Isaiah 53:1-12 Who Has Believed Our Report About Jesus?

 

Who Has Believed Our Report About Jesus?

Isaiah 53:1-12                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

*Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? [John 12:36-38 While you have Light, believe in the Light, [so] that you may be the children of Light. These things Jesus [spoke] & departed & [hid] Himself from them.

But though He had done so many miracles before them, [still] they [didn’t] believe [in] Him. [So,] that the saying of [Isaiah,] the prophet might be fulfilled, [that] he spoke, *Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?]

For He shall grow up before Him, [like] a tender plant & [like] a root out of a dry ground. He has no [pleasant] form, nor [attractiveness.] And when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.

[Isaiah 11:1-2 *And there shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse & a Branch shall grow out of his roots. *And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of: wisdom & understanding, the Spirit of counsel & might, the Spirit of knowledge & of the fear [respect] of the Lord.]

*He is despised & rejected [by] men. A man of sorrows & acquainted with grief & 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 [didn’t respect] Him, [suffering, struck] & afflicted [by] God. [Hebrews 5:8-9 [Although] He were a Son, [still] He learned obedience by the things [that] He suffered. And being made perfect, He became the Author of Eternal Salvation to all [who] obey Him.]

*But He was wounded for our [sins] & He was bruised for our iniquities. The [discipline for] our peace was upon Him. And with His stripes, we are healed. [Mark 15:15 And so Pilate, willing to [satisfy] the people, released Barabbas to them & when he had scourged, [a.k.a. whipped,] Him, delivered Jesus to be crucified.]

*All we, like sheep, have gone astray. We have, everyone turned to his own way & the Lord has laid on Him the [sin] of us all. *He was oppressed & He was afflicted, yet He [didn’t] open His mouth. [Luke 23:9 *Then he, [a.k.a. Herod,] questioned Him with many words; but He answered him nothing.]

He is brought [like] a lamb to the slaughter & [like] a sheep [in front of] her shearers is [mute,] so He [didn’t] open His mouth. *He was taken from prison & from [justice.] And who shall declare His generation? For He was cut off, out of the land of the living. For He was struck for the [sins] of My people. [Mark 15:17-20 And they clothed Him with purple & [wove] a crown of thorns & put it [around] His head & began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!

*And they [struck] Him on the head with a reed & spit upon Him. And bowing their knees, worshiped Him. And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him & put His own clothes on Him & led Him out to crucify Him.]

*And He made His grave with the wicked & with the rich in His death. [Matthew 27:59-60 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth & *laid it in his own new tomb, [that] he had [cut] out in the rock. And he rolled a [large rock] to the door of the [tomb] & [left.]

Because He had done no violence & neither was there any deceit in His mouth. [John 19:4-6 Therefore, Pilate went [out] again & said to them, [Look,] I bring Him [out] to you, [so] that you may know that I find no fault in Him. Then, Jesus came [out,] wearing the crown of thorns & the purple robe.

And Pilate said to them, Behold the Man! Therefore, when the chief priests & officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him. Pilate said to them, You take Him & crucify Him: for I find no fault in Him.]

*Yet, it pleased the Lord to bruise Him. He had put Him to grief. When You shall make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed & He shall prolong His days & the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.

[Luke 24:45-48 Then, He opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures & said to them, Thus it is written & thus it [was beneficial] for Christ to suffer & to rise from the dead the 3rd day. [So] that repentance & remission of sins should be preached in His Name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.]

*He shall see the travail of His soul & shall be satisfied. [1 John 2:1-2 My little children, I write these things to you [so] you [don’t] sin. And if any man [sins,] we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous. And He is the [atonement] for our sins. And not for our’s only, but also for the sins of the whole world.]

By His knowledge, shall My Righteous Servant justify many: for He shall bear their [sins.] [Acts 13:37-39 But He, Whom God raised again, saw no corruption, [a.k.a. rotting or decaying.] Therefore, be it known to you, men & brethren, that through this Man: is preached forgiveness of sins to you. And by Him, all, [who] believe are justified from all things, from which you couldn’t be justified by the Law of Moses.]

*Therefore, I will divide Him a portion with the great & He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He has poured out His soul, [even] unto death. And He was numbered with the transgressors. [Luke 23:32-34 *And there were also 2 others, [criminals,] led with Him to the place, which is called Calvary.

There, they crucified Him & the [criminals] one on the right hand & the other on the left. Then, Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted His [clothing] & cast lots.]

And He [bore] the sin for many & made intercession for the [sinners.] [John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that [whoever] believes in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God [didn’t send] His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. For he, [who] believes [in] Him isn’t condemned. But he, [who doesn’t] believe is already condemned, because he hasn’t believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God.]

