1. Outline

IIB. Lessons in Trust 13 – 35

1. Don’t Trust the Nations 13-23

2. Yahweh, Sovereign of the Nations 24 – 27

3. Woe to those who will not wait 28 – 33

4. Conclusion: Desert or Garden 34 – 35

5. Yahweh, not the nations, is the Sovereign Actor on the stage of history

a. Key features:

i. Repetition: Yahweh

ii. Recurrence of contrast:

a) Destruction vs. Deliverance

b) Songs of ruthless vs songs of salvation

c) Earth City vs. City of Salvation

d) Contrast between what the nations produce and what God produces

b. Content

i. Earth is Destroyed 24 – no songs

ii. Banquet for the Living 25 – a feast for all peoples – the shroud of death removed

iii. Song of the Strong City 26 – call for judgment on the wicked and deliverance for the righteous

iv. Song of the Vineyard 27- the nation preserved and cleansed; enemies punished