Reading for May 20th

Read Isaiah 25.1-12. In 25.1-12: The banquet of the Lord of hosts. The great festival to be celebrated in Jerusalem on the holy mountain gives pictorial expression to the praise of God (vv. 1-5). Even in the most violent trouble, God is a refuge to the needy in their distress (v. 4). The prophetic vision, however recognizes that there are wrongs and sufferings on earth that cannot be put right by stilling the blast from the ruthless. The ultimate resolution of injustice can come only when God overcomes the power of death itself (v. 7, compare 26.19). In verses 10-12: The Humiliation of Moab. This appears to belong with the other writings in chs. 15-16. Comments or Questions..