Behold Your God, Isaiah 47, Part 1

Isaiah 47:8 God speaks to Babylon, saying, Hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, who dwell securely, who say in your heart, “I am, and there is no other besides me.” Throughout the chapter, God has severe warnings for Babylon, a nation often symbolic in Scripture of organized rebellion against God through self-exaltation. Humanity is greatly drawn to self-preeminence, but it is God who rules in the kingdom of man. Without Him, we are lost. Every other object of trust, including a trust in ourselves, will leave us utterly unsatisfied.