Devotions from Isaiah

Passage Read: Song of Solomon 7 - Isaiah 2 Meditation Verses: Isaiah 2:2-3 Redemption has always been so that we might learn God's ways. When Christ reigns, all the nations will come and learn from Jesus the ways of the Lord. God's frustration in chapter…

Passage Read: Isaiah 3-6 Meditation Verse: 3:12 This is more true now than ever. Children are our oppressors and women rule over us. Those who guide us lead us astray and confuse the direction of our paths. Everything is twisted; they call evil good and…

Passage Read: Isaiah 7-10 Meditation Verses: 8:11-14 The Lord spoke to Isaiah with mighty power and told him not to walk in the ways of his own people, who cry, "Conspiracy!" in regard to everything they call conspiracy, everything they fear. But Isaiah is not…

Passage Read: Isaiah 11-14 Meditation Verse: 11:3 Jesus will delight in the fear of the Lord! Jesus, who is God, will delight in the fear of His Father. Jesus, who is beloved by the Father, and such love should cast out all fear, yet He…

Passage Read: Isaiah 15-18 Meditation Verses: 17:7-9 Sadly, it often takes extreme tragedy for men to turn back to their Maker. Not until these nations are overthrown and everything lost, and the people who survive are few in number, then they remember the Lord and…

Passage Read: Isaiah 19-22 Meditation Verses: 22:12-13 The Lord brought disaster near them; it was coming to consume them. So they made all the preparations they could to withstand the onslaught, but they didn't turn to the Lord, they didn't admit that this was the…

Passage Read: Isaiah 23-26 Meditation Verses: 26:8-11 There is a way to distinguish the righteous from the wicked. The righteous walk in the way of God's judgments and desire Him even more. The wicked, though shown favor, do not learn righteousness, but instead take advantage…

Passage Read: Isaiah 27-30 Meditation Verses: 29:10-14 Jerusalem has wise men, they have discerning men, but they do not speak from the Lord. The prophets and seers are no more, the Lord has ceased to speak to and through them. God's prophetic words to them…

Passage Read: Isaiah 31-34 Meditation Verses: 33:14-16 There are sinners and there are those who walk righteously. To the sinner, God is a consuming fire that burns continually, and they cannot endure His presence. It is because they refuse to repent and change their ways,…

Passage Read: Isaiah 35-38 Meditation Verses: 37:21-22 Because Hezekiah prayed to the Lord about the king of Assyria, so the Lord promised to deliver Judah from him, such that Judah could laugh at the king of Assyria and mock him. Hezekiah is the king who…

Passage Read: Isaiah 39-42 Meditation Verses: 42:24-25 It is a frightening thing to have eyes but not see or ears but not hear, or to be able to feel, but not know when I've been burned. There is no hope for such a person, unless…

Passage Read: Isaiah 43-46 Meditation Verses: 43:21-25 We were created to praise and honor the Lord, but instead we become weary of Him. He asks too much, He requires from us too much. Sacrifice and offering, obedience and submission. We want to go our own…

Passage Read: Isaiah 47-50 Meditation Verse: 50:10 Those who fear the Lord and obey His voice can still walk in darkness and not see light. That's when he must trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. That's the test. Will…

Passage Read: Isaiah 51-54 Meditation Verse: 54:17 This verse is so much more then what is usually quoted, and the overlooked part is so much better than the oft-quoted part! No weapon formed against God's people will prosper, not for long. Every tongue that accuses…

Passage Read: Isaiah 55-58 Meditation Verses: 58-1-3 The Lord has a lot against Judah, even though they seek Him day by day and delight to know His ways. They believe they are a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the Lord's…

Passage Read: Isaiah 59-62 Meditation Verse: 59:4 How true this is, from the least of us to the greatest. No one is completely honest. We trust in confusion and misdirection, and even speak lies. We don't sue righteously or plead honestly. We present the side…

Passage Read: Isaiah 63-66 Meditation Verse: 66:24 One day, we will be able to look on all those people who rejected the Lord, as they suffer torment. Their worm will not die and their fire will not be quenched. They will be visible to all…