I would give up a lot of freedoms to have a king like the one described in the beginning of ch. 32. I know what it is like to be out in the middle of a strong wind, to be exposed to the fury of a full-blown tempest; to be hot and have no shade. I wonder what it would be like to have a leader I could feel loyal to, and I realise that I have never felt loyalty towards or security from any political leader . . . that because of them, I see evil men praised. We all know what this is like.
These passages seem to rely on the shock value of a righteous king and a peaceful land in contrast to foreboding warnings. I'd love to spend longer on these passages and fit them together in a way I am more familiar with.
Seemingly we have a few verses that are repeating themselves after their themes have been introduced earlier:
"The effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever."
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Gahh! Sorry! I see that I was supposed to post. I'll post 34-35 unless Caddy already has plans for that.
please post! I'm driving to FL tomorrow and probably won't get around to it. :)
No problem, I owe one anyway. We'll catch up inch by inch.
*sigh* I'm going to write a catch-up post today and see what I can do about the rest; today is fairly lazy for me, and also I have a new book on "Liturgy in the Medieval Church" and it has lots of Isaiah in it, so I may try to do a few more, if nobody minds hearing my voice a few times in a row:)
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