In today’s reading, Isaiah is prophesying about the destruction of Babylon hundreds of years before Babylon took the Israelites (Judah) into exile and hundreds of years before Cyrus conquered them. Amazing, isn’t it?
In Isaiah 14:23, he speaks of Babylon being filled with swamps and marshes. When archaeologists excavated the ancient city of Babylon, there were many places they could not explore because the water table had risen and prevented it.
Isaiah also refers to the defeat of the Assyrians -- the nation than took the ten tribes of Israel into exile, and the destructions of Moab.
However, he makes it clear in Isaiah 17:14 that attacking Israel is not without cost: “In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn its enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder us, a fitting end for those who destroy us.” This does not bode well for Israel’s enemies today either.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Tomorrow, we’ll be reading Isaiah 18 – 22.
Until next time…
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