Commentary on Isaiah Chapter 17 The alliance of the two kings of Lizmbiga was abandoned, God pursues the enemies of the nations

Commentary on Isaiah Chapter 17 The alliance of the two kings of Lizmbiga was abandoned, God pursues the enemies of the nations

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  Disciple Building Sharing A176Commentary on Isaiah Chapter 17 The alliance of the two kings of Lizmbiga was abandoned, God pursues the enemies of the nations
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  Outline • Damascus willbe abandoned] • A. The alliance of the two kings of Rezinbega was abandoned (vv. 1-11) • 1. Damascus has been abandoned (verses 1-3) • 2. Jacob will repent when he suffers (verses 4-9) • 3. Those who turn away from God will perish (verses 10-11) • B. God pursues the enemies of the nations (verses 12-14)
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  1-39 舊約 40-66 新約 1-12 論猶大和 以色列 13-23 論列國 1-35 責備 36- 39 歷史 40-66 安慰 40-48 歸回 24-35 刑罰與復興 49-57 重建 58-66 榮耀 36- 39 歷史 13 14 1516 巴 比 倫 亞述 非利士 巴比倫 摩押 大馬色 古 實 埃 及 埃及 和 古實 以 色 列 以東 亞拉伯 巴比倫 耶 路 撒 冷 推 羅 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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  "Greater Syria" Coalition •Syria Lichun • Northland Israel Biga • The kings of Syria and Israel join forces to attack Jerusalem
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  Ahaz as kingof Judah • 2 Kings 16 • In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remael, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah became king. 2 He was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. not as his father David did what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, 3 but as the kings of Israel did, and according to the abominations of the Gentiles whom the LORD drove out from before the children of Israel, and made his son fire, 4 and offering sacrifices and burning incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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  The kings ofSyria and Israel join forces to attack Jerusalem • 5 Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remael king of Israel attacked Jerusalem, and besieged Ahaz, but they could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin, king of Aram, took Elath back to Aram, and drove out the Judah from Elath. The Syrians [a] came to Elath, and lived there to this day.
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  Ahaz appeals tothe king of Assyria • 7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant, your son. Now the king of Aram and the king of Israel are attacking me, come and deliver me from their hand." 8 Ahaz gave the king of Assyria all the gold and silver that was in the house of the LORD and in the treasury of the king's palace as a gift. 9 The king of Assyria answered him, and he went up and attacked Damascus, took the city, killed Rezin, and took the inhabitants captive to Kir.
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  Isaiah Seventeen 1 •[Isaiah 17:1] "The oracle of Damascus: Behold, Damascus has been abandoned, and will no longer be a city, but will become a heap." • [Lu Zhen Chinese translation] "About the God's Word on Damascus. Behold, Damascus will be abandoned and will no longer be a city! It will become a heap of decadence." • [Original meaning] "Damascus" Damascus
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  Isaiah Seventeen 2 •[Isaiah 17:2] "The city of Aroer has been abandoned, and it will be a place for shepherds, and there the sheep lie down, and no one will be frightened." • "The city of Aram [tradition: Aroer] shall be abandoned as a dwelling place for the flock; and the sheep shall lie there, and no one shall frighten them." • [2 Samuel 5:22] "The Philistines came up again, and scattered them in the valley of Rephaim."
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  Isaiah Seventeen 5 •[Isaiah 17:5] "As a reaper gathers the harvest and plucks the ear with his hand, as one gathers the left ear in the valley of Rephaim." • "Like a reaper [tradition: reaping] who gathers the standing crop, and plucks the ear by hand; like a man who gathers left ear in the valley of Rephaim." • [Original meaning] "Valley of Rephaim" giant. • [Note to text] The Valley of Rephaim, located in the fertile farmland southwest of Jerusalem, is rich in grain. • The works of God made the fertile land of Ephraim and Damascus barren, leaving the fields in pieces (Deuteronomy 24:13).
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  Isaiah Seventeen 6 •[Isaiah 17:6] "There was not much left in the meantime, as when a man struck an olive tree, and only two or three fruits were left on the top branches, and four or five fruits were left on the side branches of a tree of many fruits. It is said by the LORD, the God of Israel."
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  Isaiah Seventeen 7 •[Isaiah 17:7] "In that day people will look to their Maker, and their eyes will be on the Holy One of Israel." • Prosperity makes people arrogant and arrogant, following the pagans and worshipping idols, forgetting that the Lord God is sovereign. When disaster strikes, they are forced to return to rely on God. God alone is the creator of life
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  Isaiah Seventeen 8 •[Isaiah 17:8] "They shall not look upon the altar, nor what they have built with their own hands, nor will they regard what they have done with their fingers, whether it be a puppet or an image of the sun." • "They will not look at the altar, nor what their own hands have built, nor what their own fingers have done, whether it is the Asherah or the altar of incense." • "Asherah": Wife of El, the chief god of Canaan, is the wife of Mesopotamia and a replica of Isis in Egypt. Along with Baal's wife Ashtaroth. Beside the high places of Baal, where prostitutes worship, groves or trees or tall poles are genital worship. "Puppets" are wooden pillars next to the altars in Baal worship, with male genitals like yoke.
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  Isaiah Seventeen 10,11 •[Isaiah 17:10] "Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not remembered the rock of your power, so you have planted beautiful seedlings and strange seeds." • [Isaiah 17:11] "In the day of your planting you put a hedge around you, and in the morning you make what you planted to blossom; but in the day of sorrow and pain, all that you reap flies away." • In verses 10-11, those who turn away from God will perish. Switching to the second person, Isaiah issues a final warning to Israel. It must be remembered: God alone works wonders to save. God is our Rock, He acts perfect, truthful and loving, just and upright (Deuteronomy 32:4)
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  Isaiah Seventeen 12,13 •[Isaiah 17:12] "Alas, the roar of the peoples is like the roar of the waves; • [Notes on the text] "Crowd of many peoples": The Assyrian Empire had a multi-ethnic army and soldiers. This verse and the following verses describe God's people who will be faced with a stern army, but they are helpless. • [Isaiah 17:13] "The nations galloped like waters; but God rebuked them, and they fled far away, and were pursued, like chaff before the wind on the mountain, and like the whirlwind before a storm."
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  Isaiah Seventeen 14 •[Isaiah 17:14] "There will be terrors in the evening, but they will be gone before morning. This is the portion of those who rob us, the retribution of those who rob us." • [2 Kings 19:35] "That night the angel of the LORD went out and killed 185,000 people in the Assyrian camp. Early in the morning some people got up and saw that they were all dead."
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  thinking problem • Whydid Zara and Israel become a wasteland? • Why does the valley of Rephaim produce no food? • Why do people turn to God when they are in a desperate situation? • What do the punishments of Israel, Aram, and Yaqui have in common? • How can we apply the above examples in our daily life?
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