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August 16 - Isaiah 23 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean here and it is Wednesday.
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  We have hit the middle of the week and you have tucked on play
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  and I'm delighted that you and I get to continue reading the
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  Bible together. And today we will finish off
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  this series of 10 chapters in which God announces His judgment
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  over all the nations of the world, starting in the East of
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  Babylon, all the way over to the West, entire.
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  Today that we will read through and this is God announcing that
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  He is in fact the God of all the nations and not just Israel, but
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  the whole world is His, And well, you'll see how it ends.
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  It's a little, it's a little surprising.
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  Perhaps after announcing all the judgments on the sins of these
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  nations, God still shows His heart that longs for these
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  people to turn back to Him. So let us read together Isaiah
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  Chapter 23. This message came to me
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  concerning Tyre Wail. You trading ships of Tashish for
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  the harbour and houses of Tyre are gone.
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  The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.
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  Mourn in silence. You people of the coast and you
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  merchants have sit on your traders crossed the sea, sailing
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  over deep waters. They brought you grain from
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  Egypt and harvests from along the Nile.
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  You were the marketplace of the world, but now you are put to
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  shame. City of Sudan for Tyre, the
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  fortress of the sea, says, now I am childless.
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  I have no sons or daughters. When Egypt hears the news about
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  Tyre, there will be great sorrow.
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  Send word now to Tashish whale. You people who live in distant
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  lands. Is this silent ruin all that is
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  left of your once joyous city? What a long history was yours.
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  Think of all the colonists you sent to distant places.
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  Who has brought this disaster on tire.
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  What great creator of kingdoms? Her traders were all princes.
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  Her merchants were nobles. The Lord of Heaven's armies has
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  done it to destroy your pride and bring low all earth's
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  nobility. Come people of Tashish sweep
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  over the land like the flooding Nile, for Tyre is defenseless.
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  The Lord held out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms
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  of the earth. He has spoken out against
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  Phoenicia, ordering that her fortresses be destroyed.
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  He says. Never again will you rejoice, O
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  daughter of sit on, for you have been crushed.
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  Even if you flee to Cyprus, you will find no rest.
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  Look at the land of Babylonia. The people of that land are
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  gone. The Assyrians have handed
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  Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert.
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  They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its
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  palaces and turned it to a heap of rubble.
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  Whale you ships of tarshish, for your harbor is destroyed.
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  For 70 years, the length of a King's life tire will be
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  forgotten. But then the city will come back
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  to life, as in the song about the prostitute.
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  Take a harp and walk the streets.
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  You've forgotten harlot, make sweet melody and sing your songs
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  so you will be remembered again. Yes, after 70 years the Lord
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  will revive Tyre, but she will be no different than she was
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  before. She will again be a prostitute
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  to all kingdoms around the world, but in the end her
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  prophets will be given to the Lord.
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  Her wealth will not be hoarded. That will provide good food and
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  fine clothing for the Lord's priests.
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  Thank you, Jesus, for your provision for us today.
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  You will clothe us. You will feed us.
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  You will embrace us. You will warm us.
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  Thank you for the many blessings you've placed around us in our
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  lives. Help us to walk humbly through
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  this life, always knowing that it is you who provides these
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  good things to us. Thank you for the many
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  celebrations and joys that we share, and when we hit the
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  valleys, help us remember that there you are with your arms
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  around us, leading us through. Always close.
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  Always with your heart of love. Yours is a long, overarching
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  story that is good and the ending for us is good.
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  And we are so grateful that our lives, our ups and our downs
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  exist in that overarching narrative of forgiveness and
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  love and redemption. We just pray.
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  All this in your name, Jesus, with hearts filled with
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  gratitude. Amen.