2:20,21
Once again we have the fleeing to the caves. Man living by his own strength, committed to his own autonomy cannot stand the glory of God, for it highlights and exposes the futility of man’s pride. The only way to live in the presence of God is through faith in Christ.
2:22
The chapter closes with Isaiah making another call to the nation. “Stop trusting in mere humans”. How was Judah doing this at the time? It was so much that they trusted in themselves, rather they looked to Egypt and to Assyria at various times, and there was also Edom. They looked to alliances with other nations to see them through, to enable them to endure the dangers they faced. This was a fatal mistake. There number one priority needed to be to get right with God. Why hold mere men in more esteem than the Lord? Now we need to apply this to ourselves, and we should note that Judah could see the strength of threatening armies, and they could see the “help” that various alliances might bring. They could not see the Lord, yet it was only He who could truly help them, and it is He who has all power and authority. Now look at the things that we fear or feel threatened by. The threats are real, and we have a natural tendency to want to rely on something we can see, something we can imagine how it will help us. We find it hard to trust in the Lord who we cannot see. Yet His help is real. In chapters 36-38 we will see how Jerusalem was saved from a very real threat by the divine intervention of the Lord.
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