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 Assyria,

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. The fool and the scoundrel are two distinct

people here. 326 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 unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

And here's what verse 7 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

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