NOTES for Isa 10:12-20
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. |
13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: |
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. |
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. |
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. |
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; |
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. |
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. |
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. |
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The water spoken of in the words of the Proverbs of Solomon becomes, in Christ's words, the water of life. The "strange fountain" is everything that captivates our heart and distracts our mind. Everything that keeps us from following Christ. Water washed every living thing from the face of the earth in the flood. And, as Isaiah says: "...the remnant of the house of Jacob will rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth." Can it be that only through upheavals of such scale can a person turn to God?
We know of cases when great grief or joy allowed a person to discover God in this world. But following Him, the daily labor, becomes inconvenient for us; we do not understand and do not see God. And weak in heart and will, we follow pleasures and entertainments that are pleasant but not useful for our soul. And all the more we assist evil works. All the more we are on the side of what will bring the world to the Second Coming.
But the Power and Glory of Christ have been revealed to us; He suffered for us, He took our sins upon Himself. And not to understand the price, not to see how the world around us changes if we strive to be with Christ, how much more joyful and full our own life becomes, this is our experience of the fall. Our experience of resisting Christ, unworthy and destructive.
Readings for 11 March 2026
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