Do these ancient words ring true today?
Isaiah 1:4-9 (NIV)
4 Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
5 Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with olive oil.
7 Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.
8 Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.
9 Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
Can any similarity with Isaiah’s words match events in our world today? Can a sinful nation be found where the peoples guilt causes them to do evil things like corrupt children and where there is a disdain for anything relating to God. Is there any way to determine if God has turned his back on any nation that is sinful? Can any of the remaining verses bring to mind cultural trends today?
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