Isa 8:5-7, The LORD also spoke to me again, saying: “INASMUCH AS THESE PEOPLE REFUSED THE WATERS OF SHILOAH THAT FLOW SOFTLY, AND REJOICE IN REZIN AND IN REMALIAH’S SON; Now therefore, behold, the LORD brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty—THE KING OF ASSYRIA AND ALL HIS GLORY; HE WILL GO UP OVER ALL HIS CHANNELS AND GO OVER ALL HIS BANKS.
GOD’s provision is described as a soft flowing river, yet Israel rejected it! Now in judgement GOD brings Assyria described as a strong and mighty river which overflows their land!
Isa 8:8, He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, HE WILL REACH UP TO THE NECK; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.
Assyria consumed the 10 tribes of Israel and almost consumed Judah; that raging river, Assyria, flowed up to their necks! THIS IS THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD OVER HIS PEOPLE, YET JUDAH WAS SPARED BUT AT A GREAT COST!
2Ki 18:13-14, And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, SENNACHERIB KING OF ASSYRIA CAME UP AGAINST ALL THE FORTIFIED CITIES OF JUDAH AND TOOK THEM. Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; turn away from me; WHATEVER YOU IMPOSE ON ME I WILL PAY… SO HEZEKIAH GAVE HIM ALL THE SILVER THAT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
They stripped the house of the LORD of all it’s gold and silver to pay for their freedom!
Isa 8:19, And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” SHOULD NOT A PEOPLE SEEK THEIR GOD? SHOULD THEY SEEK THE DEAD ON BEHALF OF THE LIVING?
Israel had fallen so much that instead of seeking their GOD, they sought mediums and wizards? The same is true today, rather than seeking the Living GOD, they seek after the dead; FOR THE DEAD HAVE NO GOD!
Luk 9:60, JESUS said to him, “LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD, BUT YOU GO AND PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD.”
There are many spiritually dead people walking this earth today, but as Christians we much preach the WORD to this dead world! FOR ONLY HIS WORD CAN BRING LIFE TO THE DEAD! SEEK HIM AND LIVE!
Jer 10:10, BUT THE LORD IS THE TRUE GOD; HE IS THE LIVING GOD AND THE EVERLASTING KING. AT HIS WRATH THE EARTH WILL TREMBLE, AND THE NATIONS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENDURE HIS INDIGNATION.