In Isaiah, chapter fifty-nine, verses nine through fourteen, “Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day […]
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-nine, verses one through eight, to highlight some of these scriptures, “Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse thirteen, ” If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words.”
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verses eight through twelve, “Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse six, ” Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?” The fast that God approves is one accompanied by love for Him and genuine concern
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse three, “Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.” God’s people were complaining that He would not help them. But God knew
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse two, ” 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.” Judah was seeking God every day as though
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-eight, verse one, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” The prophet cries out against the people’s sins like a mighty trumpet blast; the transgressions and hypocrisy of God’s people must be revealed. If God’s
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verse twenty-one, “There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.” God has so structured the human conscience that there will never be real peace for those who live wickedly: neither inward peace nor outward peace. As long as they sin, their lives will be like a troubled sea, full
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verse fifteen, ” 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 humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the
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