Ah, the thunder of many peoples;
they thunder like the thundering of the sea!
Ah, the roar of nations;
they roar like the roaring of mighty waters!
The nations roar like the roaring of many waters,
but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind
and whirling dust before the storm.
At evening time, behold, terror!
Before morning, they are no more!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
and the lot of those who plunder us.
Our nations of the earth like to flex their muscles. Leaders like to puff out their chests. Political beasts like to trump the power of others. The Psalmist said it this way;
Psalms 2:1-6 (ESV)
Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
“Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
“As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
In this section of Isaiah we are reading about the oracles he cried out, by the Holy Spirit, against the nations that oppressed the people of Israel. The oracles were prophetic utterances that proclaimed doom and gloom on them for their evil acts. This above section of Isaiah’s oracle is just one example of those in this section. This particular pronouncement is against Damascus. The point of the teaching is that no nation is actually in charge of themselves. God uses all nations to accomplish His will and His favor. We ought not to fret about the nations as they flex their muscles. God is in charge and has an oracle for them all.
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