ISAIAH 18
The people of Ethiopia (ancient Cush) sent ambassadors to Israel, hoping to form a strong alliance against Assyria, but the venture was doomed to fail. God was not in it, because all of man’s clever ideas are worthless if they run contrary to the will of God (1 Cor. 3:18–20). First find His will, then do it!
The Assyrian invasion was God’s plan, and He would not intervene until He accomplished His divine purposes. He would hover over the scene like summer heat or the morning dew (vv. 3–4). When the time was right, He would reap the harvest (v.
Those clean-shaven ambassadors should have gone to Jerusalem with a gift for the Lord. They should have been humble worshipers, not haughty negotiators (v. 7), and trusted the God of Israel, not their armies or treaties (