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Trust in Jehovah in the Face of AdversityIsaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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b Assyria is also compared to a bird whose outspread wings “fill the breadth of your land.” Thus, wherever the land extends, it will be covered by the Assyrian army.
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Trust in Jehovah in the Face of AdversityIsaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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and move on through Judah. He will actually flood and pass over. Up to the neck he will reach. And the outspreading of his wings must occur to fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel!”—Isaiah 8:5-8.
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Trust in Jehovah in the Face of AdversityIsaiah’s Prophecy—Light for All Mankind I
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Next, says Isaiah, the swelling “waters” will “move on through Judah,” reaching right “up to the neck,” up to Jerusalem, where Judah’s head (king) rules.b In our time the political executioners of false religion will likewise close in on Jehovah’s servants, surrounding them “up to the neck.” (Ezekiel 38:2, 10-16) What will be the outcome? Well, what happens in Isaiah’s time? Do the Assyrians surge across the city walls and sweep God’s people away? No. God is with them.
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