Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"The whole heart faints"
Text: Isaiah 1:5
SEEKING TO REASON WITH THE NATION
The LORD sought to reason with His people. Why would they choose to continue in their miserable spiritual state?
“Why should you be stricken again?
You will revolt more and more.
The whole head is sick,
And the whole heart faints.
From the sole of the foot even to the head,
There is no soundness in it,
But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores;
They have not been closed or bound up,
Or soothed with ointment.”
Isaiah 1:5-6
1. “Why should you be stricken again?”
a) The nation had turned away from the LORD.
b) They had turned to idolatry.
c) They had been severely chastised for their sinfulness.
d) But the nation of Judah refused to see reason.
2. “You will revolt more and more”
a) The nation seemed to be gripped by the desire to rebel against God.
b) It will continue to revolt against the LORD.
3. The sad reality reviewed.
a) The head
The whole head was sick.
b) The heart
The whole heart faints.
c) Both the heart and the head were seriously sick.
4. A deeper analysis:
a) From the sole to the head:
There was no soundness in the body.
b) The nation compared to a very sick body.
i) There were wounds.
ii) There were bruises.
iii) There were putrefying sores.
c) The body had not been given needed attention.
i) The wounds and sores were not bound up.
ii) No ointment was applied to the wounds to bring about soothing
and healing.