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Isaiah

Isaiah 
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Day 474

"Justice is far from us"

Text: Isaiah 59:9

THE TRUE STATE OF ISRAEL

Israel may appear to be a good and strong kingdom. There is a king, people observe religious rites but what was the true state of the kingdom?

“Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
We look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!
We grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.”
Isaiah 59:9-10

1. A candid appraisal.

a) Justice was not upheld.

b) Righteousness was not a real part of life for many.

2. Darkness engulfed the nation.

a) Some looked for light, but darkness prevailed.

b) Some hoped for brightness, but the reality was that people walked in blackness (darkness).

3. The people.

a) They were groping like blind people.

b) It was as if people had no eyes to see.

4, Even at noonday.

a) People stumble.

b) Noonday was more like twilight.

c) This was a sad description of the state of people in the land.

5. Like dead people.

a) The inhabitants were compared to dead people:

i) Lifeless

ii) Oblivious of life

b) The nation was like a desolate place.

i) This was a candid appraisal of Israel.

ii) The nation was in a desperate state.