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In Isaiah, chapter one, verses nine through ten, “Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people […]

In Isaiah, chapter one, verse seven, “Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.” In an effort to bring Judah to repentance, God allowed their land to be plundered by foreigners, as in Second Chronicles five, verse

In Isaiah, chapter one, verse four, “Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.” This expression as a title for God occurs twenty-six times  in Isaiah; five

In Isaiah, chapter one, verse three, “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.” Here, “Israel” refers to all the twelve tribes, including Judah. The Twelve Tribes of Israel are described as the descendants of Jacob, a Hebrew patriarch who was the

In Isaiah, chapter one, verse two, “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.” Judah and Israel had received God’s covenant, His law, His temple, and His many promises. Yet they turned to idolatry, disregarded the covenant,

In Isaiah one, verse one, “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.” Isaiah did not prophesy about or record his own ideas; rather, he received visions from God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, as in

In Song of Solomon, chapter eight, verse twelve, “My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.” In contrast to Solomon’s many vineyards, she has her own single vineyard. Solomon can have the income from his, and those who tend

In Song of Solomon, chapter eight, verse nine, “If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.” If the little sister is a wall resisting temptation, the daughters of Jerusalem will adorn her, which prepares her

In Song of Solomon, chapter eight, verses six through seven, “Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither

In Song of Solomon, chapter six, verse eight, “There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.” The women of Jerusalem are classified as queens, concubines, and virgins, who are of marriageable age. The true Church is in closer relation to the Bridegroom than all the rest of the world. But the Shulamite