Social injustice condemned. Isa 9:18-21 and Isa 10:1-4
- JUDGMENT, RESTORATION, THANKSGIVING, Isaiah 1-12
3. The Book of Immanuel, Isaiah 7-12
SOCIAL INJUSTICE CONDEMNED
JUDGMENT ON ARROGANCE AND OPPRESSION
For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns, It even sets the forest thickets ablaze; And it swirls upward in a column of smoke.
By the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land is burned up, And the people are like fuel for the fire; No man spares his brother.
They slice off [in discord] what is on the right hand but are still hungry, And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied; Each eats the flesh of his own arm.
[The tribe of] Manasseh devours [the tribe of his brother] Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, And together they are against Judah (the southern kingdom, the house of David). In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
Woe (judgment is coming) to those [judges] who issue evil statutes, And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions,
So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of rightful claims, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the fatherless.
Now what will you do in the day of [God’s] punishment, And in the storm of devastation which will come from far away? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]?
Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives Or fall [dead] among the slain [on the battlefield]. In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away, But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
F.B.Meyer
On Isa
Isa 9:18-21 and Isa 10:1-4
15. What picture is drawn of the desolation produced by sin?
SOCIAL INJUSTICE CONDEMNED
The terrible indictment of the preceding paragraphs is continued here. Notice the awful monotony of the refrain, Isa_9:12; Isa_9:17; Isa_9:21; Isa_10:4. Internal anarchy spread with the rapidity of a prairie fire. Jealousy and distrust awoke murderous hatred. Even the ties of brotherhood would not avail to arrest the knife of the assassin. In the horrors of starvation men would consume their own flesh, Isa_9:20. Civil strife would exhaust the forces, which, combined with God’s blessing, might have arrested the invader. The weak would become the spoil of the strong; and there would be no appeal. What pathetic questions are suggested in Isa_10:3! What will ye do? To whom will ye flee? See Heb_9:26-28. What hope is there for the soul that has known and refused the offer of forgiveness in Jesus! Dear soul, make haste to the cleft of the Rock!
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