COMMENTARY:
: 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither have the eye seen, O God, beside YOU, what HE has prepared for him that waits for HIM. (2442 “waits” [chakah] means tarry, patient, lie in wait, or long for.)
DEVOTION: There is nothing new … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, according to the multitude of His lovingkindneses. The New King James … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (2657 “Hephzibah” [Chephtaiy bah] means my delight is in her, for Yahweh delights in … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives; and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; (4886 “anointed” [mashach] means consecrate, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
DEVOTION: The image before the mind of the Prophet is a sunrise scene. Far and wide night still reigns, but grandly above all other heights of the earth … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. (7114 “shortened” [qatsar] means to dock off, cut down, much discouraged, be in a state of not having sufficient or normal length, grieved, trouble or vex.)
DEVOTION: The first part of this … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. (2654 “delight” [chaphets] means please, desire, pleasure, to bend down, or be willing.… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 The righteous perish, and no may lays it to heart: and the merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. (622 “taken away” [acaph] means to assemble, be gathered, and to be collected.)
DEVOTION: Isaiah lived in a time when those … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Thus says the LORD: Keep you judgment, and do justice: for MY salvation is near to come, and MY righteousness to be revealed. (4941 “justice” [mishpat] means honesty, community loyalty, just deeds, righteousness, right, things done justly, piety, virtue, blameless behavior, honesty, godliness, or what is reliable.
DEVOTION: When we are part … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). 5186 נָטָה, מָנׄול [natah /naw·taw/]- to turn, incline, influence, bend down, hold out, extend, thrust aside, thrust away… Read More