Read Isaiah 40 Comfort for God’s People 40 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to herthat her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for,that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice of one calling:“In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord;make straight …
Editor’s Note We had a technical difficulty with WordPress not automatically posting today’s entry. Sorry you’re receiving it later than you normally would! Read Isaiah 39 Envoys From Babylon 39 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery.2 Hezekiah received …
Read Isaiah 30 Woe to the Obstinate Nation 30 “Woe to the obstinate children,” declares the Lord,“to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin;2 who go down to Egypt without consulting me;who look for help to Pharaoh’s protection, to Egypt’s shade for refuge.3 But Pharaoh’s protection will be to …
Read Isaiah 29 Woe to David’s City 29 Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled!Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on.2 Yet I will besiege Ariel; she will mourn and lament, she will be to me like an altar hearth.[a]3 I will encamp against you on all sides; I will encircle you with towers and set …
Read Isaiah 5 The Song of the Vineyard 5 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard:My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines.He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well.Then he looked …
Isaiah Introduction The book of Isaiah is named after the prophet Isaiah, the author of this book, who prophesied from 739–681 B.C. under the reign of several different kings. The nation of Judah (and the city of Jerusalem) had begun going through the religious motions and offering up meaningless sacrifices instead of humbly following and …
Read Matthew 24 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times 24 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left …
Matthew Introduction The Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew, one of the original twelve disciples (also referred to as “Levi” by Mark and Luke). Matthew was originally a tax collector, but he left his life and career behind to go follow Jesus (as recorded in Matthew 9:9). This gospel account of Jesus’s life is …
Micah Preview The book of Micah tells the story of another minor prophet, Micah, from a town called Moresheth Gath (an agricultural area about 25 miles from Jerusalem). Micah, similar to the prophet Amos, was concerned with those on the margins and outside of the power structures that were in existence. His prophecies were aimed …
Read Jonah 1 Jonah Flees From the Lord 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying …
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