October 2023

READ: Is. 5:1-7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry for help. – Is. 5:7 In a song, Isaiah sings about the relationship between the LORD and […]

READ: Is. 4:2-6 In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious; and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing for those of Israel who have escaped. – Is. 4:2 The Day of the LORD brings both judgment (3:18, 4:1) and redemption (4:2). After the judgments upon Israel,

READ: Is. 3:16-4:1 And it shall come to pass, that instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and branding instead of beauty.          – Is. 3:24 This passage concerns

READ: Is. 2:22-3:15 Sever yourselves from such a man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he? – Is. 2:22 Judah (and we) are given the divine advice to turn away from man and his works, not to rely on human beings. It’s tempting to seek favor with people. For example,

READ:  Is. 2:6-21 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up – and it shall be brought low. – Is. 2:12 After one of the most beautiful prophecies about the church and its future, Isaiah assesses the ecclesiastical situation of his time. He sees

READ:  Is. 2:1-5 Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord … For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. – Is. 2:3 The first revelation that God gives to Isaiah ends with an unprecedented promise (1:27): the Zion (Jerusalem) of Isaiah’s time,

READ:  Is. 1:21-31 Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her penitents with righteousness. … who forsake the Lord shall be consumed. – Is. 1:27,28 Under King David and Solomon, Jerusalem was a city where justice was administered according to God’s will and law. Now, it has become a place of injustice. Orphans and widows

READ:  Is. 1:10-20 ‘Come now, and 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 be as wool.’ – Is. 1:18 In God’s eyes, His people have become like Sodom and Gomorrah. He will punish them,

READ:  Rom. 9:14-29 Unless the Lord of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been made like Gomorrah. – Is. 1:9 In verse 9, the LORD draws attention to His grace in His judgment. He not only remains faithful to His covenant threat of

READ:  Is. 1:5-8 So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a hut in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. – Is. 1:8 In verse 4, God characterizes His people as ‘the sinful nation.’ They live in sin but do not acknowledge it. The people have despised