"Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, 

and as I have purposed, so it will happen.

I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains 

I will trample him down.

His yoke will be taken from my people, 

and his burden removed from their shoulders. 

This is the plan determined for the whole world; 

this is the hand stretched out over all nations. 

For the Lord Almighty has purposed, 

and who can thwart him?

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His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

Have a great day!

Proverbs 

Saying 15

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord. There is surely a future hope for you; and your hope will not be cut off.