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 ground, will eat good grain, ….its chaff will be blown away by the wind. 


In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered, and the towers fall, there will be streams, of water, flowing down every mountain and hill. 


The moon will be, as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days, in one! 


So it will be, when the Lord begins to heal his people, and to cure the wounds he gave them.


Look! 


The Lord is coming from far away, burning with anger, surrounded by thick, rising smoke.


His lips are filled with fury;

his words consume like fire.


His hot breath pours out, like a flood, up to the neck of his enemies.


He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.


He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.


But the people of God will sing, a song of joy, like the songs, at the holy festivals.


You will be filled with joy, as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims

to Jerusalem, …the mountain of the Lord—to the Rock of Israel.


And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard.


He will display the strength of his mighty arm.


It will descend with devouring flames, with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.


At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered.


He will strike them down, with his royal scepter.


And as the Lord strikes them, with his rod of punishment, his people will celebrate, with tambourines and harps.


Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.


Topheth—the place of burning—has long been ready for the Assyrian king; the pyre is piled high with wood.


The breath of the Lord, like fire from a volcano, will set it ablaze.  


The Holy Bible 

New Living Translation 


Isaiah 30:18–33


Praise be to God!



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