Isaiah 5 -- The Woes

Isaiah has started pronouncing the “woes” God is showing him.  In chapter 3, he’d mentioned people who are actually proud of their sin and don’t care who sees it; the second woe was for wicked people.  Now in this chapter, God, through Isaiah, calls out woes against covetous landowners who are causing a housing shortage, alcoholics who drink all day, brazen liars and God-defilers, those who obliterate moral distinctions and who deny the difference between good and evil; conceited men who won’t listen to reason, and judges who take bribes.  God is spelling out to Judah just how they’ve strayed from His will.  He’s wanting them back and telling them straight up what they’ve got to stop doing. 

It’s amazing that so much of this is going on right now in America, too.  I was particularly drawn to the woe about “those who obliterate moral distinctions and deny the difference between right and wrong.  That seems to be the specialty of the progressive movement in America today!

Father, please help us as a nation to right this sinking ship.  Please don’t let history repeat itself.  Help us as a nation to trust You to know best, to admit our national sins, and to come back to You.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford