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Chapter 22 (ESV)

8 He has taken away the covering of Judah.

In that day you looked to the weapons of the House of the Forest, 9 and you saw that the breaches of the city of David were many. You collected the waters of the lower pool, 10 and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. 11 You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you did not look to him who did it, or see him who planned it long ago.

12 In that day the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for baldness and wearing sackcloth;
13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”

 

REFLECTION:

  1. Judah may have prepared its military defenses shortly before the Assyrian invasion after hearing the prophet’s warning (vv. 8b–11), but the people only made military preparations without placing their faith in God. Moreover, they adopted a ‘let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die’ attitude (vv. 12–13), and thus would inevitably bring upon themselves even greater punishment from God.
  2. Isaiah was saddened by the frivolity of the people in Jerusalem. The people acted as if they did not need to repent and live according to God’s laws.
  3. Sometimes we feel sad when we see people doing things they should not. What should our response be?  What does God want us to do?
  4. Was there a time when you felt like crying even though everyone around you was partying? What was it and how did you respond?

 

PRAYER:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what He wants to tell you.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in your spiritual journal.

 

HYMN:

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