To the Land of Cush

Our reading for today is Isaiah 16 through 18.  It deals with God's judgment on the nations. 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, …

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As the LORD Purposes, So Shall It Stand

Reading for today is Isaiah 13 through 15. What God purposes to do He will do. 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 …

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When the LORD Hides His Eyes

Following our schedule for today we would be reading Song of Solomon 7 through Isaiah 1.  Our verses   shared here are  from the prophet Isaiah. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. "Hear, O heavens, …

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I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD…

I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He hath bestowed on them according to His mercies, and according to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.  For He said, "Surely …

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The Contrite and the Humble

And shall say, "Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people." For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and …

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The Everlasting Covenant of Peace

"Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife," saith the LORD. "Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine …

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With The Right Hand Of My Righteousness

Keep silence before Me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.  Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to His foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? He gave …

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The Word of God Shall Stand Forever

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. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of …

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