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August 3 - Isaiah 16 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is Thursday.
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  It is the 3rd of August and you have clicked on play and I am
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  here. Your magic Bible reading Genie
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  in your phone or your computer or your iPad or whatever it is
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  that you're listening on. And we are going to continue to
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  read another chapter of Isaiah. And if you thought that God,
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  well, it was pretty easy on Moab, it kind of went for a not
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  very long. Today we continue to hear God's
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  judgment on Moab, but God's judgment is a special kind of
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  thing. It isn't just God declaring his
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  wrath against the nation, but it's God saying this is what you
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  have done and This is why you are having this, this outcome.
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  And this is how I will restore you or my people will be
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  restored. And this is how it breaks my
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  heart to do this just beautiful stuff.
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  Thank you Isaiah, for communicating this all these
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  years ago that we can still continue to learn more about the
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  nature of God as we read this together.
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  So let's do it, shall we? Let us continue reading as we
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  read together today. Isaiah chapter 16.
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  Send for lambs from cellar as tribute to the ruler of the
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  land. Send them through the desert to
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  the mountain of beautiful Zion. The women of Moab are left like
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  homeless birds at a shallow crossing of the Annon river.
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  Help us, they cry. Defend us against our enemies.
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  Protect us from their relentless attack.
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  Do not betray us. Now that we have escaped, let
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  our refugees stay among you. Hide them from our enemies until
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  the terror is passed. When oppression and destruction
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  have ended and enemy Raiders have disappeared, then God will
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  establish one of David's descendants as king.
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  He will rule with mercy and truth.
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  He will always do what is just and be eager to do what is
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  right. We have heard about proud Moab,
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  about its pride and arrogance and rage.
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  But all that boasting has disappeared.
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  The entire land of Moab weeps. Yes, everyone in Moab mourns for
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  the cakes of raisins from Kerr Harissaff.
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  They are all gone now. The farms of Heshbon are
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  abandoned. The vineyards of Sigma are
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  deserted. The rulers of the nations have
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  broken down. Moab, that beautiful Grapevine.
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  Its tendrils spread north as far as the town of Jesa, and trailed
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  eastward into the wilderness, its shoots reached so far West
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  that they crossed over the Dead Sea.
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  So now I weep for Jesa and the vineyards of Shibma.
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  My tears will flow for Heshbon and Aleala.
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  There are no more shouts of joy over your summer fruits and
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  harvest. Gone now is the gladness.
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  Gone the joy of harvest. There will be no singing in the
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  vineyards. No more happy shouts, no
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  treading of grapes and the wine presses.
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  I have ended all their harvest joys.
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  My heart's cry for Moab is like a lament on a harp.
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  I'm filled with anguish for Kehara Seth.
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  The people of Moab will worship at their Pagan shrines, but it
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  will do them no good. They will cry to the gods in
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  their temples, but no one will be able to save them.
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  The Lord has already said these things about Moab in the past.
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  But now the Lord says within three years, counting each day,
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  the glory of Moab will be ended from its great population.
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  Only a feeble few will be left alive.
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  You are a great big God with such a heart for us, and we just
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  thank you that today, as we walk the streets and the offices and
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  the schools of this world, you walk beside us.
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  Because not only do you keep the sweep of history and nations
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  firmly in your focus, but right in our daily struggles you are
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  present too. Thank you for your intimate love
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  and knowledge of us in everything that we do today.
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  Help us know that we are never abandoned and that you reside
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  not just close to us, but inside us, in your spirit, dwelling in
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  our hearts. Thank you.
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  Thank you for this lavish, lavish gift of your presence.
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  May we always be aware of you. We just love you and thank you,
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  and it's in your name we pray. Jesus, oh man.