In the face of such conditions it is not surprising that when, during the last year of Uzziah's reign, Isaiah was called to bear to Judah God's messages of warning and 307 reproof, he shrank from the responsibility. He well knew that he would encounter obstinate resistance. As he realized his own inability to meet the situation and thought of the stubbornness and unbelief of the people for whom he was to labor, his task seemed hopeless. Should he in despair relinquish his mission and leave Judah undisturbed to their idolatry? Were the gods of Nineveh to rule the earth in defiance of the God of heaven?


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Esajas' kald

Magtmisbruget og velstanden resulterede i, at folk blev stolte, forfængelige, fordrukne og forlystelsessyge. Se Es. 2,11-12; 3,16. 18-23; 5,22. 11-12. På Esajas tid vakte det ikke engang opsigt, at folk dyrkede afguder. Se Es. 2,8-9. Uretfærdigheden havde taget en sådan overhånd i alle samfundslag, at de få, der blev ved at være tro imod Gud, ofte fristedes til at miste modet og opgive det hele i fortvivlelse. Det så ud, som om Guds plan med Israel var ved at slå fejl og det oprørske folk skulle lide samme skæbne som Sodoma og Gomorra.

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