WEBVTT - Isaiah 17

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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 17 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the English Standard Version. An Oracle Concerning Damascus. Behold,

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<v Speaker 1>Damascus will cease to be a city and will become

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<v Speaker 1>a heap of ruins. The cities of Aror are deserted.

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<v Speaker 1>They will be for flocks, which will lie down, and

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<v Speaker 1>none will make them afraid. The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,

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<v Speaker 1>and the kingdom from Damascus. And the remnant of Syria

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<v Speaker 1>will be like the glory of the children of Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>declares the Lord of Hosts. And in that day the

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<v Speaker 1>glory of Jacob will be brought low, and the fat

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<v Speaker 1>of his flesh will grow lean. And it shall be

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<v Speaker 1>as when the reaper gathers standing grain, and his arm

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<v Speaker 1>harvests the ears, and as when one gleans the ears

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<v Speaker 1>of grain in the valley of Rephaim. Gleanings will be

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<v Speaker 1>left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten,

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<v Speaker 1>two or three berries in the top of the highest bough,

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<v Speaker 1>Four or five on the branches of a fruit tree,

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<v Speaker 1>declares the Lord God of Israel. In that day, man

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<v Speaker 1>will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look

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<v Speaker 1>on the Holy One of Israel. He will not look

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<v Speaker 1>to the altars, the work of his hands, and he

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<v Speaker 1>will not look on what his own fingers have made,

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<v Speaker 1>either the Asherim or the altars of incense. In that

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<v Speaker 1>day their strong cities will be like the deserted places

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<v Speaker 1>of the wooded heights and the hilltops, which they deserted

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<v Speaker 1>because of the children of Israel, and there will be desolation.

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<v Speaker 1>For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and

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<v Speaker 1>have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore, though

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<v Speaker 1>you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine branch of

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<v Speaker 1>a stranger, though you make them grow on the day

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<v Speaker 1>that you plant them, and make them blossom in the

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<v Speaker 1>morning that you sow. Yet the harvest will flee away,

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<v Speaker 1>in a day of grief and incurable pain. Ah, the

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<v Speaker 1>thunder of many peoples! They thunder like the thundering of

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<v Speaker 1>the sea. Ah, the roar of nations! They roar like

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<v Speaker 1>the roaring of mighty waters. The nations roar like the

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<v Speaker 1>roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and

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<v Speaker 1>they will flee far away. chased like chaff on the

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<v Speaker 1>mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.

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<v Speaker 1>At evening time, behold, terror. Before morning, they are no more.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the portion of those who loot us and

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<v Speaker 1>the lot of those who plunder us. Let's pray. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for your word and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for the things that you teach us each day from

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<v Speaker 1>it as we carve out some time to Read it

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<v Speaker 1>together and meditate on the content that's found in it. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>in this chapter of Scripture, you give us a picture

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<v Speaker 1>of judgment. We see a glimpse of what happens when

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<v Speaker 1>people reject you, when people turn away from you. But again, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that if we look to your Son, Jesus Christ,

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<v Speaker 1>we will live. If we seek help from the rock

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<v Speaker 1>of our salvation, we find life. So Lord, we're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for the fact that we have life in your Son,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ. And we thank you that there is therefore

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<v Speaker 1>no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. We're

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<v Speaker 1>grateful for these things, and we're grateful for all that

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<v Speaker 1>you teach us from your word. We pray, Lord, that

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<v Speaker 1>we would walk with you today, and we thank you

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