The name Isaiah means ‘God saves’. We do not know anything more about Isaiah’s father Amoz (not the same person as Amos). • Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. They all ruled during the second half of the 8th century before Jesus was born. GOD ACCUSES HIS GUILTY PEOPLE V2 List... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 1 WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT V1 Messages about Judah and *Jerusalem that God gave to Isaiah son of Amoz. This was during the period when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and He... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Heaven and earth’ (that is, everything that God created) are God’s witnesses. They know that God’s words are true. Nature obeys God’s instructions. Even a farmer’s animals are more intelligent than the people in Israel, who continue not to obey God’s instructions.... [ Continue Reading ]
The people in Israel suffer punishment because they refuse to change their evil behaviour. Isaiah frequently uses the title ‘Holy God of Israel’. Because God himself is holy, he expects his people to live holy lives. ENEMIES HAVE DESTROYED THE LAND V7 Foreign enemies have ruined your country. They... [ Continue Reading ]
Chapter 36 describes this attack. It happened during the time when Hezekiah was king.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘An empty hut alone in a field’ refers to a temporary shelter of branches. Such a shelter protected a *look-out as he guarded the crops. After the harvest, people would leave the shelter to fall into pieces.... [ Continue Reading ]
The inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were so evil that God destroyed their cities (see Genesis chapter 19). ISRAEL’S RELIGION IS NOT SINCERE V10 Listen, you rulers of *Jerusalem! You are like the rulers of Sodom. Listen, you people in *Jerusalem! You are like the people in Gomorrah. Listen very... [ Continue Reading ]
‘I have had more than enough of their blood.’ Leviticus 17:11 declares that blood was essential for a *sacrifice to be acceptable. That is, to have the result that God intended. But the people’s present *sacrifices in God’s holy *Temple had no value whatever. The *sacrifices meant nothing to the peo... [ Continue Reading ]
All these activities in God’s holy *Temple were without any value to God. They were making no difference to the evil way that the people were living. So God said that he hated these activities. Verse 16-17 People who continue to live evil lives cannot expect their *sacrifices in the *Temple to sav... [ Continue Reading ]
It is almost impossible to remove a red stain completely by human effort. But God can do it perfectly.... [ Continue Reading ]
Obey God, and all good gifts will be yours. Refuse to obey God, and nothing will go right. God will no longer care about you. He will no longer protect you. Enemies will attack and you will lose everything. *JERUSALEM’S FATE V21 People in *Jerusalem, you are like a wife who is no longer true to he... [ Continue Reading ]
True religion is a relationship of love with God. That love for God will affect all people’s relationships with each other. Water that someone adds to *wine affects all the *wine. So lack of love for God must cause a lack of love for other people. And poor people and weak people will be the first to... [ Continue Reading ]
God is angry because the leaders of his people are guilty of moral failure. God wants men who will loyally carry out his wishes. He now considers Israel and Judah to be his enemies. That is why he will punish them. GOD WILL SAVE *JERUSALEM V26 I shall give you fair judges and wise advisers, like t... [ Continue Reading ]
Now God will appoint other leaders, as he did long ago. That happened when David made *Jerusalem his capital (see 2 Samuel 5:9). He appointed true men of God as leaders (see 2 Samuel 8:17-18).... [ Continue Reading ]
But God will *destroy all who continue to oppose him. False gods (‘sacred trees and sacred gardens’) have no life in them to give to people who *worship them. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Solomon, the capital of the country called Israel. During the time of Isaiah, Jerusalem was the capital... [ Continue Reading ]