COMMENTARY:
: 1 Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants thereof. (1238 “empty” [baqaq] means to pour out, to depopulate, make void, or lay waste.)
DEVOTION: The earth is judge. The people of the earth are judged. Isaiah is foretelling … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 “The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). שָׁדַד [shadad /shaw·dad/] – to deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin, destroy, … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 13 Ad behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink: for tomorrow we shall die. (8057 “gladness” [simchah] means mirth, joy, jubilation, pleasure, gaiety, or hold a feast.)
DEVOTION: We have all heard that one of the rulers of Rome fiddled … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. (2837 “pleasure” [chesheq] means desire, set one’s affections, be attached to, or love. Isaiah l liked to think about pleasant things.)
DEVOTION: This vision caused him to have a nightmare. There are two interpretations … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 “at the same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and remove the sackcloth from your body, and take your sandals off our feet.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
DEVOTION: As you read a portion of … Read More
COMMENTARY:
:1 “The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
DEVOTION: Sovereign Yahweh was about to visit Egypt, and when … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 “Which sends ambassadors by sea, Even in vessels of reed on the waters, saying, “Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin, To a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
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COMMENTARY:
: 4 “In that day it shall come to pass that the glory of Jacob will wane, and the fatness of his flesh grow lean.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982). (דָּלַל, דָּלַל [dalal /daw·lal/] – to hang, languish, hang down, be low, “impoverished”)
DEVOTION:: The story is told of … Read More
COMMENTARY:
:2 “For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.)
DEVOTION: How often we want God to work in our lives according to our demands and desires instead … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 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. (4853 “burden” [massa] means utterance, oracle, carrying, pronouncement, or lifting.)
DEVOTION: Isaiah was a prophet of God. He received messages … Read More