Isaiah foreseeing judgment against the nations continues with Damascus (Syria). Damascus is the capital city of Aram, also known as Syria.
...continue reading "Isaiah 17 (Damascus [Syria]and Israel)"Category: prophet
Isaiah 15 and 16 (Moab)
The judgments against other nations, that started in Chapters 13 and 14, continue here.
...continue reading "Isaiah 15 and 16 (Moab)"Isaiah 14
After a long quoted oracle against Babylon and its destruction by other invaders, Isaiah continues his message to the city that symbolizes so much from the past, Isaiah's contemporary events, and all of our futures.
...continue reading "Isaiah 14"Isaiah 13 (Babylon)
After another pass at II King 16 & 17 and II Chronicles 27 & 28, Israel has fallen and has been hauled away. God has orchestrated a priest to come back and teach His ways, but the people just add that to their previous worship. Meanwhile Judah is still alive, but not thriving under Ahaz. Both book passages end with the death of Ahaz and the introduction of his successor, his son Hezekiah.
Now the Blue Letter Bible chronological reading list sends us back to Isaiah. Previously in Isaiah, he was prophesying about the end of Israel and two beautiful chapters about the Messiah.
...continue reading "Isaiah 13 (Babylon)"II Kings 17 (Israel)
We just finished a bit of a deep dive into King Ahaz in Judah, now the Blue Letter Bible Bible Chronological reading list is having us read about King Hoshea in Israel before we return to Isaiah.
...continue reading "II Kings 17 (Israel)"II Kings 16; II Chronicles 27 & 28 (Judah)
Some of these chapters may look familiar if you are familiar with my site, but we're in that portion of reading chronologically, that the kings and prophets don't cleanly connect; they overlap. So one more stop here and then deep into Isaiah.
...continue reading "II Kings 16; II Chronicles 27 & 28 (Judah)"Micah 7 (Judah; All of Us)
The final chapter.
...continue reading "Micah 7 (Judah; All of Us)"Micah 6 (Judah)
Micah starts his book as a general warning of judgement to Judah and Samaria; then he narrows his message of doom to the leaders of the people of Judah. And then we read of the hope in the eventual return of the Messiah. Let's see what Micah has for us next.
...continue reading "Micah 6 (Judah)"Micah 5 (Judah)
Micah has brought the bad news of Judah's fall and captivity and the message of its deliverance through a remnant spared by the Lord; but now we're looking forward to the last days when the nations come together to try and crush Israel; but are destroyed by the Lord.
...continue reading "Micah 5 (Judah)"Micah 4 (Judah)
According to the NASB Ryrie Study Bible organization, Chapters 3 and 4 combine in a sub section titled, A Message of Doom and Deliverance. There was much doom in Chapter Three. Bring on the deliverance!
...continue reading "Micah 4 (Judah)"