Isaiah 32:1-20 Mourning the Good Times of the Past

 

Mourning the Good Times of the Past

Isaiah 32:1-20                              The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Look,] a king shall [rule with] righteousness & princes shall rule [with justice.] And a man shall be [like] a hiding place, [a.k.a. a refuge,] from the wind & a [shelter] from the [mighty storms, like] rivers of water in a dry place & [like] the [shade] of a [large] rock, in a weary land.

And the eyes of [those, who] see, shall not be dim. And the ears of [those, who] hear, shall [listen.] Also, the heart of the [impulsive,] shall understand knowledge. And the tongue of stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

The [disgusting] person shall no [longer] be called [open minded,] nor the [miser be] said to be [generous.] For the [disgusting] will speak [what is evil] & his heart will work [sinfully,] to practice hypocrisy & to [totally lead astray] [others] against the Lord, to make the soul of the hungry, empty & he will cause the [water to] drink of the thirsty, to fail.

The [schemes] of the [miser] are also evil. He devises wicked [plots] to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speak [what is] right. But the [open minded] devise [nobel] things & by [generous] things, he shall stand.

Rise up you women, [who] are at ease & hear My voice, you careless daughters. [Lend] your ear to My [words I speak.] You shall be troubled many days & years, you carless women: for the [crop of grapes] shall fail & the [harvest] gathering shall not [happen.]

Tremble you women, [who] are at ease. Be troubled, you careless ones. Strip [yourselves] & make [yourselves] bare & [clothe] your [waist] with sackcloth. They shall mourn for the pleasant fields & for the fruitful vine & shall [strike their chest.]

[Luke 18:13 And the publican, [a.k.a. tax collector,] standing [far away,] wouldn't so much as lift up his eyes to heaven, but [struck] upon his [chest,] saying, God, be merciful to me, a sinner.]

Upon the land of My people, thorns & [sticker bushes] shall come up. [Yes,] upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. [Isaiah 5:6-7 And I will lay it [to] waste. It shall not be pruned, nor [dug in,] but [sticker patches] & thorns shall come up there.

I will also command the clouds, [so] that they [don't] rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts, is the house of Israel & the men of Judah, [are] His pleasant plant. And He looked for [justice,] but [saw] oppression & [looked] for righteousness, but [witnessed an outcry.]

The multitude of the city shall be left, because the palaces are [abandoned.] The forts & towers shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild [donkeys] & a pasture of flocks, until the Spirit [is] poured upon us from on high & the wilderness [becomes] a fruitful field & the fruitful field [is considered as] a forest.

Then, [justice] shall dwell in the wilderness & righteousness [shall] remain in the fruitful field. And the work of [righteous,] shall be [peaceful] & quietness & assurance forever [is the outcome] of righteousness.

And when it shall hail, coming down [in] the forest & the city shall be in a low [valley,] My people shall dwell in [secure] dwellings & in [peaceful] resting places. Blessed are you, [who] sow [seeds] beside all waters & send out the feet of the ox & the [mule there.]

Isaiah 31:1-9 Distress for Those Who Go to Egypt for Help

 

Distress for Those Who Go to Egypt for Help

Isaiah 31:1-9                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Distress for those, who] go down to Egypt for help & [rely] on horses & trust in chariots & horsemen, because they are many & are very strong. But they [don't] look to the Holy one of Israel & neither [do they] seek the Lord!

[Isaiah 8:18-19 *[Look,] the children & I, whom the Lord has given me are for signs & for wonders in Israel, from the Lord of Hosts, [Who] dwells in Mount Zion. And when they shall say to you, Seek to [those who] have familiar spirits, [a.k.a. speaking with the dead] & to wizards that peep & [whisper,] shouldn’t a people seek to their God? For the Living, [not] to the dead?]

He is yet also wise & will bring [disaster] & won't [withdraw] His Words: but will arise against the house of the [those who do evil] & against the help of [those, who] work [sinfully.] [Jeremiah 4:2-5 And you shall swear, the Lord lives in: Truth, [Justice] & in Righteousness.

And the nations shall bless themselves in Him & they shall [boast] in Him. For the Lord says [this] to the men of Judah & Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground & don't sow [seeds] among thorns.

