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| - | * [[Isaiah 13]] | ||
| - | * [[Isaiah 15]] | ||
| * [[Babylon]] | * [[Babylon]] | ||
| - | ==== Isaiah 14:1-3 ==== | + | Isaiah 14 talks about the fall of Satan. Also referenced in Revelation 12:7-10, D&C 76:25-27, and 2 Nephi 2:17-18. |
| + | ==== Isaiah 14:1-3 ==== | ||
| * The people of the land accept the gospel and are adopted into the house of Israel. | * The people of the land accept the gospel and are adopted into the house of Israel. | ||
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| * The multitude rejoices in the Lord, they describe the infamy and pride of Babylon, comparing its reach to that of Lucifer and the tower of Babel's construction. They recount the nation's evil deeds. The kings are dishonored, cast out, and refused an inheritance. | * The multitude rejoices in the Lord, they describe the infamy and pride of Babylon, comparing its reach to that of Lucifer and the tower of Babel's construction. They recount the nation's evil deeds. The kings are dishonored, cast out, and refused an inheritance. | ||
| - | ===== Commentary: The Lord's Army ===== | + | ==== Isaiah 14:4-32 ==== |
| - | Isaiah 13:2-5 describes the imagery and majesty of the Lord gathering his army. These verses describe the types of people that he uses in the battle, and how he assembles an army. | + | * These verses are a parable where he compares the king of Babylon to Satan. |
| - | First of all (v2), he sets a standard in a high mountain -- there is a place that is difficult to achieve, but there is a banner there so that you may know without doubt that it is where the Lord's camp is gathered. It could be a reference to the temples. | + | ==== Isaiah 14:7 ==== |
| - | "They come from a far country, from the end of heaven" (v5), and the Lord leads them. These are the most choice of his followers that will participate. | + | * The wilderness, as in the apostasy of the earth. He is not there to liberate, but to capitvate. |
| - | "The day of the Lord" (v6) is pretty extreme: | + | ==== Isaiah 14:20 ==== |
| - | * Everyone will lose faith and courage (v7) | + | |
| - | * Total shock and dismay (v8) | + | |
| - | * The heavens will shake and be moved in the battle (v10,13) | + | |
| - | * The union will cease, and they (the Lord's enemies) will flee all of them to their own ways (v14) | + | |
| - | * Those who aligned with them (lived as they did), shall also fall (v15) | + | |
| - | * The destruction of their civilization (and way of life) will be complete genocide, there will be no heir, no man, woman or child left standing (no subsets or branches of the lifestyles) (v16,18) | + | |
| - | * The invading army will not be swayed by their riches (v17) | + | |
| - | * It will be so desolated and worthless (for a time), that only the desert animals will possess it (v21-22) | + | |
| - | * There will be no growth or prosperity. Even a resourceful Arabian will not take it up, nor raise flocks there (v20). | + | |
| - | The destruction will be complete. It will leave neither root nor branch. He will "destroy the whole land." (v5) | + | * It was a practice of custom to not give a proper burial to leaders they didn't like. |
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| + | * [[Isaiah 13]] | ||
| + | * [[Isaiah 15]] | ||
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