Author: Conqueror in Training

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,…

This chapter is a prophesy of destruction for “Babylon”, decades before it was a superpower or conquered Judah. “Behold, the day of the Lord comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it. For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not…

This short yet powerful chapter reads like a psalm. It’s a celebratory song that one might sing at Jesus’ triumphant arrival (the context of ch11). I think I’ll stray from the norm a little bit and rewrite this psalm-like passage in my own words, as a song and prayer of praise to God. Perhaps you…

This chapter foretells the Messiah’s coming – both Jesus’ first and second arrival – with details on His leadership style. “There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and…