Month: February 2022

This chapter describes the fall of (commercial) Babylon, and includes prophesies against other nations as well. “Then he who saw cried out: ‘Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights. And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!’… ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all…

This short chapter describes a sign against Cush (Ethiopia) and Egypt – God commands Isaiah to walk around naked for three years. This symbolizes the future shame of those great nations and those who follow them. “Then the Lord said… ‘Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt…

This chapter is a prophesy both against, and for Egypt. Their destruction is foretold, though we also learn about five cities which will repent and follow the Lord of hosts. “In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord…

Regarded as the most obscure prophesy in the book of Isaiah, this chapter discusses Cush / Ethiopia and their attempts to ally with Judah against Assyria (Note: Ethiopia and Assyria were the two superpowers of this day, with Judah geographically and politically caught in the middle). “…he cuts off the shoots with pruning hooks, and…

This chapter proclaims judgement and destruction upon Syria and the Northern kingdom of Israel (called Ephraim in the text) for opposing God and His people (Judah in this text). “In that day man will look to his Maker, and his eyes will look on the Holy One of Israel. He will not look to the…

This chapter continues the judgement against Moab, though it focuses more on the remnant that will survive the destruction. “Give counsel; grant justice; make your shade like night at the height of noon; shelter the outcasts; do not reveal the fugitive; let the outcasts of Moab sojourn among you; be a shelter to them from…

This chapter is a warning of destruction to the nation of Moab. “…Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone. He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep… On every head is baldness; every beard is shorn; in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the…

This chapter describes the fall of the ‘king of Babylon’. There was a human king in the physical Babylon, though this passage primarily refers to Satan, who is the king of the spiritual Babylonian kingdom. “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground,…