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Come to Me – Day 12
Xanthe Galanis

Come to Me – Day 12

It’s all in the details

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

ESAYA 44

24Morena, Molopolli wa hao,

yena ya o entseng o sa le popelong,

o bua tjena:

“Ke nna Morena

ya entseng dintho tsohle,

ya adileng mahodimo

ke le inotshi,

ya phutholotseng lefatshe

ke le inotshi.

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ESAYA 44

27Ke nna ya reng ho madiba:

‘Pshang!

Dinoka tsa lona ke tla di pshesa!’

28Ke nna ya reng ho Siruse:

‘O modisana wa ka,

o tla phetha tsohle

tseo ke di ratang;

o tla re thako tsa Jerusalema

di tsoswe,

o re metheo ya Tempele e ralwe.’ ”

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ESERA 1

Bajuda ba kgutlela Jerusalema

1Ka selemo sa pele sa puso ya Siruse, kgosi ya Peresiya, Morena a phethahatsa polelo eo a neng a e bolele ka Jeremia. Morena a susumetsa Siruse hore a etse phatlalatso ka lengolo, mme le romelwe mmusong wohle wa hae. Kgosi ya e ngola, ya re:

2“Siruse, kgosi ya Peresiya, o bua tjena: ‘Morena Modimo wa mahodimo, o nneile mebuso yohle ya lefatshe, mme o ntaetse hore ke mo hahele Tempele Jerusalema, naheng ya Juda. 3E mong le e mong wa setjhaba sa hae, ya teng mona hara lona, ke re Modimo wa hae a ke a be le yena, mme eo a nyolohele Jerusalema e naheng ya Juda, a yo haha Tempele ya Morena Modimo wa Iseraele. Ke yena Modimo ya leng Jerusalema.

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There is something a little different about this particular prophecy. It mentions someone specifically by name, rather than simply giving a description. Remember what we read previously – God knows each of our names and we are his. More than that, he shares the future with us.

In this passage, God not only predicts the future, but he does it by naming the specific individual! He knew Cyrus’ name before he was born. From the clues Isaiah gives us and from reading Ezra 1:1-3, we can deduce that this Cyrus would be the king of Persia – the king who ordered the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the temple. Bible scholars agree that Isaiah predicted the rise of Cyrus 150 years in advance!

Notice the reference to the “watery deep” and the drying up of streams. What has this to do with Cyrus? In 539 BC, Cyrus had laid siege to the city of Babylon. The people inside were not concerned because they had stored up supplies to last 20 years. However, the Persian army diverted the Euphrates River, which ran under the city of Babylon, and when the water level dropped, his army entered the city by going under the gate in the riverbed. Babylon fell to Cyrus.

We have a God who not only knows the future, he knows the details about what is to come and he has a detailed plan for his people. This God who knows you by name, has a detailed plan for your life as well.

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