Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"I will lay your stones with colourful gems"
Text: Isaiah 54:11
THE REBUILDING OF ISRAEL
The LORD promised that He would help Israel to rebuild! Their affliction would come to an end and the nation can start rebuilding!
“O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with colourful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.”
Isaiah 54:11-12
1. “Afflicted one”
a) Israel may indeed be called “afflicted one”.
b) The nation had suffered much under the Assyrians and Babylonians.
c) The affliction described:
i) Tossed as in a tempest.
ii) Not able to find comfort anywhere.
2. The rebuilding of Israel symbolically described.
a) Foundation of the nation:
i) Laid with colourful gems.
ii) With sapphires.
iii) These were prized and costly jewels.
iv) They symbolise a strong foundation.
b) Pinnacles
i) This is a reference to beautiful tall buildings.
ii) Israel would not live in tents.
c) Gates
i) These guard the cities.
ii) Entrance to a beautiful city would be through gates of crystal.
iii) Israel would be adorned with beauty.
d) Walls
i) Walls were built to protect the cities.
ii) The walls that God would build offer more than protection.
iii) The walls would be made of precious stones.
iv) God’s protection would be awesome.