Isaiah 59:5

 Isaiah 59:5
They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. 

Scriptures:

• Matthew 12:34

• Job 8:14

• Job 20:12-16

• James 1:14-15

• Romans 3:13

• Isaiah 14:29

• Romans 6:23

Commentary:

            This verse is a continuation of thought from verse 4. This verse gives a vivid illustration of "them" giving birth to vipers and weaving spider's webs. It gives a further warning to those on this path, stating that it will lead to death. Furthermore, it speaks of those who choose to try to eat a viper's egg; the result is that another viper will come out and continue on the path of destruction and death.

  To further support the illustration, I will explain scientifically what happens when vipers hatch their young. They incubate the viper eggs in the body, and the baby vipers hatch in or on their way out of the mother viper. They can incubate upwards of 25 or more at a time. 

  The baby vipers are just as independent as the mother. The mother viper is unattached, unlike mother bears to their cubs. The viper mothers are known to have baby vipers and will eat them if they choose to. There is no nurturing behavior of the mother toward the baby.

   If one were to come upon a viper and kill the mother, the vipers in the eggs within the mother are just as venomous and just as dangerous as the mother when she was alive. They are essentially unattached physically to the mother because the mother is just an incubator for them to grow. 

  Biblically, the viper represents pain, destruction, and death. To be bitten by the venom of a viper is usually a death sentence. 

   There is one instance in the Bible in which Paul is bitten by a viper on an island. Go see Acts 28:1-6 to see what happened to Paul while he was on the island of Malta. Notice the people of Malta and their reaction to Paul being bitten. The venom of a snake has negative and grave connotations both physically and spiritually. Looking physically and spiritually, only God knows how to save us from the viper's venomous poison. 

   Sin is represented in this illustration as the growth of a viper. In essence, once one is compromising with sin, it opens a can of worms, so to speak. This idiom is no joke; literally, more sin will come out in swarms from the original sin. 

  This is similar to when the mother viper is killed; she still has live baby vipers inside her, ready to hatch and wreak havoc in your life. Sin does this. Just as viper venom can kill you, so can sin. One sin can lead to many sins. 

 God speaks of this outcome in James 1:14-15. He says that those who engage in sin have their ultimate destination as death. The spider's web represents the plans that fall apart and are futile in their making. They are breakable and without strength. The person who makes these plans, or webs, will fail to accomplish the evil they plan in their hearts. Because it is futile and a spider's web is actually flimsy, as are the plans of the wicked. 

    To illustrate, a person goes along and has a thought. The desire or sinful thought is meted out in their thoughts, and then into actual plans that are carried out. This is when desire conceives the sin. Sin is full-grown when the person continues to practice the sinful behavior. That behavior will lead to more destructive behaviors and sinful practices (vipers breaking out), and eventually physical death. Spiritual death has already been applied because no one is righteous and we all fall short of the glory of God. 

    With this in mind, it is important to recognize that the person who has a sin that leads to death is demonstrated when a person has a physical death, then dies in their sins, which leads to spiritual death. This is the point of no return. That person not only destroyed the one life they had but ended up in eternal death in hell (Romans 6:23). They will experience things worse than what death itself can do. There is no hope for one who dies without Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Jesus is truly our only hope to conquer sin and death. 

1 Corinthians 15:55-57

55“O Death, where is your sting?

O Hades, where is your victory?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 

57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

      

In Isaiah 59, it seems there was no hope for the Israelites in their current condition. Maybe you see yourself this way? Maybe you see someone in your life neck deep in sin. Well, my friend, there is light at the end of this tunnel. If you leap forward in Isaiah 59, you will see our Messiah, Adonai Yeshua (Jesus our Lord), as the one who will save that nation from their sins. 

   I implore you to consider and believe that Jesus is able to conquer all of those vipers and get you back on firm ground. Yes, you may have made some mistakes in your walk with Him, or maybe you didn't know there was a Savior in these cases. 

  My friend, I was in the same boat. Making stupid mistakes and dealing with the consequences. That is what that venom does: it causes confusion, illness, and eventually death, if left unchecked. 

  As a believer who went prodigal, I can say that sin is continually coming after us, making one think there is no way out of the viper pit. 

Genesis 4:7

7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

    

   Without Jesus and His Holy Spirit to help us, there is no hope when sin comes knocking. However, there is light at the end of that tunnel, friend. Turn your eyes to Jesus and confess your sins. Confessing is just being in agreement with God about how your sin is not good for you and is very dangerous to you, both physically and spiritually. He is faithful and willing to forgive. 

1 John 1:9 

9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Be warned, if you think that you are without sin, you are a liar. 

1 John 1:10

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

  Confess your sins with fidelity. Make it a daily habit. God tells us to come to the throne of grace to get help. 

Hebrews 4:16

16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

It is healthy to get a good washing. 

   For those who do not know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, I ask that you go to this link. 

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Deuteronomy 31:8

Psalm 34:18

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is but for a moment,

His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night,

But joy comes in the morning.

John 16:33

Take heart, beloved, Jesus has overcome the world!

Isaiah 12

12 And in that day you will say:

“O Lord, I will praise You;

Though You were angry with me,

Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.

2 Behold, God is my salvation,

I will trust and not be afraid;

‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;

He also has become my salvation.’ ”

3 Therefore with joy you will draw water

From the wells of salvation.

4 And in that day you will say:

“Praise the Lord, call upon His name;

Declare His deeds among the peoples,

Make mention that His name is exalted.

5 Sing to the Lord,

For He has done excellent things;

This is known in all the earth.

6 Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,

For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

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     Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.