Protective Judgments (7) - Methods

Isaiah described some of the methods God uses for protective judgments.

1. Natural events. The river Nile was dried up to constrain Egypt.

   The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry (Is 19:5).

2. Confusing leaders. God sometimes causes confusion or foolishness among the leaders of the evil nation. This happened in Egypt.

   I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom (Is 19:2).

3. Invading nation. God often raises up another nation to destroy the an evil one. Babylon was destroyed by the Medes and the Persians.

   See, I will stir up against them the Medes… Their bows will strike down the young men; Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms will be overthrown by God (Is 13:17-19).

An invading nation was the most common form of protective judgment.