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Day 213 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 38-40

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ISAIAH 38 – HEZEKIAH WAS SICK UNTO DEATH

Remember Now, O LORD, I Beseech Thee
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, and said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. – Isaiah 38:1-8

The Writing of Hezekiah When was Sick and Recovered
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these things is the life of my spirit: So wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth. The LORD was ready to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of the LORD. For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? – Isaiah 38:9-22

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ISAIAH 39 – HEZEKIAH RECEIVES LETTERS AND A PRESENT

Hezekiah Shewed Them the House of His Precious Things
At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. – Isaiah 39:1-2

Isaiah Asked, What Have They Seen in Thine House?
Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. – Isaiah 39:3-4

Isaiah Said to Hezekiah – Hear the Word of the LORD
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. – Isaiah 39:5-8

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ISAIAH 40 – PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD
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Comfort Ye My People
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. – Isaiah 40:1-2

Make Straight in the Desert a Highway for Our God
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: and the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. – Isaiah 40:3-5

The Word of Our God Shall Stand For Ever
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. – Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭6-‭8‬ ‭

Get Thee Up Into the High Mountain
O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. – Isaiah 40:9-11

Who Hath Measured the Waters in the Hollow of His Hand
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. – Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭12‬-‭17‬ ‭

Lift Up Your Eyes and Behold Who Hath Created These Things
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. – Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭18‬-‭26‬ ‭

The Everlasting God Fainteth Not
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. – Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭27‬-‭31‬ ‭

Day 212 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 35-37

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ISAIAH 35 – THE WAY OF HOLINESS

The Desert Shall Rejoice and Blossom as the Rose
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. – Isaiah 35:1-2

Say to Them That are of a Fearful Heart, Be Strong, Fear Not
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. – Isaiah 35:3-4

Eyes of the Blind Shall Be Open, Ears of the Deaf Unstopped
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. – Isaiah 35:5-7

They Shall Obtain Joy and Gladness, Sorrow Shall Flee Away
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: and the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. – Isaiah‬ ‭35‬:‭8‬-‭10‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 36 – NEITHER LET HEZEKIAH MAKE YOU TRUST IN THE LORD

The King of Assyria Sent Rabshakeh Unto King Hezekiah
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field. Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder. – Isaiah‬ ‭36‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭

What Confidence is This Wherein Thou Trustest?
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. – Isaiah‬ ‭36‬:‭4‬-‭10‬ ‭

Speak Not to Us in the Jews’ Language
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?– Isaiah‬ ‭36‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭

Rabshakeh Cried with a Loud Voice in the Jews’ Language
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? – Isaiah‬ ‭36‬:‭13‬-‭20‬ ‭

They Held Their Peace and Answered Him Not a Word
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. – Isaiah‬ ‭36‬:‭21-22‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 37 – LIFT UP THY PRAYER FOR THE REMNANT THAT IS LEFT

Hezekiah Sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the Elders of the Priest Unto Isaiah the Prophet
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. – Isaiah 37:2-4

The Servants of King Hezekiah Came to Isaiah
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. – Isaiah 37:5-7
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Hezekiah Prayed Unto the LORD
And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only. – Isaiah‬ ‭37‬:‭15‬-‭20‬ ‭

Thus Saith the LORD God of Israel
Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: this is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. – Isaiah‬ ‭37‬:‭21‬-‭35‬ ‭

Day 211 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 32-34

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ISAIAH 32 – THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE PEACE

The Eyes of Them that See Shall Not Dim
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. – Isaiah 32:1-8

Righteousness Remain in the Fruitful Field
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. – Isaiah 32:9-15

My People Shall Dwell in a Peaceable Habitation
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; when it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. – Isaiah 32:16-20

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ISAIAH 33 – BE THOU OUR SALVATION IN TIME OF TROUBLE

We Have Waited for Thee
O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. – Isaiah 33:2

The LORD is Exalted for He Dwelleth on High
The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. – Isaiah‬ ‭33‬:‭5‬-‭6

