Category: Isaiah

Isaiah 1:16-17 is about God calling the people to repentance and to seek justice by correcting their ways, doing good, and rescuing the oppressed. 16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, 17 learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice…

Isaiah 31:1 is about cautioning against relying on earthly powers instead of seeking refuge in God’s guidance and protection. 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to…

Isaiah 43:16-19 is about God’s promise to his people to do something new and unexpected, bringing about redemption and transformation even in the midst of challenging circumstances. 16 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, 17 who brings out chariot and horse, army and warrior;…

Isaiah 5:5 is about God symbolically comparing the people of Israel to a vineyard that despite His careful cultivation and nourishment, produced only wild grapes, representing their unfaithfulness and disobedience. 5 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I…

Isaiah 63:10 is about how the people of Israel rebelled against God despite His past mercies towards them, resulting in his sorrow and judgment upon them. 10 But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 63:10 The scene…

Isaiah 14:16 is about the downfall of the king of Babylon and the pride that led to his ultimate destruction. 16 Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, Setting the Scene for Isaiah 14:16 In Isaiah chapter 14,…

1 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on…

Isaiah 1:18-20 is about God’s willingness to forgive and restore His people if they repent and turn away from their sins, warning them of the consequences of disobedience if they choose not to. 18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as…

Isaiah 18:18 is about the nations of the world coming together to present tribute to the Lord and recognize His sovereignty. 18 In that time the Lord of hosts will be for a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty to the remnant of his people. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 18:18 In Isaiah…

Isaiah 4:17 is about the judgment and punishment that will come upon those who have strayed from God’s ways and have turned to idolatry and sin. 17 And the light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.…