Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Yesterday we covered woes number one, two and three, and today we wrap up the final three

of six. Today's reading ended on a dark note, but hopefully you'll be encouraged to know

that tomorrow things brighten up a bit. And we're not far off from the parts of Isaiah

that deal with the new heavens and the new earth, which are pretty amazing to read about.

We opened today with a reinforced woe to Judah, woe to those who go down to Egypt. We've

heard this one before. We know Judah is working on an alliance with Egypt because Judah is

afraid of a serious, so this is clearly directed at Judah. God says they will seek help from

Egypt, but Egypt will be rendered helpless themselves. They may have horses and chariots,

but God has weapons Judah can't even imagine. He can provide in ways that are supernatural,

and he foretells a day when they'll finally turn to him and destroy their idols. And

in that day a righteous king will reign. Hopefully you've picked up on this by now, but

anytime we see the future righteous king raining after the day of the Lord, that points

to Jesus. Of course, the people in Isaiah's day didn't know this, they naturally assumed

it would be an earthly king, but a good one to contrast all the bad ones they've experienced.

In that day, fools and scoundrels won't be exalted anymore, but for now they're still running

rampant. The fool in the scoundrel are two distinct people here. Thirty-two-six describes

the fool like this. The fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with

iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving

of the hungry and satisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

And here's what verse seven says about the scoundrel. As for the scoundrel, his devices

are evil. He plans wicked schemes to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea

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