SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: And the lookout shouted, “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post. Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie…
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no more shame
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 20 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush, so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared–to Egypt’s shame. [Isaiah 20:3-4]…
question of the week
So here is the question of the week: What does it mean that the Bible is inspired? (Check out previous questions here)
all nations blessed
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 19 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. [Isaiah 19:20] The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.” [Isaiah 19:25] There can be no doubt that God’s…
what gifts am I offering?
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 18 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: At that time gifts will be brought to the Lord Almighty from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers– the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord…
tough days coming
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 17 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Oh, the raging of many nations– they rage like the raging sea! Oh, the uproar of the peoples– they roar like the roaring of great waters! [Isaiah 17:12] Isaiah is describing a time of chaos and mayhem among the nations, a time when God’s people will also be judged for their rebellion and…
a throne established in love
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 16 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it– one from the house of David– one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness. [Isaiah 16:5] In the middle of this section on the humbling of Moab,…
His heart weeps
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 15 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath Shelishiyah. They go up the way to Luhith, weeping as they go; on the road to Horonaim they lament their destruction. [Isaiah 15:5] It is one thing to want…
a reason to be humble
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 14 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the…
like a woman in labour
There are two passages assigned for today! SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 13 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. See, the day of the Lord is coming –a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger– to…