Isaiah 1 17 Jun 2012 2 comments

1 The LORD has spoken: I raised children but they have rebelled. Wash yourselves. I will smelt away your dross. Zion shall be redeemed.

Isaiah 2 18 Jun 2012 4 comments

2 The mountain of the LORD will be established. On that day the pride of men will be humbled. They will flee the splendour of the LORD.

Isaiah 3 19 Jun 2012 1 comment

3 The LORD will take away all support from Judah. Children will govern. You grind the faces of the poor. The women of Zion are proud.

Isaiah 4 20 Jun 2012 1 comment

4 In that day the branch of the LORD will be glorious. Those who are left in Zion will be called holy. The LORD will create a shelter.

Isaiah 5 21 Jun 2012 1 comment

5 Why did my vineyard yield wild grapes? Woe to those who pursue drink, who call evil good. The anger of the LORD is against his people.

Isaiah 6 22 Jun 2012 2 comments

6 I saw the LORD seated on high. A seraph brought a coal to my lips. The LORD said, "Who will go for us?" I said, "Here am I; send me!"

Isaiah 7 23 Jun 2012 2 comments

7 Aram plotted with Ephraim. The LORD sent Isaiah to King Ahaz: Behold, a virgin shall bear a son. The LORD will use Assyria as a razor.

Isaiah 8 24 Jun 2012 1 comment

8 The floodwaters of Assyria will overflow the land. Many will fall and be snared. I will trust in the LORD. They will curse their gods.

Isaiah 9 25 Jun 2012 4 comments

9 A child is born to us. His government will increase forever. The LORD will raise the enemies of Israel. His anger has not turned away.

Isaiah 10 26 Jun 2012 1 comment

10 Woe to those who rob the poor of justice. Woe to Assyria, whose purpose is to destroy. The remnant of Israel will return to the LORD.

Isaiah 11 27 Jun 2012 2 comments

11 A shoot will come up from Jesse. He will judge with righteousness. The wolf will live with the lamb. The Lord will gather his people.

Isaiah 12 28 Jun 2012 1 comment

12 In that day you will say: I will praise you, O LORD! Your anger has turned away. Surely God is my salvation. Sing for joy, O Zion!

Isaiah 13 29 Jun 2012 1 comment

13 The oracle concerning Babylon: Listen! The LORD is calling an army. I will punish the world for its evil. Babylon will be overthrown.

Isaiah 14 30 Jun 2012 1 comment

14 The LORD will again choose Israel. How you are fallen, O Lucifer! You will be cast away like a trampled corpse. Wail, O Philistia!

Isaiah 15 1 Jul 2012 1 comment

15 An oracle concerning Moab: Ar of Moab is laid waste. In the streets they wear sackcloth. The waters of Dibon are full of blood.

Isaiah 16 2 Jul 2012 1 comment

16 A throne will be established from the house of David. We have heard of the pride of Moab. Within three years Moab will be despised.

Isaiah 17 3 Jul 2012 1 comment

17 An oracle concerning Damascus: Damascus will become ruins. Jacob will be brought low. You have forgotten the God of your salvation.

Isaiah 18 4 Jul 2012 1 comment

18 Woe to the land of buzzing wings, beyond the rivers of Cush. The LORD will cut down the branches. Wild animals will feed on them.

Isaiah 19 5 Jul 2012 1 comment

19 An oracle concerning Egypt: I will hand the Egyptians over to a cruel master. When they cry out to the LORD, he will send a saviour.

Isaiah 20 6 Jul 2012 1 comment

20 The LORD spoke through Isaiah: As Isaiah has gone stripped for three years, so Assyria will lead the Egyptians and Cushites captive.

Isaiah 21 7 Jul 2012 1 comment

21 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea: I set a watchman. He said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon!" The glory of Kedar will end.

Isaiah 22 8 Jul 2012 1 comment

22 The oracle concerning the valley of vision: The LORD has taken away the covering of Judah. I will give to Eliakim the key of David.

