Isaiah 37-39 - Because you have prayed to Me

Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

Hezekiah’s Prayer in the Temple

Yahweh’s Answer Through Isaiah

Isa 37:21 LSB - [21] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent [word] to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

Isa 37:31-32 LSB - [31] "And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. [32] "For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this."'

The Defeat and Death of Sennacherib

Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery

Isa 38:2-5 LSB - [2] Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh [3] and said, "Remember now, O Yahweh, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept greatly. [4] Then the word of Yahweh came to Isaiah, saying, [5] "Go and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

Isa 38:8 LSB - [8] "Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps." So the sun's [shadow] went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

Hezekiah Shows His Treasures to Babylon

Isaiah 34-36 - None will lack its mate

Yahweh’s Wrath Against the Nations

Isa 34:16 LSB - 

[16] Seek from the book of Yahweh, and read: 

Not one of these will be missing; 

None will lack its mate. 

For His mouth has commanded, 

And His Spirit has gathered them.

Matthew Henry

V. Here is an assurance given of the full accomplishment of this prediction, even to the most minute circumstance of it (v. 16, 17): "Seek you out of the book of the Lord and read. When this destruction comes compare the event with the prediction, and you will find it to answer exactly." Note, The book of the prophets is the book of the Lord, and we ought to consult it and converse with it as of divine origin and authority. We must not only read it, but see out of it, search into it, turn first to one text and then to another and compare them together. Abundance of useful knowledge might thus be extracted, by a diligent search, out of the scriptures, which cannot be got by a superficial reading of them. When you have read the prediction out of the book of the Lord then observe,

1. That according to what you have read so you see; not one of these shall fail, either beast or fowl: and, it being foretold that they shall possess it from generation to generation, in order to that, that the species may be propagated, none shall want her mate; these marks of desolation shall be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the land.

2. That God's mouth having commanded this direful muster his Spirit shall gather them, as the creatures by instinct were gathered to Adam to be named and to Noah to be housed. What God's word has appointed his Spirit will effect and bring about, for no word of God shall fall to the ground. The word of God's promise shall in like manner be accomplished by the operations of the Spirit.

3. That there is an exact order and proportion observed in the accomplishment of this threatening: He has cast the lot for these birds and beasts, so that each one shall know his place as readily as if it were marked by line. See the like, Joel 2:7, 8, They shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another. The soothsayers among the heathen foretold events by the flight of birds, as if the fate of men depended on them. But here we find that the flight of birds is under the direction of the God of Israel: he has cast the lot for them.

4. That the desolation shall be perpetual: They shall possess it for ever. God's Jerusalem may be laid in ruins; but Jerusalem of old recovered itself out of its ruins, till it gave place to the gospel Jerusalem, which may be brought low, but shall be rebuilt, and shall continue till it give place to the heavenly Jerusalem. But the enemies of the church shall be for ever desolate, shall be punished with an everlasting destruction.

 

The Joy of the Redeemed

Isa 35:5-6 LSB - 

[5] Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, 

And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. 

[6] Then the lame will leap like a deer, 

And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. 

For waters will break forth in the wilderness 

And streams in the Arabah.

Mat 11:4-5 LSB - [4] And Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see: [5] [the] BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and [the] lame walk, [the] lepers are cleansed and [the] deaf hear, [the] dead are raised up, and [the] POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.

Isa 35:8-10 LSB - 

[8] And a roadway will be there, a highway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not pass by on it, But it [will] be for him who walks [in that] way, And ignorant fools will not wander [on it]. 

[9] No lion will be there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk [there], 

[10] And the ransomed of Yahweh will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting gladness upon their heads. They will attain delight and gladness, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. 

Sennacherib Invades Judah

Isa 36:1 LSB - [1] Now it happened in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.

Isaiah 31-33 - Every Morning

Woe to Those Who Go down to Egypt

Isa 31:1 LSB - [1] Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help 

[And] rely on horses, 

And trust in chariots because they are many 

And in horsemen because they are very mighty, 

But they do not have regard for the Holy One of Israel, nor seek Yahweh!

A King Will Reign Righteously

Isa 32:15 LSB - [15] Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, 

And the wilderness becomes a fruitful orchard, 

And the fruitful orchard is counted as a forest.

