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July 31 - Isaiah 13 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends. It is Sean here and it is a new
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  week and I am so glad that you have decided to press play and
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  invite me into your day so that you and I can continue reading
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  through this book of Isaiah. We have been hearing about God
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  talking about the future hope that there is for his nation,
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  but all sorts of things are going to go down in the life of
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  Judah and God in the next number of chapters, probably the next
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  10 or so chapters, God pronounces through Isaiah His
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  judgment on the other countries around them.
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  The Babylonians are probably feeling pretty good about
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  themselves now, but they should watch out because with God's
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  judgment, the Persians will one day be on their doorstep.
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  So what goes around comes around in the ancient world of Kingdom
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  Toppling. But for today, let us put down
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  all the things that are on our hearts at the beginning of the
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  week as we come before God to hear His word through Isaiah as
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  He speaks to the nations. Join me, friends.
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  Let us read together Isaiah, Chapter 13.
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  Isaiah, son of Amos, received this message concerning the
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  destruction of Babylon. Raise a signal flag on a bare
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  hilltop. Call up an army against Babylon.
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  Wave your hand to encourage them as they March into the palaces
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  of the high and mighty. I, the Lord, have dedicated
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  these soldiers for this task. Yes, I have called mighty
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  warriors to express my anger, and they will rejoice when I am
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  exalted. Hear the noise on the mountains.
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  Listen as the vast armies March. It is the noise and shouting of
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  many nations. The Lord of Heaven's armies has
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  called this army together. They come from distant
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  countries, from beyond the farthest horizons.
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  They are the Lord's weapons to carry out his anger.
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  With them he will destroy the whole land, scream in terror.
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  For the day of the Lord has arrived, the time for the
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  Almighty to destroy. Every arm is paralyzed with
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  fear, every heart melts, and people are terrified.
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  Pangs of anguish grip them like those of a woman in labor.
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  They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with
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  fear. For see, the day of the Lord is
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  coming, the terrible day of His fury and fierce anger.
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  The land will be made desolate, and all the sinners destroyed
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  with it. The heavens will be black above
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  them. The stars will give no light,
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  the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide
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  no light. I, the Lord, will punish the
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  world for its evil and the wicked for their sin.
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  I will crush the arrogance of the proud and humble, the pride
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  of the mighty. I will make people scarcer than
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  gold, more rare than the fine gold of author.
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  For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its
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  place. When the Lord of Heaven's armies
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  displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.
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  Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,
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  like sheep without a shepherd. They will try to find their own
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  people and flee to their own land.
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  Anyone who was captured will be cut down, run through with a
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  sword. Their little children will be
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  dashed to death before their eyes.
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  Their homes will be sacked and their wives will be raped.
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  Look, I will stir up the Meads against Babylon.
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  They cannot be tempted by silver or bribed with gold.
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  The attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows.
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  They will have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no
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  compassion for children. Babylon, the most glorious of
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  kingdoms, the flower of Chaldean pride, will be devastated like
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  Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroys them.
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  Babylon will never be inhabited again.
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  It will remain empty for generation after generation.
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  Nomads will refuse to camp there and shepherds will not bed down
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  their sheep. Desert animals will move into
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  the ruined city and the houses will be haunted by howling
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  creatures. Owls will live among the ruins
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  and wild goats will go there to dance.
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  Hyenas will howl in its fortresses and jackals will make
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  dens in its luxurious palaces. Babylon's days are numbered.
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  It's time of destruction will soon arrive.
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  God, you truly are almighty and in command and control of the
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  whole world. The powers of the world believe
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  that it's under our own steam that we do what we do.
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  But here in this chapter we hear that you are behind the rising
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  and falling of kingdoms and those who would count themselves
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  as important in the pages of history are merely doing your
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  work for your Kingdom and Lord. We don't understand the terrible
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  atrocities and and how they would fit into part of your
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  Kingdom. But as we hear these words,
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  Lord, we know that you are good and you are a God of love and
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  restoration and we praise you for that.
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  Thank you that you are ultimately in control, and no
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  matter what comes down in our lives around us, we know that
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  you hold us and our destiny in your loving embrace, and we
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  praise you for this. And we pray all of this in the
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  name of Jesus. Amen.