September 17, 2025
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you” (Isaiah 26:3 ESV). Isaiah gave this promise to Judah during a time of great political instability, with Assyria threatening their borders and Babylon looming on the horizon. The people were tempted to put their confidence in armies, kings,
September 16, 2025
“I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open” (Isaiah 22:22 ESV). God declared through Isaiah that Eliakim would replace Shebna as steward over the house of David under King Hezekiah. To place the “key on
September 13, 2025
“And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there” (Isaiah 13:19–20 ESV). Isaiah declared
September 10, 2025
“In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1 ESV). Isaiah carefully dates his vision to “the year that King Uzziah died” (ca. 740 BC). Uzziah had reigned for fifty-two years, bringing prosperity and
September 9, 2025
“In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.” ( Isaiah 4:2 ESV). Isaiah, often called the “evangelical prophet,” recorded more Messianic prophecies than any other Old Testament writer. In this verse, Isaiah speaks
September 30, 2024
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s
September 28, 2024
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord” (Isaiah 55:6-7 ESV). Isaiah urged his people to seek and call on the Lord with a sense of urgency. For there would
September 27, 2024
“For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard” (Isaiah 52:12 ESV). Isaiah had prophesied that Judah would one day be taken captive by Babylon, but now he speaks of a time
September 26, 2024
“I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God” (Isaiah 49:4 ESV). Isaiah penned this as the Israel’s response to His appointment as God’s Messiah. For it would find its fulfillment some 700 years later in
September 24, 2024
“Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed” (Isaiah 45:1 ESV). Nearly 200 years before his birth, Isaiah prophesied the coming of one named “Cyrus”