OUR LORD WHO DEFEATS THE OPPRESSOR

In Isaiah 19 verses 4 - 5, the prophet foretells of a time when the oppression of Egypt will be resisted by the Lord.

Is this passage, the Lord uses the tactic of placing the Egyptians (the oppressors) themselves under a cruel master and fierce ruler.

The ruthlessness of the leader over the oppressing nation does two things; first, it makes the oppressing nature get a taste of their own oppression of other people and second, it discourages the oppressing people so that their willingness to support their regime dwindles and the streams of vital resources dry up. The passage reads this way.

I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry..

Those who presume to oppressive power over God's inheritance with find that an exceptionally cruel ruler has gained power over them and that the resources they thought were inexhaustible, suddenly dry up.

Bless our Lord who saves His people from oppression.

Amen.