Isaiah 27
I. (1-39) Condemnation
A. Chapters 1-12 - Prophecies against Judah
B. Chapters 13-23 - Prophecies against the Nations
C. Chapters 24-27 - Prophecies of the Day of the Lord
1. \\#24:1-23\\ The Judgment of the Earth
2. \\#25:1-12\\ A Song - The aftermath of the curse
3. \\#26:1-21\\ A Song - The Future
4. \\#27:1-13\\ A Song - The Destruction. This also is a song or
psalm and continues the description of the world at the end of
the tribulation and the beginning of the millennium.
4. \\#Is 27:1-13\\ The Destruction
a. \\#1-6\\ The Destruction of Satan
(1) \\#1-2\\ "In that day" - Both referring to the same time period
but two separate events.
(a) \\#1\\ God will "punish" Satan.
i. The sword of the Lord is mentioned implying a battle
takes place and Satan is defeated.
ii. Notice the many Old Testament times of Satan (i.e.
leviathan, piercing serpent, crooked serpent, dragon)
(b) \\#2\\ A song will be sung.
i. The phrasing of this verse is difficult to understand.
I noticed that there is no Hebrew word for the pronoun
"her." Other translations omit the word altogether.
ii. I take it that the "her" is the vineyard, who is likely
Israel \\#6\\. Then command is then to the world to
sing to Israel, who is God’s garden. I further take
it that these are to be songs of praise.
(2) \\#3-6\\ Also during that time, the Lord will care for the
vineyard.
(a) \\#3\\ "I the Lord do keep it" - God has always cared FOR
Israel but, in this time, Israel will be cared BY God.
(b) \\#4\\ "Fury is not in me" - After the tribulation, God’s
fury will all be spent.
(c) \\#4\\ But if any try to turn the worst of Israel (the
briers and thorns) against Him, He will consume and destroy
them. This probably refers to the lost who apparently
enter the millennial and those born during that time
period who did not accept Christ. We know there will be
wicked tendencies even in this glorious time.
Psalms 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like
a potter’s vessel.
(d) \\#5\\ "Or let him take hold of my strength" - However, no
one is forced to be the Lord’s enemy. Any who will may
come to Him.
(e) \\#6\\ Those who will, will "blossom and bud." This is
especially true of Israel but anyone who comes to God will
be greatly blessed.
b. \\#7-13\\ The Destruction of Israel’s Obstinance - This is not so
much a discussion of what God will do to Israel during the
tribulation, but how will God remove their stubborn streak?
(1) \\#7\\ God answers a question with two questions:
(a) The question is being asked, "Has God smote Israel as He
smote those who smote Israel?"
(b) Then He asks, "Or has God slain Israel like those He let
Israel slay?"
(c) The questions imply that Israel, as badly as the nation was
judged, did not receive judgment as severely as others.
(d) The questions also imply that Israel, at some point, will
be a victorious army, slaying their enemies.
(2) \\#8\\ So how does God deal with Israel?
(a) "In measure" - In moderation
(b) "when it shooteth forth" - The phrase means to be driven
away. Most consider this a reference to God scattering
Israel. While other nations were destroyed forever, the
judgment God brings upon Israel is to scatter them.
(c) "thou wilt debate with it" - That is how God contents with
Israel.
(d) By using this means, God has "stayed his rough wind."
i. To stay something is to stop it.
ii. "rough wind" - Rough means stubborn or obstinate. Wind
means breathe or speech.
(3) \\#9\\ By this… shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged"
(a) This is God’s means of correcting Israel and while it seems
to take much time, it will "take away his sin."
(b) We should not think this has been easy for Israel. Much
heat must be applied to stones to make them as unstable as
chalk. So God will give Israel over to much judgment to
purge their sinful behavior.
(4) \\#10\\ Their "defenced city shall be desolate" and the
inhabitants will flee. This is a reference to Jerusalem. That
city has seen much suffering but much more remains.
(5) \\#11\\ When the city, liken to a stump, is "withered" and
dried, woman shall come and set it on fire.
(a) It sounds like before God is finished, a bunch of old women
will be able to defeat the scared city.
(b) Why? Because they are "a people of no understanding."
(c) Therefore, God "will not have mercy on them." Worse days
are ahead in the tribulation.
(6) \\#12-13\\ "And it shall come to pass in that day" - Repeated
in both verses for emphasis. This is a time marker to say that
in these end time days this will be case.
(a) Again, God speaks of a road or path from Assyria to Israel
to Egypt.
(b) Here we are told that this road will be used to regather
the scattered of Israel.
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