In these two verses we have the unworthy called ones. Jehovah acknowledges that they look to Him formally in the covenant of grace. And what does that mean? They call upon Him in the covenant of grace to look upon them and to judge them and to bring them to discipline if there be need. Now for the godly, the

These are grim sounding words. But this is what comes upon the ungodly. This is talking about the end of Babylon which would come in 200 years. But as we've seen, there is a bigger context; we are looking at God's deliverance from a far greater evil, the evil of sin. It would be through a great deliverer, the Lord

We look here at the effect of judgment on Babylon. The ungodly are often honoured. In Isaiah's day, the kingdom of Babylon was gaining in honour. But as we read here, back in those days, and ever since, and even now, they come to disgrace and contempt. King Jesus allows them for a time to be at ease. King Jesus

Look around and compare - there is none like Jehovah. Open your eyes and hearts to Him (v.5)! Verses 6-7 describe the different idols. Much of this is like what was said in verses 1-2. Notice how much effort and resources idolaters waste then and now. The idols do nothing - useful or otherwise. The true God shines forth in verses 8-13

We see here particularly exhortation to the people of the nations to forsake their idols, to forsake the things that they have made with their hands or with their imaginations, and turn to the living and true God. We see the contrast of the gods of the world with the living and true God. In the first two verses, we

After all this grand chapter, we come to this conclusion -- rather a summing up of sorts. Jehovah God has shown His glory in many ways and contrasted it with the impotence of the idols. He now says, "Look to me and be saved, all you ends of earth." He speaks now to all these lands filled with those who

Again, our context here demands that we look far beyond deliverance from Babylon, to the great deliverance from a far greater Enemy in a more distant time - the deliverance of the nations from idolatry and sin by the Gospel of Christ. These, then, are they whom God invites, or perhaps demands, to come to speak to Him and to

In Isaiah's day, God was hidden, and He had intentionally done that. He had kept His people separate from the world, and the world from His people. But there was to be a time when He who hid Himself from the world would be gloriously shown forth. We see Him revealing Himself to the world as the God who creates

We've just seen God speaking through Isaiah to tell of the salvation of nations as they yield allegiance to the Mediatorial King. Such a thing, humanly speaking, would be thought incredible, and many would think in unbelief that not even God could do such a thing. Yet, He works in ways not seen, and shows not His hand until the

First, let's note that this is the Word of God. These are not mere guesses of people of what will happen. This is the Word of God. Therefore it cannot have any mistakes, and any predictions must be certain to come to pass. Secondly, it says, "Thus says the LORD". It is the covenant name of God. It comes in