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Isaiah_41

Chapter 41 – God overrules individuals; God invites Israel to trust Him; God overturns idols Isaiah 41:1-7 – Who Controls History?  –  God overrules individuals! Isaiah 41:1-7 (ESV) 1  Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw near for […]

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Isaiah_40

Isaiah 40:1-11 (ESV)  –  God’s Glory, Our Comfort 1  Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2  Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. 3  A voice cries: “In the wilderness […]

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Isaiah_38-39

Isaiah 38:1-8 (ESV)   Hezekiah sickness, healing and god’s sign of confirmation 1  In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall […]

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Isaiah_36-37

The 4 chapter of Isaiah 36-39:8 contains – Hezekiah’s Challenge to Trust God! The account is centered around three main episodes in the life of Hezekiah.  These are marked in Bold below: HEZEKIAH’S CHALLENGE TO TRUST GOD (36:1–39:8) Overcoming Sennacherib’s Threats against Hezekiah (36:1–37:38) (1)  Challenging Hezekiah’s Trust for Deliverance (36:1–22) The First Challenge: On […]

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Isaiah_35-36

Isaiah 35 – God’s Glory Transforming Zion The eschatological message of divine judgment in the previous chapter is contrasted with new promises about God’s appearance on earth. He will marvelously transform the dry earth into fertile ground (35:1–2, 6–7) and the weak and blind into a holy and redeemed people (35:3–4, 8–10). This announcement of […]

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Isaiah_33-34

Isaiah 33:1-5 (ESV)  – The message to TRUST God: 1  Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you. Isaiah 33:1 (NLT) 1  What sorrow awaits you Assyrians, who […]

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Isaiah_31-32

Isaiah 31:1-9 (ESV) 1  Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD! 2  And yet he is wise and […]

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Isaiah_30

Isaiah 30:1-11 (ESV)  Woe against Trusting Worthless Egypt 1  “Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD, “who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin; 2  who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my direction, to […]

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Isaiah_29

Isaiah 28 alerted us to God’s “strange work” (28:21). Sometimes God seems to act out of character. Isaiah 29 now tells us more about his strange work—not his absurd work, not his hateful work, but his surprising methods with us.   Isaiah 29:1-8 (ESV) 1  Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year […]

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Isaiah_27-28

Isaiah 27:1-13 (ESV) 1  In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea. 2  In that day, “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it! 3  I, the LORD, am its keeper; […]

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