Isaiah 59-61Separated from God59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,That it cannot save;Nor His ear heavy,That it cannot hear.2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;And your sins have hidden His face from you,So that He will not hear.3 For your hands are defiled with [a]blood,And your fingers with iniquity;Your lips have spoken lies,Your tongue has muttered perversity.4 No on...  Read More

Isaiah 56-58Salvation for the Gentiles56 Thus says the Lord:“Keep justice, and do righteousness,For My salvation is about to come,And My righteousness to be revealed.2 Blessed is the man who does this,And the son of man who lays hold on it;Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”3 Do not let the son of the foreignerWho has joined himself to the LordSpeak, saying...  Read More

Isaiah 53-55The Sin-Bearing Messiah53 Who has believed our report?And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,And as a root out of dry ground.He has no [a]form or [b]comeliness;And when we see Him,There is no [c]beauty that we should desire Him.3 He is despised and [d]rejected by men,A Man of [e]sorrows and acquainted with [f]grief.And we h...  Read More

Isaiah 50-52The Servant, Israel’s Hope50 Thus says the Lord:“Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce,Whom I have put away?Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you?For your iniquities you have sold yourselves,And for your transgressions your mother has been put away.2 Why, when I came, was there no man?Why, when I called, was there none to answer?Is My hand shortened at all ...  Read More

Isaiah 47-49The Humiliation of Babylon47 “Come down and sit in the dust,O virgin daughter of Babylon;Sit on the ground without a throne,O daughter of the Chaldeans!For you shall no more be calledTender and [a]delicate.2 Take the millstones and grind meal.Remove your veil,Take off the skirt,Uncover the thigh,Pass through the rivers.3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered,Yes, your shame will be seen;I ...  Read More

Isaiah 45-46Cyrus, God’s Instrument45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,To Cyrus, whose right hand I have [a]held—To subdue nations before himAnd loose the armor of kings,To open before him the double doors,So that the gates will not be shut:2 ‘I will go before youAnd[b] make the [c]crooked places straight;I will break in pieces the gates of bronzeAnd cut the bars of iron.3 I will give you the t...  Read More