Category: Isaiah

3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” Setting the Scene for Isaiah 6:3 In Isaiah chapter 6, we find the prophet Isaiah experiencing a powerful vision of the Lord in the temple. The scene is set in the…

29 He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. 30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and…

1 Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate. 2 Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through…

13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men, Setting the Scene for Isaiah 29:13 In Isaiah chapter 29, we find a scene set in ancient Jerusalem…

3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 53:3 The scene in Isaiah 53:3 is set in a bustling marketplace in ancient Jerusalem. The air…

4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. Setting the Scene for Isaiah 53:4 In Isaiah chapter 53, we find ourselves in a solemn and poignant scene. The prophet Isaiah is speaking to a group of Israelites who have gathered in the…

1 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me,…

1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. 3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because…

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.…

1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.” 2 Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might…