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1726. The Branch of the Lord

Isaiah 4:2-6

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Gary M. Burge

The prophet’s theme now changes abruptly, for in 4:2–6 Isaiah speaks about the new messianic era. While human pride is gone, there is a future for the remnant who have humbled themselves in the presence of the Lord. Isaiah develops the theme of the messianic kingdom, begun in 2:1–5, by speaking about the people as “the Branch of the Lord.” This “Branch” is not the branch of ...

1727. God's Judgement on Assyria

Isaiah 10:5-19

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Gary M. Burge

... has fallen (722 BC) and the Lord did not rescue it, how can Jerusalem expect to be rescued? The Assyrian advance has swept from Carchemish on the Euphrates to Jerusalem, and who can stop it? The Lord. Isaiah interrupts his sarcastic poem about Assyria’s pride with a brief prose section (10:12), containing the Lord’s response to Assyria’s taunt. He will punish Assyria. Assyria is nothing more than God’s instrument. The nature of the judgment is then given in poetic form (10:13–19) and is likened ...

1728. Moab

Isaiah 15:1--16:14

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Gary M. Burge

... , when a king will rule on David’s throne with faithfulness, justice, and righteousness. Moab is insincere in her request for sanctuary with God’s people. They desire refuge from the enemy but not in the Lord and his Messiah. The heart of pride, conceit, and empty boasts has not changed. Therefore, judgment has overtaken them. Still, Isaiah laments the fall of Moab (16:6–12). He grieves over the ruined vineyards, fields, and orchards. The songs of joy at harvest time have been changed into songs ...

1729. The Redemption of God’s People

Isaiah 25:1-12

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Gary M. Burge

... Moab has not been Israel’s greatest enemy, it too will be brought down. It will be trampled like straw being trampled down in manure (25:10). Though its inhabitants will try to save themselves, they will fail. God has purposed to bring down Moab’s pride. The song of the redeemed (26:1–6) is not merely a song of thanksgiving but a celebration of trust in God, whose “city” of salvation will be glorious (cf. Psalm 46). The godly community awaits the moment of their redemption. In this section Isaiah ...

1730. Ephraim

Isaiah 28:1-29

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Gary M. Burge

... , likened to wind and rain, would destroy Ephraim. The freely given covenant blessings did not elicit an appropriate response from Ephraim. The beauty of Ephraim, like a ripe fig, will be enjoyed by foreigners (28:4). In contrast to the self-exalting pride of Ephraim, the Lord will establish his glorious kingdom of justice and strength (28:5–6). The nobles of Ephraim cannot protect the people because of their drunken stupor, but the Lord will protect and strengthen the remnant that survives in Judah ...

1731. Challenge and Deliverance

Isaiah 36:1-22, Isaiah 37:1-13, Isaiah 37:14-20, Isaiah 37:21-38

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Gary M. Burge

... of the Assyrian field commander is also recorded in 2 Kings 18:13–19:37. Isaiah omits the account of Hezekiah’s submission and payment of tribute (2 Kings 18:14–16). Apparently the canonical emphasis in Isaiah is on the Assyrian pride, the godly response of Hezekiah, and God’s miraculous deliverance. Sennacherib’s field commander accuses Hezekiah of overtly rebelling by forming an alliance with Egypt (36:1–22). He attempts to undermine confidence in the Lord by playing down Hezekiah’s reforms ...

1732. God's of Babylon

Isaiah 46:1-13, Isaiah 47:1-15

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Gary M. Burge

... her wisdom to plot military strategies and avert political and economic disasters, she cannot match the wisdom and power of God. A disaster has been planned, and there is no way Babylon can ward off the purposes and plan of God. Whereas Babylon prided herself on her ability to predict and prevent, the God of Israel suddenly overwhelms her in his judgment. The prophet sarcastically urges the people to devote themselves a little more to their magic and sorceries: there may still be some answers forthcoming ...

1733. The Glory of Zion

Isaiah 60:1-22

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Gary M. Burge

... midst. Zion will be called the “City of the Lord” and “Zion of the Holy One of Israel” (60:14; cf. Ps. 48:1–14). The Redeemer God will restore the fortunes of Zion (60:15–18). They have been forsaken but will become “the everlasting pride” and “the joy of all generations” (60:15). They will know that he is their Redeemer. His governance will be not only just but glorious as well. He will prosper his people greatly with a kingdom of peace and righteousness, in which his victorious rule ...

