Isa 27:10-11 | KingComments | STEP | The discipling hand of the LORD will work that Israel will repent. show what that discipline means. The once strong and populated Jerusalem will seem a forsaken wilderness ( ). This is the result of the (first) attack of the Assyrians or the king of the North (cf. ). In the middle of the ruins the cattle will find some greenery. After some time, the branches that are eaten bare will be dry enough to light a fire to cook or fry what is still edible ( ). The cause of this situation is their lack of knowledge ( ), which led them to follow the antichrist ( ). It is a guilty lack of knowledge. They are to blame for turning their back on their “Maker” and for forgetting their “Creator”. In doing so, they have closed themselves off to His compassion and grace. In this way they have made it impossible for Him to have compassion on them and to be gracious to them ( ).

‏ Isaiah 27:10-11

Consequences of the Wrath for Jerusalem

The discipling hand of the LORD will work that Israel will repent. Isa 27:10-11 show what that discipline means. The once strong and populated Jerusalem will seem a forsaken wilderness (Isa 27:10). This is the result of the (first) attack of the Assyrians or the king of the North (cf. Zec 13:8-9). In the middle of the ruins the cattle will find some greenery. After some time, the branches that are eaten bare will be dry enough to light a fire to cook or fry what is still edible (Isa 27:11).

The cause of this situation is their lack of knowledge (Hos 4:6), which led them to follow the antichrist (Jn 5:43b). It is a guilty lack of knowledge. They are to blame for turning their back on their “Maker” and for forgetting their “Creator”. In doing so, they have closed themselves off to His compassion and grace. In this way they have made it impossible for Him to have compassion on them and to be gracious to them (2Chr 36:16).