Isaiah 42

Isaiah 42 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence It is no wonder that the Ethiopian eunuch had a hard time understanding the scroll of Isaiah when he was reading it seated in…

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Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41 by Pastor David Groendyk As you read in yesterday’s devotional, you will notice that this second half of Isaiah reads differently (although, not that differently) than the first…

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Isaiah 40

Isaiah 40-66 Devotional (overview) by Pastor Mark Hudson             Since there is a bit of controversy about the second half of Isaiah, I will address that topic in lieu of…

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Isaiah 39

Isaiah 39 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence Bowlin            Somehow news of Hezekiah’s healing had spread eastward all the way to Babylon, and the Babylonians saw this as an opportunity.  Merocach-baladan,…

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Isaiah 38

Isaiah 38 by Pastor David Groendyk The narratives found in Isaiah 38–39 can also be found in 2 Kings 20 and 2 Chronicles 32. Within the larger section describing the…

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Isaiah 37

Isaiah 37 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson                 Finally a chapter that is easy to understand!  The Assyrian royal counselor for military affairs named Rabshakeh is telling the people of…

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Isaiah 36

Isaiah 36 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence                 Chs. 36-37 of Isaiah recount the same events that are recorded in 2 Kings 18 and 19 when the Assyrian king had sought…

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Isaiah 35

Isaiah 35 by Pastor David Groendyk This chapter closes a section of Isaiah that is filled with oracles about the rise and fall of Jerusalem. For many chapters, Isaiah has…

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Isaiah 34

Isaiah 34 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson             In chapters 34-35, Isaiah is still focused on who to trust: the nations or God?  In chapters 34-35, the result of that…

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Isaiah 33

Isaiah 33 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence                 In this chapter Isaiah uses the impending destruction of Assyria as a portent of a greater judgment against the whole world in its…

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