The problem for Isaiah, however, is that the filth and corruption was not outside Jerusalem, it was in it, in the hearts and on the lips of his people.  That was the reason for all the invasions of Assyria and Babylonia.  The kings of the north would be a purifying fire that would purge the sin
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Catholic
                
             
        
            
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 27, 2007
                
                
                
                    Isaiah Thomas - In his Sexual Harrassment deposition 
A bizarre deposition given by the coach of The New York Knicks in a sexual harassment suit has attracted much attention in the media. During the testimony, former Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas suggested that when a black man refers to a
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Wesleyan
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Nov 4, 2009
                
                
                
                    In Isaiah 5 God says of the vineyard of the Lord, i.e. Israel, that after all that God had done for them, they acted unjustly and became corrupted in their ways: Isa 5:4 “What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Baptist
                
             
        
        
            
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 8, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
        based on  60 ratings
                    
                         | 1,970 views
                    
                 
                
                    "Even though the two copies of Isaiah discovered in Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea in 1947 were a thousand years earlier than the oldest dated manuscript previously known (A.D. 980), they proved to be word for word identical with out standard Hebrew Bible in more than 95 percent of the text.  The
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
             
        
        
            
        
            
            
                
                
                
                
                    Martin Luther, commenting on Isaiah 65, had this to say: Through his Gospel God can make the supreme tyrants of the world subject to a simple man and preacher, even though these tyrants were lions and wolves. God can turn enemies into friends. They shall feed together ... The kingdom of peace
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Lutheran
                
             
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 31, 2009
                
                
                
                    Since Isaiah (and later, the New Testament writers) spoke of God’s "tested" keystone (cornerstone?) or foundation stone in terms of depending upon God rather than what anyone else says or promises, it might be good to look at the importance of "foundations" and Jesus Christ as our "tested"
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    *other
                
             
        
        
            
        
        
            
                
                
                
                
                    Chapters 40 through 66 of Isaiah were revealed to him during the final years of his life.  They provide us many details about the ministry of our Messiah and His Coming Kingdom.  Isaiah 40:12 presents the Messiah as our Divine Creator:
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
And
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Methodist
                
             
        
        
            
        
            
            
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Richard Francis on Feb 29, 2008
                
                
                
                    Isaiah 32:2  Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land
When we are saved, transformed and growing under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we become if you like an oasis of God here
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Evangelical/Non-Denominational
                
             
        
        
            
        
        
            
        
        
            
        
            
            
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Sep 5, 2025
                
                
                
                    [183].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – MILLENNIAL REIGN OF CHRIST DESCRIBED - ISAIAH 11
I know there are some who don’t believe in the literalness of scripture and therefore reject the biblical concept of a Millennium.  This poem is not an exegesis on any of that, but the content of a biblical passage I
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Scripture: 
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Evangelical/Non-Denominational
                
             
        
        
            
        
        
            
                
                
                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 11, 2025
                
                
                
                    [077].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – EYES AND EARS - BLIND AND DEAF
Stubbornness is so bound up in most people that it will not release them, particularly when the things of God are presented.  Stubbornness refuses to see reason and to see the light, and to hear and obey.
The prophets were frustrated
                    
                        ...read more
                    
                
                
                    Scripture: 
                    
                
                
                    Tags: 
                    
                
                
                    Denomination: 
                    Evangelical/Non-Denominational