Isaiah 3:5
5 And the people [`am] shall be oppressed, [nagas] every one ['iysh] by another, ['iysh] and
every one ['iysh] by his neighbour: [rea`] the child [na`ar] shall
behave himself proudly [rahab] against the
ancient, [zaqen] and the base [qalah] against the honourable. [kabad] KJV-Interlinear
5 And
the people will be oppressed, Each one by another, and each one by his
neighbor; The youth will storm against the elder, And the inferior against the
honorable. NASB
When the irresponsible,
when the inexperienced, when the unqualified take the reigns of power and rule,
then anarchy and confusion and certainly suffering, become the order of the
day.
This has been true
throughout history. As tyrants as well
as irresponsible leadership have come and gone, the people of their realm’s
suffered immensely. The disasters of
evil rule will certainly become evident when the last generation of human rule
comes onto the scene in the Tribulation.
But for each successive
generation that lives throughout history, even in our present day as liberal
and social politics have overtaken the seat of governments in Europe, and
around the world, and are certainly trying here in the US, the evidence of
national disasters is apparent everywhere.
People see the difficulties, but do not see the causes.
People are oppressed as
social and economic and legal inequities ruin the daily lives of most.
‘Everyone by another … everyone
by his neighbor,’ means man by man, or neighbor by neighbor. And this is an
expression of the common or mutual strife felt by all.
‘The child and the
ancient,’ refers to all ranks in society. Respect will vanish, manners will evaporate,
selfishness and self-centeredness will take over.
‘The base against the
honorable,’ further indicate that the general social respect from the most
repulsive to the highest orders of society, will all lose respect, and social
norms and standards will breakdown.
When doctrine, which is
truth, is ignored, then humanity is incapable of making good decisions. Thus they make bad decisions, giving in to tyrants,
or even placing incompetents into power, by their own voting choice. Common sense vanishes, and the decisions of
the child, the immature, reign.
But note one important
thing. God does not impose disaster on humanity, per se, but allows negative
and dysfunctional man to place himself into harm’s way, by means of his own
choices.
Unfortunately too many
folks pursue this course, even as they pursue their own course toward God, by
means of their own path rather than Gods path to truth.
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