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Text -- Isaiah 29:5-24 (NET)
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29:5 But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust , the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away . It will happen suddenly , in a flash .
29:6 Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies , accompanied by thunder , earthquake , and a loud noise , by a strong gale , a windstorm , and a consuming flame of fire .
29:7 It will be like a dream , a night vision . There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel , those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her.
29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating , only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty . It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking , only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched . So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion .
God’s People are Spiritually Insensitive
29:9 You will be shocked and amazed ! You are totally blind ! They are drunk , but not because of wine ; they stagger , but not because of beer .
29:10 For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply . He has shut your eyes (the prophets ), and covered your heads (the seers ).
29:11 To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll . When they hand it to one who can read and say , “Read this ,” he responds , “I can’t , because it is sealed .”
29:12 Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say , “Read this ,” he says , “I can’t read .”
29:13 The sovereign master says , “These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual .
29:14 Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people – an absolutely extraordinary deed . Wise men will have nothing to say , the sages will have no explanations .”
29:15 Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast , “Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”
29:16 Your thinking is perverse ! Should the potter be regarded as clay ? Should the thing made say about its maker , “He didn’t make me”? Or should the pottery say about the potter , “He doesn’t understand ”?
Changes are Coming
29:17 In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard , and the orchard will be considered a forest .
29:18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll , and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness .
29:19 The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord ; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel .
29:20 For tyrants will disappear , those who taunt will vanish , and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated –
29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges .
29:22 So this is what the Lord , the one who delivered Abraham , says to the family of Jacob : “Jacob will no longer be ashamed ; their faces will no longer show their embarrassment .
29:23 For when they see their children , whom I will produce among them, they will honor my name . They will honor the Holy One of Jacob ; they will respect the God of Israel .
29:24 Those who stray morally will gain understanding ; those who complain will acquire insight .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaiah |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Sennacherib |
Israel |
Church |
God |
Wisdom |
Worship |
Reprobacy |
Blindness |
Formalism |
Ariel |
EDUCATION |
Hypocrisy |
Infidelity |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
Presumption |
Salvation |
Quotations and Allusions |
REVELATION, 3-4 |
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NET Notes -> Isa 29:5; Isa 29:6; Isa 29:8; Isa 29:8; Isa 29:9; Isa 29:9; Isa 29:9; Isa 29:9; Isa 29:10; Isa 29:11; Isa 29:11; Isa 29:12; Isa 29:12; Isa 29:13; Isa 29:13; Isa 29:13; Isa 29:13; Isa 29:13; Isa 29:14; Isa 29:14; Isa 29:15; Isa 29:15; Isa 29:15; Isa 29:16; Isa 29:16; Isa 29:16; Isa 29:17; Isa 29:17; Isa 29:18; Isa 29:18; Isa 29:18; Isa 29:19; Isa 29:19; Isa 29:20; Isa 29:21; Isa 29:21; Isa 29:21; Isa 29:22; Isa 29:22; Isa 29:23; Isa 29:23; Isa 29:23; Isa 29:23; Isa 29:24; Isa 29:24
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NET Notes: Isa 29:6 Heb “from the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] there will be visitation.” The third feminine singular passive v...
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NET Notes: Isa 29:9 Some prefer to emend the perfect form of the verb to an imperative (e.g., NAB, NCV, NRSV), since the people are addressed in the immediately preceding...
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NET Notes: Isa 29:10 Heb “a disposition [or “spirit”] of deep sleep.” Through this mixed metaphor (sleep is likened to a liquid which one pours and...
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NET Notes: Isa 29:14 Heb “the wisdom of their wise ones will perish, the discernment of their discerning ones will keep hidden.”
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NET Notes: Isa 29:15 The rhetorical questions suggest the answer, “no one.” They are confident that their deeds are hidden from others, including God.
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NET Notes: Isa 29:17 The meaning of this verse is debated, but it seems to depict a reversal in fortunes. The mighty forest of Lebanon (symbolic of the proud and powerful,...
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NET Notes: Isa 29:18 Perhaps this depicts the spiritual transformation of the once spiritually insensitive nation (see vv. 10-12, cf. also 6:9-10).
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