Gilbert House Fellowship #501: Isaiah 20–21

BEING A PROPHET is not an easy job.

Isaiah was commanded to walk around Jerusalem naked (actually in his underwear) and barefoot for three years as a sign that the Assyrian king Sargon II would defeat the Egyptians and Cushites and lead them away into captivity, naked. (In the late eighth century BC, the time of Isaiah’s writing, Egypt was ruled by a Cushiite [Sudanese] king.)

We also see a prophecy against Babylon, prophesying its destruction. This was still 170 years or so in Isaiah’s future, when the Medo-Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylon. The prophecies about Edom and Arabia might foretell their conquest by the Chaldean king, Nabonidus (the last king of Babylon), or the refugees of Babylon fleeing Cyrus into the Arabian desert. We also discuss the possibility that this is a “not yet” prophecy of the remnant from Jerusalem fleeing towards Petra.

News: Anti-Jewish protesters in Philadelphia with disturbing Kristallnacht anniversary event; Netanyahu may be out as Israel’s PM; US election results.

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