Is This a Prophecy of Our Times?

   I wonder if this scripture doesn't become stunning prophecy when you place it in the light of today.

   "Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them" (Isaiah 1:23).

   Much of what Isaiah wrote spoke to what would happen in our day. " Princes?  Wouldn't that be those who govern us, our legislators? Rebellious? They are surely rebellious with each other. And, one of the meanings of the Hebrew word for rebellious is stubborn. Democrats and Republicans are stooped in their ways and beliefs, unyielding to each other. Stubborn is the right word. 

   "Everyone loveth gifts and followeth after rewards"? One of the meanings of the Hebrew word for rewards is bribery. Is there such a thing in our congress? Of course. Overriding the way we are governed is the reception of campaign contributions, which corrupts our system, legislation coming from those who cast gifts upon our congressmembers. "Everyone loveth gifts and followeth after rewards"? This is surely what is happening. It becomes remarkable that Isaiah could have foreseen this wickedness thousands of years ago.

    Ah, yes, but now what of the part of the verse that says,  "They judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them"? I do know this, broken families are one of the greatest inadequacies, one of the greatest failings of our day. Of all that is wrong in the world, this is one of our greatest flaws. If Isaiah was prophesying of our day, it should not surprise us he should have seen such a condition. "They judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them"? Our legislators do not even consider this issue, the issue of broken families. It is not even on their table. Have we ever known our congress to have taken up any lengthy discussion of how to deal with all the broken homes?

  No, I do not know that all this is what Isaiah 1:23 is all about. But, I do know much of Isaiah is about our day. If it is, well, these are things we can see in our society today that match with what Isaiah wrote. 

   And, it does become a stunning prophecy, that Isaiah would see with such preciseness the corruption of our political system and that he would see that for all our politicians are concerned about, most of them would give little attention to the break up of the family.

   I would not be surprised, at all, if these things are what Isaiah was speaking of.