Isaiah 47 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Isaiah 47.

Meditate on verse 4.

Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name,

The Holy One of Israel.

God used the Babylonians to punish Israel for their idolatrous disobedience to Him. Babylon was merciless in their dealings, so God was mad. “Judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment” (James 2:13).

The Babylonians did not show mercy. They felt secure in their wickedness and knowledge. They were arrogant. “I am, and there is no one besides me,” they said (Isaiah 47:8, 10).

God said, “I am the LORD, and there is no other. I am God, and there is no other” (Isaiah 45:5, 6, 18, 21, 22).

The LORD destroyed Babylon. That world power ceased to exist overnight (Daniel 5:30-31).

There are lessons to be learned from Babylon. God will punish a Babylonian attitude: merciless, arrogant, god of your own life, shamelessly living in wickedness, and wandering in your own way.

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), cry out Isaiah 47:4 for yourself and others who need to be saved from their Babylonian existence.

 “Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts,

The Holy One of Israel, save ________ and me!

For the sake of Your name, Jesus~”

From The Watchman on the Wall by Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell