Chapter 14 continues the judgment oracle on Babylon (3-23) and then adds a short prophetic prediction about the coming judgment on Assyria (24-27) and Philistia (28-32). But before addressing these three nations, Isaiah has a brief, consoling word for the…
Category: Isaiah
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 13)
Beginning in chapter 13, we enter a new section of the book that runs through chapter 35. In these chapters, Isaiah brings messages to the nations and the entire world. While the Lord rules over His people (chapters 7-12), He…
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapters 11-12)
The section of Isaiah that began in chapter 7 (with an all-important prelude in chapters 1-6), culminates and climaxes in chapters 11-12. Here we find a glorious vision of the future. Here we see the Lord bringing his salvation to…
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 10)
Chapter 10 opens by closing the section begun in 9:8. The first four verses wrap up the Lord’s promise of judgment on Israel’s leaders and people. The finale comes in 10:1-4 where Judah’s rulers are called out for their official…
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 9)
The flow of thought from Isaiah 8 carries into chapters 9-10. Both these chapters speak of God’s coming judgment on Assyria, the nation he sent to judge Syria, Israel, and Judah. The darkness that shrouded Israel (Ephraim and Judah) due…
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 8)
Chapter 8 continues and parallels the themes begun in chapter 7. In fact, chapter 8 seems to mirror the central messages of the previous chapter. Chapter 7 begins with God’s message to Ahaz about his need for calm and faith…
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 7)
The vision Isaiah sees of the LORD, high and lifted up (chapter 6), prepares him for what is about to happen under the reign of Uzziah’s grandson, Ahaz (chapters 7-8). After Uzziah’s death, the stability of his 52-year reign quickly…
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 6)
“I saw the Lord!” In chapter 6, Isaiah records the moment that shapes his life and ministry more than anything else. In a year when stability died with the death of long-reigning king Uzziah, Isaiah saw the Lord “sitting upon…
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 5)
The opening section of the book draws to a close in chapter 5. Isaiah’s anthology of visions in these first five chapters reveal Judah’s present spiritual degradation, the coming divine judgment and, thankfully, the promised future glory for God’s people. …
Tuesdays with Isaiah (Chapter 4)
Chapter 4 is not only the shortest chapter in the book, it’s one of the brightest. Paired with the description of the Lord’s exaltation (2:1-6), this vision of Israel’s coming beauty and glory gives a hopeful picture of the future…
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