Reading for April 28th

Read Isaiah 10.5-19. In 10.5-34: Assyria will not escape the judgment of God. In verses 5-19: Assyria was the agent of God, but its ministers were arrogant and blasphemous (see 36.13-20). When God judged that the time was ripe (v. 2) Assyria would suffer a severe punishment from God (vv. 15-19), set out in a series of word-pictures related to other sayings. In verses 17-19: The tree imagery is related to the language of "briers and thorns" in 5.6 (see 7.23-25; 9.18; possibly also relates to the wooden rod of 9.4 and 10.5. Comments or Questions..