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False Leadership Brings Ruin
Isa 9:8-17
The grievous sins of the Chosen People are again enumerated. They defied God, Isa 8:9-10. They refused to repent; they were blind and deaf and profane, Isa 8:13. Their religious and political leaders led them astray, Isa 8:16. What could they expect but the letting loose of the judgments of the Almighty!
Isaiah’s protests were disregarded, and 2Ki 15:1-38 tells the sequel. It seems very terrible. But what would the forest-glades become if there were not a perfect machinery for the instant removal of all traces of disease, decay, and death! What is true in the physical is true also in the moral sphere. When a nation has ceased to help, and has commenced to impede the progress of humanity, it must be put out of the way.