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 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.

In Isaiah, chapter sixteen, verses one through five, the prophet continues his prophecy against Moab, counseling them of what to do to prevent, if possible, or at least to mitigate, the threatened judgment. First, he advises them to be just to the house of David, and to pay the tribute they had formerly covenanted to

In Isaiah, chapter fifteen, verse five, “My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, a heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.” God’s own

In Isaiah, chapter fifteen, verse one, “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.” Located immediately east of the Dead Sea, Moab had always been an adversary of God’s chosen nation,