OUR FATHER WHO PROTECTS HIS PEOPLE 

Isaiah 47 verses 3 - 4, speaking of the Babylonian kingdom,  says this;

Your nakedness will be exposed and your shame uncovered.

I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

Our Redeemer—the Lord Almighty is his name— is the Holy One of Israel.

This passage reveals the fierce anger the Lord had against Babylon because of their arrogant harshness they metted out to the Lord's people.

The Lord had been angry with his children and handed them over to the Babylonians for judgment but the Babylonians went too far and acted cruelly towards God's people.

Isaiah chapter 47 verses 6 - 7 records it this way;

I was angry with my people and desecrated my inheritance;

I gave them into your hand,  and you showed them no mercy.

Even on the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

You said, ‘I am forever—the eternal queen!’ But you did not consider these things or reflect on what might happen.

This passage reveals that even those tasked by the Lord to bring judgment on His people must use caution and due care so that they do not function without mercy and without restraint towards those over whom they have been given  power.

This overreach on the part of the Babylonians would  bring down such judgment upon them that even their sorcerers, astrologers and star gazers would not be able to ward off the calamities and catastrophes that would visit them.

The Lord judges those who act unjustly and cruelly towards others while pridefully believing that their exalted stations and security are eternal.

Amen.

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