Twenty-eight Unfulfilled Predictions
(taken from the Dake Bible Study Notes)
1. Woe to the spoiler of My people. You will be spoiled and dealt with treacherously yourself (Isa. 33:1).
2. Antichrist will defeat Judah (Isa. 33:3).
3. The spoil shall be gathered like caterpillars (Isa. 33:4; Zech. 14:1-5).
4. Jehovah will be exalted (Isa. 33:5,10).
5. He will fill Zion with judgment and righteousness (Isa. 33:5).
6. Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of the times and the strength of salvation (Isa. 33:6).
7. Peace overtures to Antichrist will fail (Isa. 33:7).
8. The covenant between the Jews and Antichrist will be broken (Isa. 33:8; Dan. 9:27).
9. Antichrist will drive Israel from their land and make it desolate (Isa. 33:8). 10.
10.Traveling will cease in Judea.
11. Antichrist will not regard any individual.
12. Palestine will mourn and languish.
13. Lebanon will be defeated (Isa. 33:9).
14. Sharon will become like a wilderness.
15. Bashan and Carmel will become fruitless.
16. Jehovah will lift up Himself and punish Antichrist’s army (Isa. 33:10-12).
17. The wrath of God will be so great that it will destroy the sinners in Zion, as it did the enemies of God in Isa. 33:10-12 (Isa. 33:14).
18. The righteous Jews will be the only ones to abide the wrath of God and be exalted (Isa. 33:15-16).
19. The defense of the righteous will be the munitions of rocks (Isa. 33:16; 16:1-5; 26:20; Ps. 60:8).
20. The righteous ones will be provided for with bread and water (Isa. 33:17).
21. They will behold the King in His beauty and see the remote parts of Palestine delivered from the Antichrist.
22. The people of Jerusalem will meditate terror (Isa. 33:18).
23. The enemies of Jerusalem will be destroyed so suddenly that it will be asked: Where are they (Isa. 33:18-19)?
24. Jerusalem will be a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that will be eternal (Isa. 33:20).
25. In Jerusalem the glorious Jehovah will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams where no warship will ever ply the waters (Isa. 33:21).
26. Jehovah will be our Judge, Lawgiver, and King; and He will save us (Isa. 33:22).
27. The enemy, like a helpless warship floundering in the sea, will be plundered and leave a great spoil (Isa. 33:3-4,23 Zech. 14:14).
28. The inhabitants of Jerusalem will never say again, I am sick: the people therein will be forgiven of their sins and be healed (Isa. 33:24).

The Glorious LORD Will Be Unto Us a Place of Broad Rivers
But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. – Isaiah‬ ‭33‬:‭21‬-‭22‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 34 – COME NEAR YE NATIONS TO HEAR AND HEARKEN

The Indignation of the LORD is Upon All Nations
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. – Isaiah 34:1-4

The Day of the LORD’s Vengeance
For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. – Isaiah 34:8-12

Seek Ye Out the Book of the LORD and Read
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. – Isaiah‬ ‭34‬:‭16‬-‭17

Day 210 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 29-31

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ISAIAH 29 – THEY THAT MURMURED SHALL LEARN DOCTRINE

I Will Camp Against Thee
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. – Isaiah‬ ‭29‬:‭1‬-‭3

The Multitude of Thy Strangers Shall Be Like Small Dust
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. – Isaiah‬ ‭29‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭

The LORD Hath Poured Out Upon You the Spirit of Deep Sleep
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. – Isaiah‬ ‭29‬:‭10-‭12‬ ‭

In That Day Shall the Deaf Hear the Words of the Book
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. – Isaiah‬ ‭29‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭

That that Erred in Spirit Shall Come to Understanding
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. – Isaiah‬ ‭29‬:‭22‬-‭24‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 30 – WOE TO THE REBELLIOUS CHILDREN

That Take Counsel but Not of Me
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: – Isaiah 30:1

Their Strength is to Sit Still
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. – Isaiah 30:6-7

Rebellious Children that Will Not Hear the Law of the LORD
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: that this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. – Isaiah 30:8-11

Because Ye Despise this Word
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in an high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. – Isaiah 30:12-13

If Returning and Rest Shall Ye Be Saved
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. – Isaiah 30:15

Blessed are They that Wait for Him
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. – Isaiah 30:18-21

The LORD Shall Cause His Glorious Voice to Be Heard
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. – Isaiah‬ ‭30‬:‭30‬-‭31‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 31 – SO WILL THE LORD OF HOSTS DEFEND JERUSALEM

Woe to Them that Trust in Chariots Because They are Many
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. – Isaiah 31:1-3

The LORD of Hosts Shall Fight for Mount Zion
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. – Isaiah 31:4-5

In That Day Every Man Shall Cast Away His Idols
Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. – Isaiah 31:6-7
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Day 209 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 25-28

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ISAIAH 25 – I WILL EXALT THEE AND PRAISE THY NAME

For Thou Hast Done Wonderful Things
O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
For Thou Hast Made of a City An Heap
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
For Thou Hast Been a Strength to the Poor and Needy
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Thou Shalt Bring Down the Noise of Strangers
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. – Isaiah‬ ‭25‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭

