Isaiah
26:5
5 For he bringeth down [shachach] them that dwell [yashab] on
high [marowm]; the lofty [sagab] city [qiryah], he layeth it
low [shaphel]; he layeth it low [shaphel], even to the ground ['erets];
he bringeth [naga`] it even to the dust [`aphar]. KJV-Interlinear
5 For he has humbled the inhabitants of the
height, the lofty city. He lays it low, lays it low to the ground, casts it to
the dust. ESV
The inhabitants of
the city or lofty places, is synonymous for those people who are proud,
arrogant, and therefore presume that they have no need for God.
For people who
have no need for God, even people who pretend to worship God, in reality look
to their own interests and conveniences.
They build their
own cities, and look to the structure with pride and accomplishment.
They presume they
have their own knowledge and therefore do not have a need for anything that
comes from God.
What they say and
think and feel are enough for them.
Their reason is enough for them.
Their invented philosophies are enough for them.
They consider only
the physical universe and do not expect anything beyond that.
With no direct
interaction with God, they see only what they want to see, and do not look
further.
Even when Jesus
was walking the face of this earth for three-and-a-half years, there was very
little questioning about life or the world or anything that could have been
asked. Such a unique opportunity to
learn great things, but was lost because people did not look beyond the here
and now.
And when life is
all said and done, those who have resisted learning Bible doctrine, will have
nothing.
And less than
nothing, their life’s worth will be down to the ground, lower than the dust,
meaning zero worth. And to live a life,
a whole life and end up with nothing is in itself a huge waste of ones time.
