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Post by Josh on Mar 13, 2008 19:10:26 GMT -8
Post your comments, questions, and discussion starters on Isaiah chapters 1-8 as replies here.
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Post by Josh on Mar 13, 2008 19:14:09 GMT -8
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows his master,
the donkey his owner's manger,
but Israel does not know,
my people do not understand.
I find this verse at the outset of Isaiah chillingly prophetic* of the birth of Christ- the birth of a master that most people missed, except a handful of shepherds, magicians, and an ox and a donkey, eagerly observing him in the manger.
*I use prophetic in a loose sense here
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Post by michelle on Apr 11, 2008 18:42:59 GMT -8
This verse stuck out to me too, but for a different reason. The NLTV states it a little bit differently.
Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master's care--
but Israel doesn't know its master.
My people don't recognize my care for them.
When I read this I thought about how Israel was so caught up in their sinful lives that they couldn't see God. The longer we keep sin as a road block between us and God, the harder it is to recognize Him.
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