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2741.— Who Is Addressed?

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, Cal. · Feb 24, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 8.

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2741.— Who Is Addressed?

Will you please tell me to whom God is speaking in Isa. 28:2?
Isaiah 28 is a prophecy against the kingdom of Israel, and especially the capital city of the kingdom of Israel—Samaria. He calls that "the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of his glorious beauty," because that kingdom was to fall. "The mighty and the strong one" evidently is the king of Assyria who was soon to sweep down upon the kingdom of Ephraim and destroy it. The fulfilment of that prophecy is found in 2 Kings 17, when Shalmaneser the mighty king of Assyria came up and completely overrun Ephraim and carried the Israelites captive.