From the series, "Seeing God (and Ourselves)" at Church of the Apostles.
Isaiah 3:8-9; 4:2-6
Isaiah is given the task of awakening the people of Israel to their infidelity to Yahweh.
Isaiah 3:8-9, 16: What were the sins of Sodom? We assume that it was sexual sin. But the prophet Ezekiel says that they were gluttons, arrogant, and uncaring to the poor. (Ezekiel 16)
How do we apply this passage? How do we persist in our wrong doing?
Baked into our souls is the longing for God’s work and restoration in all of us.
The Righteous Branch is a messianic reference pointing toward Christ. But here in Isaiah it points further, not to the first coming, but the second coming of Christ. Where Yahweh will forever be with his people.