Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"The fortified city will be desolate"
Text: Isaiah 27:10
WIDE RANGING REFERENCES
The last portion of Isaiah 27 describes a scenario that is wide-ranging! This text describes the judgment that would come from the LORD. No fortified city would be able to withstand the judgment of God.
“Yet the fortified city will be desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.
When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off;
The women come and set them on fire.
For it is a people of no understanding;
Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them,
And He who formed them will show them no favour.”
Isaiah 27:10-11
1. “The fortified city”
a) All mighty nations have fortified cities.
b) These were erected to defend the citizens from marauders.
2. When the Judgment of the LORD comes.
a) The fortified city would become desolate.
b) The city would be forsaken and become a wilderness.
i) The calf would feed there.
ii) Instead of human habitation, the city would be dwelt by animals.
3. The fortified city is likened to a withered tree.
a) The boughs are withered.
b) They would be broken off.
c) Women would gather them for firewood.
d) The fortified city would cease to exist.
4. In the judgment of wicked cities:
a) The LORD would show no mercy.
b) No favour would be shown to these wicked fortified cities.
c) They would be judged for their wicked deeds.