Isaiah
30:16
16 But ye said ['amar], No; for we
will flee [nuwc] upon horses [cuwc]; therefore shall ye flee [nuwc]: and, We will ride [rakab]
upon the swift [qal]; therefore shall they that
pursue [radaph] you be swift [qalal]. KJV-Interlinear
16 and you said, “No! We will flee upon
horses”; therefore you shall flee away; and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”; therefore
your pursuers shall be swift. ESV
Too many people
today do exactly the same thing that the Israelites did back in Isaiah’s day,
namely they ignore the counsel of God. They not only ignore the counsel of God,
but they presume that whatever it is they think and say and do now, is the
counsel of God, when it is not. Refusal to be taught, refusal to listen and
learn, are the main ingredients for a disastrous spiritual life.
In the previous
verse Isaiah states exactly how people can escape disaster. And that is very
simple. People simply need to listen and learn from instruction, the teaching
of the Bible. But not only that, they need to be in fellowship, which requires
compliance with Gods spiritual process, namely confession of sin to God the Father,
on a regular basis.
But, the people in
Isaiah’s day said, no.
They refused to
hear the teaching, they refused to look to God. They instead turned to Egypt
for their safety and security. And not only that, they had a common thought and
purpose, which is simply stated here. We will flee upon horses, we will ride
upon swift steeds. And the idea there is that carries an air of confidence and
presumption that whatever comes, their alliance with Egypt will provide them
the swift means of maneuvering, or of escape.
And Isaiah turns
their own words back on them stating, therefore you will flee. And the meaning
of flee here is to run in terror.
In the second
statement, your pursuers shall be swift, means simply that the invaders will be
faster, and their escape will be disastrous.
Anyone who
ignores, or is indifferent toward, or rejects the study of the word of God in
their life, will discover that their own attitude, their own beliefs, will
become the description of their own demise.
And so it was with
the Israelites, when Assyria invaded, Egypt did nothing.
A life without
doctrine, is a life in sin, in evil, in reliance on the world.
A reliance on the
world is no reliance at all.
And when you
depend on something that is nothing, then you get nothing.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
