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1413 - Isaiah 32

Isaiah Chapter 32 Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him. Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land. Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it. Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding. Those who stammer will speak out plainly. In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Scoundrels will not be respected. For fools speak foolishness and make evil plans. They practice ungodliness and spread false teachings about the Lord. They deprive the hungry of food and give no water to the thirsty. The smooth tricks of scoundrels are evil. They plot crooked schemes. They lie to convict the poor, even when the cause of the poor is just. But generous people plan to do what is generous, and they stand firm in their generosity. Listen, you women who lie around in ease. L...
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1412 - Isaiah 31

Isaiah Chapter 31  What sorrow awaits, those who look to Egypt for help, …trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers, …and depending on the strength of human armies, instead of looking to the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. In his wisdom, the Lord will send great disasters; and he will not change his mind. He will rise, against the wicked, and against their helpers. For these Egyptians… are mere humans, …not God! Their horses …are puny flesh, ….not mighty spirits! When the Lord raises his fist, against them, those, who help, will stumble, and those, being helped, will fall. They will all fall down, and die together. But, this is what the Lord has told me: “When a strong young lion, stands, growling over a sheep, that it has killed, it is not frightened, by the shouts and noise, of a whole crowd, of shepherds. In the same way, the Lord, of Heaven’s Armies, will come down, and fight, on Mount Zion. The Lord, of Heaven’s Armies, will hover over Jerusalem, and protect it, like a bi...
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1411 - Isaiah 30 part 2

  Isaiah Chapter 30 part 2 So the Lord must wait, for you, to come to him… so he can show you, his love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for his help. O people of Zion, you who live in Jerusalem, …you will weep no more. He will be gracious, if you ask for help. He will surely respond, to the sound of your cries. Though the Lord gave you adversity for food, and suffering for drink, he will still be with you, to teach you. You will see your teacher, with your own eyes. Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you, a voice will say: “This is the way you should go,” whether to the right, or to the left. Then, you will destroy all your silver idols, and all your precious gold images. You will throw them out, like filthy rags, saying to them: “Good riddance!” Then, the Lord will bless you with rain, at planting time.  There will be wonderful harvests, and plenty of pastureland, for your livestock.  The oxen and donkeys, that till the g...
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