Isaiah 5-6
Chapter 5: The Apostate of Israel
Israel is like a
vineyard, which will be abandoned because it produced only wild grapes. Woes
are promised for a variety of sins, including: drinking (Isaiah 5:11), feasting,
pride, and calling evil good (Isaiah 5:20). Kindled in wrath
against his people, the Lord will allow a foreign nation to devastate the land.
Its roaring shall be like a lion.
Chapter 6: Isaiah Sees the Lord
A vision in the year that king
Uzziah died: Isaiah sees the Lord on his throne, and above it the seraphims. (Isaiah
6:1) Each one had six wings – with two they cover their faces, with two
they cover their feet, and with two they fly. Isaiah fears he is undone because
he is a man of unclean lips. One of the seraphims lays a lump of burning coal
in his mouth, and tells him his sins are burnt away. Isaiah receives his
prophetic commission – strangely, it is to ensure that the people do not
understand, and are not haled. The Lord will remove men far away, but a tenth
shall return.
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