Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Go forth from Babylon"
Text: Isaiah 48:20
GOING FORTH FROM BABYLON
Israel’s captivity in Babylon was reminiscent of the time when they were enslaved in Egypt. God had sent redemption and release from Egypt. Moses led the children of Israel to depart from Egypt triumphantly!
“Go forth from Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, ‘The LORD has redeemed
His servant Jacob!’
And they did not thirst
When He led them through the deserts;
He caused the waters to flow from the rock for them;
He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
‘There is no peace,’ says the LORD, ‘for the wicked.'”
Isaiah 48:20-22
1. The challenge to Israel in Babylon.
a) To go forth from Babylon.
b) To flee the land of the Chaldeans.
2. Manner of Departure:
a) With singing.
b) With a triumphant song.
3. A call to declare what God had done to many.
a) He had redeemed Israel.
b) He had rescued Jacob from being in bondage to Babylon.
c) He still regarded Jacob as His servant.
4. Remembering the days of Moses.
a) God led them through the deserts.
b) The children of Israel were provided for.
c) God provided water miraculously.
d) Water was drawn from a rock that God had split.
5. The wicked.
a) There would be some who would reject this word of redemption.
b) They would not believe the LORD and His word of promise.
c) For the wicked, there would be no peace.