Isaiah
23:13
13 Behold the land ['erets] of the Chaldeans [Kasdiy];
this people [`am] was not, till the Assyrian ['Ashshuwr] founded [yacad] it for them
that dwell in the wilderness [tsiyiy]: they set
up [quwm] the towers [bachiyn] thereof, they raised up [`arar] the palaces ['armown]
thereof; and he brought [suwm] it to ruin [mappalah]. KJV-Interlinear
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans! This
is the people that was not; Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected
their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin. ESV
And now Isaiah
gives an example of history, which at this point in Isaiah’s life, has not yet
occurred, but will occur.
The Chaldeans
refer to the Babylonians.
They were nothing
before they existed. They came up out of
the Assyrian Empire, but were nothing while the Assyrians existed.
Then the child,
the daughter, which refers to the Babylonians, arose up and destroyed the
Assyrians.
Both empires
started out in the wilderness. They both
built up towers and palaces and cities and such things. They each in their turn, became powers. The second more powerful than the first.
With each succeeding
empire, the power and grandness increased.
And yet where
are they all today? Gone.
No more
Assyria. No more Babylon. And we could easily add to this verse, no
more Persia, Greeks, Romans and on and on.
Throughout all
of history, every empire in history, has fallen into oblivion and has vanished.
And so the
question being posed is this. If all of these, great and powerful empires have
risen and then vanished, then what chance does Tyre have of survival?
If God removed
all of the empires of the past, then what chance does any empire have against
God?
And even though each
subsequent empire brought down the former, it was Gods design, not mans, that
allowed it to happen.
And so, since
Tyre represents the economies of the world, economies that originated by Gods
design, and then will be changed by mans regulatory design, then the one world
economy concept, which is in itself a form of empire, has no chance of
survival.
And its fall, will
be due to its false principles that its foundation is built upon.
All empires were
built with arrogance and lust. Whether
it is the Assyrians or the liberal politicians, makes no difference. Arrogance and the drive of lust for power and authority
all result in the same thing. Namely
utter disaster. And when the end of the
world finally arrives, that fall of the entire worlds economy, will be the
worst disaster of them all, for everyone.
The suffering will be extreme and horrendous, and beyond description.
