Today, I am reading and commenting on  Isaiah 17-21.

In today’s passage, Isaiah prophesies about the fall of several nations, nations which were firmly established in his day.  In a way it was similar to prophesying the fall of Canada, the UK, and China today.  Isaiah spoke of the suffering and violence which would be part of the fall of these nations.  However, he also prophesied that the experience would turn people to God.  In response to what they would experience, people would turn to God and alliances would form between those who had been enemies for generations.  Isaiah prophesied that there would be a period of suffering, but that people would turn to God and work with one another to serve God.  As people turned to Him, God would work on the earth to bring about blessings on all people.  So as we look at the world today and see people acting in ways which seem likely to bring God’s judgement, we need to remember that God will use that judgement to bring people to Him and thus to transform the world into a better place.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.