Devastating "Waters"

Isaiah continues his warnings:   "For the reason that this people has rejected the waters of the Shiloh that are going gently, and there is exultation over Rezin and the son of Remaliah; even therefore, look! Jehovah is bringing up against them the mighty and the many waters of the River, the king of Assyria and all his  glory. And he will certainly come up over his stream beds and go over all his banks and move on through Judah.  He will actually flood and pass over.  Up to the neck he will reach. And the out-spreading of his wings must occur to fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel!" -Isaiah 8:5-8.

This  people," the northern kingdom of Israel, reject Jehovah's covenant with David.  (2 Kings 17:16-18)  To them, it looks as weak as the trickling waters at Shiloh, Jerusalem's water supply. They exult in their war against Judah.  But this contempt  will not go unpunished.  Jehovah will allow the Assyrians to "flood," or overrun, Syria and Israel, much as   Jehovah will soon allow the present political part   of the world to flood the realm of false religion.  (Religion.  (Revelation 17:16; compare Daniel 9:26)  Next, says Isaiah, the swelling "waters" will "move on through Judah,"  reaching right  "up  to the neck," up to Jerusalem,  where Judah's head (king) rules.  In our time the political executioners of false religion  will likewise close in on Jehovah's servants, surrounding them  "up to the neck."  (Ezekiel 38:2, 10-16) what will be the outcome? Well, what happens  in Isaiah's time?  Do the Assyrians surge across the city walls  and sweep God's people away?  No.  God is with them.

Next time: Fear Not-"God is With Us!"

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all  Mankind