Woe to Those Who Trust in Chariots (Isa. 31-32)

We have come to the fifth out of six woes in Isaiah 28-35. These woes have warned against trusting in Egypt for help.

Why should we care about this? Why are you sitting there listening to yet a fourth sermon about an obscure political alliance of the eighth century B. C.? And you know that a fifth one is coming next week! Why should we care about whether an ancient city entered into an alliance with Egypt?

This one little alliance at the end of the eighth century B.C. is symptomatic of the human condition.

Who do you trust? Where is your heart set?

This fifth woe reveals the sovereignty of God over the affairs of human history. He is the one who will accomplish his purposes. He is the one to trust...