The LORD of Hosts Shall Make Unto All People a Feast
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
He Will Destroy the Covering and the Vail
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
He Will Swallow Up Death in Victory
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces;
He Shall Take Away the Rebuke of His People
and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. – Isaiah‬ ‭25‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭

We Have Waited for Him and He Will Save Us
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. – Isaiah‬ ‭25‬:‭9‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 26 – IN THE LORD JEHOVAH IS EVERLASTING STRENGTH

Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: for he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. – Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭3‬-‭6‬ ‭

Thou Most Upright Dost Weigh the Path of the Just
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. – Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭7‬-‭9‬ ‭

Thou Wilt Ordain Peace for Us
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.– Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭12‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 27 – IN THAT DAY

His Sore, Great, Strong Sword Shall Punish Leviathan
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
‭‭- Isaiah‬ ‭27‬:‭1‬ ‭

Let Him Take Hold of My Strength That He May Make Peace With Me
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. – Isaiah‬ ‭27‬:‭2‬-‭6‬ ‭

Ye Shall Be Gathered One by One
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. – Isaiah 27:12

A Great Trumpet Shall Be Blown
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. – Isaiah‬ ‭27‬:‭13‬

Day 208 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 22-24

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ISAIAH 22 – THE BURDEN OF THE VALLEY OF VISION

Thy Slain Men are Not Slain with Swords, Nor Dead in Battle
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. – Isaiah 22:1-5

Ye Have Not Looked Unto the Maker or had Respect Unto Him
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. – Isaiah 22:9-11

The LORD Will Carry Thee Away with a Mighty Captivity
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy Lord’s house. And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. – Isaiah 22:17-19

My Servant Eliakim – A Father to Jerusalem and Judah
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: and I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house. And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. – Isaiah 22:20-25

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ISAIAH 23 – THE BURDEN OF TYRE

Tarshish is Laid Waste
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. – Isaiah‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭

The LORD of Hosts Purposed It to Stain the Pride of All Glory
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. – Isaiah‬ ‭23‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭

The LORD Hath Given a Command Against the Merchant City
Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. – Isaiah‬ ‭23‬:‭10‬-‭14‬ ‭

After Seventy Years the LORD Will Visit Tyre
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. – Isaiah‬ ‭23‬:‭15‬-‭18‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 24 – THE LORD MAKETH THE EARTH EMPTY

The Curse Devoured the Earth and They that Dwell There Desolate
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. – Isaiah‬ ‭24‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭

The Earthy is Utterly Broken Down
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. – Isaiah 24:17-21

The Moon Shall Be Confounded and the Sun Ashamed
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. – Isaiah 24:21-23
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Day 207 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 19-21

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ISAIAH 19 – THE BURDEN OF EGYPT

Egyptians Against Egyptians
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel Lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. – Isaiah‬ ‭19‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭

The Waters Shall Fail and the Fishers Shall Mourn
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. – Isaiah‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬-‭10‬ ‭

In That Day Shall Egypt be Like Unto Women
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. – Isaiah 19:16-17

In That Day Shall They Speak the Language of Canaan
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. – Isaiah 19:18

In That Day Shall There Be an Altar to the LORD
In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. – Isaiah 19:19-22

In That Day the Egyptians Shall Serve with the Assyrians
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. – Isaiah 19:23

In That Day Shall Israel Be the Third with Egypt and Assyria
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. – Isaiah‬ ‭19‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 20 – LIKE AS MY SERVANT ISAIAH HATH WALKED NAKED AND BAREFOOT

For a Sign and Wonder Upon Egypt and Ethiopia
In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; at the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? – Isaiah‬ ‭20‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 21 – A GRIEVOUS VISION IS DECLARED UNTO ME

The Burden of the Desert of the Sea
As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. – Isaiah‬ ‭21‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭

Go Set a Watchman and Let Him Declare What He Seeth
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: and he cried, A lion: My Lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: and, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. – Isaiah‬ ‭21‬:‭10‬ ‭

The Burden of Dumah
He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. – Isaiah‬ ‭21‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭

The Burden Upon Arabia
In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: and the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. – Isaiah‬ ‭21‬:‭13-‭17‬ ‭

Day 206 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 16-18

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ISAIAH 16 – BE THOU A COVERT TO THEM FROM THE FACE OF THE SPOILER

Let Mine Outcasts Dwell with Thee
Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest,
so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler:for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. – Isaiah 16:1-5

