WEBVTT 00:00:00.999 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.279 in a year. Today's reading is from Isaiah chapters 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:13.640 7 through 10, as well as chapter 17. Chapter 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:16.820 7 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the 00:00:16.820 --> 00:00:19.870 son of Jotham, The son of Uzziah, king of Judah, 00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:22.370 the resin king of Syria, and Pekah the son of 00:00:22.370 --> 00:00:24.449 Ramaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem 00:00:24.449 --> 00:00:26.690 to make war against it, but could not prevail 00:00:26.690 --> 00:00:29.190 against it. And it was told to the house of David, 00:00:29.289 --> 00:00:32.270 saying, Syria's forces are deployed in Ephraim. 00:00:32.429 --> 00:00:34.869 So his heart and the heart of his people were 00:00:34.869 --> 00:00:37.289 moved, as the trees of the woods are moved with 00:00:37.289 --> 00:00:40.030 the wind. Then the Lord said to Isaiah, Go out 00:00:40.030 --> 00:00:43.289 now to meet Ahaz, you and Shir Jashub, your son, 00:00:43.429 --> 00:00:45.909 at the end of the aqueduct from the upper pool 00:00:45.909 --> 00:00:48.289 on the highway to the fuller's field. And say 00:00:48.289 --> 00:00:51.649 to him, Take heed and be quiet. Do not fear or 00:00:51.649 --> 00:00:54.310 be faint -hearted for these two stubs of smoking 00:00:54.310 --> 00:00:57.329 firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and 00:00:57.329 --> 00:01:00.369 Syria and the son of Remaliah. Because Syria, 00:01:00.549 --> 00:01:02.509 Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted 00:01:02.509 --> 00:01:05.290 evil against you, saying, Let us go up against 00:01:05.290 --> 00:01:07.890 Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in 00:01:07.890 --> 00:01:10.609 its wall for ourselves and set a king over them, 00:01:10.709 --> 00:01:14.010 the son of Tabor. Thus says the Lord God, It 00:01:14.010 --> 00:01:17.019 shall not stand, nor shall it come to pass. For 00:01:17.019 --> 00:01:19.180 the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of 00:01:19.180 --> 00:01:22.280 Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty -five years Ephraim 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:24.840 will be broken, so that it will not be a people. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.280 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:29.819 of Samaria is Ramalia's son. If you will not 00:01:29.819 --> 00:01:32.200 believe, surely you shall not be established. 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:35.799 Moreover, the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 00:01:36.019 --> 00:01:38.459 Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God. 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:41.540 Ask it either in a depth or in a height above. 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.579 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nor will I test 00:01:44.579 --> 00:01:47.219 the Lord. Then he said, Hear now, O house of 00:01:47.219 --> 00:01:49.939 David, is it a small thing for you to weary men, 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:53.400 but you will weary my God also? Therefore the 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:55.920 Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:58.500 virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:01.480 call his name Immanuel. Curds and honey he shall 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:04.260 eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and 00:02:04.260 --> 00:02:06.909 choose the good. For before the child shall not 00:02:06.909 --> 00:02:09.270 refuse the evil and choose the good, the land 00:02:09.270 --> 00:02:11.909 that you dread will be forsaken by both her kings. 00:02:12.129 --> 00:02:14.669 The Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon 00:02:14.669 --> 00:02:16.949 you and your people and your father's house, 00:02:17.169 --> 00:02:20.810 days that have not come since the day that Ephraim 00:02:20.810 --> 00:02:23.669 departed from Judah. And it shall come to pass 00:02:23.669 --> 00:02:26.150 in that day that the Lord will whistle for the 00:02:26.150 --> 00:02:28.810 fly that is in the farthest part of the rivers 00:02:28.810 --> 00:02:31.509 of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land 00:02:31.509 --> 00:02:33.900 of Assyria. They will come, and all of them will 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:36.439 rest in the desolate valleys and in the clefts 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.879 of the rocks, and on all thorns, and in all pastures. 