OUR FATHER WHO SAVES HIS REMNANT FROM THEIR ENEMIES

The book of Isaiah chapter 17 verses 11 - 14 says this (in purple text);

You have forgotten God your Savior; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress. Therefore, though you set out the finest plants and plant imported vines, though on the day you set them out, you make them grow, and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud, yet the harvest will be as nothing in the day of disease and incurable pain.

Woe to the many nations that rage—they rage like the raging sea! Woe to the peoples who roar—they roar like the roaring of great waters!

Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.

In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

This passage, in the context of a series of prophecies against the cities in the area of Israel, Isaiah records that Damascus will face destruction as will Aroer. The fortified city of Ephraim will be destroyed but there will be a remnant left in Aram that will have the same level of glory that Israel did.

Israel herself will be weakened, emaciated  and ransacked and all her agricultural efforts will fail and they will be subjected to diseases and incurable pain.

However, there will be a remnant left there as well that will turn to their maker and not regard the idols that had been set up in their land.

The remnant of the land, being blessed by God, will be under pressure from those around them who will rage against them with the roar of mighty waters. Those faithful to the Lord will be subject to plundering and looting by those who did not.

The Lord will bring upon the enemies of His people a rapid judgement that will strike them in the evening with terror and by morning, they will be gone.

As verse 14 says;

In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

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