isaiah 40:31 object lesson

WebIsaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,, Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,, My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,, God Calls Cyrus(2 Chronicles 36:2223; Ezra 1:14). no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground. 3the commander of fifty and the dignitary. 23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver,h only briers and thorns will be found. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." 19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stonethe work of human hands. 4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations. 11I will turn all My mountains into roads. 13You are wearied by your many counselors; those with whom you have labored and traded from youth. 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.h, The Suffering Servant(Acts 8:2640; 1 Peter 2:2125), And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?a. Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please. 15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge. 2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker. Isaiah, Hebrew Yeshayahu (God Is Salvation), (flourished 8th century bce, Jerusalem), prophet after whom the biblical Book of Isaiah is named (only some of the first 39 chapters are attributed to him), a significant contributor to Jewish and Christian traditions. they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob. 19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains;b. let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!. Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? 1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness. Whatever his family circumstances, still in his youth he came to know the face of povertyand the debauchery of the rich. as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress. God is indeed with you, and there is no other; 16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace. He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. and covered you with the shadow of My hand. will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every faceb. who blots out your transgressions for My own sake. and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness. 26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. 12Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, I cannot read., These people draw near to Me with their mouths, Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.c, 14Therefore I will again confound these people, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.d. 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms. 10Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying, The LORD is about to shake you violently. 11For as the earth brings forth its growth. 17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. and for your transgressions your mother was sent away. they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. and the Angel of His Presenceb saved them. or the captives of a tyranti be delivered? and your sins have hidden His face from you. 20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? 13Then the jealousy of Ephraimf will depart. and I know that I will not be put to shame. Landscape 9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.. His understanding is beyond searching out. and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense. who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. Isaiahs Commission(Matthew 13:1017; Mark 4:1012; Acts 28:1631). as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. 27On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders. 36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. 4For before the boy knows how to cry Father or Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria., the mighty floodwaters of the Euphratesc. 5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; so that you could not claim, My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.. The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . In the year that Uzziah, king of Judah, died (742), Isaiah received his Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of Isaiah in the Bible (New International Version). The Announcement of Judgment ( Once when he went to confront a king, he took with him, to reenforce his prophetic word, a son with the symbolic name Shear-yashuv (A Remnant Shall Return). With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim. A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. 11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame. so I struck him and hid My face in anger; Peace, peace to those far and near, says the LORD. another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, The LORDs,. God is "the Holy One of Israel" (see 1:4; 6:1 and notes) who must punish his rebellious people ( 1:2) but will afterward redeem them ( 41:14,16 ). 7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword., Sennacheribs Blasphemous Letter(2 Kings 19:813). The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him. and out of the deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see. in its time I will accomplish it quickly. and as a sheep before her shearers is silent. 27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar. against the elders and leaders of His people: the plunder of the poor is in your houses. Listen, earth! calling forth the generations from the beginning? 21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. 6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts. 12to whom He has said: This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; 13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: and will be injured, ensnared, and captured. 20Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. children unwilling to obey the LORDs instruction. Isaiah Chapter 1 Bible Options | + Text Size 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. 22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud. there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. Introduction to The Study of the Book of Isaiah 2. 4The mind of the rash will know and understand. 2Each will be like a shelter from the wind. I am wasting away! 18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll. 21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. 18The splendor of its forests and orchards, 19The remaining trees of its forests will be so few, 21A remnant will returna a remnant of Jacob. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD. 15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: your strength would lie in quiet confidence, 16No, you say, we will flee on horses.. who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: and with the oppressed and humble in spirit. 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me? Since patriarchal times there had been an agreement, a solemn Covenant between the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him. for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.. and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. will be established as the chief of the mountains; Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, They will beat their swords into plowshares. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 18All the kings of the nations lie in state. and to trample them down like clay in the streets. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations. that her forced labor has been completed; For she has received from the hand of the LORD, Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness;a, make a straight highway for our God in the desert.b. Since he often spoke with kings, it is sometimes suggested that Isaiah was an aristocrat, possibly even of royal stock. 5But your many foes will be like fine dust. 13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,c. 3saying, Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphratesgthe king of Assyriato shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well. the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter. Is it not enough to try the patience of men? 6Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; Even to them you have poured out a drink offering. Foreigners devour your fields before you, 11What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?, I am full from the burnt offerings of rams. but His wrath will be shown to His enemies. driven before the wind like chaff on the hills. Isaiah Nichols, a transfer defensive tackle from Arkansas, announced Tuesday his commitment to Purdue football ahead of the 2023 season. Isaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. 15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy yearsthe span of a kings life. 10Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; 11Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, 13This is the message that the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab. Isaiah was a Hebrew prophet who was believed to have lived about 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. set on the summit above the fertile valley. and the foundations of the earth are shaken. 10Cultivated your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; 11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed. 9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, Here I am.. does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? and strangersc will feed in the ruins of the wealthy. 30For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, with no one to quench the flames.9 a LXX had left us descendants9 b Cited in Romans 9:2917 c Or and encourage the oppressed, The Mountain of the House of the LORD(Micah 4:15). Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? 14In righteousness you will be established. they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners. Presumably, Isaiah was already prepared to find meaning in the vision before the arrival of that decisive moment. 1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev. Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2 Isaiah 3 Isaiah 4 Isaiah 5 Isaiah 6 Isaiah 7 Isaiah 8 Walk in it. From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; who directs you in the way you should go. you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it. How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." 1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. 27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, 29Because your rage and arrogance against Me. Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?, who stops his ears against murderous plots. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. whose merchants are renowned on the earth? Submit your arguments, says the King of Jacob. State your case, so that you may be vindicated. There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them., 5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts: 6Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide itd among ourselves. WebIsaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. 14They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the westa they proclaim the majesty of the LORD. 5When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. 7 I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord, the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel. you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! 21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORDs land. and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel. and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. WebIsaiahs theology. 15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: 16O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. to establishb the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, You are My people., you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD, you who have drained the goblet to the dregs. His call to prophecy about 742 bce coincided with the beginnings of the westward expansion of the Assyrian empire, which threatened Israel and which Isaiah proclaimed to be a warning from God to a godless people. 4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and poured out their blood on the ground., 7I will make known the LORDs loving devotion, because of all that the LORD has done for us, the many good things for the house of Israel. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. 24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? 18If only you had paid attention to My commandments. He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. Also, it is sometimes argued that he was of a priestly family, but his knowledge of cultic matters and the fact that his commissioning seemingly occurred in the Temple in Jerusalem are slender evidence for his priestly descent as against his unreserved condemnation of the priests and their domain: I am fed up with roasting rams and the grease of fattened beasts, he has God proclaim in a famous passage in the first chapter. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, 2to proclaim the year of the LORDs favorb. they will restore the places long devastated; 5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. will come against all the proud and lofty. 7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies. 8For He said, They are surely My people. as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, 11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. and the ears of those who hear will listen. 13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. The vision (probably in the Jerusalem Temple) that made him a prophet is described in a first-person narrative. The heritage of the nations now trusting, that you may be vindicated rain makes it grow to. Lord, your Maker at the rock of Oreb we be saved if we remain in our?... 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