But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly. Sermons
I. WE MAY STRIVE TO BE FREE OF THE DIVINE ORDER. II. WE MAY RESIST THE DIVINE ORDER. III. WE MAY PUT OURSELVES IN HARMONY WITH THE DIVINE ORDER, That involves our fitting our will to the Divine will; and that self-seeking man will never do until he is "humbled under God's mighty hand." - R.T.
Therefore shall evil come upon thee. : — The predicted calamity is represented as a great storm, which suddenly arises in eastern countries, and blows with such violence as to Spread devastation and ruin wherever its fury extends.(R. Macculloch) I. LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF UTTER AND MOST PAINFUL BEWILDERMENT. "Evil shall come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know." There are times when the wind seems to be blowing from all quarters at once. There are times when all things seem to have a controversy with us. We set down our feet, and, lo, they are fastened to the ground: we put forth our hand, and an invisible weapon smites it: we look round, and behold the path is ploughed up, so that there is no way of retreat. We lose our own sagacity. Our wit fails us. Once our mind was quick, now it is dead or helpless. We lose confidence in ourselves; substances become shadows; the strongest of our fortresses melt away; and in our friend's face there are discovered lines of suspicion or of mortal hate. This is the necessary and inevitable result of sin. 1. We have been warned of it. 2. A way of escape has been made. II. HEAR THE DIVINE CHALLENGE ADDRESSED TO THE FALSE POWERS IN WHICH WE HAVE TRUSTED. "Stand now with thine enchantments," &c. (ver. 12). Think that we are now called upon to set out in order the false securities in which we have trusted! There is one, — Money; there is two, — Chance; there is three, — Self-confidence; there is four — Atheistic speculation. Now let them do for us all they can. God has challenged them! 1. They ought to be most useful when most needed. 2. They should show their sufficiency by their fearlessness. It is a challenge. I hear the whirlwind coming, — get out your money. You thought something would happen — something is happening, — God's judgment is descending; where is your God Chance? You have confidence in yourself; be it so; make bare your arm, — see, it is but lightning, — it is but flood upon flood, — it is but world dashing against world, &c. "Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee." There is to be a great collision. In that collision only the true can stand. III. SEE THE DOOM OF FALSE SECURITIES. "Behold, they shall be as stubble," &c. (ver. 14). 1. Let no man complain of want of opportunity of observing the value of his moral securities. 2. Let no man complain of having been allowed to live unwarned. 3. Think of so living that at last a man shall be left without a coal at which to warm himself! This is the end of sin, — this is the worthlessness of false gods! So far as we have had experience of life, we have seen the terrible failure of all false things. We have seen the judgment of God in parts. It is not all left to be revealed. We are entitled to reason from the past to the future; and when our own experience has, as a matter of fact, confirmed the revelation of God, we may know that future to be a terrible one to the servants of unrighteousness. What is the duty of man as dictated by mere common sense? It is to seek and trust that which is true. (1) (2) (J. Parker, D. D.) (Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.) People Babylonians, IsaiahPlaces BabylonTopics Able, Atone, Calamity, Catastrophe, Charm, Conjure, Dawning, Dawns, Desolation, Destruction, Disaster, Evil, Expiate, Fall, Foresee, Mischief, Money, Nothing, Overtake, Pacify, Price, Ransom, Riseth, Rising, Ruin, Salvation, Suddenly, Suspectest, Thereof, Trouble, Ward, Whence, Wil, Won't, YetOutline 1. God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea6. For their unmercifulness 7. Pride 10. And over-boldness 11. Shall be irresistible Dictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 47:11Library Humility is the Root of Charity, and Meekness the Fruit of Both. ...Humility is the root of charity, and meekness the fruit of both. There is no solid and pure ground of love to others, except the rubbish of self-love be first cast out of the soul; and when that superfluity of naughtiness is cast out, then charity hath a solid and deep foundation: "The end of the command is charity out of a pure heart," 1 Tim. i. 5. It is only such a purified heart, cleansed from that poison and contagion of pride and self-estimation, that can send out such a sweet and wholesome … Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The Iranian Conquest How Christ is the Way in General, "I am the Way. " Isaiah Links Isaiah 47:11 NIVIsaiah 47:11 NLT Isaiah 47:11 ESV Isaiah 47:11 NASB Isaiah 47:11 KJV Isaiah 47:11 Bible Apps Isaiah 47:11 Parallel Isaiah 47:11 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 47:11 Chinese Bible Isaiah 47:11 French Bible Isaiah 47:11 German Bible Isaiah 47:11 Commentaries Bible Hub |