12 – The Six Woes Upon Israel

The six woes the prophet casts upon Israel each involve a love for the world's ways in some fashion or other. Eagerness to indulge the fleshly desires as the apostle Paul depicts in Galatians chapter five will eventually if pursued result in judgment by God. The leaders of the nation Israel had engaged in a man center desire instead of the God centered pursuit which led to their ruin. These are materialistic sins which always need to be guarded against because leaving the pursuit of God and going after the desires of the flesh instead will result in dreaded consequences. Human behavior being led from the flesh has not changed since the Fall in the Garden of Eden. The apostle depicts some of the attitudes which Isaiah cited the leaders of the nation Israel carrying out against their fellow citizens. The same holds true today, with leaders in government and the Church lording it over those whose charge they were given to lead and care for not to use and harm.