Political and Religious Leadership in Parallel

A recurring pattern in Isaiah's descriptions of both ancient and end-time events is that the political and religious affairs of God's people parallel one another, whether for good or for evil. This becomes particularly apparent in the leadership of God's people as God's Day of Judgment approaches: "Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm top and reed, in a single day; the elders or notables are the head, the prophets who teach falsehoods, the tail. The leaders of these people have misled them, and those who are led are confused" (Isaiah 9:14-16). Only when God's people again keep his law and word can the millennial age commence (Isaiah 2:3-4).

For a time, however, God allows dark days to prevail to try his people's loyalties: "As for my people, babes subject them; women wield authority over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you, abolishing your traditional ways" (Isaiah 3:12); "The godless utter blasphemy; their heart ponders impiety: how to practice hypocrisy and preach perverse things about Jehovah, leaving the hungry soul empty, depriving the thirsty soul of drink" (Isaiah 32:6). Before Zion forms, God comes out in judgment against his "enemies"-that is, against his people's leaders: "Woe to them! I will relieve me of my adversaries, avenge me of my enemies" (Isaiah 1:23-24).

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