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!”
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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?”
Isaiah 23:13-18….Where was the land of the Chaldeans?
Introduction: I cannot find a map which delineates the the ‘Land of the Chaldeans’. The best that I can ‘guess’ is that it extended into Lebanon, was basically in the S-E corner of modern Iraq and into modern Syria! I am led by this oracle to believe that the Assyrians had decimated the place andContinue reading “Isaiah 23:13-18….Where was the land of the Chaldeans?”
Isaiah 23: 1-12….God’s Justice demands action.
Introduction: Tyre (also called, presumably because of its ports, the Stronghold of the Sea) and Sidon were separate kingdoms which are now in the country of Lebanon. Both were very significant, wealthy and proud! Shihor (Sihor) was a town in the delta of the Nile, an area which was frequently flooded as the waters cameContinue reading “Isaiah 23: 1-12….God’s Justice demands action.”
Isaiah 22: 12-25….A personal Judgement!
Introduction: This is the rest of Isa 22, a chapter in which the prophecy turns to God’s judgement of His own people. After hearing clearly what God was going to do to them they did not listen. I ended the last devotion by saying, ‘They had not returned to nor sought God who had longContinue reading “Isaiah 22: 12-25….A personal Judgement!”
Isaiah 22: 1-11….At last – Jerusalem!
1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision.What do you mean that you have gone up,all of you, to the housetops,2 you who are full of shoutings,tumultuous city, exultant town?Your slain are not slain with the swordor dead in battle.3 All your leaders have fled together;without the bow they were captured.All of you who wereContinue reading “Isaiah 22: 1-11….At last – Jerusalem!”
Isaiah 21: 11-17….Abraham’s Grandchildren.
Introduction: You may already know but, if you didn’t, the names Dumah, Seir, Dedan, Tema, and Kedar are the names of five of the grandsons of Abraham. Dedan from Abraham’s wife, Keturah, whom he married after Sarah died. The other four were Ishmael’s sons. Is the ‘One is calling to me from Seir,‘ calling fromContinue reading “Isaiah 21: 11-17….Abraham’s Grandchildren.”
Isaiah 21: 1-10….Stagger me!
1 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,it comes from the wilderness,from a terrible land.2 A stern vision is told to me;the traitor betrays,and the destroyer destroys.Go up, O Elam;lay siege, O Media;all the sighing she has causedI bring to an end.3 Therefore my loins are filled withContinue reading “Isaiah 21: 1-10….Stagger me!”