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:42.580 In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired 00:02:42.580 --> 00:02:45.439 razor with those from beyond the river with the 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:48.000 king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:50.939 legs, and will also remove the beard. It shall 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:53.620 be in that day that a man will keep alive a young 00:02:53.620 --> 00:02:56.560 cow and two sheep, so it shall be from the abundance 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.650 of milk they give that he will eat curds. For 00:02:59.650 --> 00:03:02.469 curds and honey everyone will eat who is left 00:03:02.469 --> 00:03:05.490 in the land. It shall happen in that day that 00:03:05.490 --> 00:03:08.449 wherever there could be a thousand vines worth 00:03:08.449 --> 00:03:11.050 a thousand shekels of silver, it will be for 00:03:11.050 --> 00:03:14.430 briars and thorns. With arrows and bows men will 00:03:14.430 --> 00:03:17.189 come here, because all the land will become briars 00:03:17.189 --> 00:03:20.430 and thorns. And to any hill which could be dug 00:03:20.430 --> 00:03:23.050 with the hoe, you will not go there for fear 00:03:23.050 --> 00:03:25.830 of briars and thorns, but it will become a range 00:03:25.830 --> 00:03:30.629 for oxen and a place for sheep to roam. Chapter 00:03:30.629 --> 00:03:33.610 8 Moreover the Lord said to me, Take a large 00:03:33.610 --> 00:03:36.449 scroll, and write on it with a man's pen, concerning 00:03:36.449 --> 00:03:40.729 Meher, Shalal, Hash, Baz. And I will take for 00:03:40.729 --> 00:03:43.509 myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the 00:03:43.509 --> 00:03:46.710 priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberkiah. Then 00:03:46.710 --> 00:03:49.009 I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and 00:03:49.009 --> 00:03:51.580 bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, Call his 00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:54.699 name Meir Shalal Hashbaz. For before the child 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:56.979 shall have knowledge to cry, My father and my 00:03:56.979 --> 00:03:59.300 mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil 00:03:59.300 --> 00:04:01.680 of Samaria, will be taken away before the king 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:04.400 of Assyria. The Lord also spoke to me again, 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:07.620 saying, Inasmuch as these people refused the 00:04:07.620 --> 00:04:10.280 waters of Shiloah that flow softly, and rejoice 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:12.919 in Rezin and in Ramalia's son, now therefore, 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:16.000 behold, the Lord brings up over them the waters 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:18.579 of the river, strong and mighty. the king of 00:04:18.579 --> 00:04:21.560 Assyria and all his glory. He will go up over 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:25.660 all his channels and go over all his banks. He 00:04:25.660 --> 00:04:28.139 will pass through Judah. He will overflow and 00:04:28.139 --> 00:04:31.040 pass over. He will reach up to the neck and the 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.720 stretching out of his wings will fill the breadth 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:37.100 of your land, O Emmanuel. Be shattered, O you 00:04:37.100 --> 00:04:39.819 peoples, and be broken in pieces. Give ear, O 00:04:39.819 --> 00:04:42.680 you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.279 be broken in pieces. Gird yourselves, but be 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:48.139 broken in pieces. Take counsel together, but 00:04:48.139 --> 00:04:50.740 it will come to nothing. Speak the word, but 00:04:50.740 --> 00:04:54.339 it will not stand, for God is with us. For the 00:04:54.339 --> 00:04:56.819 Lord spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and 00:04:56.819 --> 00:04:59.079 instructed me that I should not walk in the way 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:02.319 of this people, saying, Do not say a conspiracy 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.240 concerning all that this people call a conspiracy. 00:05:05.660 --> 00:05:08.459 Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled. 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.779 The Lord of hosts, him you shall hallow. Let 00:05:11.779 --> 00:05:14.550 him be your fear. and let him be your dread. 