Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"A present will be brought to the LORD of hosts"
Text: Isaiah 18:7
FORETELLING THE FUTURE OF ETHIOPIA II
The political ambitions of Ethiopia would be dashed to the ground. But on the spiritual side of things, Ethiopia would come to find faith in the LORD!
“They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey
And for the beasts of the earth;
The birds of prey will summer on them,
And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
In that time a present will be brought to the LORD of hosts
From a people tall and smooth of skin,
And from a people terrible from their beginning onward,
A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide—
To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts,
To Mount Zion.”
Isaiah 18:6-7
1. The demise of Ethiopia as an empire.
a) The armies of Ethiopia would die in the battle fields.
b) They and their allies would suffer terrible defeats.
i) Ethiopia
ii) Egypt
iii) Syria
c) The corpses would be food for the scavengers.
i) The mountain birds of prey.
ii) The beasts of the earth.
iii) There would be enough food for these animals for summer and winter.
2. Ethiopia coming alive to faith in the LORD of hosts.
a) This was foretold by the LORD.
b) They would bring a present to the LORD of hosts in Zion;
i) As an expression of faith.
ii) As an act of worship.
c) The picturesque language used to describe Ethiopia was used.
i) “From a people tall and smooth of skin”
ii) “And from a people terrible from their beginning onward”
iii) “A nation powerful and treading down,
Whose land the rivers divide”
iv) The nation would turn to the LORD in humble faith.