Chapter twenty-eight contains a new judgment prophecy against Ephraim, representing all of northern Israel. In the first section, Ephraim is compared to drunks and babies (Isaiah 28:1-13). Although Ephraim may have seen themselves as the “splendid crown” of the nation, God saw them stumbling around like drunks, slipping and falling in their own vomit. He […]
Chapter twenty-six opens with another song that “will be sung in the land of Judah” at the beginning of the Messianic Kingdom (Isaiah 26:1-6). They will celebrate their “strong city” and “the LORD’s deliverance.” Even with open gates, they will feel safe because Jehovah will be there. The middle section of the chapter seems to
Chapters twenty-four through twenty-seven fit together as one long prophecy about the future. Rather than addressing specific nations, as chapters 13-23 did, this speaks to God’s coming judgment on the whole earth, a reference to the Tribulation. (“The earth” is mentioned sixteen times in Isaiah 24:1-20.) There is no class of people that will be
