Isaiah brings us the promise of a shoot springing forth again from the “stump of Jesse”, meaning the Messiah is from the line of David. But He is also the “root of Jesse.” Jesse is the father of King David and God told David that his kingdom would last forever. But we know that didn’t […]
Assyria will advance through the territory of Israel, delivering God’s wrath. But they will stop at Nob. God says “This far and NO more” as His anger is spent and His people repent. Our passage today deals with two things; the return of a remnant of God’s people to Him, and God’s hand on Assyria. […]
God is using Assyria to judge Israel and Judah but they are getting TOO MUCH pleasure and pride from the process. God says that soon Assyria will have so few left that a child can number them. There are many places in Israel’s history where God uses other nations to be His correction. Assyria is […]
God’s hand of judgment and anger is still outstretched against Israel. Her arrogance and oppression are what God is judging right now. And He uses the other nations to do it. Four times Isaiah tells us that; “For all this His anger has not turned away, and His hand is stretched out still” (verses 12b, […]
Isaiah shares with us the promise of the Christ Child. A Child for us, to save us and rule over us. And the place where He will come from will be most unexpected. Isaiah has just finished speaking of “distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish” in the previous verse. Now he speaks of hope. […]
