Month: October 2023

“Look! The Lord is abut to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland. He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people. Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors – now will be spared. The earth will completely be emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken!” (vv. 1-4, NLT)

“In that day you will sing: ‘I will praise You, Lord! You were angry with me, but not anymore. Now You comfort me. See, God has come to save me. I will trust in Him and not be afraid. The Lord God is my strength and my song; He has given me victory.’

With joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation! In that wonderful day you will sing” ‘Thank the Lord! Praise His name! Tell the nations what He has done. Let them know how mighty He is! Sing to the Lord, for He has done wonderful things. Make known His praise around the world. Let all the people of Jerusalem shout His praise with joy! For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you!”

“Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot – yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root. And the Spirit of God will rest on Him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. He will delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by appearance more make decisions based on hearsay. He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions of the exploited. The earth will shake at the force of His word, and one breath from His mouth will destroy the wicked. He will wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment. (vv. 1-5, NLT)

“In that daytime remnant left in Israel, the survivors in the house of Jacob, will no longer depend on allies who seek to destroy them. But they will faithfully trust the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant will return; yes, the remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God. But though the people of Israel are as numerous as the sand of the seashore, only a remnant of them will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy His people. Yes, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, has already decided to destroy the entire land.” (vv. 20-23)

“Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when the when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.

The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine. You will enlarge the nation of Israel, and it people will rejoice. They rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, and like warriors dividing the plunder. For you will break the yoke of their slavery and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders. You will break the oppressors rod as you did when you destroyed the army of Milan. The books of the warrior and the uniforms bloodstained by war will all be burned. They will be fuel for the fire.

For a child will be born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest upon his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Might God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His government and its peace will never end. He will run with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestors, David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!” (vv. 1-7)

“The Lord has given me a strong warning not think like everyone else does. He said, ‘Don’t call everything a conspiracy, like they do, and don’t live in dread of what frighten’s them. Make the Lord of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. He is the one who your should fear. He is the one who should make you tremble. He will keep you safe. But to Israel and Judah he will be a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. Many will stumble and fall, never to rise again. They will be snared and captured.'”

Preserve the teaching of God; entrusts His instructions to those who follow me. I will wait for the Lord, who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in Him.” (vv. 11-17)

“Later, the Lord sent this message to King Ahaz: ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want – as high as heaven or as deep at the place of the dead.’

But the king refused, ‘No’, he said, ‘I will not test the Lord like that.’

Then Isaiah said,’Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn’t it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well? Alright then, the Lord, Himself will give you a sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and call Him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’). By the time this child is old enough to choose what is right and reject what is wrong, he will be eating yogurt and honey. For before the child is that old, the lands of the to kings you fear so much will both be deserted.'” (vv. 10-16, NLT)

“It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and bathe train of His robe filled the Temple. Attending Him were mighty seraphim, eating having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet and with two they flew. They were calling out to each other,

‘Holy, holy, holy, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with HIs glory!’

Their voices shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.

Then I said, ‘It is over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I livelong a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.’

Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. He touched my lips with it and said, ‘See this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.’

Then I heard the Lord asking, ‘Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?’

I said, ‘Here I am. Send me.’

And He said, ‘Yes, go and say to this people, ‘Listen carefully, but to not understand. Watch closely, but learn nothing. Harden the hearts of these people. Plug their ears and shut their eyes. The way, they will not see with their eyers, nor hear with their ears, nor understand whit their hearts and turn to Me for healing.'” (vv. 1-10)

“This is a vision the Isaiah, son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all 0 the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hill, and people from all over the wold will stream there to worship.

People from many nations will come and say, ‘Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob’s God. There He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths.’ For the Lord’s teaching will you out from Zion; His word will go out from Jerusalem.

The Lord will meditate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, no train for war anymore.”
(vv. 1-4, NLT)

“Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of My sight. Give up your evil ways. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

‘Come now, let’s settle this,’ says the Lord. ‘Thought your sins are like scarlet, I will make them whiter than show. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool. If you will only obey Me, you will have plenty to eat. But if you turn away and refuse to listen, your will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the Lord, have spoken!'” (vv. 16-20)