Isaiah 52:1-15 The Lord Says, You Have Sold Yourselves for Nothing & Shall be Redeemed Without Money

 

The Lord Says, You Have Sold Yourselves for Nothing & Shall be Redeemed Without Money

Isaiah 52:1-15                               The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Awake, O Zion, awake & put on your strength. Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. [From now on,] the uncircumcised & the unclean shall no [longer] come into you. Loosen yourself from the [shackles around] your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Shake yourself from the [dirt,] arise & sit down, O Jerusalem. [Isaiah 10:27 And it shall [happen on] that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your neck & the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.]

For the Lord says [this,] You have sold yourselves for [nothing] & you shall be redeemed without money. For the Lord God, says [this,] My people went down [before this time,] into Egypt to [stay] there & the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

[Exodus 1:11-13 Therefore, they did [put] over them task masters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities: Pithom & Raamses, [a.k.a Ramses.] But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied & grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. And the Egyptians made the children [people] of Israel serve with rigor.]

The Lord says, Therefore, now, what [do] I have here, that My people [are] taken away for [nothing?] [Those who] rule over them, make them howl, says the Lord & My Name is continually blasphemed every day. [Ezekiel 36:23-25 And I will sanctify My great Name, [that] was profaned among the heathen, which you have profaned in the midst of them.

And the heathen shall know that I Am the Lord, when I shall be sanctified [through] you before their eyes, says the Lord God. For I will take you from among the heathen & gather you out of all countries & will bring you into your own land. Then, I will sprinkle clean water upon you & you shall be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness & from all your idols.]

Therefore, My people shall know My Name & they shall know [on] that day, that I Am He, [Who speaks.] [See,] it is I. How beautiful on the mountains, are the feet of him, [who] brings good [news] & [declares] peace. [Who] brings good [news] of good & [Who] [proclaims] Salvation.

[Isaiah 40:9-11 O Zion, [that] brings good [news,] get [yourselves] up into the high mountain. O Jerusalem, [that] brings good [news,] lift up your [voices] with strength. Lift it up & [don’t] be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, [See] your God! [Look,] the Lord God will come with [a] strong hand & His arm shall rule for Him.

[See,] His reward is with Him & His work is [in front of] Him. *He shall feed His flock like a Shepherd. He shall gather the lambs with His arm & carry them [against] His [chest] & shall gently lead those [who] are with young.]

[Who] says to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] Your God [rules!] Your [guards] shall lift up [their voices] & they shall sing with [their voices] together. For they shall see [face] to [face,] when the Lord shall bring Zion [back] again. Break [out] into joy & sing together, you waste [lands] of Jerusalem.

For the Lord has comforted His people & He has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has made His holy arm bare in the eyes of all nations. And all the ends of the earth shall see the Salvation of our God. Depart you & you go out from there. Depart you & [don't] touch [any] unclean thing.

[Revelation 18:4-5  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, [so] that you [aren’t participants] of her sins & [so] that you [don’t] receive [any] of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven & God has remembered her iniquities.]

Be clean, you [who] go out of the midst of her & [carry] the [Lord's] vessels. For you shall not go out [in a hurry,] nor by [fleeing:] for the Lord will go [in front of] you. And the God of Israel will be your [rear guard.] [Look,] My Servant shall [behave wisely] & He shall be exalted & [praised] & be very high.

*[Like] many were [astonished] at You, His [appearance] was marred more than any man & His [image,] more than the sons of men. [Isaiah 53:2-5 *For He shall grow up before Him [like] a tender plant & [like] a root out of dry ground. He has no [pleasant] form, nor [attractiveness.]

And when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. *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 grief & carried our sorrows, yet we [didn't respect] Him, [suffering, struck] & afflicted [by] God. *But He was wounded for our [sins] & He was bruised for our iniquities. The [discipline for] our peace was upon Him. And with His stripes, we are healed.]

So, He shall sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at Him. For they shall see, [what] hadn't been told [to] them. And they shall [ponder, what] they hadn't heard.

[1 Peter 1:2 According to the [previous] knowledge of God the Father, through the sanctification of the Spirit & [through] obedience & sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace [be] to you, [Chosen] & [may your] peace be multiplied.]

Isaiah 51:1-23 The Lord God Says His Salvation is Forever

 

The Lord God Says His Salvation is Forever

Isaiah 51:1-23                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Pay attention] to Me, you, [who] seek the Lord & follow after righteousness. Look to the Rock [from which] you [were cut] & the hole of the pit, [which] you [have dug.] [Deuteronomy 32:15-16 But Jeshurun, [a.k.a. Israel, grew] fat & [rebelled.]

You [have grown] fat & you [have] grown thick, [calloused hearts] & you are covered with [plumpness.] Then he [abandoned] God, [Who] made him & lightly [respected] the Rock of his Salvation. They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked Him to anger with abominations.]

