"It is you who have ruined My vineyard; the plunder from the poor is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor?" declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.“ (vv.14-15)
Here the prophet Isaiah speaks the word of the LORD to the leadership of both Jerusalem and Judah. The leaders had turned away from the Law and obedience. They had become corrupt and led the people poorly. His main accusation is their lack of attention to the poor and the oppressed among them. The ways in which they had beaten them, and crushed their faces into the ground.
So, what will God do about these wicked leaders? “The Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day; the elders and prominent men are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray” (Isaiah 9:14-16).
God is certainly disappointed in this kind of leadership and plans on judging it severely. Unfortunately for those in authority, they were about to find out themselves what being under oppression was all about, as they would soon be invaded by the Assyrian army (vv. 25-26). There is an old saying, "what goes around comes around." And if God's people are led astray, wow to the leadership.
Fortunately for us as Christians, we have an ultimate Ruler, a King, to whom possess all wisdom, power, and truth. One that guides us, and never leads us astray. The faithful and righteous, King of kings, The LORD Almighty! Amen.
The Truth: "This is what the Lord says — Israel's King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God” (Isaiah 44:6)
Here the prophet Isaiah speaks the word of the LORD to the leadership of both Jerusalem and Judah. The leaders had turned away from the Law and obedience. They had become corrupt and led the people poorly. His main accusation is their lack of attention to the poor and the oppressed among them. The ways in which they had beaten them, and crushed their faces into the ground.
So, what will God do about these wicked leaders? “The Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day; the elders and prominent men are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray” (Isaiah 9:14-16).
God is certainly disappointed in this kind of leadership and plans on judging it severely. Unfortunately for those in authority, they were about to find out themselves what being under oppression was all about, as they would soon be invaded by the Assyrian army (vv. 25-26). There is an old saying, "what goes around comes around." And if God's people are led astray, wow to the leadership.
Fortunately for us as Christians, we have an ultimate Ruler, a King, to whom possess all wisdom, power, and truth. One that guides us, and never leads us astray. The faithful and righteous, King of kings, The LORD Almighty! Amen.
The Truth: "This is what the Lord says — Israel's King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God” (Isaiah 44:6)
