Thursday, May 21, 2015

Isaiah 45: 2-3



   Isaiah 45: 2-3

2 I will go before you
   and will level the mountains
   I will break down gates of bronze
   and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
   riches stored in secret places,
   so that you may know 
   that I am the Lord,
   the God of Israel,
   who summons you by name.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Isaiah 40:7-10




    Isaiah 40: 7-10

7 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
    because the breath of the Lord 
    blows on them.
    Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,
    but the word of our God 
    endures forever.”
9 You who bring good news to Zion,
   go up on a high mountain.
   You who bring good news to 
   Jerusalem, lift up your voice 
   with a shout, lift it up, do not be
   afraid;
   say to the towns of Judah,
   "Here is your God!”
10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes 
    with power,
    and he rules with a mighty arm.
    See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies 
    him.

Isaiah 40: 3-5




   Isaiah 40: 3-5

3 A voice of one calling:
  "In the wilderness prepare
    the way for the Lord
    make straight in the desert
    a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be raised up,
    every mountain and hill made low;
    the rough ground shall become level,
    the rugged places a plain.
5 And the glory of the Lord will be 
   revealed, and all people will see it 
   together.
   For the mouth of the Lord 
   has spoken.”

Monday, May 18, 2015

Isaiah 49: 10-11



Isaiah 49: 10-11

10 They will neither hunger 
      nor thirst, nor will the desert 
      heat or the sun beat down 
      on them. He who has 
      compassion on them 
      will guide them and lead them 
      beside springs of water.

11 I will turn all my mountains 
     into roads, and my highways 
     will be raised up.

Isaiah 48: 10-11



Isaiah 48: 10-11

10 See, I have refined you, 
     though not as silver;
     I have tested you 
     in the furnace 
     of affliction.

11 For my own sake, 
     for my own sake, 
     I do this.
     How can I let myself 
     be defamed?
     I will not yield 
     my glory to another.

Isaiah 48: 17-19




    Isaiah 48: 17-19

17 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer, 
    the Holy One of Israel:
   "I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches you what is best 
    for you, who directs you 
    in the way you should   go.
18 If only you had paid attention 
    to my commands,
    your peace would have been 
    like a river,
    your well-being like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants would have been 
    like the sand,
    your children like its numberless grains;
    their name would never be blotted out
    nor destroyed from before me.”