Category Archives: ISAIAH

Look Not to Egypt but to God 1 Woe (judgment is coming) to those who go down to Egypt for help, Who rely on horses And trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seekandconsult the […]

The Glorious Future 1 Behold, aKing will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice. 2 Each [one of them] will be like a hiding place from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry land, Like the shade of a huge rock in a parchedandweary land […]

The Judgment of God 1 Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O destroyer, You who were not destroyed, And he who is treacherous, whileothersdid not deal treacherously with him. As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; As soon as you stop dealing treacherously,otherswill deal treacherously with you. 2 O Lord, be gracious […]

God’s Wrath against Nations 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples! Let the earth and all that is in it hear, and the world and all that comes forth from it. 2 For the Lordis angry at all the nations, AndHiswrath is against all their armies; He hasutterly doomed them, He […]

Zion’s Joyful Future 1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; The Arabah (desert) will shout in exultation and blossom Like theautumn crocus. 2 It will blossom abundantly And rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The majesty of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon. […]

Sennacherib Invades Judah 1 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh [his military commander] from Lachish [the Judean fortress commanding the road from Egypt] to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem […]

Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help 1 And when King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. 2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the [royal] household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to […]

Hezekiah Healed 1 In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, “For the Lordsays this, ‘Set your house in orderandprepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.’” 2 Then Hezekiah turned […]

Hezekiah Shows His Treasures 1 At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent [messengers with] letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2 Hezekiah was pleased and showed them his treasure house–the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his […]

The Greatness of God 1 “Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God. 2 “Speaktenderly to Jerusalem, And call out to her, that her time of compulsory service in warfare is finished, That her wickedness has been taken away [since her punishment is sufficient], That she has received from the Lord’shand Double [punishment] for all […]