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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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verses three through fourteen, beginning at verse four. “Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood? When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-seven, verses one through two, “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.” Righteous believers
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-six, verses ten through twelve, “His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-six, verse seven, “Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.” An essential and central component of
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-six, verses three through eight, “Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my
In Isaiah, chapter fifty-six, verses one through two, “Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it,
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In Isaiah, chapter fifty-five, verse eleven, “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of thy mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” The power and effect of God’s Word are never canceled or
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