The Pride of Moab
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud:
even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath:
but his lies shall not be so. Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. – Isaiah 16:6-8

Moab Shall Pray but He Shall Not Prevail
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. – Isaiah 16:9-12

The Word That the LORD Hath Spoken Concerning Moab
This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. – Isaiah‬ ‭16‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 17 – IN THAT DAY IS SHALL COME TO PASS

The Glory of Jacob Shall be Made Thin
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. – Isaiah 17:4-6

In that Day Shall a Man Look to His Maker
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. – Isaiah 17:7-9

The Harvest Shall Be a Heap in the Day of Grief and Sorrow
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: in the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. – Isaiah 17:10-11

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ISAIAH 18 – A PEOPLE SCATTERED AND PEELED

A People Terrible from Their Beginning
Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. – Isaiah 18:1-4

A Present Brought to the LORD of Hosts
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. – Isaiah‬ ‭18‬:‭5-‭7‬ ‭

Day 205 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 13-15

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ISAIAH 13 – FIVE FULFILLED AND FORTY UNFULFILLED PREDICTIONS
(these lists taken from the Dake Study Bible Notes)

Five Predictions–Fulfilled:
1. I will stir up the Medes against them (Babylon, Isa. 13:17).
2. They shall not regard silver or delight in gold (Isa. 13:17).
3. Their bows shall dash the young men to pieces (Isa. 13:18).
4. They shall not have pity on pregnant women.
5. They shall not spare children.

Forty Predictions–Unfulfilled:
1. The second coming of Christ with the saints and angels to destroy the armies of Antichrist, the future king of Babylon, in the day of the Lord (Isa. 13:1-6).
2. The day of the Lord shall come as a destruction from God (Isa. 13:7).
3. All men shall lose courage and be afraid in that day (Isa. 13:7-8).
4. Pangs and sorrows shall take hold upon them, as a woman in travail (Isa. 13:8).
5. They shall be amazed, ashamed, and confused (Isa. 13:8).
6. The day of the Lord will come with a manifestation of the cruel wrath and anger of God to make the land desolate and destroy sinners out of it (Isa. 13:9).
7. The sun, moon, stars, and constellations shall be darkened (Isa. 13:10; Mt. 24:29-31).
8. The world will be punished for its evil ways (Isa. 13:11).
9. The wicked will be punished for their iniquity.
10. The arrogance of the proud shall cease.
11. The haughtiness of the terrible man will be brought low.
12. A man who is saved from destruction in the day of the Lord shall be more valuable than fine gold (Isa. 13:12).
13. The heavens shall shake and the earth shall be moved (Isa. 13:13).
14. The armies of Antichrist shall be so confused that every man will flee for his life (Isa. 13:14).
15. Those that are overtaken in flight shall be killed (Isa. 13:15).
16. Their children shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes (Isa. 13:16).
17. Their wives shall be ravished.
18. Babylon shall be destroyed in the final destruction in the day of the Lord and will be no more like Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa. 13:19).
19. It shall never be inhabited from the final destruction forever (Isa. 13:20).
20. Arabians and shepherds will never roam there after that.
21. Wild beasts of the desert shall lie there (Isa. 13:21).
22. The houses of Babylon shall be full of wild creatures after that (Isa. 13:21-22).
23. God will have mercy on Jacob and will yet choose Israel in that day (Isa. 14:1).
24. God shall gather Israel and set them in their own land.
25. Many strangers shall be joined to Israel in the day of their restoration.
26. The Gentiles shall bring the Jews to their promised land (Isa. 11:11-16; 14:2; 66:19-21).
27. Israel shall use the many strangers for servants and handmaids (Isa. 14:2).
28. Israel shall capture their captors and rule their oppressors.
29. The Lord will give Israel rest from her centuries of sorrow, fear, and hard bondage among the Gentiles (Isa. 14:3).
30. In the day of Israel’s restoration she shall sing a triumph song over the Antichrist, the future king of Babylon (Isa. 14:3-23).
31. The Antichrist will be destroyed (Isa. 11:4; 14:4; Dan. 7:11; 2Th. 2:8).
32. Babylon will be no more (Isa. 14:4-6; 19:19-22 Rev. 14:8; 16:17-21; 18:1-24).
33. The whole earth will be blessed with rest, peace, and rejoicing when the Messiah reigns (Isa. 14:7-8).
34. Hell will be moved to meet the Antichrist at his descent into it (Isa. 14:9).
35. All the chief wicked dead in hell will taunt the Antichrist for being. weak and defeated (Isa. 14:9-11)
36. The chief wicked dead will also taunt Lucifer for his defeat and being cast into hell as they are (Isa. 14:12-15).
37. The living nations and their rulers shall taunt Antichrist for his defeat and being cast into hell (Isa. 14:16-20).
38. The children of Antichrist and the inhabitants will be destroyed (Isa. 14:21-22).
39. Babylon itself shall be eternally destroyed, becoming desolate forever (Isa. 14:23).
40. God’s purpose to destroy Antichrist will be fully realized (Isa. 14:24-27).

