Thursday, December 14, 2023

Isaiah 28: Ephraim and Judah

 In Isaiah 27 , in verses 1-6 talks about Ephraim which is compared to a withered flower. The Lord will act against Ephraim (2) but Yahweh Tsebaoth will be like a glorious crown for his few remaining people (5). In verses 6-29, the Lord talks to his people. He is against the priests and prophets who stagger from too much wine (7). They question the Lord: "To whom will they make the message understood?" (9). The Lord will answer by a strange language:


11 Yahweh will speak to these people.

    He will mock them by speaking in a foreign language. 


Isaiah must be refering to the Babylon captivity because Israel/Judah didn't rest in the promised land (12). 


Isaiah talks about Jesus in:


16 This is what Adonay Yahweh says:


I am going to lay a rock in Zion,

    a rock that has been tested,

    a precious cornerstone,

    a solid foundation.

        Whoever believes in him will not worry.


The Lord is against the agreement between Judah and Egypt (inferred):


18 Your treaty with death will be wiped away.

    Your agreement with the grave will not stand.

    When the overwhelming disaster passes by,

    you will be trampled by it.



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