I heard a youth pastor last night talk about humility. He made the comment that if there is one sin that God despises and detests more than any sin, it is pride. He hated it in the beginning and ha hates it now. He hates it among his people and he hates it among the rest of the world. He abhors it more than any other singular sin.
As he made this comment, I immediately thought of Isaiah 13. Why was such horrendous judgment from God poured out on Babylon? Because they were prideful. Look through scripture and what it talks about Babylon and you will quickly find this to be the case. (Daniel is another good book to learn about this empire and city.)
The first two verse of chapter 14, further explain why God's judgment was so harsh. He saw his people being mistreated and had compassion on them. "For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel..." (v.1, ESV). I find this mind boggling that God can be so angry (as we see in chapter 13), and at the same time full of compassion and love (chapter 14). As it says in James 4:6, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (ESV).
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