23 Give ear, and hear my voice;give attention, and hear my speech.24 Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?Does he continually open and harrow his ground?25 When he has leveled its surface,does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,and put in wheat in rowsand barley in its proper place,and emmer as the border? – EmmerContinue reading “Isaiah 28: 23-29….Do city kids know where milk comes from?”
Category Archives: Prophets
Isaiah 28: 16-23….Better Listen when God Speaks!
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!”
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 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 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 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.”