Isaiah
Blessing of The Millennial Kingdom
This chapter describes how the Lord will preserve His people. Isaiah describes the situation which will exist when the kingdom is established on earth. He speaks of a future time when Israel and other nations will feast in peace and prosperity. This is after the worldwide judgment of God, and …
Judgment on Judah And Jerusalem
In this chapter Isaiah warns the people of Judah that God will take away their leadership and everything they have been depending on for their survival (vv. 1-3). In place of their national leaders God tells them that He will give them “children” and “babes” to rule over them (v. 4). He …
Woe Against Jerusalem
This chapter is the beginning of what some Bible scholars refer to as “Isaiah’s apocalypse.” The next four chapters discuss God’s judgment on the entire world for its sin. It starts off with a pronouncement of “Woe” on “Ariel”, a code name for Jerusalem. Jerusalem’s worship had become …
Praise For The Preservation of Israel
It seems that the nations around Israel have many myths about sea monsters. “Leviathan” was a seven-headed monster and enemy of God’s created order (vv. 1-2). To slay “leviathan” was a great achievement and the Lord promised to do it (Psa. 74:14). When the battle is over at the end of the …
Confession of Israel
Why is the world in such a mess? The problem is not with God, but with man (vv. 1-3). This passage describes the wickedness of Israel and the wickedness of the whole world. God says there is something wrong with us. It is foolish for any of us to deny it, but that’s exactly what we do …
The Humiliation of Babylon
Isaiah described Babylon’s fall to the Persians more than 150 years before the event took place. The prophet saw a time when the imposing conqueror, Babylon, would be defeated and he pictured her as one who could do no more than sit in the dust (v. 1) This is an interesting statement as …
God’s Forming of Israel
In this chapter, Isaiah contrasts God’s forming of Israel (vv. 1-8) to the Gentiles forming of their gods (vv. 9-20). This chapter also contains one of the most amazing prophesies found anywhere in the Old Testament (v. 28). Cyrus, the king of Persia, is named as the coming deliverer of the …
Invasion of Sennacherib
King Hezekiah came to the throne at a time when Judah was once again threatened by an invasion from the North. He had been king of Judah for 14 years (v. 1). In the next two chapters, Isaiah portrays Hezekiah as someone who believed in God and was miraculously delivered from the …
Judgment of The World
In chapters 24-27 of this book Isaiah declares three ways that God will comfort His chosen people in this awesome day of judgment …