Yesaya 28:29

28:29 This also comes from the Lord who commands armies,

who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom. ¹ 

Yesaya 31:2

31:2 Yet he too is wise ²  and he will bring disaster;

he does not retract his decree. ³ 

He will attack the wicked nation, ⁴ 

and the nation that helps ⁵  those who commit sin. ⁶ 

[28:29]  ¹ sn Verses 23-29 emphasize that God possesses great wisdom and has established a natural order. Evidence of this can be seen in the way farmers utilize divinely imparted wisdom to grow and harvest crops. God’s dealings with his people will exhibit this same kind of wisdom and order. Judgment will be accomplished according to a divinely ordered timetable and, while severe enough, will not be excessive. Judgment must come, just as planting inevitably follows plowing. God will, as it were, thresh his people, but he will not crush them to the point where they will be of no use to him.

[31:2]  ² sn This statement appears to have a sarcastic tone. The royal advisers who are advocating an alliance with Egypt think they are wise, but the Lord possesses wisdom as well and will thwart their efforts.

[31:2]  ³ tn Heb “and he does not turn aside [i.e., “retract”] his words”; NIV “does not take back his words.”

[31:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he will arise against the house of the wicked.”

[31:2]  ⁵ sn That is, Egypt.

[31:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and against the help of the doers of sin.”