Today, I am reading and commenting on Isaiah 32-35.

In today’s passage Isaiah begins by saying that a day will come when a king will reign in righteousness.  On that day, the eyes of those willing to see will be opened and the ears of those willing to listen will be unplugged.  I believe that this is a direct counter to Isaiah 6:9-10.  Those to whom Isaiah is referring to will begin to understand, turn to God, and be healed.  No longer will fools and scoundrels be honored and held up as examples to be emulated.  Instead those who noble deeds will be considered noble.  That day had not yet come when Isaiah prophesied.  In the meantime he told the people that the harvest would fail and the cities be abandoned.  This would go on and get worse until God’s Spirit was poured upon us, and then God’s justice would inhabit the land.  While in the simple form this was fulfilled with Jesus’ coming and the Spirit descending on Jesus’ disciples at Pentecost, there is an element of this prophecy which repeats.  Today, we see fools and scoundrels being honored and those who are able are leaving our cities.  This will continue until we open our eyes and clear our ears and turn to God.  Then He will pour out His Spirit upon us and heal us.  Let us pray to God for Him to pour out His Spirit all around us.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.