00:05:14.750 --> 00:05:18.089 He will be as a sanctuary, but a stone of stumbling 00:05:18.089 --> 00:05:20.870 and a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, 00:05:21.009 --> 00:05:24.110 as a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 00:05:24.329 --> 00:05:26.970 and many among them shall stumble. They shall 00:05:26.970 --> 00:05:30.250 fall and be broken, be snared and taken. Bind 00:05:30.250 --> 00:05:32.930 up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples, 00:05:33.129 --> 00:05:35.810 and I will wait on the Lord, who hides his face 00:05:35.810 --> 00:05:38.370 from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him. 00:05:38.550 --> 00:05:40.850 Here am I and the children whom the Lord has 00:05:40.850 --> 00:05:43.740 given me. We are for signs and wonders in Israel, 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.839 from the Lord of hosts who dwells in Mount Zion. 00:05:47.220 --> 00:05:49.800 And when they say to you, Seek those who are 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:52.100 mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter, 00:05:52.180 --> 00:05:55.459 should not a people seek their God? Should they 00:05:55.459 --> 00:05:58.199 seek the dead on behalf of the living? To the 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:00.740 law and to the testimony, if they do not speak 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:03.420 according to this word, it is because there is 00:06:03.420 --> 00:06:06.220 no light in them. they will pass through it hard 00:06:06.220 --> 00:06:08.819 pressed and hungry and it shall happen when they 00:06:08.819 --> 00:06:11.560 are hungry that they will be enraged and curse 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.279 their king and their god and look upward then 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:16.480 they will look to the earth and see trouble and 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:19.639 darkness gloom of anguish and they will be driven 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:24.839 into darkness chapter nine nevertheless the gloom 00:06:24.839 --> 00:06:27.779 will not be upon her who is distressed as when 00:06:27.779 --> 00:06:30.779 at first he lightly esteemed the land of zaballoon 00:06:30.779 --> 00:06:33.509 and the land of naphtali and afterward more heavily 00:06:33.509 --> 00:06:35.949 oppressed her by the way of the sea beyond the 00:06:35.949 --> 00:06:38.769 jordan in galilee of the gentiles the people 00:06:38.769 --> 00:06:41.430 who walked in darkness have seen a great light 00:06:41.430 --> 00:06:43.930 those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of 00:06:43.930 --> 00:06:47.910 death upon them a light has shined you have multiplied 00:06:47.910 --> 00:06:50.829 the nation and increased its joy they rejoice 00:06:50.829 --> 00:06:53.709 before you according to the joy of harvest as 00:06:53.709 --> 00:06:56.370 men rejoice when they divide the spoil for you 00:06:56.370 --> 00:06:58.790 have broken the yoke of his burden and the staff 00:06:58.790 --> 00:07:01.490 of his shoulder the rod of his oppressor as in 00:07:01.490 --> 00:07:04.329 the day of Midian. For every warrior's sandal 00:07:04.329 --> 00:07:06.870 from the noisy battle, and garments rolled in 00:07:06.870 --> 00:07:09.930 blood, will be used for burning and fuel of fire. 00:07:10.209 --> 00:07:13.189 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is 00:07:13.189 --> 00:07:15.629 given, and the government will be upon his shoulder, 00:07:15.769 --> 00:07:19.250 and his name will be called Wonderful Counselor, 00:07:19.269 --> 00:07:22.730 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 00:07:23.209 --> 00:07:26.009 Of the increase of his government and peace there 00:07:26.009 --> 00:07:28.430 will be no end. Upon the throne of David and 00:07:28.430 --> 00:07:30.920 over his kingdom. to order it and establish it 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:33.819 with judgment and justice, from that time forward 00:07:33.819 --> 00:07:37.139 even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:40.660 perform this. The Lord sent a word against Jacob, 00:07:40.839 --> 00:07:43.839 and it has fallen on Israel. All the people will 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.959 know Ephraim, an inhabitant of Samaria, who say 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:49.600 in pride and arrogance of heart, The bricks have 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.699 fallen down, but we will rebuild with hewn stones. 00:07:52.980 --> 00:07:55.600 The sycamores are cut down, but we will replace 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.420 them with cedars. Therefore the Lord shall set 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:01.240 up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:04.319 spur his enemies on, the Syrians before and the 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:07.180 Philistines behind. And they shall devour Israel 00:08:07.180 --> 00:08:10.639 with an open mouth. For all this his anger is 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.199 not turned away, but his hand is stretched out 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:15.819 still. For the people do not turn to him who 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:18.379 strikes them, nor do they seek the Lord of hosts. 