All of Christianity rests upon the foundation of this prophecy in Isaiah chapter seven. God meant the sign to be earth shaking. God meant it to be such a sign that when it was actually fulfilled in history men would stand back and say, I saw God do it! It is something only God can...
Read ChapterCompare PREVIOUSIsaiah 65:6NEXTIsaiah 65:8 Isaiah 65:7 Meaning and Commentary Isaiah 65:7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together (saith the Lord) That is, the punishment both of the one and of the other; these being alike, and continued from father to son...
17 The Lord shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. Read full chapter New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New I...
Read full chapter Footnotes Isaiah 33:7 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is unknown. Proposals include “heroes” (cf. KJV, ASV “valiant ones”; NASB, NIV “brave men”); “priests,”“residents [of Jerusalem].” The present translation assumes that the term is synonymous with “messe...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.New Living Translation“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back.English Standard VersionFor a brief moment I dese...
In addition, for Paul, his application of Isaiah was frequently driven by an ecclesiological axiom---namely, the reconciliation of Jews and Gentiles into one new body.; By way of outline, Chapter 1 introduces key issues and presents methodological considerations, while chapter 2 analyzes the ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionVery soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”New Living TranslationIn a little while my anger against you will end, and then my anger will rise up to destroy them.”English Standard VersionFor...
–still in Chapter 1 – The Devotion of the Catholic Church to the Holy Ghost 2. We should contemplate the operations of the Holy Ghost in the souls of the faithful, in the Church, and in the blessed in heaven. These operations are common to all three persons in the Godhead, but appr...
Chapter 59 is a continuation of the prophecy that began with Israel's contention that the Israelites are hypocritical God-seekers (58:2-3a). Isaiah's instruction was to "Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins" (58:1b). God isableto save them from ex...
7 The grass dries up,the flowers wither,when the wind sent by the Lord[i] blows on them.Surely humanity[j] is like grass. Read full chapter Footnotes Isaiah 40:5 tn Or “glory.” The Lord’s “glory” is his theophanic radiance and royal splendor (see Isa 6:3; 24:23; 35:2;...