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 open 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

reigning 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.

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