Isaiah 14, v 28-32
Now King Ahaz, the king who didn't trust in God a couple of chapters ago, has died. This prophecy seems to be for Philistia.
What can this teach us about God? God is in control of nature (famine, snakes). God uses nature to punish people sometimes.
What can this teach us about people? Timing- people wait for the opportune moment to do something, in this case, the Philistines were probably waiting for Ahaz to die so that they could attack his kingdom.
What can we take away from this? The Philistines were enemies of God's people, and by extension, enemies of God. Through this prophecy we see they didn't even have a chance. God is someone you don't want as an enemy! Why so many destructive prophecies? I think they also serve as warnings...If Babylon, Assyria or Philistia happened to have completely repented and turned towards the Lord, I think they would have been forgiven and spared. (That's what happened in Ninevah-see book of Jonah). But these people were confident in their gods, and they were ok with being the enemies of God. Destruction
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