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ISAIAH 14 – THE WHOLE EARTH IS AT REST AND IS QUIET

The Lord Hath Broken the Staff of the Wicked
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. – Isaiah‬ ‭14‬:‭1‬-‭8‬ ‭

Lucifer
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. – Isaiah 14:12-15

Is This the Man that Made the Earth to Tremble?
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. – Isaiah‬ ‭14‬:‭16‬-‭21‬ ‭

Surely as I Have Thought, So Shall It Come to Pass
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? – Isaiah‬ ‭14‬:‭22‬-‭27‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 15 – THE BURDEN OF MOAB

The burden of Moab.
Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep:
Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba:
on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh:
their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz:
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out;
his life shall be grievous unto him.
My heart shall cry out for Moab;
his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar,
an heifer of three years old:
for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up;
for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate:
for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up,
shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab;
the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim.
For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood:
for I will bring more upon Dimon,
lions upon him that escapeth of Moab,
and upon the remnant of the land. – Isaiah 15:1-9

Sixteen Predictions (in Isaiah 15) –Fulfilled:
1. Ar (the capital of Moab) will be laid waste in one night and brought to silence (Isa. 15:1).
2. Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence in one night.
3. He (Moab) will go up to the high places to weep (Isa. 15:2).
4. Moab shall howl and cut off their beards and the hair of their heads in mourning.
5. They shall mourn in sackcloth in the streets and on house tops (Isa. 15:3).
6. Everyone in Moab shall howl and weep abundantly.
7. Heshbon and other cities shall also cry and weep (Isa. 15:4).
8. The soldiers of Moab shall be defeated and cry out, for their lives will be grievous to them because of judgment.
9. My (Isaiah’s) heart shall cry out for the calamity of Moab (Isa. 15:5).
10. The fugitives of Moab shall flee to Zoar like a three-year-old heifer, because of the destruction fallen upon them.
11. The waters of Nimrim shall dry up (Isa. 15:6).
12. Crops shall fail in Moab.
13. The surplus of past crops shall be carried away (Isa. 15:7).
14. There will be howling in all the borders of Moab (Isa. 15:8).
15. The blood of battle will color the waters of Dimon (Isa. 15:9).
16. Wild animals shall take their toll of the remnant left in Moab (Isa. 15:9).

Day 204 – A Year in the Bible – Isaiah 10-12

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ISAIAH 10 – THE YOKE SHALL BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING

His Hand is Stretched Out Still
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. – Isaiah‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭

When the Lord Hath Performed His Whole Work
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. – Isaiah‬ ‭10‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭

Under His Glory He Shall Kindle a Burning
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; and shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. – Isaiah‬ ‭10‬:‭15‬-‭19‬ ‭

The Remnant Shall Return Unto the Mighty God
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. – Isaiah‬ ‭10‬:‭20‬-‭23‬ ‭

His Burden Shall Be Taken from Off Thy Shoulder
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. – Isaiah‬ ‭10‬:‭27‬ ‭

The High Ones of Stature Shall Be Hewn Down
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. – Isaiah‬ ‭10‬:‭33‬-‭34‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 11 – A ROD OUT OF THE STEM OF JESSEE

The Spirit of the LORD Shall Rest Upon Him
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: and the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; and shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. – Isaiah‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭

A Little Child Shall Lead Them
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. – Isaiah‬ ‭11‬:‭6‬-‭9‬ ‭

His Rest Shall Be Glorious
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. – Isaiah 10

There Shall Be an Highway for the Remnant of His People
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. – Isaiah‬ ‭11‬:‭15‬-‭16‬ ‭

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ISAIAH 12 – BEHOLD, GOD IS MY SALVATION

Thou Shalt Say, O LORD, I Will Praise Thee
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. – Isaiah 12:1-2

With Joy Shall Ye Draw Water Out of the Wells of Salvation
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. – Isaiah‬ ‭12‬:‭3-‭6‬ ‭