Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Their roaring will be like a lion"
Text: Isaiah 5:29
A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE ENEMIES
Judah was not very impacted by this word of warning about foreign invaders. The idea that there would be very powerful and hostile enemies was not something they could believe easily.
“Their roaring will be like a lion,
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.
In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.”
Isaiah 5:29-30
1. The imagery of a lion.
a) The lion was a symbol of old Babylon.
b) The power of the lion is described here.
i) The lions will roar.
ii) They will capture their prey.
iii) No one would be able to deliver the prey from hungry young lions.
2. The Babylonians
a) They would come to Judah.
b) They would roar like hungry and ferocious lions.
3. Babylon
a) It was not a significant nation in the days of Isaiah.
b) This was a prophetic word of warning.
c) Judah could not believe this prophetic word.
d) The prophet Jeremiah also gave the same word of warning to little avail.
4. The plight of Judah when attacked by the Babylonians.
a) There will be darkness.
b) There will be sorrow.
c) The light they had would be darkened by the clouds.
d) This was a grim and candid description of what Judah would experience.
e) Judah did not believe this word of warning until it was too late!