Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts"
Text: Isaiah 5:24
EXPLANATION ABOUT THE ANGER OF GOD
Isaiah took great pains to explain the anger of the LORD. Judah needed to know why God was so angry with the nation!
“Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And the hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.”
Isaiah 5:24-25
1. The anger of God was likened to fire.
a) Fire that devours the stubble and not the silver or gold.
b) A flame that burns the chaff and not the grain.
c) The root of Judah was compared to “rottenness”.
d) Their “blossom” was compared to mere dust.
2. What was the sin of Judah?
a) They had rejected the law of the LORD of hosts.
i) They had rejected the teachings that had been passed down from Moses.
ii) The written Scriptures had been abandoned.
b) They had rejected the word of the Holy One of Israel.
i) The words of the faithful priests had been spurned.
ii) The messages of the courageous prophets had been despised.
3. The anger of the LORD had been aroused against Judah.
a) He had stretched out His hand against them.
b) He had struck the people called by His name.
c) The carcasses of the dead were compared to refuse on the streets.
4. Yet the anger of the LORD remained.
a) His anger was not turned away yet.
b) His hand of chastisement was still stretched out.
c) The hills trembled but the people of Judah remained stubbornly sinful!