October 2, 2025
“But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word” (Isaiah 66:2b ESV). In Isaiah’s day, the people of Judah took great pride in the temple and its sacrifices. They assumed that because they had the house of God in Jerusalem, His
September 29, 2025
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear” (Isaiah 59:1–2 ESV). Isaiah reminded Israel that God’s power
September 27, 2025
“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth” (Isaiah 53:7 ESV). Seven hundred years before Christ’s birth, Isaiah prophesied with astonishing accuracy about the Messiah’s
September 26, 2025
“I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting” (Isaiah 50:6 ESV). The prophet Isaiah foresaw the coming of the Servant of the Lord, who would willingly endure great suffering and humiliation. Written over 700 years before
September 23, 2025
“Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations” (Isaiah 42:1 ESV). Isaiah introduced the first of the “Servant Songs,” a prophecy of God’s chosen servant who would come to bring justice to the nations. In
September 22, 2025
“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever” (Isaiah 40:8 ESV). Isaiah wrote these words to Judah when foreign nations like Assyria seemed unstoppable and God’s people felt fragile and forgotten. The prophet reminded them that nations and rulers, like grass and flowers, quickly fade away. Human power
September 20, 2025
“Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert” (Isaiah 35:5–6 ESV). Isaiah foresaw a day when God’s
September 19, 2025
“And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher” (Isaiah 30:20 ESV). Isaiah spoke to a people who had turned away from God, chasing after false alliances and idols. Because of their rebellion, the
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