The passion for the Lord can grow weak as we desire "nice words" and we choose to make our own plans. Hear the warning of the Lord when we choose to do things our own way, without His wisdom.

Does the Word of God cause our hearts to quicken? Cause concern to arise? Demand self-examination and repentance? Cause us to hope? For Israel of old, numbness had set it. And the Lord was ready to awaken them!

The themes here include judgment against the pride of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), the consequences of rejecting God's word and seeking human solutions, and God's promise of a sure foundation in Zion.

The themes here include judgment against the pride of the northern kingdom of Israel (Ephraim), the consequences of rejecting God's word and seeking human solutions, and God's promise of a sure foundation in Zion.

Leviathan makes an appearance in the propehcy. What does this beast represent? God treats Israel like a vineyard! A new day will come!

Praise to the Lord who sees His people through the crises of this world ... and into a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

An incredible prophecy that will have some fulfillment during the Babylonian reign but a final fulfillment generations later through the Greeks. God extends the prophecy to encompass the entire earth.

What will befall Jerusalem in the days after Isaiah? God describes the fall. During crises, will we look to leaders who may not be able to deliver what they promise?

Isaiah is called to be a living parable to the Egptians and those of northern Africa. The nations of Babylon and Edom and Arabia are given prophecies ... some with near fulfillment and some with fulfillment years away. But God's promises are ALWAYS sure.

God calls out to Egypt to remind them that though they are powerful, a day of calamity is coming. But His grace still reaches out to them and the promise of restoration is given.