The Lord Rises Up (Isaiah 33:1-24)

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These are hard and sobering verses, aren’t they? Today’s chapters round out the sixth of Isaiah’s woes, this one directed at Assyria. We’re witness to Judah’s desperation and God’s detailed promise to ruin a nation that harmed His people. 

But what we also see on full display is our Father’s unfailing love. Even after all Judah had done, God spoke hope and redemption for them. 

It’s a pattern we know, isn’t it? Beginning all the way back in Genesis, every time His people turned their hearts from God and then cried out in their distress, God was faithful to meet them. They had hit that desperation here—even the warriors, the bravest among them, cried loudly in the streets (Isaiah 33:7). They were broken. Yet Isaiah’s plea for grace from God was paired with a bold declaration of faith that they knew when God would rise up, the nations would scatter (v.3). 

Not if, but when.

Their hope in God was still alive. They still feared Him, and that was their treasure (v.6).

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