The King in His Beauty

Isa 33:2 LSB - 

[2] O Yahweh, be gracious to us; we have hoped in You. 

Be their strength every morning, 

Our salvation also in the time of distress.

Isa 33:2 ESV - 

[2] O LORD, be gracious to us; we wait for you. 

Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

Psa 143:8 LSB - 

[8] Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; 

For I trust in You; 

Cause me to know the way in which I should walk; 

For to You I lift up my soul.

Lam 3:22-23 LSB - [22] HETH
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.
[23] [They] are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Isa 33:14 LSB -
[14] Sinners in Zion are in dread;
Trembling has seized the godless.
"Who among us can sojourn with the consuming fire?
Who among us can sojourn with continual burning?"

Isa 33:22 LSB -
[22] For Yahweh is our judge,
Yahweh is our lawgiver,
Yahweh is our king;
He will save us--

Isa 33:24 LSB - [24] And no one who dwells [there] will say, "I am sick";
The people who inhabit there will be forgiven [their] iniquity.

Isaiah 28-30 - Your Eyes Will See Your Teacher

Woe to Ephraim

Isa 28:9 LSB - 

[9] "Whom would He instruct in knowledge, 

And whom would He provide understanding about the report? 

Those [just] weaned from milk? 

Those [just] taken from the breast?

A Cornerstone in Zion

Isa 28:16 LSB - 

[16] Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh, 

"Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, 

A costly cornerstone [for] the foundation, firmly placed. 

He who believes [in it] will not be disturbed.

Psa 118:22 LSB - [22] The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner [stone].

Luk 20:17-18 LSB - 

[17] But when Jesus looked at them, He said, "What then is this that is written: 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNER [stone]'? 

[18] "Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust."

Act 4:11-12 LSB - 

[11] "He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, [but] WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER [stone]. 

[12] "And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved."

1Pe 2:6-8 LSB - 

[6] For [this] is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER [stone], AND HE WHO BELIEVES UPON HIM WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME." 

[7] This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNER [stone]," 

[8] and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE." They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this [stumbling] they were also appointed.

Isa 28:21 LSB - [21] For Yahweh will rise up as [at] Mount Perazim; He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, To work His work, His unusual work, And to labor in His labor, His exceptional labor.

Woe to Ariel

Isa 29:13-14 LSB - 

[13] Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with their mouth 

And honor Me with their lips, 

But they remove their hearts far from Me, 

And their fear of Me is [in the] command of men learned [by rote], 

[14] Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; 

And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, 

And the discernment of their discerning men will be hidden."

Isa 29:16 LSB - [16] You turn [things] around! 

Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, 

That what is made would say to its maker, 

"He did not make me"; 

Or what is formed say to him who formed it, 

"He has no understanding"?

The Afflicted Will Rejoice

Isa 29:23-24 LSB - [23] But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob And will stand trembling [before] the God of Israel. 

[24] "Those who err in spirit will know discernment, And those who criticize will gain learning.

Alliance with Egypt Condemned

Isa 30:15 LSB - [15] For thus Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, has said, "In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your might." But you were not willing,

Yahweh Is Gracious and Just

Isa 30:18 LSB - [18] Therefore Yahweh waits [with longing] to be gracious to you, And therefore He is on high to have compassion on you. For Yahweh is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Isa 30:20-21 LSB - [20] The Lord has given you bread of distress and water of oppression; 

[He], your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher. 

[21] And your ears will hear a word behind you, 

"This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

Isaiah 25-27

Yahweh Will Swallow Up Death

Isa 25:7-8 LSB - [7] And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations. [8] He will swallow up death for all time, And Lord Yahweh will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For Yahweh has spoken.

Yahweh Will Establish Peace

Isa 26:4 LSB - [4] "Trust in Yahweh forever, 

For in Yah--Yahweh [Himself]--[we have] an everlasting Rock.

Isa 26:8 LSB - [8] Indeed, [while following] the way of Your judgments, O Yahweh, 

We have hoped for You eagerly; 

Your name--the memory of You--is the desire of [our] souls.