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord & take away the foreskins [covering] your heart, you men of Judah & [residents] of Jerusalem: lest My fury [comes out] like fire & [burns, so] that none can [put it out,] because of the evil of your [actions.]

You in Judah declare & [proclaim it] in Jerusalem & say, You, [who] blow the trumpet in the land: cry [out] & gather together & say, Assemble yourselves & let us go into the [fortified] cities.]

Now, the Egyptians are [only] men & not God. And their horses are flesh & not Spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out His hand, both he, [who] helps shall fall & he, [who] is [helped] shall fall together.

For the Lord has spoken [this] to me, Like the lion & young lion roaring [over] his prey, when a multitude of shepherds [are] called [out] against [the lion,] he won't be afraid of their voice, nor [humble] himself for the [sound] of them. So, shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion & for the hill [of it.]

[Like] flying birds, so will the Lord of Hosts [swoop down to] defend Jerusalem & [in] defending, He will also deliver it & passing over, He will [safeguard] it. You, children [people] of Israel, [who] have deeply revolted, [return] to Him. For [on] that day, every man shall [throw] away his idols of silver & idols of gold, [that] your own hands have made [for yourselves] for a sin.

Then, shall the Assyrian [be struck down by] the sword, not [by] a mean [or] mighty man & shall [defeat] him: but he shall flee from the sword & his young men shall be [ashamed.]

[2 Kings 19:34-35 For I will defend this city, to save it for [My] Own sake & for My servant, David's sake. And it [happened,] that night, that the Angel of the Lord went out & [struck] the camp of 185,000 Assyrians. And when [the Israelites] arose early in the morning, [saw,] they were all dead corpses.]

The Lord, Whose fire is in Zion & His furnace in Jerusalem says, And he shall pass over to his [fortified] city for fear & his princes shall be afraid of the [banner.] [Isaiah 37:37-38 So king Sennacherib of Assyria departed, went & returned & dwelt in Nineveh.

And it [happened,] as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch, his god, that Adrammelech & Sharezer, his sons, [struck] him with the sword & they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar Haddon, his son, [ruled] in his [place.]

Isaiah 30:1-33 Distress for the Rebellious Children Who Take Counsel of False gods

 

Distress for the Rebellious Children Who Take Counsel of False gods

Isaiah 30:1-33                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Distress for] the rebellious children [people,] says the Lord, that [get advice,] but not [from] Me & [who seek for protection,] [like a] cover, but not of My Spirit, [so] that they may add sin to sin.

[Isaiah 29:15 [Distress for those who search] deep to hide their [advice] from the Lord & their [deeds] are [hidden] in the dark & they say, Who sees us? And Who knows us?]

That walk to go down into Egypt, to strengthen themselves in [Pharaoh's] strength & to trust in the [shade] of Egypt, [but] haven't asked [for a response from] My Mouth! Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame & the trust in the [shade] of Egypt, [shall be] your confusion.

[Isaiah 31:1 [Distress for those who] go down to Egypt for help & [rely] on horses & trust in chariots & horsemen, because [there] are many & they are very strong. But they [don't] look to the Holy One of Israel, neither [do they] seek the Lord!]

[Hane's] ambassadors came to [him] & his princes were [in] Zoan. They were all ashamed of a people, [who] couldn't [benefit] them, nor be [of] help, nor profit, but a shame & also a [disgrace.] [Isaiah 19:11 Surely, the princes of Zoan are fools. The counsel of the wise & [Pharaoh’s] counselors [have] become [foolish.] How [do] you say to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the sons of ancient kings?]

The [vision] of the beasts of the south: into a land of trouble & anguish, from [where] the young & old [lions] come, the [cobra] & the fiery, flying serpent & they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young [mules] & their treasures upon the [haunches] of camels, to a people, [who] shall not [benefit] them.

[Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out & that old serpent, called the Devil & Satan, which deceives the whole world. He was cast out into the earth & his angels were cast out with him.]

