Isaiah 23

It took me ab out 3 minutes to red this chapter. Right in the middle of the chapter I could hear God's words being spoken not only to the people of Isaiah's time but also to the 21st century world. The Message says, "GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies ordered the crash to show the sordid backslide of pride and puncture the inflated reputations." How much more in tune with the times can the Bible be. The rampant selfishness of men have not changed in 28 centuries. God saw it throughout the Mediterainian world in Isaiah's days and he still sees the same thing around the globe of the 21st century. Is this crash the work of God? He hasn't spoken to me and told me so, but the similarities are chilling.
Stuart