Yahweh Will Deliver Israel

Isa 27:1 LSB - [1] In that day Yahweh will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who [lives] in the sea.

Isa 27:2-3 LSB - [2] In that day, "A vineyard of delight, sing of it! 

[3] "I, Yahweh, am its keeper; I water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I keep it night and day.

Isa 27:12-13 LSB - [12] And it will be in that day, [that] Yahweh will start [His] threshing from the flowing stream of the River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. [13] And it will be in that day, [that] a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were banished in the land of Egypt will come and worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

Isaiah 22-24

An Oracle Concerning the Valley of Vision

Isa 22:11 LSB - [11] And you made a reservoir between the two walls 

For the waters of the old pool. 

But you did not look to Him who made it, 

Nor did you see Him who formed it long ago.

Isa 22:13 LSB - [13] Instead, behold, [there is] joy and gladness, 

Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, 

Eating of meat and drinking of wine: 

"Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die."

1Co 15:32 LSB - [32] If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE.

Isa 22:22 LSB - [22] "Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open.

Rev 3:7 LSB - [7] "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: This is what He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says:

 

An Oracle Concerning Tyre

Isa 23:17-18 LSB - [17] And it will be at the end of seventy years that Yahweh will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot's wages and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. [18] And her gain and her harlot's wages will be set apart to Yahweh; it will not be treasured up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who inhabit the presence of Yahweh.

Yahweh Will Empty the Earth

Isa 24:1 LSB - [1] Behold, Yahweh empties the earth to destruction, eviscerates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.

Isa 24:23 LSB - [23] Then the moon will be humiliated and the sun ashamed, For Yahweh of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And [His] glory will be before His elders.

Isaiah 19-21 - Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.

An Oracle Concerning Egypt

Isa 19:1 LSB - [1] The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, Yahweh is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will shake at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Yahweh Will Bless Egypt, Assyria, and Israel

Isa 19:20-22 LSB - 

[20] And it will become a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them. 

[21] Thus Yahweh will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make a vow to Yahweh and pay it. 

[22] And Yahweh will smite Egypt, smiting but healing; so they will return to Yahweh, and He will be moved by their entreaty and will heal them.

Isa 19:23-25 LSB - 

[23] In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians. 

[24] In that day Israel will be the third [party] with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 

[25] whom Yahweh of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."

The Fruits of Grace by Spurgeon

A Prophecy About Egypt and Ethiopia

Isa 20:5-6 LSB - 

[5] "Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Ethiopia their hope and Egypt their boast. 

[6] "So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, 'Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?'"

Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon

Isa 21:9 LSB - [9] "Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one answered and said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the graven images of her gods are shattered on the ground."

Oracles Concerning Dumah and Arabia

Isa 21:16-17 LSB - [16] For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the glory of Kedar will end; [17] and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken."

Isaiah 16-18

An Oracle Concerning Moab

Isa 16:13-14 LSB - [13] This is the word which Yahweh spoke earlier concerning Moab. [14] But now Yahweh speaks, saying, "Within three years, as a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be dishonored along with all [his] great population, and [his] remnant will be very small [and] not mighty."

An Oracle Concerning Damascus

Isa 17:7-8 LSB - [7] In that day man will have regard for his Maker And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. [8] He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands, Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made, Even the Asherim and incense stands.

A Message to Ethiopia

Isa 18:5 LSB - [5] For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove [and] cut away the spreading branches.

Isaiah 13-15

An Oracle Concerning Babylon

Isa 13:17 LSB - [17] Behold, I am going to awaken the Medes against them, Who will not think about silver or take pleasure in gold.

Israel’s Restoration and Dominion

Isa 14:4-5 LSB - [4] that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the taskmaster has ceased, [And how] fury has ceased! [5] "Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers

Isa 14:12-15 LSB - 

[12] "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! 

[13] "But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 

[14] 'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.' 

[15] "Nevertheless you will be brought down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.

Yahweh’s Plan to Break Assyrian Rule

An Oracle Concerning Philistia

An Oracle Concerning Moab

Isa 15:5 LSB - [5] My heart cries out for Moab; Those who flee [from] her are as far as Zoar [and] Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they keep awake with crying in distress over [their] destruction.