ISAIAH - CHAPTERS 28-33
These chapters record the source of true deliverance. Six long oracles, spoken in the earlier time period. Each pronounces a “woe” on the leaders of Judah for their reliance on Egypt for protection against Assyria (Isaiah 28).
ISAIAH 28: WOE TO EPHRAIM
v.1-3 Northern kingdom of Israel was filled with pride and folly. The people do not seek God even in the midst of the adversity about to overtake them.
v.7 Their heavy drinking has caused their judgment to err.
ISAIAH 29: DISCIPLINE AND BLESSING
v.1-10 Spiritual blindness and lethargy had overcome the people.
v.16 Analogy of man as clay in God the Potter's hands.
ISAIAH 30: WARNINGS TO TURN TO GOD, NOT MAN
v.1-2 The Israelites in their stupidity turned to man (Egypt), not to God, for their help.
v.7 God asks His people not to worry, but to be still and trust in God.
v.16-19 Those who fled to Egypt were destroyed, but those who stayed at Jerusalem were safe.
v.26 Description of sun possibly going into a supernova (Rev.16:8-9).
v.27 Tophet means "the place of the burning fire." This is the final place of the wicked.
ISAIAH 31: THE LORD WILL DEFEND
Impending invasion of Assyria and pressure on Israel to ally with Egypt.
v.1 Woe to those who are seeking help from man as their first resort.
v.4 The Lord will stand by His people.
v.8-9 The Assyrians will be destroyed, not by man but by the Lord (2 Kings 19:35).
ISAIAH 32: CHRIST, THE COMING RIGHTEOUS KING
v.1-4 There will be restoration of man physically.
v.9-11 Defiled womanhood represents a defiled nation. Women are often used to portray the moral condition of a nation.
v.14-16 Signs of the last days: Israel's budding and God's Spirit being poured out (See Joel 2:28-32; Acts 2:14-18).
v.17 Righteous living guarantees a quietness and assurance that one has done the right thing.
ISAIAH 33: JERUSALEM DELIVERED
v.1-8 The Assyrians have come and taken many of the cities of Judah and laid them waste.
v.10-13 God punishes the Assyrians.
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