WEBVTT - Isaiah 14

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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 14 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the New English Translation. The Lord will certainly

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<v Speaker 1>have compassion on Jacob, He will again choose Israel as

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<v Speaker 1>his special people and restore them to their land. Resident

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<v Speaker 1>foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

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<v Speaker 1>Nations will take them and bring them back to their

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<v Speaker 1>own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners

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<v Speaker 1>their servants as they settle in the Lord's land. They

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<v Speaker 1>will make their captors captives and rule over the ones

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<v Speaker 1>who oppress them. When the Lord gives you relief from

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<v Speaker 1>your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which

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<v Speaker 1>you were made to perform, you will taunt the king

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<v Speaker 1>of Babylon with these words. Look how the oppressor has

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<v Speaker 1>met his end. Hostility has ceased. The Lord has broken

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<v Speaker 1>the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers. It

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<v Speaker 1>furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled

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<v Speaker 1>over nations, oppressing them without restraint. The whole earth rests

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<v Speaker 1>and is quiet. They break into song. The evergreens also

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<v Speaker 1>rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon singing,

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<v Speaker 1>Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop

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<v Speaker 1>us down. Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready

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<v Speaker 1>to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits

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<v Speaker 1>of the dead for you, all the former leaders of

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<v Speaker 1>the earth. It makes all the former kings of the

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<v Speaker 1>nations rise from their thrones. All of them respond to you, saying,

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<v Speaker 1>You too have become weak like us. You have become

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<v Speaker 1>just like us. Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You

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<v Speaker 1>lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of

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<v Speaker 1>worms over you. Look how you have fallen from the sky,

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<v Speaker 1>O shining one. Son of the dawn, you have been

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<v Speaker 1>cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations.

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<v Speaker 1>You said to yourself, I will climb up to the sky,

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<v Speaker 1>above the stars of El. I will set up my throne.

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<v Speaker 1>I will rule on the mountain of assembly, on the

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<v Speaker 1>remote slopes of Zaphon. I will climb up to the

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<v Speaker 1>tops of the clouds. I will make myself like the

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<v Speaker 1>Most High. But you were brought down to Sheol. to

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<v Speaker 1>the remote slopes of the pit. Those who see you

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<v Speaker 1>stare at you. They look at you carefully, thinking, Is

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<v Speaker 1>this the man who shook the earth, the one who

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<v Speaker 1>made kingdoms tremble? Is this the one who made the

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<v Speaker 1>world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused

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<v Speaker 1>to free his prisoners so they could return home? As

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<v Speaker 1>for all the kings of the nations, all of them

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<v Speaker 1>lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb. But

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<v Speaker 1>you have been thrown out of your grave like a

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<v Speaker 1>shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain,

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<v Speaker 1>among those who have been slashed by the sword, among

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<v Speaker 1>those headed for the stones of the pit, as if

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<v Speaker 1>you were a mangled corpse. You will not be buried

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<v Speaker 1>with them because you destroyed your land and killed your people.

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<v Speaker 1>The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

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<v Speaker 1>Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors

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<v Speaker 1>have committed. They must not rise up and take possession

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<v Speaker 1>of the earth or fill the surface of the world

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<v Speaker 1>with cities. I will rise up against them, says the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord who commands armies. I will blot out all remembrance

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<v Speaker 1>of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring

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<v Speaker 1>she produces, says the Lord. I will turn her into

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<v Speaker 1>a place that is overrun with wild animals. and covered

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<v Speaker 1>with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>her just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,

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<v Speaker 1>says the Lord who commands armies. The Lord who commands

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<v Speaker 1>armies makes this solemn vow. Be sure of this. Just

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<v Speaker 1>as I have intended, so it will be. Just as

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<v Speaker 1>I have planned, it will happen. I will break Assyria

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<v Speaker 1>in my land. I will trample them underfoot on my hills.

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<v Speaker 1>Their yoke will be removed from my people. The burden

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<v Speaker 1>will be lifted from their shoulders. This is the plan

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<v Speaker 1>I have devised for the whole earth. My hand is

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<v Speaker 1>ready to strike all the nations. Indeed, the Lord who

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<v Speaker 1>commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it?

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<v Speaker 1>His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly

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<v Speaker 1>stop it? In the year King Ahaz died, This message

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<v Speaker 1>was revealed. Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just

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<v Speaker 1>because the club that beat you has been broken. For

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<v Speaker 1>a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and

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<v Speaker 1>its fruit will be a darting adder. The poor will

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<v Speaker 1>graze in my pastures, the needy will rest securely. But

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<v Speaker 1>I will kill your root by famine. It will put

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<v Speaker 1>to death all your survivors. Wail, O city gate, Cry out,

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<v Speaker 1>O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out

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<v Speaker 1>of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there

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<v Speaker 1>are no stragglers in its ranks. How will they respond

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<v Speaker 1>to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has

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<v Speaker 1>made Zion secure. The oppressed among his people will find

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<v Speaker 1>safety in her. Let's pray. Lord, we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>your word. And we thank you for the privilege to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to look at it together today. Lord, we're

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<v Speaker 1>grateful to see the things that you reveal in this

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<v Speaker 1>portion of Scripture because in the midst of speaking about

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<v Speaker 1>human kings and human governments, there's a description here of

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<v Speaker 1>what has taken place with Satan. As Satan tried to

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<v Speaker 1>puff himself up or raise himself up higher than you. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we know that he has and will experience judgment. He

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<v Speaker 1>is brought low. because of his rebellion against you. And

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<v Speaker 1>those who follow him share a similar fate. So Lord Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>we pray that by your grace, we would be people

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<v Speaker 1>who follow you. We pray that our trust would be

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<v Speaker 1>in you and that the temptations of Satan would not

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<v Speaker 1>be things that we give into, that we wouldn't desire

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<v Speaker 1>the things that he has tried to influence us to pursue,

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<v Speaker 1>but that rather we would live by faith in obedience

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<v Speaker 1>to you, Lord Jesus. We're grateful, Lord, for your love

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<v Speaker 1>for us. We're grateful for your presence with us. And

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<v Speaker 1>we're grateful for the wisdom that you give to us

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<v Speaker 1>from your word and for the fact that you rescue

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<v Speaker 1>and redeem your people. We love you, Lord. We commit

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<v Speaker 1>this day to your care. We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.