But see, there is joy and
revelry,
slaughtering of cattle and killing of
sheep,
eating of meat and drinking of
wine!
Let us eat and drink, you
say,
for tomorrow we
die!
Isaiah 22:13,14
Footnote:
The people said, "Let us eat and drink,"
because they had given up hope. Attacked on every side (22:7), they should have
repented (22:12), but they chose to feast instead. The root problem was that
Judah did not trust God's power or his promises (see 56:12; 1 Corinthians
15:32). When you face difficulties, turn to God. Today we still see people
giving up hope. There are two common responses to hopelessness: despair and
self-indulgence. But this life is not all there is, so we are not to act as if
we had no hope. Our proper response should be to trust God and his promise to
include us in the perfect and just new world that he will create.
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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV
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