Isaiah 23 by Pastor David Groendyk Tyre, Sidon, and Tarshish are coastal cities on the Mediterranean Sea, so this chapter has a particularly nautical flavor to it. Through their strategic…

Isaiah 22 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson                 The nations around Judah have been the target of God’s warnings of judgment.  Now we come to the oracle concerning Jerusalem.  In…

Isaiah 21 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence           The remaining prophecies in God’s judgment against the nations strikes a more somber note.  In this chapter, Isaiah gives dark oracles concerning the…

Isaiah 20 by Pastor David Groendyk There are a number of reasons that I’m thankful for not having been born during ancient biblical times, especially being a pastor. This chapter…

Isaiah 19 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson The relationship with Egypt and Israel is ancient, close, complicated, tense, and ongoing to this day.  People as far back as the Patriarchs…

Isaiah 18 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence             This is one of the more difficult chapters in the book of Isaiah to interpret merely because it is so short and does…

Isaiah 17 by Pastor David Groendyk At first glance, it’s hard to understand what’s going on in this chapter. The first verse calls it an oracle concerning Damascus (the capital…

Isaiah 16 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson As Isaiah judges the nations, he begins with Babylon, then Assyria 14:24ff, then Philistia 14:28ff and in chapters 15 and 16, Moab.  Moab…

Isaiah 15 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence             This is the first of two chapters detailing God’s judgment against Moab in the larger section of God’s judgment against the nations (13-23). …

Isaiah 14 by Pastor David Groendyk We’re at the beginning of the next section in Isaiah (chapters 13–27) where God gives a word of both judgment and hope primarily for…