For the Egyptians shall help in vain & [be ineffective.] Therefore, I have cried [out about] this. Their strength is to sit still. Now, go & write it [in front of] them in a [tablet] & note it in a book, [so] it may be for the time to come, forever & ever, that this is a rebellious people, lying children.

Children [people, who] won't hear the Law of the Lord.  [Habakkuk 2:2-3 And the Lord answered me & said, Write the vision & make it plain upon [tablets, so] he, [who] reads it may run. For the vision is [still] for an appointed time, but at the end it shall [tell] & not lie [still:] though it [delays,] wait for it; because it will surely [happen,] it won't [linger.]

[Who] say to the seer, [Don't] see & to the prophets, [Don't] prophesy to us [righteous] things. Speak to us [pleasant] things & prophesy [what is deceit.] You, get out of the [road] & turn & [go astray] out of the path. And [let us no longer hear of] the Holy One of Israel before us.

[For this reason, the Holy One of Israel says [this,] Because you despise this Word & trust in oppression & [wickedness] & [rely on them;] Therefore, this [sin] shall be to you [like a split extending in] a high wall, ready to fall, whose breaking comes suddenly, [in] an instant.

And He shall break it, [like] the breaking of the potter's [hardened clay] vessel that is broken in pieces. He shall not spare: so that there shall not be found a [sharp] shard [from its] bursting, to take fire from the [fireplace] hearth [like with a scoop.]

Or to take water out of the [well with it.] For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, says [this;] You shall be saved, in returning & rest. Your strength shall be in quietness & in confidence, [but] you wouldn't [do this.]

[Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you, [who] kill the prophets & stone [those who] are sent to you. How often I would have gathered your children together, even [like] a hen gathers her chickens under her wings & you would not! [Watch,] your house is left to you desolate [& empty.]

But you said, No; for we will flee & ride upon swift horses. Therefore, [those who] pursue you shall be swift. 1,000 shall flee at the [scolding] of 1. At the [scolding] of 5, you shall flee: [until] you [are] left [alone] like a beacon, [a.k.a. lamp,] on top of a mountain, [like] a [flag] on a hill.

And therefore, the Lord will wait, [so] that He may be gracious to you. And therefore, He will be exalted, [so] that He may have mercy upon you. For the Lord is a God of [justice.] Blessed are all [those who] wait for Him. [Revelation 3:19-21 I [reprimand] & chastise, as many as I love.

Therefore, be zealous & repent. [Watch,] I stand at the door & knock. If any man [hears] My voice & [opens] the door, I will come in to him & will [dine] with him & he with Me. To him, [who] overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me [on] My throne, even [like] I also overcame & am [sitting] down with My Father, [on] His throne.]

For the people shall dwell [at] Zion [in] Jerusalem. You shall no [longer] weep. He will be very gracious to you, at the [sound] of your [out] cry & when he shall hear it, He will answer you. And though the Lord [gives] you the bread of adversity & the water of affliction, [still,] your teachers [of faith,] shall not be removed into a corner anymore.

But your eyes shall see your teachers & your ears shall hear a word behind you, when you turn to the right hand [side] or you turn to the left, saying, This is the [path,] you, walk in it. You shall also defile the silver [coating] of your [carved] images & the gold ornament of your [molded] images. You shall [throw] them away, [like a monthly cycle pad.] You shall say to it, You [get away from here.]

Then, He shall [again] give the rain [for] your seed, [so] that you shall sow the ground [with it;] & [for] the bread of the [produce] of the earth & it shall be [rich & plentiful.] [On] that day, your [livestock] shall feed in large pastures. [Also,] the oxen & the young [donkeys,] that [plow] the ground, shall eat clean [fodder,] which has been [separated] with the fan & the shovel.

And upon every high mountain & every high hill, there shall be rivers & streams of waters [on] the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. [Luke 13:1-5 At that [time,] there were some, [who] told Him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had [mixed] with their sacrifices. And Jesus [answered] & said to them, [Do] you supposed these Galileans [were worse] sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

I tell you, No; but, [unless] you repent, you shall all [also] perish. Or those 18, upon whom the Tower in Siloam fell & [killed] them, [do] you think they were [worse] sinners above all men, [who] dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, No; but [unless] you repent, you shall all likewise perish.]

