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Scripturally Speaking
Drifting Away
The first chapter of the Book of Isaiah contains a stark and weighty commentary on the state of God’s people during Isaiah’s day.
Isaiah 1:1–3 (King James Version)The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
The references to animals and their cribs (stables) may sound strange to our ears, but they would have communicated intimately to the understanding of Isaiah’s contemporaries.