Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"The terrible one is brought to nothing"
Text: Isaiah 29:20
THE WICKED WILL BE JUDGED
The wicked were rudely defiant towards the LORD and His servants. They believed that they would never be judged by anyone. They were so wrong!
“For the terrible one is brought to nothing,
The scornful one is consumed,
And all who watch for iniquity are cut off—
Who make a man an offender by a word,
And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just by empty words.”
Isaiah 29:20-21
1. The wicked identified.
a) They were known as “the terrible ones”.
b) Others were called “the scornful ones”.
c) Still others were practising “iniquity”.
2. The LORD will:
a) Judge the wicked.
b) Wield His divine authority and power against them.
c) Cut off the wicked and their activities.
d) Not allow them to sin with impunity.
e) Make an example of the wicked.
f) Not allow His authority to be callously flouted by the wicked.
3. The deeds of the wicked noted.
a) They make people offend by a word.
i) They compel people to win.
ii) They instigate people to do wrong things.
b) They lay a snare for those who dare to reprove them at the city gate.
i) The brave and the just resist them.
ii) They dare to reprove them.
iii) The wicked would plot to lay snares against the righteous.
c) They turn aside the just by using empty words of promise.
i) Those who are not ensnared they attack them in other ways.
ii) They compromise the just by speaking empty words of promise.
iii) The naïve ones would then be turned aside because they have been deceived.