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1395 - Isaiah 17

Isaiah Chapter 17 This message came to me, Isaiah, concerning Damascus: “Look, the city of Damascus will disappear! It will become a heap of ruins. The towns of Aro-er will be deserted. Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed, with no one to chase them away. The fortified towns of Israel will also be destroyed, and the royal power of Damascus will end. All that remains of Syria will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,” declares the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “In that day Israel’s glory will grow dim; its robust body will waste away. The whole land will look like a grain-field, after the harvesters have gathered the grain. It will be desolate, like the fields in the valley of Rephaim, after the harvest. Only a few of its people will be left, …like stray olives left on a tree after the harvest. Only two or three remain in the highest branches, four or five scattered here and there, on the other limbs,” declares the Lord, the God of Israel. Then, at last, the people...
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1394 - Isaiah 16

Isaiah Chapter 16 Isaiah told the people of Judah: Send lambs, from Sela, as tribute, to the ruler of the land. Send them through the desert, to the mountain of beautiful Zion. The women of Moab are left, like homeless birds, at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River. “Help us,” they cry. “Defend us against our enemies. Protect us, from their relentless attacks. Do not betray us, now, that we have escaped. Let our refugees stay among you. Hide them, from our enemies, until the terror is past.” When oppression and destruction have ended, and when enemy raiders have disappeared, …then God will establish one of David’s descendants, as king. He will rule with mercy and truth. He will always do what is just, and be eager to do what is right. We have heard about proud Moab—about its pride, and arrogance, and rage. But all that boasting… has now disappeared. The entire land of Moab weeps. Yes, everyone in Moab mourns, for the cakes of raisins, from Kir-hareseth. They are all gone now. The f...
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1393 - Isaiah 15

Isaiah Chapter 15 Isaiah told the people about his vision from the Lord… he said: “This message came to me concerning Moab… In one night the town of Ar will be leveled, and the city of Kir will be destroyed. Your people will go, to their temple, in Dibon, to mourn. They will go, to their sacred shrines, to weep. They will wail, for the fate, of Nebo and Medeba, …shaving their heads, in sorrow… and cutting off their beards. They will wear burlap, as they wander the streets. From every home and public square …will come the sound of wailing. The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out; their voices will be heard, as far away as Jahaz! The bravest warriors, of Moab, will cry out, in utter terror. They will be helpless, with fear. My heart weeps for Moab. Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishi-yah. Weeping, they climb the road, to Luhith. Their cries of distress can be heard, all along the road, to Horonaim. Even the waters, of Nimrim, are dried up! The grassy banks are scorched. Th...
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