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  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...

Isaiah Chapter 30 part 1  “What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,” says the Lord. “You make plans that are contrary to mine. You make alliances that are not directed by my Spirit, thus piling up your sins. Because without consulting me, you have gone down to Egypt for help. You have put your trust in Pharaoh’s protection. You have tried to hide in  his  shade. But, by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated, and by depending on him, you will be disgraced. For though his power extends to Zoan, and his officials have arrived in Hanes, all, who trust in him, will be ashamed. He will not help you. Instead, he will disgrace you.” ——————————- This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev: The caravan moves slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt—donkeys weighed down with riches, and camels loaded with treasure—all to pay for Egypt’s protection. They travel through the wilderness, a place of lionesses and lions, a place where vipers and poisonous snakes liv...

Isaiah Chapter 29 part 2 Israel, God has closed the eyes of your prophets and your visionaries… so, all the future events, in this vision, are like a sealed book to them.  When you give it, to those who can read, they will say, “We can’t read it, because it is sealed.”  When you give it to those, who cannot read, they will say, “We don’t know how to read.” And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship, of me, is nothing, but a set of man-made rules… learned by rote. Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites, with amazing wonders. The wisdom, of the intelligent, will pass away, and the knowledge, of the educated, will disappear.” What sorrow awaits those, who try to hide their plans, from the Lord, …those who do their evil deeds, in the dark! “The Lord can’t see us,” they say. “He doesn’t know what’s going on  (in the dark, in private) !” How foolish can you be? He...