[Additionally,] the light of the moon shall be [like] the light of the sun. [Revelation 21:22-23 And I saw no temple [there:] for the Lord God Almighty & the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun & neither the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God [lightened] it & the Lamb is the light [of it.]

And the light of the sun shall be 7 [times as much,] as the light of 7 days, [on] the day that the Lord [bandages] up the [wound] of His people & heals the [whip marks] of their wound. [Isaiah 53:3-5 He is despised & rejected [by] men; a Man of sorrows & acquainted with grief.

And we hid, [like] it were our faces from Him. He was despised & we [didn't hold] Him [in high regard.] Surely, He has borne our griefs & carried our sorrows, [still] we did not [respect] Him, [suffering, struck] & afflicted [by] God. But He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our [sins] & with His [whip] stripes, we are healed.]

[Watch,] the Name of the Lord comes from far, burning with His anger & [its] burden is heavy. His lips are full of indignation & His tongue, [is like] a devouring fire.

[Revelation 14:9-10 And the 3rd Angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man [worships] the beast & his image & [receives] his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the [fury] of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation & he shall be tormented with fire & brimstone, in the presence of the holy Angels & in the presence of the Lamb.]

And His breath, [like] an overflowing stream, shall reach to the [middle] of the neck, to sift the nations with the [strainer] of vanity. And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to [go astray.]

[Isaiah 11:4 But the [righteous] shall judge the poor & [repay] with equity, for the [humble] of the earth. And He shall [strike] the earth with the rod of His mouth & He shall slay the wicked, with the breath of His lips.]

You shall have a song, [like on] the night when a holy [solemn feast] is kept & gladness of heart, [like] when [someone] goes into the mountain of the Lord with a [flute] to the Mighty One of Israel. And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard & shall [sling] the lightning down [from] His arm, with the indignation of His anger, the flame of devouring fire, with tempest & with scattering hailstones.

For through the [Lord's] voice, the Assyrian, [who struck] with a rod, shall be beaten down. And there shall be [tambourines] & harps, in every place where the staff [of correction] shall pass, [that] the Lord shall lay upon him. He will fight with [the Assyrians] in battles with [much trembling.]

For Tophet, [a.k.a. The Valley of Hinnom, also Topheth,] is [appointed,] of old, for much wood is prepared for [its] king & the pile [of it,] He has made it deep & large & the [Lord's] breath will kindle it, like a stream of brimstone.

[2 Kings 23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the children [people] of Hinnom, [so] that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.]

Isaiah 29:1-24 Distress for Ariel, the City Where David Dwelt

 

Distress for Ariel, the City Where David Dwelt

Isaiah 29:1-24                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Distress for] Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] Let them kill & add [up animals for] sacrifices year [by] year. [Still,] I will distress Ariel & there shall be [heavy hearts] & sorrow. And it shall be [like] Ariel [is] to Me.

And I will [surround] you & camp against you. I will [wage war] against you with [an embankment] & I will raise forts against you. And you shall be brought down & shall speak out of the ground.

Your [voice] shall be low, [muffled like a] whisper, out of the [dirt] & your voice shall be, [like someone, who] has a familiar spirit, [a.k.a. someone who contacts the dead.]

[Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say to you, Seek to [those who] have a familiar spirits & to wizards that [whisper] & mutter, shouldn't a people seek to their God? For the Living, [not] to the dead?]

[Also,] the multitude of your [foreigners] shall be like [fine] dust & the multitude of the [ruthless] ones shall be [like stubble,] that passes away suddenly, [in] an instant. You shall be [punished] by the Lord of Hosts with: thunder, an earthquake, [loud] noise, storm, tempest & [a] flame of devouring fire.

[Isaiah 30:30 And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard & shall [sling] the lightning down [from] His arm, with the indignation of His anger & with the flame of devouring fire, tempest & scattering hailstones.]

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even against her [armory of weapons] & distress her, shall be [like] a vision [in] a dream [at] night. It shall even be [like] when a hungry man dreams [that] he eats, but [when] he [wakes up,] his [stomach] is empty.

