Isaiah 18 – 22 and Taxi in Dallas

Isaiah 18 – 22

Iaiah continues his warnings to a number of nations: Ethiopia, Egypt, Babylon, Edom, Arabia, Jerusalem and even the palace administrator named Shebna.

Of particular note is the passage in Isaiah 20, where Isaiah is told to walk around naked and barefoot as a sign of the terrible troubles the Lord will bring upon Egypt and Ethiopia. He complies and does this for three years. Why do you suppose the Lord used one of his prophets to provide a sign to Egypt and Ethiopia?

Tomorrow, we’ll be reading Isaiah 23 - 27.

Taxi in Dallas

An Arab Muslim enters a taxi cab in Dallas, Texas . . .  
Once he is seated he asks the cab driver to “turn off the radio because he must not hear music as decreed by his religion and in the time of the prophet, there was no music, especially Western music, which is music of the infidel's and certainly no radio.”

So the cab driver politely switches off the radio, pulls over to the side, stops the cab and opens the back door.
The Arab asks him: “What are you doing, man?”
The Texan answers: “In the time of the prophet there were no taxis.  So get out, stand on the curb and wait for a camel.”

Until next time…