August Scripture Portion for Bible Commentary : Isaiah 28 - Ezekiel 11, including the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations
- Isaiah 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 66 66
- Jeremiah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Chapters 46--48 show the greatness of God's power. We have previously seen the greatness of His person, the greatness of His purpose, the greatness of His pardon, and the greatness of His promises.
Today's reading describes the utter ruin of Babylon. When Isaiah spoke the words that are written here, Babylon was not yet a great world power, so some of the Jews must have wondered about his message. But Babylon did rise to a world power and did conquer Judah. In spite of the conquest of Babylon against Judah , God said He would carry His people and would deliver them if they would turn back to Him.
God's judgment on Babylon is recorded in chapters 47 and 48. God was greater than the heathen Gods of the Old Testament , just as He is greater than Satan in the world today. Psalm 37 tells us to fret not because of evil doers. We have one we can turn to in time of trouble. He is ever near, always caring for us. His greater promise is that "him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37b). God loves us; He gave His Son for us; His Son died, rose from the dead, and today is our advocate, or lawyer, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for us. This same wonderful God of the Old Testament is our God today. He is just in punishing sin, but He is loving and forgiving to those who come to Him in repentance and faith.