Friends, do not be tempted to think that because in your place and your time, things are not going as happily or as well as you would like to see them, that somehow this is the normal way for the people of God or for their king, the Lord Jesus Christ. And do not think that this is the way […]

In chapter 34 we saw the destruction and judgment upon the nations. Now we see the deliverance that this brings about. We had seen how these countries, whether Assyria, Babylon, Rome, or the general unbelieving system in this world, seem to flourish and thrive. They look so powerful and bold. But we see the destruction visited upon them, and their […]

Not only is the judgment of these verses an assured judgment, it’s an effectual judgment. It’s a judgment that actually brings about what it promises. The picture here is of a conquering king who has taken the land away from his enemies. Perhaps it is land that was taken from his own people at one time, when an ancestor was […]