L Distressed and
hungry they will roam through the land;
when they are famished they will become
enraged and looking upward will curse their king and their God. (8.21)
R Aye that’s whit you think!
The
people who walked in darkness have seen a great light!
L They will look
towards the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and
they will be thrust into utter darkness (8.22)
R Aye that’s whit you think!
On
those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
L The Highways are
deserted, no travellers are on the roads, the land mourns and wastes away, Lebanon is
ashamed and withers (33.7, 9)
R Aye that’s whit you think!
The
desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and
blossom. Like the crocus it will burst into bloom
L Look brave men cry aloud in the streets, the
envoys of peace weep bitterly. The treaty is broken, its witnesses are
despised, no one is respected ( 33.7-8)
R Aye, that’s whit you think!
Unto
us a child is born…and the government will be upon his shoulders.
L The treacherous betray. With treachery the
treacherous betray. Terror and pit and snare await you O people of the earth
R Aye that’s whit you think!
He will be called Wonderful
Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace….of the increase of
his government and peace, there will be no end.
a West of Scotland hoot of derision, usually provoked by dogmatic assertions
from some upstart who only sees their own point of view. To the doom and gloom
merchants of Israel’s
exile, so assured in their pessimism and despair, Isaiah said, probably in
Hebrew – ‘Aye that’s whit you think!’
world to bring about justice, peace and new community is his response to the
dogmatic assertions and assumptions of a culture sickening for lack of hope. It
is the Bible’s response to terrorist violence, political cynicism, consumer
driven injustice, loss of moral direction. The vernacular refrain should be
said with an unmistakable tone of (good natured) ridicule.
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