Category: Isaiah

3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 26:3-4 In Isaiah chapter 26, we find a scene set in the ancient city of Jerusalem. The city…

22 And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 22:22 In Isaiah chapter 22, we find ourselves in the ancient city of Jerusalem, specifically at the palace of King…

6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne…

10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 58:10 In Isaiah chapter 58, we find a scene set in the ancient city of Jerusalem. The prophet Isaiah…

3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 42:3 In Isaiah chapter 42, we find a scene set in a bustling marketplace in ancient Jerusalem. The air is filled with the sounds of merchants haggling,…

1 Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush, 2 which sends ambassadors by the sea, in vessels of papyrus on the waters. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide. 3…

1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty…

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3…

1 Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. 2 O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in…

18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 1:18 In Isaiah chapter 1, we find a powerful and poignant scene unfolding in the ancient…