WEBVTT - Isaiah 22

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<v Speaker 1>to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Isaiah chapter 22 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the Contemporary English Version. This is a message

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<v Speaker 1>about Vision Valley. Why are you celebrating on the flat

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<v Speaker 1>roofs of your houses? Your city is filled with noisy shouts.

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<v Speaker 1>Those who lie drunk in your streets were not killed

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<v Speaker 1>in battle. Your leaders ran away, but they were captured

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<v Speaker 1>without a fight. No matter how far they ran, they

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<v Speaker 1>were found and caught. Then I said, Leave them alone.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me cry bitter tears. My people have been destroyed,

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<v Speaker 1>so don't try to comfort me. The Lord All-Powerful had

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<v Speaker 1>chosen a time for noisy shouts and confusion to fill

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<v Speaker 1>Vision Valley, and for everyone to beg the mountains for help.

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<v Speaker 1>The people of Elam and Ker attacked with chariots and

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<v Speaker 1>carried shields. Your most beautiful valleys were covered with chariots.

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<v Speaker 1>Your cities were surrounded by cavalry troops. Judah was left defenseless.

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<v Speaker 1>At that time, you trusted in the weapons you had

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<v Speaker 1>stored in Forest Palace. You saw the holes in the

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<v Speaker 1>outer wall of Jerusalem, and you brought water from the

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<v Speaker 1>lower pool. You counted the houses in Jerusalem and tore

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<v Speaker 1>down some of them so you could get stones to

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<v Speaker 1>repair the city wall. Then you built a large tank

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<v Speaker 1>between the walls to store the water. But you refused

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<v Speaker 1>to trust the God who planned this long ago and

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<v Speaker 1>made it happen. When all of this happened, the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>All-Powerful told you to weep and mourn, to shave your

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<v Speaker 1>heads and wear sackcloth. But instead, you celebrated by feasting

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<v Speaker 1>on beef and lamb and by drinking wine because you said,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's eat and drink. Tomorrow we may die. The Lord

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<v Speaker 1>All-Powerful has spoken to me this solemn promise. I won't

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<v Speaker 1>forgive them for this, not as long as they live.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord All-Powerful is sending you with this message for Shebna,

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<v Speaker 1>the Prime Minister. Shebna, what gives you the right to

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<v Speaker 1>have a tomb carved out of rock in this burial

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<v Speaker 1>place of royalty? None of your relatives are buried here.

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<v Speaker 1>You may be powerful, but the Lord is about to

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<v Speaker 1>snatch you up and throw you away. He will roll

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<v Speaker 1>you into a ball and throw you into a wide

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<v Speaker 1>open country where you will die and your chariots will

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<v Speaker 1>be destroyed. You're a disgrace to those you serve. The

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<v Speaker 1>Lord is going to take away your job. He will

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<v Speaker 1>give your official robes and your authority to his servant, Eliakim,

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<v Speaker 1>son of Hilkiah. Eliakim will be like a father to

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<v Speaker 1>the people of Jerusalem and to the royal family of Judah.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord will put him in charge of the key

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<v Speaker 1>that belongs to King David's family. No one will be

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<v Speaker 1>able to unlock what he locks, and no one will

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<v Speaker 1>be able to lock what he unlocks. The Lord will

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<v Speaker 1>make him as firm in his position as a tent

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<v Speaker 1>peg hammered in the ground. And Eliakim will bring honor

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<v Speaker 1>to his family. His children and relatives will be supported

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<v Speaker 1>by him, like pans hanging from a peg on the wall.

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<v Speaker 1>That peg is fastened firmly now, but someday it will

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<v Speaker 1>be shaken loose and fall down. Then everything that was

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<v Speaker 1>hanging on it will be destroyed. This is what the Lord, all-powerful,

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<v Speaker 1>has promised. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for your word,

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<v Speaker 1>and we thank you for the privilege of being able

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<v Speaker 1>to look at this portion of Scripture today. We thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for the insight that you grant to us through

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<v Speaker 1>faith in your Son, Jesus Christ. And we thank you, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>for reminders here of what it looks like when you

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<v Speaker 1>raise up leadership, when you support leadership, and when you

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<v Speaker 1>take leadership positions away from those who misuse them or

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<v Speaker 1>try to puff themselves up through them. or forget that

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<v Speaker 1>their duty is to glorify you and serve those under

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<v Speaker 1>their leadership. Lord, if you entrust positions of leadership to

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<v Speaker 1>any of us, we pray that by your grace that

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<v Speaker 1>we would be good stewards of those things, that we

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<v Speaker 1>would lead with servants' hearts like your Son Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 1>has done, and that your name would be glorified in

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<v Speaker 1>all that we say and do. We love you, Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>We're grateful for this day, and we're grateful for your

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<v Speaker 1>presence with us in it. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.