Isaiah 13-17
Isaiah 13 – 17 We enter the section of Isaiah that is most applicable, in concentration, to nations other than Israel, a theocracy. There is much debate in our time about application of prophecy to the United States; most of that is applicable to the church not the United States. What we can say, with confidence, is that through the next 11 chapters God, using Isaiah, makes it clear that He is “Judge of all the earth” – Gen. 18:25. The Lord is sovereign over all, no matter the nation or its people. “The nations section reveals the folly of all political scheming when it takes place independently of trust in the one God of all nations.” (Seitz, 170) Chapter 13 Babylon V1 I. Babylon, that empire that made Jerusalem a desolation in 587 BC. “burden” or “oracle” or “prophecy” massa. This was informing the Israelites of the doom of the nations surrounding them and it was in Him they should trust. V2-5 I. V2 – “banner” or “standard” – a call to march. Notice the three imperatives: lift up, r