In Isaiah, chapter eight, verse six, “Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly,” is the first part of this theme in scripture. The ‘waters of Shiloah,” were fed by a gentle spring that served as Jerusalem’s underground source of water in times of siege by a hostile nation. They symbolized […]
In Isaiah, chapter eight, verse one, “Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.” This is the name of Isaiah’s second son: The meaning thereof is “plundering, and despoiling will come quickly.” That name predicted not only Syria’s destruction and fall at
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In Isaiah, chapter seven, verses one through twenty-five, the kings of Israel and Syria attacked Judah. King Ahaz of Judah was told by Isaiah to trust God for deliverance. Yet Ahaz refused to accept God’s offer of a miraculous sign, and he sought Assyria. God gave a sign anyway to the whole house of David:
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In Isaiah, chapter six, verse thirteen, “But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.” God encouraged Isaiah by telling him
In Isaiah, chapter six, verse nine, God told Isaiah that the people would reject his message and remain indifferent to the prophetic call for repentance; his preaching would, in fact, turn hearts even more against the Lord, as in verses nine to ten, Matthew thirteen, verses fourteen through fifteen, Mark four, verse twelve, and Luke
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In Isaiah, chapter six, verse eight, “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.” Only after receiving his cleansing was Isaiah commissioned as a prophet. This passage reminds us of the Great Commission of our risen
In Isaiah, chapter six, verse five, “Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.” In full view of God’s holiness, Isaiah instantly
In Isaiah, chapter six, verse three, “And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.” The foremost characteristic of God revealed in Isaiah is His holiness, signifying His purity of character, separation from sin, and opposition to all that is evil.
In Isaiah, chapter six, verse two, “Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.” These are angelic beings of high order; “seraphims” may be another designation for the living creatures revealed elsewhere in scripture,
In Isaiah chapter six, verse one, “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.” The time King Uzziah died is in Second Chronicles twenty-six, verses sixteen through twenty-one. Although Isaiah may have prophesied earlier in chapters one
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