Isaiah 22:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

The burden

For the

Micah 4:4

Bible References

The burden

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

Do not trust in nobles,
in man, who cannot save.

This is what the Lord says:

The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.

For the

I call a bird of prey from the east,
a man for My purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.
I have planned it; I will also do it.

I—I have spoken;
yes, I have called him;
I have brought him,
and he will succeed in his mission.

Because of this, the earth will mourn;
the skies above will grow dark.
I have spoken; I have planned,
and I will not relent or turn back from it.

When My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath on them, I will be appeased. Then after I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in My jealousy.

But each man will sit under his grapevine
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.
For the mouth of the Lord

of Hosts

has promised this.