00:08:18.620 --> 00:08:20.959 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:23.939 from Israel, palm branch and bulrush in one day. 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.970 The elder and honorable, he is the head. The 00:08:26.970 --> 00:08:30.110 prophet who teaches lies, he is the tale. For 00:08:30.110 --> 00:08:32.250 the leaders of this people cause them to err, 00:08:32.370 --> 00:08:34.710 and those who are led by them are destroyed. 00:08:35.129 --> 00:08:37.490 Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their 00:08:37.490 --> 00:08:40.450 young men, nor have mercy on their fatherless 00:08:40.450 --> 00:08:43.070 and widows. For everyone is a hypocrite and an 00:08:43.070 --> 00:08:46.950 evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all 00:08:46.950 --> 00:08:49.990 this his anger is not turned away, but his hand 00:08:49.990 --> 00:08:52.870 is stretched out still. For wickedness burns 00:08:52.870 --> 00:08:55.629 as the fire, It shall devour the briars and thorns, 00:08:55.769 --> 00:08:58.429 and kindle in the thickets of the forest. They 00:08:58.429 --> 00:09:01.029 shall mount up like rising smoke. Through the 00:09:01.029 --> 00:09:03.570 wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is burnt 00:09:03.570 --> 00:09:06.490 up. And the people shall be as fuel for the fire. 00:09:06.909 --> 00:09:09.450 No man shall spare his brother, and he shall 00:09:09.450 --> 00:09:12.429 snatch on the right hand and be hungry. He shall 00:09:12.429 --> 00:09:14.710 devour on the left hand and not be satisfied. 00:09:15.190 --> 00:09:17.529 Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm. 00:09:17.909 --> 00:09:20.490 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh. 00:09:20.610 --> 00:09:23.820 Together they shall be against Judah. For all 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:26.759 this his anger is not turned away, but his hand 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.700 is stretched out still. Chapter 10 Woe to those 00:09:31.700 --> 00:09:34.700 who decree unrighteous decrees, who write misfortune, 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:37.600 which they have prescribed, to rob the needy 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:39.700 of justice and to take what is right from the 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:42.919 poor of my people, that widows may be their prey 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:45.720 and that they may rob the fatherless. What will 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.399 you do in the day of punishment and in the desolation 00:09:48.399 --> 00:09:51.299 which will come from afar? To whom will you flee 00:09:51.299 --> 00:09:53.620 for help, and where will you leave your glory? 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:56.759 Without me they shall bow down among the prisoners, 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:59.639 and they shall fall among the slain. For all 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:02.539 this his anger is not turned away, but his hand 00:10:02.539 --> 00:10:06.139 is stretched out still. Woe to Assyria, the rod 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:08.980 of my anger, and the staff in whose hand is my 00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:12.139 indignation. I will send him against an ungodly 00:10:12.139 --> 00:10:14.940 nation, and against the people of my wrath. I 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:17.539 will give him charge, to seize the spoil, to 00:10:17.539 --> 00:10:20.299 take the prey. and to tread them down like the 00:10:20.299 --> 00:10:22.860 mire of the streets, yet he does not mean so, 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:26.059 nor does his heart think so, but it is in his 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:28.899 heart to destroy and cut off not a few nations. 00:10:29.100 --> 00:10:32.000 For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings? 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:35.759 Is not Conno like Carchemish? Is not Hamad like 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:39.559 Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? As my hand 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:42.220 has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose carved 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:45.279 images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 00:10:45.710 --> 00:10:48.250 as i have done to samaria and her idols shall 00:10:48.250 --> 00:10:51.450 i not do also to jerusalem and her idols therefore 00:10:51.450 --> 00:10:54.169 it shall come to pass when the lord has performed 00:10:54.169 --> 00:10:57.450 all his work on mount zion and on jerusalem that 00:10:57.450 --> 00:10:59.970 he will say i will punish the fruit of the arrogant 00:10:59.970 --> 00:11:02.730 heart of the king of assyria and the glory of 00:11:02.730 --> 00:11:05.590 his haughty looks for he says by the strength 00:11:05.590 --> 00:11:08.940 of my hand i have done it and by my wisdom for 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:11.539 I am prudent. Also I have removed the boundaries 00:11:11.539 --> 00:11:13.620 of the people, and have robbed their treasures. 