Isaiah 10:11
11 Shall I not, as I have done [`asah] unto Samaria [Shomarown]
and her idols, ['eliyl] so do [`asah] to Jerusalem [Yaruwshalaim]
and her idols [`atsab]? KJV-Interlinear
11 Shall I not
do to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and her
idols?" NASB
The arrogance of Assyria
continues. It equates the idols of Jerusalem and Samaria, with the other
countries that they have or will conquer.
This clearly shows that
the charges of God against both countries, as well as all of the examples of
their falling away throughout the book of Judges and elsewhere, is
correct. They had turned away from God
and had turned to the idols of their choice which came from the influences that
they received from other countries.
Their idols were no better
than the idols of other countries, because they were no different.
Their idols were not going
to save them from Assyria, because their idols were non-existent false
identities.
Assyria did not mention
the one true God that has been leading and keeping Jerusalem and Samaria
throughout their history even before their split. Clearly the true faith did not exist or was
of such a minority that outsiders would know nothing about it.
Assyria did not distinguish
their God as being different than the idols of other countries.
God and the Messiah were
not idols and clearly were different from all the other gods and deities
elsewhere.
So, the proof of Israel's
failure comes even out of the mouth of its enemies who look at Israel not as a
chosen nation, but no different than any other nation.
They were decadent, evil,
and weak. They were ripe for invasion.
There are two instances
in which Gods chosen people are trampled.
The first is when they themselves turn against God and act and behave no
differently than all the other evil peoples of the world. And second, when
history is led to a point that God allows evil to run out of control.
Throughout history the spiritual
strength of people has risen and fallen like a rollercoaster and the
repercussions have manifested themselves accordingly.
But there will come a
time when evil will maintain control over the entire world and when that
happens, God will remove His chosen at the Rapture, and then evil will have but
seven years to prove itself. That proof will end in the making of its own
disaster to the brink of human extinction.
