Isaiah 29



Isaiah 29                                                         Book of Isaiah   Book of Isaiah

Isaiah 29:1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
  • Jerusalem and Lebanon
  • Woe to Jerusalem
  • The second of the six woes, indicated in the structure
  • Ariel = either a lion of God or the altar of God
  • Ezekiel 43:15-16; and the Moabite Stone, line
  • Jerusalem is called Har-el on Old Egyptian monuments
  • The city = Jerusalem = City is in the construct state: city of (the spot) where David camped
  • Let them kill or let the feast go round
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
  • As Ariel = as a veritable hearth of God
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
  • Ground = earth
  • A familiar spirit = an familiar spirit
  • Lev 19:31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
  • Whisper = peep, chirp, or mutter
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
  • Strangers: adversaries
  • Terrible ones = tyrants
6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
  • Visited: the judgments (in verse 6) refer to the deliverance from Jerusalem's enemies
7 And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
  • Ariel: here it is plainly Jerusalem
8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
  • Stop and look what's your doing
  • They are drunk on the traditions of men, not strong drink.
  • The real shame is that men's traditions are taught instead of the Word of God in many churches.
10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
  • Vision =  means "Revelation"
  • Does that sound familiar?
  • Has any one tried to tell you that you don't need to understand the book of Revelation, it is sealed?
  • Beware of any one that tells you that you don't need to understand any part of God's Word.
  • Mark that man or woman.
  • He, or she is turning things upside down.
  • Seers = another word for prophet = OT:2374 = agreement, prophet
  • Roman11:8 According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this day.
  • God put them in this slumber or stupor.
  • There is no such word as ''slumber'' in Greek language, a stupor, or ''eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear''.
  • The purpose of this stupor is that the Gentiles would have an opportunity to accept Christ and could come into their own kingdom, as is recorded in the 21st chapter of Revelation.
11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
  • Of all = of the whole, or altogether
  • Book = scroll, or document in writing
  • Vision = revelation
  • You're suppose to learn the word of God
  • False teachers said, you don't have to understand the book of Revelation
  • Why would God keep the book of Revelation, if He didn't want you to understand what's in His plan
12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
  • People are literally starving for God's Word.
  • God said, feed My sheep = teach My Word
13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
  • They flatter God with their words, but their hearts and minds are far from Him.
  • The way they are to reverence God is falsely taught by the traditions of men.
  • They have gone off from Me
  • Matthew 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias (Isaiah) prophesy of you, saying,
    8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
    9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Mark 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias (Isaiah) prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
  • God sees and knows what they are doing.
  • Those who turn things upside down will be held accountable.
  • These are going to believe a lie
  • Why?
  • These have listen to man
  • Proverbs 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
  • Poor = oppressed
  • Proverbs 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
  • Their works are in darkness
  • They say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
  • These are the appointments ones in office
16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
  • How would you like to be an evolutionist standing before God on the white throne saying, "God didn't make me"?
  • He is the potter, and we are the clay.
  • These are the appointments ones in office
  • They turn everything upside down
  • They use Bible verses to turn everything wrong - to right = False teaching
  • God never said, He wanted us all to sin and be happy
  • Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
  • Six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him
    • 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • A proud look,
  • A lying tongue
  • Hands that shed innocent blood
    • 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
  • Heart that deviseth wicked imaginations
  • Feet that be swift in running to mischief
    • 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • A false witness that speaketh lies
  • He that soweth discord among brethren
  • Deuteronomy 19:16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
    17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
    18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
  • 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
  • If false witness stand up and lies he shall be put to death, same as murderers
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    • 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
    21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
    20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
    21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
    22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
    23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
    24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
    25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
  • Those who turn things upside down wouldn't know the difference between a fruitful field and a forest.
18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
  • The truth will be taught on the Lord's day, that is to say the millennium. (Revelation 20) (Ezekiel 44)
  • The spiritually deaf and blind will hear and see the truth.
  • Paul and Silas were accused of turning things upside down, when in fact they were turning things right side up.
19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
 
20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
  • Terrible one = the tyrant = Satan
21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
  • Make a man an offender for a word = who bring a man into condemnation by a word by bring a man into condemnation by a word by false witness
  • Reproveth = decideth in judgment
  • Just = righteous
  • A thing of naught = confusion
  • A  man that brings in a false report
22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
  • God The Redeemer
  • The Word of God, Spoken
  • House of Jacob will understand the word.
  • Why?
  • These are those that studied God's word.
23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
  • This is the Father talking, these will respects Me.
  • The work of God, Seen
  • The work of God, Effect
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
  • In the millennium (Revelation 20) Ezekiel 44)
  • Bible study hour: millennium
  • The word of God, understood
  • Shall come = shall know discernment
  • Learn doctrine = accept instruction
 
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
 
•  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
 
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25

 
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