We speak of the persecution of Christians in foreign nations and are appalled at some of the stories we hear of this persecution. At least they have not abandoned the principles upon which they were founded. In this passage of scripture, God is pleading with the Nation of Israel to be reconciled with Him. To turn from their wicked ways and return to a life of holiness in Him. This indictment of Israel seems to belong to the middle period of King Hezekiah's reign, after the fall of the Northern Kingdom, when the Assyrians had invaded Judah and had carried away a large segment of the population, Jerusalem alone being left.
Court is now in session.
In this opening statement made to Israel, God, as the most high judge of man is reading the charges against the unfaithful Nation of Israel. In a news story that originated in Haifa, Israel. A policeman, while reading this passage from Isaiah, conceived a way to discover the owners of a caravan of donkeys loaded with contraband, the owners having fled. It is interesting that God was as sickened by the sins of this people as He was by a people that He ulitmately destroyed. We have exceeded the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah by far.