Isaiah 8-10 There is trouble in the world.  The northern Kingdom had split from the southern Kingdom of Judah in the 920's B.C.  Isaiah comes on the scene prophesying as of ca. 740 B.C. or slightly earlier as Assyria is planning its initial attack of Israel.  The sabres of war are rattling and blood is going to flow like they had never seen.  The historical quote "only the dead have seen the end of war" applies here.  All the scheming and planning for war is always done by those who are certain they are going to win.  Otherwise they would not be going to war.  Watch the mess 'unfold and be told' today as every army that is talked about in today's passage is going to be decimated.  What a condition!  And come to think, what has changed today?  Into the Bible we continue to sail!