OUR FATHER WHO RESCUES HIS PEOPLE FROM OPPRESSION

The book of Isaiah chapter 19 verse 13 says this;

The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.

Revisiting this verse, we examine the categories  of the enforcers of the oppressive regime who are targeted by the Lord to force them to relinquish control over His people.

Firstly, there are officials based in the town of Zoan (otherwise known as the princes of Zoan) and these are the ones who oversee the area of Goshen where the children of Israel lived. They are struck with foolishness.

Secondly, there are leaders ( or officials ) from the city of Memphis ( also known as the city of Noph ) who are deceived ( or deluded ). Memphis was a capital city of Egypt and those who were administrating the affairs of the people of God from afar are struck with deception or delusion. Their understanding of reality is distorted and so any policies of control they try to establish are misguided.

Thirdly, the cornerstones of her people are the leaders whom the people of Egypt trust to guide them during crises. With the propagation of foolishness and delusion through the ranks of the Eyptian officialdom, the leaders make bad decisions and the path they lead Egypt down is wrong and the children of God are able to depart from their oppression.

Amen.

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