16 “Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion,a stone, a tested stone,a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’ – What does ‘not be in haste’ mean? Other translations translate this as meaning ‘to make the wrong decision ie be confused; or be ashamedContinue reading “Isaiah 28: 16-23….Better Listen when God Speaks!”
Category Archives: Isaiah
Isaiah 28: 9-18….How do you read poetry?
9 “To whom will he teach knowledge,and to whom will he explain the message?Those who are weaned from the milk,those taken from the breast?10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept,line upon line, line upon line,here a little, there a little.”11 For by people of strange lipsand with a foreign tonguethe LORD willContinue reading “Isaiah 28: 9-18….How do you read poetry?”
Isaiah 28: 1-8….A review
Introduction: Before I began a series of run up to Easter and Easter devotionals I wrote about this passage. Because it is the start of a long prophecy I repeat it and add a bit more comment! In all languages the same word is used in different contexts to mean different things. Ephraim, although theContinue reading “Isaiah 28: 1-8….A review”
Isaiah 28: 1-8….Do we think of Discipline as negative or positive?
Introduction: In all languages the same word is used in different contexts to mean slightly and sometime more major different things. Ephraim, although the name of one of the sons of Joseph, in this instance is used as the name of the separated northern part of Israel when at Solomon’s death Israel became a dividedContinue reading “Isaiah 28: 1-8….Do we think of Discipline as negative or positive?”
Isaiah 27: 1-13….An index of a book -giving only a brief summary of chapters?
Introduction: My introduction for the very first episode of my devotionals more than 5 years ago read, ‘According to the English proverb a rider can take a horse to water, but cannot make it drink. According to the Ethiopian proverb a horse can take a soldier to war but cannot make him fight. Thinking ofContinue reading “Isaiah 27: 1-13….An index of a book -giving only a brief summary of chapters?”
Isaiah 26: 11-21….A Promised Future.
11 O LORD, your hand is lifted up,but they do not see it.Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.12 O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,for you have indeed done for us all our works.13 O LORD our God,other lords besides you haveContinue reading “Isaiah 26: 11-21….A Promised Future.”
Isaiah 26: 1-11….The Sovereign God!
Introduction: The past two chapters of Isaiah have mixed the present of the Prophet’s time and the future with references which seem to apply to both the time of Jesus and to His coming again, which is still in the future for us! The timing of this passage is also not fixed in a pointContinue reading “Isaiah 26: 1-11….The Sovereign God!”
Isaiah 25:1-12….An Overview
1 O LORD, you are my God;I will exalt you; I will praise your name,for you have done wonderful things,plans formed of old, faithful and sure.2 For you have made the city a heap,the fortified city a ruin;the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;it will never be rebuilt.3 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;citiesContinue reading “Isaiah 25:1-12….An Overview”
Isaiah 24: 14-23….Temporary delight then more catastrophe!
14 They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;over the majesty of the LORD they shout from the west.15 Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD;in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.16 From the ends of the earth we hear songsContinue reading “Isaiah 24: 14-23….Temporary delight then more catastrophe!”
Isaiah 24: 1-13….Dismal Reading! – Is this NOW?
1 Behold, the LORD will empty the earth and make it desolate,and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;as with the slave, so with his master;as with the maid, so with her mistress;as with the buyer, so with the seller;as withContinue reading “Isaiah 24: 1-13….Dismal Reading! – Is this NOW?”
As I read it! 