Reading for July 12th

Read Isaiah 57.1-11. In 57.1-21: No peace for the wicked. In verses 1-10: The sense of disunity within Jerusalem reveals that the end of the captivity had not brought an end to its troubles. It had simply given rise to new ones. There was injustice and false and immoral worship, tolerated under foreign rule (vv. 5-7). Old customs of gods worshipped for centuries throughout the region (v. 9) had been revived while the Temple of the Lord lay in ruins. Molech is probably one of the titles of Baal, a god expecially linked with child sacrifice. Comments or Questions..