Our Text today, with God being the Speaker … "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." Isaiah 57:20-21 We have here a "word picture." The … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 57 … ONE VERSE, TWO THOUGHTS
Our chapter begins, its very first verse: "The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come." Isaiah 57:1 Several little "nuggets" of … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 56 … THINGS I DIDN’T SAY
This chapter has a surprising end! A summary (from God's Point of View, the "only one" that really counts) of Israel's spiritual condition at the time of Isaiah's ministry. Or at least during the "low times" of Isaiah's ministry. "10 His … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 56 … “EVEN THEM!”
Just two words, and they "arrested" my attention as I read our chapter for today, Isaiah 56. "Even them!" (They comprise just a small portion of Isaiah 56:7, and are today's focus.) The chapter basically consists of God "surprising" Israel by … [Continue reading]
ISAIAH, CHAPTER 55 … SOMETHING I DIDN’T SAY
The ending of our chapter is as thrilling as its beginning! And it points to a yet future time, definitely so … IF it is to be taken literally! (And Isaiah is not generally known as a poet, rather as a Prophet, a Preacher.) "For ye (Israel) … [Continue reading]
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