Look to Abraham, your [forefather] & to Sarah, [who bore] you. For I alone called him & blessed & increased him. [Genesis 26:4-5 And I will make your [descendants] to multiply [like] the stars of heaven.

And will give to your [descendants] all these countries. And all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in your seed, because Abraham obeyed My voice & kept My [order,] My commandments, My [mandates] & My Laws.]

For the Lord shall comfort Zion & He will comfort her waste [lands.] And He will make her wilderness like Eden & her desert like the [Lord's] garden. Joy & gladness & [giving thanks] & the [sound] of melody shall be found [there.]  [Listen,] to Me, My people & [lend] your ear to Me, O My nation.

For a Law shall [come] from Me & I shall make My [justice] for a Light to the rest of the people. [Isaiah 42:6 In righteousness, I, the Lord, have called You & will hold Your hand & will keep You. And will give You for a Covenant of the people & a Light for the Gentiles.]

My righteousness is [close] & My Salvation [has] gone [out.] And [My] arms shall judge the people. The [coastal islands] shall wait upon Me & they shall trust upon [My] arm.

[Isaiah 60:9 Surely the [coastal islands] shall wait for Me & the ships of Tarshish. First, to bring your sons from far [away] & their silver & gold with them, unto the Name of the Lord your God & to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.]

Lift up your eyes to the heavens & look upon the earth [below.] For the heavens shall vanish away like smoke & the earth shall [grow] old like a garment & [those who] dwell [there] shall die in [a similar] manner. But My Salvation shall not be abolished.

[Revelation 6:13-14 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even [like] a fig tree casts [its premature] figs, when she is shaken by a mighty wind. And the heaven departed [like] a scroll when it is rolled together. And every mountain & island were moved out of their places.]

[Pay attention] to Me, you, [who] know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My law. [Don't] fear the [disapproval] of men & neither be afraid of their [criticism.] For the moth shall eat them up [like] a garment & the worm shall eat them like wool.

But My righteousness shall be forever & My Salvation from generation to generation. [Wake up] & put on strength. Awake, awake, O arm of the Lord. Awake, [like] in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Aren't You [He, Who] has cut Rahab, [a.k.a. Egypt] & wounded the dragon?

[Psalm 74:12-14  For God is My King of old, working Salvation in the midst of the earth. You [divided] the sea by Your strength. You [broke] the heads of the dragons in the waters. You [broke] the heads of Leviathan in pieces & gave him to the people in the wilderness, to be [food.]

Aren't You, [He, Who] has dried [up] the sea, the waters of the great deep; [Who] has made a [road] in the depths of the sea, for the ransomed to pass over? [Isaiah 63:11-13 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses & his people, saying Where is He, [Who] brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock.? Where is He, [Who] put His Holy Spirit within [them?]

[Who] led them by the right hand of Moses with His glorious arm, dividing the water [in front of] them, to make Himself an everlasting Name? [Who] led them through the deep, [like] a horse in the wilderness, [so] that they shouldn't stumble?]

Therefore, the [Lord's] redeemed shall return & come with singing to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem.] And everlasting joy shall be upon their [minds, instead of:] sorrow & mourning, [that] shall flee away. They shall [receive] gladness & joy.

I, even I, Am He, [Who] comforts you. Who are you, that you should be afraid of a man, [who] shall die & of the son of man, [who] shall be made [like] grass? [Romans 8:31 Then, what shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who can be against us?]

And [do you] forget the Lord, your Maker, [Who] has stretched [out] the heavens & laid the foundations of the earth. And has feared continually everyday, because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?

[Psalm 106:21-22 They [forgot] God, their Savior, [Who] had done great things in Egypt; wondrous works in the land of Ham & [terribly awesome] things by the Red Sea.]

The [deported] captives [hurried, so] that he [could] be [loosened, so] he [wouldn't] die in the pit & [so] that his bread [wouldn't] fail. [Zechariah 9:11 As for you, by the blood of your covenant, I have also sent [forward] your prisoners out of the pit, [where there isn't any] water.]

But I Am the Lord your God, [Who] divided the sea, whose waves roared. The Lord of Hosts is His Name. [Exodus 14:26-28 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, [so] that the waters may [return] again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots & their horsemen.

And Moses stretched [out] his hand over the sea & the sea returned to [its] strength when the morning appeared. And the Egyptians fled against it & the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned & covered the chariots, the horsemen & all of [Pharaoh's army, who] came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained there.]

And I have put My words in your mouth & I have covered you in the shadow of [My] hand, [so] that I may [position] the heavens & lay the foundations of the earth & say to Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] You are My people. Awake, awake & stand up, O Jerusalem, [that] has drunk His cup of fury, at the hand of the Lord.

