Category Archives: Isaiah

The Folly of Not Trusting God 1 Woe to thosewho go down to Egypt for help, # Andrely on horses, Who trust in chariots becausetheyaremany, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, # Nor seek theLord! 2 Yet He alsoiswise and will bring […]

A Reign of Righteousness 1 Behold,a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice. 2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, # Anda cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 […]

A Prayer in Deep Distress 1 Woe to youwho plunder, though youhavenotbeenplundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! # When you cease plundering, # You will beplundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. 2 OLord, be gracious to us; # […]

Judgment on the Nations 1 Comenear, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! # Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. 2 For the indignation of theLordis against all nations, AndHisfury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, # […]

The Future Glory of Zion 1 Thewilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, # And thedesert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; 2 It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, Even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, The excellence of Carmel and Sharon. # They shall […]

Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord 1 Nowit came to pass in the fourteenth year of King HezekiahthatSennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 2 Then the king of Assyria senttheRabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stood by the […]

Isaiah Assures Deliverance 1 Andso it was, when King Hezekiah heardit,that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of theLord. 2 Then he sent Eliakim, whowasover the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 […]

Hezekiah’s Life Extended 1 Inthose days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says theLord:‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to theLord, […]

The Babylonian Envoys 1 Atthat time Merodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2 And Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, […]

God’s People Are Comforted 1 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. 2 “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; # For she has received from theLord’s hand Double for all her sins.” 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: […]