Chapter 3 opens as a message from God, continued from Chapter 2.
...continue reading "Jeremiah 3"Category: Forgiveness
Zephaniah
Next up in the Blue Letter Bible chronological reading list is Zephaniah.
...continue reading "Zephaniah"Chronicles 32-33
Second version of the continuing Hezekiah saga, as well as Manasseh and Amon.
...continue reading "Chronicles 32-33"Isaiah 59
The continuation of sin, its consequences, and the mercy of the Lord.
...continue reading "Isaiah 59"Isaiah 57
After a few chapters looking forward to salvation from the Suffering Servant in the future, Isaiah has returned to the present and is rebuking Israel for the deeds that will first lead to the exile.
...continue reading "Isaiah 57"Isaiah 55
Fair warning, I'll be quoting every verse in this chapter. It is so good and rich in blessings for us.
...continue reading "Isaiah 55"Isaiah 52:13- 53 Suffering Servant
This post includes the closing verse of chapter 52 and all of 53 as this is the passage describing the Suffering Servant of Jesus Christ.
...continue reading "Isaiah 52:13- 53 Suffering Servant"Isaiah 43
Beautiful promises of redemption from our Lord.
...continue reading "Isaiah 43"Isaiah 40
We now enter a new section of Isaiah. Most commentators distinguish two "halves" of the book. The dire prophetic judgements of the "Old Testament" half, with the tragic end of Israel and much of Judah by the Assyrians, and the more hopefully, Messianic, "New Testament" half in which Isaiah has amazingly accurate prophesies regarding Babylon. This second second begin with chapter 40.
...continue reading "Isaiah 40"Isaiah 39
Well, the good news is we're in the last chapter of the first half of Isaiah. After today, it's called the "New Testament" half of Isaiah. The bad news is, in this last chapter of the Hezekiah historical interlude, we come to that time when even the best kings of Israel make poor decisions.
...continue reading "Isaiah 39"