Rachel Workman: 1 These are the visions that Isaiah
son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. He saw these visions during the
years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.[a]
2 Listen, O heavens! Pay attention,
earth!
This is what the Lord says:
“The children I raised and cared for
have rebelled against me.
3 Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
4 Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the Lord.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
This is what the Lord says:
“The children I raised and cared for
have rebelled against me.
3 Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
4 Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the Lord.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
Wow what a reading to start with.
Keeping in mind this is the old testament, it kinda scares me. We just keep on
keeping on. We don't even know what is right or wrong anymore. Of course we
don't recognize our Master. It's doesn't take much insight to see that our
nations is under persecution. More so than I've ever seen.
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John
Burnett: 1 These
are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. He
saw these visions during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were
kings of Judah.[a]
2 Listen, O heavens! Pay attention,
earth!
This is what the Lord says:
“The children I raised and cared for
have rebelled against me.
3 Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
4 Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the Lord.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
This is what the Lord says:
“The children I raised and cared for
have rebelled against me.
3 Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
4 Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the Lord.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
This is just as true today
of Israel as it was in 700 BC. Proof today is the Gay Pride parades held
in Tel Aviv every year. Isaiah is pointing out Israel’s sin condition and
what it is doing to Israel and verse 4 could apply to any country in the world
today. America likes to pride itself on being a God fearing country but
that is a self-righteousness declared by those who like to watch Fox
News.
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Tomorrow’s reading for Isaiah 1:5-9
Why do you continue to invite punishment?Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured,
and your heart is sick.
6 You are battered from head to foot—
covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds—
without any soothing ointments or bandages.
7 Your country lies in ruins,
and your towns are burned.
Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes
and destroy everything they see.
8 Beautiful Jerusalem[b] stands abandoned
like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard,
like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest,
like a helpless city under siege.
9 If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
had not spared a few of us,[c]
we would have been wiped out like Sodom,
destroyed like Gomorrah.
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