Category: Isaiah

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…

This chapter speaks of God’s judgement against the wicked and arrogant people of Assyria, and also contains judgement on Israel (with some hope sprinkled in). “In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the Lord,…

This chapter includes a commonly quoted prophesy of Jesus’ coming and a judgement upon wickedness. “For to us a child is born… and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of…

This chapter continues the prophesy and signs regarding the coming Assyrian invasion. Isaiah prophesies to the people of Judah pleading with them to fear and obey God, not to fear their human enemies. “But the Lord of hosts, him you shall honor as holy. Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread….

This chapter is pretty dense and includes much prophesy (including one about Jesus’ coming), though this is what really jumped out at me for today: ” ‘If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.’ ” (v9b) Israel is yet again besieged by enemies (and former allies), yet God speaks…