Isaiah
32:9
9 Rise up [quwm], ye women ['ishshah] that are at ease [sha'anan]; hear [shama`] my voice [qowl], ye careless [batach] daughters [bath]; give ear ['azan] unto my speech ['imrah]. KJV-Interlinear
9 Rise up, you women who are at ease, hear
my voice; you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech. ESV
After first
promising the grace of God to faithful believers, the language changed in order
to make clarify that hypocrites and deceitful people will not be included in
that grace. And now comes the criticism of the people at ease, comfortable in
their lives, and not concerned with any pending threats against them or their
livelihood.
The term for
women, is used in the general sense, describing those who do not listen to
instruction, describing those who, as a result, who do not learn, and therefore
describing those going right into oblivion without a care or a second thought,
before they realize their error, and that it is too late to avoid the
destruction that has already come.
The precedent
comes from the story of Eve in the garden, wherein she did not listen to
instruction carefully, and therefore came to the wrong conclusion regarding the
forbidden tree, wherein she thought that touching it, was also forbidden, and
touching the tree was never mentioned as a part of the restriction.
Eve’s failure to
listen and learn, left her open to the deceit of Satan, which left her open to
drawing additional wrong conclusions, regarding being as smart as God, and
therefore Satan was able to fool her.
And so the pattern
of Eve in rejecting authority and therefore indifferent, is applied to the
pattern of everyone who does not receive instruction in Bible doctrine, and
therefore does not learn, and therefore are left open to false ideas and wrong
conclusions.
And this weak spiritual
state, prevents a person from seeing the obvious, and therefore unaware of the
destruction that the world has set before them.
And therefore the
warning, rise up, hear my voice, give ear to my speech. Which is the command
that everyone needs to obey, with regard to learning Bible doctrine and
therefore developing understanding and discernment, as well as producing
wisdom, true wisdom, within the soul.
Complacent
daughters, describe anyone and everyone who is indifferent towards truth in the
teaching of the word of God.
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.
