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“A voice is calling, ‘Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley; Then the glory of the Lord will…
“’Comfort, O comfort My people,’ says your God. ‘Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she has received of the Lord’s hand Double for all her sins.’” — Isaiah 40:1–2 (NASB95) I have mentioned before that the book of Isaiah is often called the…
“Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.” — Isaiah 30:18 (NASB95) So, what is God’s heart like and what kind of relationship does He really want to have with us?…
“Then the Lord said, ‘Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote.’” — Isaiah 29:13 (NASB95) I think of a brother in faith as I type this devotion based on…
“We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls. At night my soul longs for You, indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently.” — Isaiah 26:8–9 (NASB95) I love the thought that lies within these verses, but at the same time I am deeply challenged by them….
“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You. ‘Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.’” — Isaiah 26:3–4 (NASB95) I guess there should be no surprise that Isaiah connects peace to our state of mind. We all know that our mind affects our attitude, and our…
“He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, and He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; for the Lord has spoken. And it will be said in that day, ‘Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save…
“Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, to shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth. Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.” — Isaiah 22:12–13 (NASB95) Yesterday’s…
“For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set them with vine slips of a strange god.” — Isaiah 17:10 (NASB95) The Lord, through the prophet Isaiah, got to the heart of why the children of Israel were soon going to…
“For the Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?” — Isaiah 14:27 (NASB95) It is obvious that Isaiah intended this verse to be a message to Israel, Judah and all the nations surrounding them. He was telling them all, “You might have plans to…