Or [like] when a thirsty man dreams [that] he drinks; but when he [wakes up,] he is faint & his [stomach still] has [an] appetite. So shall the multitude of the nations be, [who] fight against Mount Zion. [Stop] yourselves & wonder. You cry out & [weep.]

They are [drunk,] but not with wine. They stagger, but not with strong drink. [Isaiah 5:22-23 [Distress for those who] are mighty & drink wine & men of strength & [mix] strong [drinks.] Who justify the wicked for reward, [a.k.a. bribes] & take [away] the [rights] of the righteous away from him!]

For the Lord has poured out the spirit of deep sleep upon you & has closed your eyes. He has covered [the eyes of] the prophets, your rulers & the seers. [Isaiah 6:9-10 *And He said, Go & tell this people, You indeed hear, but [don't] understand. You indeed see, but don't [recognize.]

*Make the heart of this people fat & make their ears heavy & shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes & hear with their ears & understand with their heart & convert & be healed.]

And the vision of all [has] become to you, [like] the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to [someone, who is educated,] saying, I pray [that] you read this. And he says, I can't; [because] it's sealed. And the book is delivered to him, [who isn't educated,] saying, I pray [that] you read this & he says, I'm not [educated.]

*[For this reason,] the Lord said, [Since] this people draw near Me with their mouth & honor Me with their lips, but have removed their heart far from Me & their fear [respect] toward Me is taught by the precept, [a.k.a. commandment] of men.

Therefore, [watch,] I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people. Even a marvelous work & a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish & the understanding of their [sensible] men shall be [hidden.]

[Distress for those who search] deep to hide their [advice] from the Lord & their [deeds] are [hidden] in the dark & they say, Who sees us? And Who knows us? Surely, your turning things [topsy-turvy,] shall be [regarded like] the potter's clay. For shall the work say of him, [who] made it, He [didn't make] me?

Or shall the thing [formed] say of him, [who formed] it, He had no understanding? [Romans 9:20-21 [No,] but who are you, O man, who rebels] against God? Shall the thing formed say to him, [Who] formed it, Why have You made Me [like this?] Hasn't the potter power over the same lump of clay, to make one vessel to honor & another to dishonor?]

Isn't it [still] a very [short time until] Lebanon shall be [returned] into a fruitful field & a fruitful field, shall be [regarded like] a forest? And [on] that day, the deaf shall hear the words of the book & the eyes of the blind shall see, out of [blurriness] & darkness.

The [humble] shall also increase their joy in the Lord & the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. [Isaiah 11:4 But He shall judge the poor with righteousness & [repay] with equity for the [humble] of the earth. And He shall [strike] the earth with the rod of His mouth & with the breath of His lips, He shall slay the wicked.]

For the [ruthless] one is brought to [nothing] & [person who looks down on others] is [devoured.]  And all [those who] watch for [what is sinful,] are cut off. [Proverbs 14:22 Don't they err [who] devise evil? But mercy & truth shall be to [those who] devise good.]

[Those err] that [with] a word, make a man an offender. [Deuteronomy 19:18-19 And the judges shall diligently [investigate] & [see] if the witness [is] a false witness & has testified falsely against his brother; then you shall do to him, [like] he thought to have done to his brother.  [Like this,] you shall put the evil away from among you.]

And [those who put a trap] for him [who pleads his case] in the gate & turns aside the [person who has a] just [case,] for a thing [that is nothing at all.] [Amos 5:11-12 Therefore, [since] your [trampling] is upon the poor & you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of [cut] stone, but you shall not [live] in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine [from] them. For I know your [multitude] of transgressions & your mighty sins. They afflict the just & they take a bribe & they turn aside the [rights of] the poor, from [them,] in the gate.]

Therefore, the Lord, Who redeemed Abraham, says [this related] to the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] Jacob shall not be ashamed now, neither shall his face [grow] pale now. But when he sees his children, the work of [My] hands, in the midst of [Israel,] they shall sanctify My Name & sanctify the Holy One of Jacob & shall fear [respect] the God of Israel.

[Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus [for] good works, which God has before ordained, that we should [follow] in them.] [Those who] also erred in spirit, shall come to [know] understanding & [those who grumbled] shall learn doctrine.