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.679 So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.940 man. My hand has found, like a nest, the riches 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:22.879 of the people. And as one gathers eggs that are 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:25.559 left, I have gathered all the earth. And there 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.340 was no one who moved his wing, nor opened his 00:11:28.340 --> 00:11:31.740 mouth with even a peep. Shall the axe boast itself 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:34.580 against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:38.279 exalt itself against him who saws with it? As 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:40.720 if a rod could wield itself against those who 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.139 lift it up, or as if a staff could lift up, as 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:47.139 if it were not wood. Therefore the Lord, the 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:50.299 Lord of hosts, will send leanness among his fat 00:11:50.299 --> 00:11:53.259 ones, and under his glory he will kindle a burning, 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:56.100 like the burning of a fire. So the light of Israel 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:59.639 will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame. 00:11:59.799 --> 00:12:03.100 It will burn and devour his thorns and his briars 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:05.769 in one day. And it will consume the glory of 00:12:05.769 --> 00:12:08.690 his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul 00:12:08.690 --> 00:12:11.870 and body. And they will be as when a sick man 00:12:11.870 --> 00:12:14.669 wastes away. Then the rest of the trees of his 00:12:14.669 --> 00:12:17.669 forest will be so few in number that a child 00:12:17.669 --> 00:12:20.549 may ride them. And it shall come to pass in that 00:12:20.549 --> 00:12:23.409 day that the remnant of Israel, and such as have 00:12:23.409 --> 00:12:26.070 escaped of the house of Jacob, will never again 00:12:26.070 --> 00:12:28.669 depend on him who defeated them, but will depend 00:12:28.669 --> 00:12:31.549 on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 00:12:31.789 --> 00:12:34.570 The remnant will return. the remnant of Jacob, 00:12:34.750 --> 00:12:37.169 to the mighty God. For though your people, O 00:12:37.169 --> 00:12:39.769 Israel, be as the sand of the sea, a remnant 00:12:39.769 --> 00:12:42.870 of them will return. The destruction decreed 00:12:42.870 --> 00:12:45.690 shall overflow with righteousness, for the Lord 00:12:45.690 --> 00:12:48.830 God of hosts will make a determined end in the 00:12:48.830 --> 00:12:51.789 midst of all the land. Therefore, thus says the 00:12:51.789 --> 00:12:54.690 Lord God of hosts, O my people who dwell in Zion, 00:12:54.909 --> 00:12:57.740 do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike 00:12:57.740 --> 00:13:00.000 you with a rod and lift up his staff against 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:03.179 you in the manner of Egypt. For yet a very little 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:06.220 while, and the indignation will cease, as will 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:09.019 my anger in their destruction. And the Lord of 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:11.919 hosts will stir up a scourge for him like the 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:15.100 slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. As his 00:13:15.100 --> 00:13:18.600 rod was on the sea, so will he lift it up in 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:21.179 the manner of Egypt. It shall come to pass in 00:13:21.179 --> 00:13:24.419 that day that his burden will be taken away from 00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:26.929 your shoulder and his yoke from your neck. and 00:13:26.929 --> 00:13:29.309 the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing 00:13:29.309 --> 00:13:32.590 oil. He has come to Ayat. He has passed Migron. 00:13:32.730 --> 00:13:35.330 At Mikmash he has attended to his equipment. 00:13:35.690 --> 00:13:38.129 They have gone along the ridge. They have taken 00:13:38.129 --> 00:13:41.850 up lodging at Geba. Rama is afraid. Gebia of 00:13:41.850 --> 00:13:44.789 Saul has fled. Lift up your voice, O daughter 00:13:44.789 --> 00:13:47.850 of Galim. Cause it to be heard as far as Laish. 