Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Therefore hear this now"
Text: Isaiah 47:8
GOD’S WORD OF ADMONITION
The LORD had to give a very firm word of admonition to the Babylonians. He warned them of grave consequences if they pursued the path of wickedness.
“Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
But these two things shall come to you
In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.”
Isaiah 47:8-9
1. The Pursuits of the Babylonians.
a) They were given to “pleasures”.
b) They trusted in their security.
c) They were arrogant in their heart
i) They say “I am”.
ii) “There is no one else besides me”.
iii) The Babylonians spoke as if they were deity.
d) They believed:
i) They would not experience widowhood.
ii) They would never experience loss of children.
iii) This was both arrogance and foolishness.
2. A grim word of warning
a) They would experience the very things they boasted in.
b) They would suddenly experience:
i) Loss of children.
ii) Widowhood.
iii) They will have these terrible things “in fullness”.
3. The problems highlighted.
a) The Babylonians were steeped in “sorceries”.
b) They had many “enchantments”.
c) They believed that these practices would protect:
i) Their children from early death.
ii) Their womenfolk from the loss of their husbands.
d) Occultic practices would never be able to achieve those goals!