January 2026

In Isaiah, chapter twenty-one, verse nine, Babylon, the foe of God’s people, would fall, its reliance on their gods shattered; it first took place in the early days of the Old Testament, before the Son of Man, when Sennacherib smashed their idols, except for Bel and Nebo in chapter forty-six, verses one through two, “Bel […]

In Isaiah, chapter twenty-one, verse two, “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.” Elam was located east of the Tigris River, and Babylon bordered on the north by Media and

In Isaiah, chapter twenty-one, verses one through ten, God gives Isaiah a second vision of the downfall and destruction of Babylon, which is just north of the Persian Gulf. The burden of the desert of the sea: That is, of Babylon, as is evident from verse nine. Some think it is prophetic, because, although it

 In Isaiah, chapter twenty, verse three, Isaiah obeyed God even though it meant shame and embarrassment to him for three years. If our obedience to God and our separation from ungodly ways are as they should be, then we can also expect, as times to suffer reproach, embarrassment, and humiliation. Righteousness and persecution often go

In Isaiah, chapter twenty, verse two, “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.” In the Old Testament, Isaiah was to appear in public

In Isaiah, chapter nineteen, verses sixteen through twenty-five, Isaiah gives these four prophecies in the Old Testament to be fulfilled “in that day.” The Egyptians would fear Judah when they realized their judgment had come from God, as in verses sixteen to seventeen. After a time of affliction, cities in Egypt would worship the Lord,

In Isaiah, chapter seventeen, verse ten, “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.” Forgetting God is not a sin limited to Israel. Jesus warns that the worries of this

In Isaiah, chapter seventeen, verse seven, “At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.” The judgments of God on Israel in the Old Testament would cause a remnant to turn away from idolatry and focus on the Lord their Maker. They

In Isaiah, chapter seventeen, verses one through six, Damascus, the capital of Syria, as in verse three, was overthrown in the Old Testament. Ephraim also suffered in those days because of its alliance with Damascus against Assyria. Sin desolates cities. It is unusual for great conquerors to take pride in being enemies to mankind. However, the

In Isaiah, chapter sixteen, verses six through thirteen, although war and destruction would someday cease, the Moabites of Isaiah’s day would face judgment because of their pride and their failure to acknowledge God and His righteousness. From verses six to seven,  the prophet, having spoken to the Moabites, now turns his speech to God’s people.