00:13:48.090 --> 00:13:51.549 O poor Anatoth! Badmina has fled. The inhabitants 00:13:51.549 --> 00:13:54.529 of Gebeim seek refuge, as yet he will remain 00:13:54.529 --> 00:13:57.529 at Nob that day. He will shake his fist at the 00:13:57.529 --> 00:14:00.009 mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 00:14:00.529 --> 00:14:03.409 Behold the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will lop 00:14:03.409 --> 00:14:05.990 off the bow with terror. Those of high stature 00:14:05.990 --> 00:14:08.769 will be hewn down, and the haughty will be humbled. 00:14:08.970 --> 00:14:11.370 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with 00:14:11.370 --> 00:14:14.409 iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. 00:14:15.809 --> 00:14:20.090 Chapter 17 The Burden Against Damascus Behold, 00:14:20.129 --> 00:14:22.750 Damascus will cease from being a city, and it 00:14:22.750 --> 00:14:25.610 will be a ruinous heap. The cities of Arawar 00:14:25.610 --> 00:14:28.870 are forsaken. They will be for flocks which lie 00:14:28.870 --> 00:14:31.710 down, and no one will make them afraid. The fortress 00:14:31.710 --> 00:14:34.590 also will cease from Ephraim, the kingdom from 00:14:34.590 --> 00:14:37.330 Damascus and the remnant of Syria. They will 00:14:37.330 --> 00:14:40.070 be as the glory of the children of Israel, says 00:14:40.070 --> 00:14:42.490 the Lord of hosts. In that day it shall come 00:14:42.490 --> 00:14:45.350 to pass that the glory of Jacob will wane, and 00:14:45.350 --> 00:14:47.929 the fatness of his flesh grow lean. It shall 00:14:47.929 --> 00:14:50.929 be as when the harvester gathers the grain and 00:14:50.929 --> 00:14:53.990 reaps the heads with his arm. It shall be as 00:14:53.990 --> 00:14:56.710 he who gathers heads of grain in the valley of 00:14:56.710 --> 00:14:59.789 Rephaim. Yet gleaning grapes will be left in 00:14:59.789 --> 00:15:02.610 it, like the shaking of an olive tree, two or 00:15:02.610 --> 00:15:04.970 three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, 00:15:05.090 --> 00:15:08.389 four or five in its most fruitful branches, says 00:15:08.389 --> 00:15:11.750 the Lord God of Israel. In that day a man will 00:15:11.750 --> 00:15:14.230 look to his Maker, and his eyes will have respect 00:15:14.230 --> 00:15:16.730 for the Holy One of Israel. He will not look 00:15:16.730 --> 00:15:19.370 to the altars, the work of his hands. He will 00:15:19.370 --> 00:15:22.070 not respect what his fingers have made, nor the 00:15:22.070 --> 00:15:25.029 wooden images, nor the incense altars. In that 00:15:25.029 --> 00:15:28.210 day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough, 00:15:28.269 --> 00:15:31.230 and an uppermost branch, which they left because 00:15:31.230 --> 00:15:33.750 of the children of Israel, and there will be 00:15:33.750 --> 00:15:36.679 desolation. Because you have forgotten the God 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.779 of your salvation, and have not been mindful 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:41.539 of the rock of your stronghold, therefore you 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:44.399 will plant pleasant plants, and set out foreign 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:47.139 seedlings. In the day you will make your plant 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:49.559 to grow, and in the morning you will make your 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:52.080 seed to flourish. But the harvest will be a heap 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.419 of ruins, in the day of grief and desperate sorrow. 00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.620 Woe to the multitude of many people who make 00:15:58.620 --> 00:16:00.919 a noise like the roar of the seas, and to the 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:03.600 rushing of nations, that make a rushing like 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:06.019 the rushing of mighty waters. The nations will 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:09.139 rush like the rushing of many waters, but God 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:11.820 will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:14.279 and be chased like the chaff of the mountains 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.000 before the wind, like a rolling thing before 00:16:17.000 --> 00:16:20.480 the whirlwind. Then behold, at eventide, trouble, 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:24.309 and before the morning he is no more. This is 00:16:24.309 --> 00:16:27.070 the portion of those who plunder us and the lot 00:16:27.070 --> 00:16:34.990 of those who rob us. I hope you enjoyed today's 00:16:34.990 --> 00:16:37.309 reading as much as I did and I look forward to 00:16:37.309 --> 00:16:39.230 seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our 00:16:39.230 --> 00:16:41.330 journey. God bless you and have a great day.