December 2025

READ: Isa. 66:1–24: … All flesh shall come to worship before Me … On New Year’s Eve we look both back and forward. Let us do so with an open Bible. What has been God’s work in this past year, and what does He promise for the future? Do we count the many tokens of […]

READ: Isa. 65:1–25: … I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people … who provoke Me to anger continually to My face … I will not keep silence, but will repay … That I may not destroy them all … My elect … My servants shall sing for joy of

READ: Isa. 64:1–12: Oh, that You would rend the heavens! … Do not be furious, O Lord … Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? As a continuation of chapter 63, Isaiah pleads that the LORD Himself might appear in His majesty and wrath—to strike fear into the enemies through terrifying displays

READ: Isa. 63:1–19: … O Lord, why have You made us stray from Your ways, and hardened our heart from Your fear? … After God’s glorification of Zion, His vengeance upon the enemies is now described—again in striking imagery. The Lord is portrayed as a victorious conqueror, with the blood of His enemies still upon

READ: Isa. 62:1–12: … And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness … And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you … I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem … Say to the daughter of Zion, “Surely your salvation

READ: Isa. 61:1–11And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

READ: Isa. 60:1–12: Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.… The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Isaiah first spoke these words as comfort to the exiles in Babylon. The deliverance from that exile was the first

READ: Isa. 55:1–13: … Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money, come, buy and eat … Hear, and your soul shall live … Seek the Lord while He may be found … Indeed I have given Him as a witness to the people … commander … For He

READ: Isa. 54:1–17: … And great shall be the peace of your children … Now that Zion—the church—hears of God’s redemption through the Messiah, there is every reason for jubilation and rejoicing. There is no more cause for fear, punishment, or mourning. After the return from exile, Israel will become greater than ever before: even

READ: Isa. 52:13–53:12: … Surely He has borne our griefs … He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed … And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all … The redemption from