Today’s Bible reading* includes some very encouraging promises for God’s people. Yes, Isaiah spoke to a specific group of people in a specific nation in history. But God’s Word … and God’s promises … are still very applicable to us today. God points to the coming of John the Baptizer to announce Jesus the Messiah’s…
Wednesday’s Bible reading gave us a model of a godly response to bad news. Today’s Bible reading* goes further into Hezekiah’s story and we see another godly response to bad news: his impending death. In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what…
Today’s Bible reading* models for us a godly response to bad news. King Sennacherib’s spokesman delivers bad news to King Hezekiah, warning him that God cannot defend against Assyria any more than any other god could protect the people who worshiped it. And he tells God’s people to reject King Hezekiah’s leadership. But you may…
Admittedly, there is a lot of doom-and-gloom in Isaiah’s prophecy. But in today’s Bible reading*, Isaiah encourages his audience with these words: Say to the cowardly: “Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.” Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,…
We read in today’s Bible reading*, Therefore the LORD is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy. For people will live on Zion in Jerusalem. You will never weep again; he will show favor…
In today’s Bible reading* we read about Hezekiah, one of the better kings who ruled over Judah, the Southern Kingdom. He was unlike the kings who were completely unlike David and followed the idols of their ancestors, or those who “feared the Lord like David, but…” We begin reading today that [Hezekiah] did what was…
