Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"The day of the LORD’s vengeance"
Text: Isaiah 34:8
MORE DETAILS CONCERNING EDOM
The context of this passage would refer more directly to Edom (Isaiah 34:5). The conflict between Edom and Zion was so bad that God had to come down with a severe word of warning to the enemy nation.
“For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Its streams shall be turned into pitch,
And its dust into brimstone;
Its land shall become burning pitch.
It shall not be quenched night or day;
Its smoke shall ascend forever.
From generation to generation it shall lie waste;
No one shall pass through it forever and ever.”
Isaiah 34:8-10
1. The vengeance of the LORD.
a) This is not man’s concept of vengeance.
i) The vengeance of man is cruel.
ii) Its motivation is personal reprisal.
b) God’s vengeance:
i) It is recompense.
ii) It is divine justice upheld.
2. The cause of Zion.
a) Zion represents Jerusalem.
b) Edom helped Zion’s enemies.
c) Edom plundered Zion.
3. The consequences of God’s divine judgment against Edom.
a) The streams will become pitch.
b) The dust will become brimstone.
c) The land would also become like burning pitch.
i) The burning will not be quenched.
ii) The smoke of the pitch will keep rising up.
iii) The devastation will last for many generations.
iv) Edom would not be a thoroughfare anymore.