April 20 Readings

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King James Version with Web Encyclopedia Links:Isaiah 13

READING LIST FOR POETRY AND PROPHECY

Today's Reading is Isaiah 13

Isaiah 13
A new section begins in Isaiah 13.23.18 with a series of prophecies against the nations. The first is Babylon (13.1-14.23). Babylon was not even even a world power during the Assyrian empire in the days of Isaiah. Notice the phrase day of the Lord mentioned in verses 6 and 9. One type of prophecy is when the Babylonians invasion, and the other day of the Lord applies more to the second coming (v.9-12).

According to Guzik The day of the Lord is an important phrase, used some 26 times in the Bible. It speaks of not a single day of judgment, but of the season of judgment when the Lord sets things right. It is as if today is man’s day, but the Lord’s day is coming! ....In fact, Jesus was probably quoting or paraphrasing this passage from Isaiah in Matthew 24:29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Isaiah prophesied that the kingdom of Babylon (v.17-22) would be deoslate and attacked by the Medes. We know in Daniel 6-7 that the Mede took over Babylon. What is remarkable is that this prophecy was over 150 years before it happened.



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Guzik on Isaiah 13
Isaiah 13, with Commentaries, verse by verse

Links to Commentaries and other References - Isaiah
Resources for Isaiah
Peter Pett On Isaiah 13-23

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