Welcome to the Quick Study of Isaiah 14!
This time there is just a little bit to point out.
But before we start, let’s pray
Lord Jesus, help us to see. Lead this study of these quick verses and help us really learn what is contained in them. For You alone Lord are worthy of all our time. Amen.
Please read Isaiah 14:23-24 & 27
23 “I will also make Babylon a possession of the hedgehog and of [•]swamps of water, and I will sweep it away with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.
Judgment on Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn [an oath], saying, “Just as I have intended, so it has certainly happened, and just as I have planned, so it will stand—
27 For the Lord of hosts has decided and planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?”
What do you see in these three verses?
The Lord has intended, decided, planned and it will (most of this already has) happen. And no one can turn it back. Go ahead and read the footnote, I added it so you could see that. The plan for the rest of the world is also decided and written and will happen. Your faith matters. Grow it. Use it. Strengthen it. He knows those who are His.
Footnote
- Isaiah 14:23 The city of Babylon was in the middle of a very fertile area, and it would have seemed reasonable to suppose that, regardless of what happened to the population, the region would always furnish pasturage for flocks. But Isaiah said it would become the possession of wild animals and would be covered with “swamps of water.” This is how that prophecy was literally fulfilled: after Babylon was taken, the whole area around the city was put under water from neglect of the canals and dikes of the Euphrates River. It became stagnant “swamps of water” among ruins haunted by wild animals, proclaiming to any who might see it that it had happened just as the Lord intended (Is 14:24).