Isaiah 23 9 Jul 2012 1 comment

23 The oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships, for Tyre is laid waste. The LORD has planned it. Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years.

Isaiah 24 10 Jul 2012 2 comments

24 Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste. Its people are held guilty. Fear and pit and snare await you. The LORD of hosts will reign.

Isaiah 25 11 Jul 2012 1 comment

25 O LORD, I will praise you. You have done marvellous things. The LORD will swallow up death forever. Moab will be trampled as straw.

Isaiah 26 12 Jul 2012 1 comment

26 A song will be sung in Judah: The LORD is the eternal Rock. Your hand is lifted high. We gave birth to wind, but your dead will rise.

Isaiah 27 13 Jul 2012 1 comment

27 In that day the LORD will slay Leviathan. By exile the guilt of Jacob will be purged. Those who were perishing will worship the LORD.

Isaiah 28 14 Jul 2012 2 comments

28 Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim! They will be snared. Behold, I lay in Zion a precious cornerstone. The LORD will do his alien work.

Isaiah 29 15 Jul 2012 1 comment

29 Woe to Ariel, the city of David! But your enemies will be like dust. I will astound these people. No longer will Jacob be ashamed.

Isaiah 30 16 Jul 2012 1 comment

30 Woe to the stubborn children who seek help from Egypt! The LORD will wait to show mercy. The voice of the LORD will shatter Assyria.

Isaiah 31 17 Jul 2012 1 comment

31 Woe to those who trust in chariots! As a lion roars, so the LORD will come down to fight for Mount Zion. Turn back to him, O Israel.

Isaiah 32 18 Jul 2012 1 comment

32 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness. Tremble, you women of ease. The city will be deserted until the Spirit is poured upon us.

Isaiah 33 19 Jul 2012 1 comment

33 Woe to you, O destroyer! The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure. "I will arise," says the LORD. You will see the king in his beauty.

Isaiah 34 20 Jul 2012 1 comment

34 The LORD is enraged against the nations. His sword is filled with blood. He has a day of vengeance for Zion. Edom shall lie waste.

Isaiah 35 21 Jul 2012 3 comments

35 The desert shall rejoice and bloom. The eyes of the blind shall be opened. The ransomed of the LORD shall return to Zion with songs.

Isaiah 36 22 Jul 2012 1 comment

36 The king of Assyria came against Judah. His commander said, "Do not listen to Hezekiah. Have any of the gods delivered their lands?"

Isaiah 37 23 Jul 2012 1 comment

37 Hezekiah prayed to the LORD. Isaiah said, "The king of Assyria will not enter the city." The angel of the LORD struck the Assyrians.

Isaiah 38 24 Jul 2012 2 comments

38 Hezekiah became sick, so he prayed. The LORD said, "I will add fifteen years to your life." Hezekiah wrote, "The LORD will save me."

Isaiah 39 25 Jul 2012 1 comment

39 The king of Babylon sent envoys. Hezekiah showed them his treasure houses. Isaiah said, "All you have shall be carried to Babylon."

Isaiah 40 26 Jul 2012 1 comment

40 Comfort, comfort my people. A voice cries: Prepare the way of the LORD! He is the everlasting God. He gives strength to the weary.

Isaiah 41 27 Jul 2012 1 comment

41 Let the nations meet for judgement. Do not fear, O Israel. I will help you. Idols are nothing. I will give a messenger of good news.

Isaiah 42 28 Jul 2012 1 comment

42 Behold, my Servant! He will bring justice to the nations. Sing to the LORD a new song. Hear, you deaf! The LORD gave Israel as spoil.

Isaiah 43 29 Jul 2012 3 comments

43 But I am with you, O Jacob. I am the LORD. There is no other saviour. Behold, I will do a new thing! Yet you have not called upon me.

Isaiah 44 30 Jul 2012 1 comment

44 I will pour my Spirit on your offspring. Who makes an idol? A carpenter prays to a block of wood. I am the LORD who made all things.