1734. Sin and Punishment

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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Gary M. Burge

... five times in verses 4–5. Like horses with blinders, Israel stubbornly charges ahead. Israel has less sense than birds or animals, whose instinct at least returns them to their original place or owner. There are four other problems: (1) Pseudowisdom. Judah prides herself in the possession of the law, possibly a reference to the newly found law book (Deuteronomy?) in 621 under Josiah (2 Kings 22:1–10). “The lying pen of the scribes” (8:8) does not refer to miscopying or questionable interpretations ...

1735. Seventy Years of Captivity

Jeremiah 25:1-14

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Gary M. Burge

... attack) to 535 (the first return came in 538). Other uses of the number, including in Assyrian texts, suggest the number seventy to be a symbol for indefinite time (Ps. 90:10). Whether the seventy years is understood literally or symbolically, God will bring certain judgment against Babylon for its pride (cf. Jer. 50:31). The punishment fits the crime.

1736. A Lament for Tyre

Ezekiel 27:1-36

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Gary M. Burge

... about to become the first Titanic—the “unsinkable” ship that proves the experts wrong. The source of Tyre’s strength, the sea, becomes the source of her ruin. What once brought her fame now brings her infamy. The sea, once her source of power and pride, is now an instrument of the judgment of God. It is the blatant flaunting of prosperity, the look-what-I-have-done attitude that materialism often encourages. A gift of God, if misused and abused, can become an albatross around one’s neck. That is ...

1737. Prophecies Against Tyre and her King

Ezekiel 28:1-19, Ezekiel 28:20-26

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Gary M. Burge

... 27, that Tyre’s location confers on it an almost superhuman exemption from the vicissitudes most cities face and draws legendary wealth to it. This feeling of “nobody can interfere with us” has infected the king with a noxious egocentrism. Note how “pride” and “proud” ring in verses 2–5. Possessions have become the yardstick by which the Tyrian king measures divinity. Ezekiel, of course, is not a publicity agent for the king. He will attempt to be a conscience to him. The prophet announces ...

1738. Accepting Responsibility

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Ezekiel 33:21-33

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Gary M. Burge

... . The past does not save a person; the past does not condemn a person. Where a person is today in his or her relationship with God is what counts. Jesus seems to say the same thing about the Father when he tells of the two brothers, one who took pride in his past, and one who wished to renounce his past and throw himself on his father’s mercy (Luke 15). The second part of the chapter (33:21–33) is dated to the twelfth year, tenth month, fifth day (January 585 BC). About six months after the destruction ...

1739. Division of the Land

Ezekiel 48:1-29, Ezekiel 48:30-35

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Gary M. Burge

... Judah and Benjamin are reversed. It is now Judah that is north of Benjamin and not vice versa. Is this Ezekiel’s way, and God’s way, of dampening sectionalism in the new order? No one tribe will be more sacrosanct than the other, or have pride of position. Each tribal area is to be equal in size. To be sure, this is not stated explicitly, for chapter 48 provides only east-west determinants and not north-south boundaries. It is a legitimate inference, however. If the last few verses of chapter 47 deal ...

1740. The Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3:1-30

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Gary M. Burge

... . It probably was erected in honor of Nebo (or Nabu), the patron god of Nebuchadnezzar. The Valley of Dura, where the statue is set up, is unknown as a place-name. It simply may have been a place designated for the occasion. Filled with pride, the king demands that all his officials worship the image. He calls on the satraps, prefects, governors, advisors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all provincial officials to join him in dedicating the image he has set up. The king decrees that at the signal of ...

1741. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel’s Interpretation: Part Two

Daniel 4:1-18, Daniel 4:19-27

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Gary M. Burge

... king and his kingdom. The messenger, who serves the decree of the Most High, forewarns Nebuchadnezzar that only the God of heaven “is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes” (4:25). Daniel (or Belteshazzar) is given to understand that the tree represents the pride and power of Nebuchadnezzar, which is to be cut down by divine decree until he acknowledges that God rules.

1742. The Writing on the Wall

Daniel 5:1-31

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Gary M. Burge

... has authority to give it to someone else. Daniel reviews some of the events that brought Nebuchadnezzar to the recognition of Daniel’s God. Belshazzar is more arrogant than Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel presents God’s case against Belshazzar: he is filled with pride; he has desecrated the temple vessels; he has rebelled against the God of heaven (5:22–23). Babylon’s doom is sealed. Despite this oracle of doom Belshazzar keeps his promise, proclaiming Daniel to be the third highest ruler in the ...

