Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’” Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria, ( Isaiah 10:8-14) The arrogance of Assyria.Īs my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, The second question is “Doesn’t God care about what they did to me?” He does care, and God will bring His correction or judgment according to His perfect will and timing.Ģ. The first question is “How can God bring any good through an evil thing that was done to me?” We can’t often know in advance exactly how God will bring the good, but we can trust that He will as we continue to yield to Him and seek Him. This should help with questions that trouble many people. Judas sinned against Jesus, but God used it for His purpose, and judged Judas. Saul sinned against David, but God used it for His purpose, and judged Saul. Joseph’s brothers sinned against Joseph, but God used it for His purpose, and disciplined Joseph’s brothers. The pattern is repeated over and over through the Scriptures. In fact, God is totally justified in judging the very wickedness and carnality that He used. God can use the wickedness and carnality of man to further His will, without ever approving of the wickedness or carnality. Psalm 76:10 says Surely the wrath of man shall praise You. Assyria didn’t care about the will or glory of God they wanted to destroy and cut off many nations. Instead, it is in his heart to destroy, and cut off not a few nations. They didn’t care at all about God’s will or glory in the matter. Yet he does not mean so, nor does his heart think so: Since Assyria was an instrument in God’s hand, since they were doing the will of the LORD, does this excuse their attack on Syria, Israel, and Judah? Not at all! Though they were instruments in God’s hand, they did not mean so, nor does his heart think so. God gave them permission ( I will give them charge) to seize the spoil, to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.ĭ. They were doing the LORD’s will, running His errands when they came against Syria, Israel, and Judah. I will send him against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My wrath: In this sense, Assyria was on a mission from God. God is saying that Assyria was like a stick in His hand, used to correct Syria, Israel, and Judah.Ĭ. The rod of My anger…the staff in whose hand is My indignation: The rod and the staff were sticks used by shepherds to guide and correct their sheep. to punish Judah ( Habakkuk 1:6-11), and then He announced judgment on Babylon ( Habakkuk 2:6-17 Isaiah 14:5).” (Wolf)ī. God raised up the Babylonian armies between 605 and 686 B.C. “A similar shift in the object of divine judgment occurred in the case of the Babylonians. At the same time, none of this excused Assyria, so the LORD says, “ woe to Assyria.” But what about Assyria? Weren’t they even more wicked than Syria, Israel, or Judah? Yes, the Assyrians were wicked yet the LORD could use them as the rod of My anger. Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger: In the previous section ( Isaiah 7:1 through 10:4), the LORD revealed that He would use Assyria as an instrument of judgment against Syria, Israel, and Judah.
I will send him against an ungodly nation,Īnd to tread them down like the mire of the streets.Ī. ( Isaiah 10:5-7) Assyria, the unintentional instrument in the hand of the LORD.Īnd the staff in whose hand is My indignation. Since Isaiah 10:1-4 connects with Isaiah 9, it is examined in the previous chapter.ġ.
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