Isaiah 45 31 Jul 2012 2 comments

45 The LORD says to Cyrus: For the sake of Jacob I have called you. I am the LORD. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!

Isaiah 46 1 Aug 2012 1 comment

46 The idols of Bel and Nebo are burdens to be carried. O Jacob, I have made you and I will carry you. I am God and there is no other.

Isaiah 47 2 Aug 2012 1 comment

47 Sit in the dust, O daughter of Babylon. You showed no mercy. You trusted in sorcery. Evil shall fall upon you. No one shall save you.

Isaiah 48 3 Aug 2012 1 comment

48 Hear this, O Jacob: I have refined you for my own sake. I am the First and the Last. Thus says your Redeemer: Go out from Babylon!

Isaiah 49 4 Aug 2012 2 comments

49 The LORD formed me in the womb to restore Jacob and to bring salvation. Can a mother forget her nursing baby? I will not forget Zion.

Isaiah 50 5 Aug 2012 1 comment

50 Have I no power to deliver? The LORD has given me a learned tongue. I gave my back to those who beat me. He who justifies me is near.

Isaiah 51 6 Aug 2012 1 comment

51 Listen, the LORD will comfort Zion. Awake, O arm of the LORD! The ransomed shall return. You will drink the cup of my wrath no more.

Isaiah 52 7 Aug 2012 2 comments

52 Awake, O Zion! How beautiful are those who bring good news. The LORD has redeemed Jerusalem. Behold, my Servant will be lifted up.

Isaiah 53 8 Aug 2012 3 comments

53 He was despised and rejected. He was pierced for our transgressions. By his wounds we are healed. Out of anguish he will see light.

Isaiah 54 9 Aug 2012 1 comment

54 Sing, O barren woman! Your offspring will inherit the nations. Your Maker is your husband. No weapon formed against you will prosper.

Isaiah 55 10 Aug 2012 1 comment

55 Come, all you who are thirsty. I will make an everlasting covenant. My word will not return void. The mountains will burst into song.

Isaiah 56 11 Aug 2012 1 comment

56 Keep justice, for salvation is near. I will bring the outcasts of Israel to my house and gather still others. The watchmen are blind.

Isaiah 57 12 Aug 2012 1 comment

57 The righteous find peace in death. As for you rebels, you make your bed wide. Let your idols save you! But I will not accuse forever.

Isaiah 58 13 Aug 2012 1 comment

58 You seek pleasure on your fast days. Is this not the fast I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice? Then your ruins will be rebuilt.

Isaiah 59 14 Aug 2012 2 comments

59 Your sins have separated you from God. Justice is far from us. Truth is nowhere. So the LORD put on garments of salvation and fury.

Isaiah 60 15 Aug 2012 1 comment

60 Arise, shine, for your light has come! The nations will come to you. I will make you majestic forever. Your God will be your glory.

Isaiah 61 16 Aug 2012 2 comments

61 The Spirit of the LORD is on me. He has sent me to proclaim freedom. My people will inherit a double portion. I delight in the LORD.

Isaiah 62 17 Aug 2012 4 comments

62 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent. You will be given a new name. Your God will rejoice over you. Raise a banner for the nations!

Isaiah 63 18 Aug 2012 1 comment

63 Why are your robes red? I have trampled the nations. Israel remembered who brought them through the sea. You, O LORD, are our father.

Isaiah 64 19 Aug 2012 1 comment

64 Oh that you would rend the heavens! You meet those who do right. We are all the work of your hand. Do not remember our sins forever.

Isaiah 65 20 Aug 2012 2 comments

65 I held out my hands to an obstinate people. My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. I will create new heavens and a new earth.

Isaiah 66 21 Aug 2012 1 comment

66 Listen! The LORD is repaying his enemies. Rejoice with Jerusalem and be comforted. All flesh will worship before me, says the LORD.