Chapters 24\u201327 of Isaiah have been described as his \u2018Tale of Two Cities.\u2019 Like Charles Dickens\u2019 well-known novel, they speak of a terrifying urban convulsion which has widespread reverberations. But the difference between them is of course far greater than any similarity.<\/p>\n
Dickens recorded the \u2018Terror\u2019 of the French Revolution that sent shock waves from Paris to London (and across Europe to the New World) to which he could only append the desirable possibility of a \u2018resurrection-like\u2019 renewal. Isaiah\u2019s \u2018two cities\u2019 are an anticipation of \u2018Babylon\u2019 and the \u2018New Jerusalem\u2019 in John\u2019s Apocalypse, and what he says about each is certain and everlasting.<\/p>\n
The events of which Isaiah speaks take place \u2018in [or] on that day<\/em>.\u2019 This is a recurring expression in chapters 24\u201327 of his prophecy. They refer to \u2018the Day of the Lord\u2019 and introduce acts of the Lord\u2019s judgment and salvation. Following the text, these will be considered in seven sections or \u2018movements\u2019 with 24:1-20 providing a kind of \u2018overture\u2019 to the whole since it deals with both those realities.<\/p>\n Isaiah 24\u201327 is a magnificent display of \u2018the Day of the Lord\u2019 in judgment and salvation, and also of godly rejoicing and waiting for it in dark days. It comports with \u2018the already and not yet\u2019 of Christian living, and so Christians should find strength and comfort in these chapters as they look forward and upward to the Lord\u2019s return and \u2018the new world\u2019 that God has promised.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book Description Chapters 24\u201327 of Isaiah have been described as his \u2018Tale of Two Cities.\u2019 Like Charles Dickens\u2019 well-known novel, they speak of a terrifying urban convulsion which has widespread reverberations. But the difference between them is of course far greater than any similarity. Dickens recorded the \u2018Terror\u2019 of the French Revolution that sent shock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":128334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1228,1270,20590],"product_tag":[1874,5595,20579,20311,1734,20591],"class_list":{"0":"post-118818","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-sermons-and-expositions","7":"product_cat-theology","8":"product_cat-winter-special-2025","9":"product_tag-best-sellers","10":"product_tag-ebooks","11":"product_tag-ebook-released-2025-10","12":"product_tag-new-ebook-titles","13":"product_tag-new-releases","14":"product_tag-winter-special-2025","15":"pa_binding-cloth-bound","16":"pa_binding-cloth-bound-ebook","17":"pa_binding-ebook","18":"pa_isbn-20548","19":"pa_page-count-3215","20":"pa_recent-pub-date-20469","21":"pa_subtitle-an-appreciation-of-isaiah-chapters-24-27","22":"pa_theauthor-jones-hywel-r","24":"first","25":"instock","26":"purchasable","27":"product-type-variable","28":"has-default-attributes"},"bundled_by":[],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundle_price":[],"bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n