1743. The Lord’s Conquest of the Enemy Restores Productivity to the Land

Joel 2:18-27

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Gary M. Burge

... another story of redemption to declare to future generations. The Lord’s presence will once again inhabit Jerusalem (2:27), where he will reign in authority as God alone. Twice the oracle promises that Israel will not be ashamed again (2:26–27); instead, she will inhabit the land with pride and confidence.

1744. Don’t Be Deceived By Size, Affluence, or Power

Amos 6:1-7, Amos 6:8-14

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Gary M. Burge

... amounts of wine, and have the finest lotions; but they ignore and do not grieve over the deterioration of the nation. God announces that the feasting days will soon be over, and these first-class citizens will go into exile first (6:7). The Lord loathes the pride and arrogance of the wealthy who live securely in their large palaces (6:8), so God has determined to destroy the nation’s fortified cities, to destroy the population through war so much that those who come to bury the dead will find no one alive ...

1745. Vision and Exhortation about the End

Amos 8:1-14

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Gary M. Burge

... on holy days, the merchants are more interested in making more money than in worshiping God. Elsewhere God swears by his own holiness (4:2) or by himself (6:8), but in Amos 8:7 he swears by his name, the “Majestic/Glorious one of Jacob” (NIV “Pride of Jacob”). Since God does not change, there is no doubt about whether God’s judgment will fall on Israel. In almost hymnic fashion (8:8–9) God describes how his coming will affect their world. The earth will quake, moving up and then down like the ...

1746. First Explanation

Habakkuk 1:5-11

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Gary M. Burge

... a fortified city (cf. 2 Sam. 20:15; 2 Kings 19:32; Jer. 32:24; Ezek. 17:17). In verse 11, Habakkuk turns his attention to the Babylonians’ unbridled conceit. Elated by their successes, they will throw away all sense of propriety, their reckless pride thereby sowing the seeds of their own destruction. Thus, God’s reply to Habakkuk is one of assurance. He is already dealing with Judah’s sin, but the full realization of his activity will come in God’s own appointed time and way, however incredible ...

1747. Second Perplexity

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1

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Gary M. Burge

... (the conquered peoples), fishermen (the Babylonians), and the means of taking the fish (the mighty military forces of the Babylonians). What Habakkuk fears, then, is that the great success of the Neo-Babylonian army will cause them to have such pride that the Babylonians will live recklessly and riotously, believing only in themselves and raw power. Habakkuk ends his second questioning on a note of lament. He wonders whether such arrogance and ferociousness, once unleashed, will go on mercilessly unchecked ...

1748. Second Explanation

Habakkuk 2:2-20

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Gary M. Burge

... an insatiable lust for power and plunder that will be as seemingly unquenchable as the thirst of death and the grave. In clear distinction from the wicked are the righteous, for unlike the wicked, they are consumed by neither power nor greed nor pride. Rather, “the righteous person will live by his faithfulness” (2:4). The Hebrew noun translated “faithfulness” here is also often rendered as “faith” (see NIV note). It is based on a verbal root that means to “be firm,” “be permanent,” or ...

1749. Assyria

Zephaniah 2:13-15

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Gary M. Burge

... was secure. Zephaniah speaks of the city in its fancied security. Nineveh represented a totalitarian regime. The king, called the “shepherd” of his people, embodied the divine destiny of the empire. The unique position of the Assyrian king and the Assyrians’ pride in their way of life were idolatrous from God’s perspective. The prophet sarcastically personifies Nineveh by proclaiming its divine status. For Judah, the statement “I am the one! And there is none besides me” (2:15a) was a confession ...

1750. Oracles of Judgment against Jerusalem and the Nations

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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Gary M. Burge

... the inhabitants of Jerusalem (cf. Mic. 4:10, 13; Zech. 9:9) or the covenant people in general (cf. Isa. 52:2; 62:11; Zech. 2:10). The song of the redeemed is not a quiet musing but a loud and jubilant shouting. The same Lord who removes pride and wickedness (3:11) will also remove the punishment of the people. The Lord will also deal with the enemies as the source of the troubles. He reveals himself as Yahweh, king over Israel, who voluntarily comes to live in the midst of his people. He is the Immanuel ...

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