Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"All its princes shall be nothing"
Text: Isaiah 34:12
THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND OF EDOM
Edom once boasted of its mighty kings and warriors but all that would be in the past. Edom also had good pasture land (Bozrah) and majestic mountain peaks (Teman). But the whole landscape would change forever after Divine justice had been meted out.
“But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it,
Also the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
And He shall stretch out over it
The line of confusion and the stones of emptiness.
They shall call its nobles to the kingdom,
But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.”
Isaiah 34:11-12
1. In place of human beings.
a) The proud Edomites would no longer speak of a land of their own.
b) The new inhabitants would include:
i) The pelican
ii) The porcupine
iii) The owl
iv) The raven
2. The Divine line.
a) The LORD would cause a line to be drawn upon the land.
i) The word “line” is used by builders.
ii) Surveyors would draw lines as they study the landscape.
b) Two features would become very obvious:
i) Confusion
ii) Stones of emptiness
c) This would describe the thoughts and feelings of those who may be seeking to rebuild Edom.
d) The builders would be confused as to how to rebuild Edom.
3. Calling for people to return to rebuild Edom.
a) Nobles would be called.
b) Princes would also be called.
c) But none feels confident enough to rebuild Edom.
d) The nobles and the princes would not return to Edom.