What are Jerisalem's True and False Hopes during the time of Isaiah?

I. TRUE DELIVERANCE FOUND NOT IN EGYPT (28:1-31:9)





A. THE LORD'S DESIGN FOR EPHRAIM AND ARIEL...


1. Regarding Ephraim (Israel) - 28:1-13


a. Her crown of pride will fade - 28:1-4


b. The Lord will be a crown of glory for the remnant - 28:5-6


c. Intoxicating drink has led them to error - 28:7-8


d. They are unable to benefit from God's instructions - 28:9-13


2. Regarding Ariel (Jerusalem) - 28:14-29:27


a. Her leaders have trusted in false confidences for


deliverance - 28:14-15


b. God will lay in Zion a sure foundation - 28:16; cf. 1 Pe 2:


4-8


c. God will remove their false and inadequate confidences


- 28:17-22


d. Learn from the farmer; so God varies His judgments


accordingly - 28:23-29


e. Ariel will be besieged, but her enemy mysteriously defeated


- 29:1-8; cf. 37:36


f. Her blindness the result of disobedience and impiety


- 29:9-13


g. Judgment to come on those who try to hide their counsel from


the Lord - 29:14-16


3. The future restoration of the house of Jacob - 29:17-24


a. Lebanon shall be a fruitful field, esteemed as a forest


- 29:17


b. The deaf shall hear, the blind shall see - 29:18


c. The humble and poor shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel


- 29:19


d. The wicked and scornful are brought to nothing, sinners are


cut off - 29:20-21


e. Jacob will not be ashamed, but fear the God of Israel


- 29:22-23


f. Those who erred and complained will come to understand and


learn - 29:24





B. ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT DENOUNCED...


1. Woe to those seeking aid from Egypt - 30:1-17


a. Trusting in Egypt is to be deceived, for her help is in vain


- 30:1-7


b. God will break those who reject Him for their rebellious


attitudes - 30:8-14


c. Their trust in God should be their strength; but no, they


would not - 30:15-17


2. God would yet be gracious and merciful to those who trust Him


- 30:15-33


a. People will dwell at Jerusalem after adversity and


reformation - 30:15-22


b. God would bless the land as He heals the bruise of His


people - 30:23-26


3. God will judge the nations, especially Assyria - 30:27-33


a. With indignation toward the nations, while His people


worship Him - 30:27-30


b. Assyria will be beaten down, followed by rejoicing


- 30:31-33





C. FOLLY OF TRUSTING EGYPT AND NOT GOD...


1. Woe to those who trust in Egypt - 31:1-3


a. Trusting in her horses and chariots rather than in God


- 31:1


b. God will bring disaster on Egypt and those helped by her


- 31:2-3


2. The Lord will defend Jerusalem from the Assyrians - 31:4-9


a. As a lion He will fight for Mount Zion - 31:4-5


b. Return to Him against Whom they revolted with their idolatry


- 31:6-7


c. Assyria will fall by a sword not of man, fleeing with fear


- 31:8-9; cf. 37:36-38





II. TRUE DELIVERANCE FOUND IN THE LORD (32:1-35:10)





A. THE NEW REGIME TO COME...


1. With a righteous King and spiritual illumination - 32:1-8


a. The King and His princes will rule with righteousness and


justice - 32:1


b. A man (Messiah? Hezekiah?) will offer protection and


provision - 32:2


c. Spiritual blindness and deafness removed, knowledge


understood - 32:3-4


d. Moral distinctions made clearer - 32:5-8


2. Preceded by painful judgment - 32:9-14


a. Upon women at ease and complacent - 32:9-11


b. People will mourn the devastation of the land - 32:12-14


3. Inaugurated by the outpouring of God's Spirit - 32:15-20


a. Producing a fruitful field and forest from the wilderness


- 32:15


b. In which justice and righteousness will produce peace


- 32:16-17


c. Peace and security, even in hard times - 32:18-20





B. ASSYRIA'S DEFEAT AND JERUSALEM'S VICTORY...


1. The plunderer (Assyria) will be defeated - 33:1-16


a. The plunderer will himself be plundered - 33:1


b. The plundered looks to the Lord for deliverance and


salvation - 33:2-6


c. The pitiful condition of the land before deliverance


- 33:7-9


d. The Lord to intervene with His might - 33:10-13


e. The sinners in Zion will be fearful, the righteous secure


- 33:14-16


2. Jerusalem to be a quiet home, made secure by the Lord


- 33:17-24


a. They shall see the King (Messiah? Hezekiah?) in His beauty


- 33:17


b. The people will later wonder: why all the worry? - 33:18-19


c. Zion (Jerusalem) will be peaceful, secured by the Lord


- 33:20-22


d. Assyria's plunder will be divided; God's people healed and


forgiven - 33:23-24





C. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD...


1. Manifested in His judgment on the nations - 34:1-17


a. Judgment on the nations as a whole - 34:1-4


b. Judgment on Edom in particular - 34:5-17


1) A great slaughter in the land - 34:5-7


2) The day of the Lord's vengeance, with total devastation


- 34:8-15


3) It's judgment inevitable - 34:16-17


2. Manifested in His salvation for Zion - 35:1-10


a. The transformation of the land - 35:1-2


b. The weak and fearful reassured - 35:3-4


c. The blind, deaf, and lame healed; the dry land filled with


pools and springs - 35:5-7


d. The Highway of Holiness, upon which the redeemed will travel


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