Thank goodness for Isaiah chapter 9 and 11, with their un-debated references to the future Messiah. Though Isaiah prophesies about the immediate deliverance of Judah from her enemies, he is more concerned with prophecy about the distant future, when "out of the stump of David's family (a stump because they would be cut down by the Babylonians) will grow a shoot". Some of the prophecy written in today's chapters was fulfilled in Jesus' first coming and some will be fulfilled when he returns to establish His kingdom on earth.
As an aside, I was intrigued by Isaiah's depiction of Assyria as a "tool" used by God to accomplish His purposes in Israel. Strange to think that our enemies may be just that. Though we usually seek to blame Satan or man, God clearly uses evil people and circumstances at times to get His work done.
Tomorrow's reading: Isa. 12:1-6, 17:1-14, 2 Kings 16:10-18, 2 Chron. 28:16-25; 2 Kings 18:1-8, 2 Chron. 29:1-2; 2Kings 15:30-31, 17:1-4; Hosea 1-2:13
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