You have [drunk] the [scum] of the cup of trembling & wrung them out. [Isaiah 5:22-23 [Distress for those who] are mighty to drink wine & men of strength to [mix] strong [drinks who] justify the wicked for [bribes] & take away the [rights] from the righteous!]

There [are] none to guide her, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] among all the sons whom she has brought forth. Neither is there any of all the sons that she has brought up, [who] takes her by the hand. These 2 things: Desolation & Destruction and Famine & the Sword [have] come to you.

Who shall be sorry for you? By whom shall I comfort you. [Isaiah 47:9 But these 2 things shall [happen] to you in a moment [on] 1 day: the loss of children & widowhood. They shall [completely] come upon you for the multitude of your sorceries & for the great abundance of your enchantments.]

Your sons have fainted & they lie at the [top] of all the streets, [like] a wild [male antelope] in a net, they are full of the fury of the Lord & the [scolding] of your God. Therefore, now hear this you [drunk] & afflicted, but not with wine.

The Lord, your Lord & your God, [Who] pleads the [case] of His people, [says this, Look,] I have taken the cup of trembling out of your hand, even the [scum] of the cup of My fury. You shall no [longer] drink it again.

But I will put it into the hand of [those who] afflict you: [who] have said to your soul, [Bend] down [flat,] [so] that we may go over [you] & you have laid your body [down] [like] the ground & [like] the street, to [those who] went over [them.]

Isaiah 50:1-11 The Lord God Will Help Me

 

The Lord God Will Help Me

Isaiah 50:1-11                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Lord says [this,] Where is the [certificate] of your mother's [divorce,] whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? [Look,] you have sold yourselves for your [sins] & your mother is put away for your transgressions.

[Why,] when I came, wasn't there [any] man? When I called [out,] there [were] none to answer? Is My hand at all shortened, that it can't redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? [See,] at My [scolding,] I dry up the sea & I make rivers a wilderness. Their fish stink, because there is no water & [the fish] die for thirst.

[Psalm 106:7-11 Our [forefathers didn't understand] Your wonders in Egypt. Then [didn't remember] the multitude of Your mercies; but provoked Him at the sea, even at the Red Sea. [Still,] He saved them for His Name's sake, [so] that He might make His mighty power to be known.

He also [scolded] the Red Sea & it was dried up. So He led them through the depths, [like] through the wilderness. And He saved them from the hand of [those who] hated them & redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their enemies & there wasn't one of them left.]

I clothe the heavens with blackness & I make sackcloth their covering. [Exodus 10:21 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, [so] that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.]

The Lord God has given Me the tongue of the learned, [a.k.a. educated, so] that I should know how to speak a word [at the appropriate time,] to him, [who] is [tired.] He wakes morning by morning & He [awakens] My ear to hear, [like] the [educated.]

*The Lord God has opened [My] ear & I wasn't rebellious, neither [did I turn] away [My] back. *I gave My back to the [smitters, a.k.a people, who struck Him] & My cheeks to [those who] plucked off the hair. I [didn't hide] My face from shame & spitting.

[Mark 15:15-20 And so Pilate, willing to [satisfy] the people, released Barabas to them & when he had Him [whipped,] delivered Jesus, to be crucified. And the soldiers led Him away into the hall, called Praetorium & they [called] together the whole band.

And they clothed Him with purple & [wove] a crown of thorns & put it [around] His head & began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they [struck] Him on the head with a reed & did spit upon Him. And bowing their knees, they worshiped Him. And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him & led Him out to crucify Him.]

For the Lord God will help Me. Therefore I shall not be [overwhelmed.] Therefore, I have set My face like a flint & I know that I shall not be ashamed. He is near, [Who] justifies Me. Who will [argue] with Me? Let us stand together. Who is [My] adversary? Let him come near to Me. Who is he, [who] shall condemn Me?

[Look,] they all shall [grow] old [like] a garment. The moth shall eat them up. [Psalm 102:25-27 Of old, You have laid the foundation of the earth. And the heavens are the work of Your hands. They shall perish, but You shall endure. [Yes,] all of them shall [grow] old like a garment. You shall change them like a [robe] & they shall be changed. But You are the same & Your years have no end.]

Who is among you, [who] fears [respects] the Lord, that obeys the voice of His servant & [follows] in darkness & has no light? Let him trust in the Name of the Lord & stay [focused] upon his God.

[Watch,] you, [who start] a fire & [surround] yourselves with sparks. Walk in the light of your fire & in the sparks that you have kindled. [Psalm 16:4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied, that [hurry] after another god. I won't offer their drink offerings of [bloodshed,] nor take up their name into My lips.]

You shall have [this from My] hand & you shall lie down in sorrow.