Isaiah 60:1-22 Arise & Shine for Your Light Has Come

 

Arise & Shine for Your Light Has Come

Isaiah 60:1-22                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Arise & shine; for your Light [has] come & the glory of the Lord [has] risen upon you. [Ephesians 5:14 [For this reason, Isaiah] says, Awake, you [who] sleep & arise from the dead & Christ shall give you Light.]

For, [look,] the darkness shall cover the earth & [extreme] darkness [shall cover] the people. But the Lord shall arise upon you & His glory shall be seen upon you.

[Acts 10:37-41 That word, I say & you know, [that] was [proclaimed] throughout all Judaea & began from Galilee, after the baptism, [in] which John preached; How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, [a.k.a Holy Spirit] & with power.

Who went [around] doing good & healing all [who] were oppressed [by] the devil; for God was with Him. And we are witnesses of all things [that] He did, both in the land of the Jews & in Jerusalem.

Whom they slew & hanged on a [cross made of a] tree. *Him, God raised up the 3rd day & [showed] Him openly. Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before [by] God, even to us, who did eat & drink with Him, after He rose from the dead.]

*And the Gentiles shall come to Your Light & kings to the brightness of your rising. [Revelation 21:22-24 *And I saw no temple [in there:] for the Lord God Almighty & the Lamb are the temple of it. *And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it.

For the glory of God did lighten it & the Lamb is the Light [of it.] And the nations of [those who] are saved, shall walk in the light of it. And the kings of the earth, bring their glory & honor into it.]

Lift up your eyes [around] & see: all [those who] gather themselves together, come to you. Your sons shall come from far & your daughters shall be nursed at your side. [Isaiah 49:20-22 The children [that] you shall have, after you [had] lost the [others,] shall say again in your ears, The place is too [small] for me. Give [a] place to me, [so] that I may dwell.

Then, you shall say in your heart, Who has [delivered] these [for] me, seeing I have lost my children & [I’m] desolate, a captive, [wandering] to & fro? And who has brought up these? [Look,] I was left alone, where had these been?

The Lord God says [this,] I will lift up [My] hand to the Gentiles & [put] up My [banner for] the people. And they shall bring your [orphaned] sons in their arms & your daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.]

Then, you shall see & flow together. And your heart shall fear [respect] & be enlarged; because the [troops] of Gentiles shall come to you [like] the abundance of the sea shall be [diverted] to you. The multitude of camels shall cover you, the [camels] of: Midian & Ephah & all [those] from Sheba shall come.

They shall bring gold & incense & they shall [proclaim] the praises of the Lord. [Matthew 2:10-11 When they saw the star, they rejoiced [exceedingly with] great joy. And when they [came] into the house, they saw the young child with Mary, His mother & [the wisemen] fell down & worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented to Him gifts: gold, frankincense & myrrh.]

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you. They shall come up on [My] altar with acceptance & I will glorify the house of My glory. Who are these [who] fly [like] a cloud & [like] the doves [fly] to their windows [to roost?]

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, to the Name of the Lord your God & to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.

[Psalm 72:10-11 The kings of Tarshish & the [islands] shall bring presents. The kings of Sheba & Seba shall offer gifts. [Yes,] all kings shall fall down before Him & all nations shall serve Him.]

And the sons of strangers shall [rebuild] your walls & their kings shall minister to you: for in My [anger] I [afflicted] you, but I have had mercy on you, in My [kindness.]

[Zechariah 6:15 And [those who] are far [away] shall come & [rebuild] in the [Lord’s] temple & you shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall [happen,] if you [sincerely] obey the voice of the Lord your God.]

Therefore, your gates shall be open continually. They shall not be shut day nor night; [so] that men may bring to you the [troops] of the Gentiles & [so] that their kings may be brought.

[Revelation 21:25-26 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory & honor of the nations into it.]

For the nation & kingdom that won't serve you, shall perish. [Yes,] those nations shall be [totally ruined.] The glory of Lebanon shall come to you & the fir tree, pine tree & box [tree] together to beautify the place of My sanctuary & I will make the place of My feet glorious.

[Ezekiel 43:7 And He said to me, Son of man, the house of Israel, nor their kings, shall no more defile My Holy Name & the place of My throne & the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children [people] of Israel forever, by their [unfaithful harlotry,] nor by their [corpses] in their high places.]

The sons & also [those who] afflicted you, shall come bending [down] to you & all [those who] despised you, shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. And they shall call you, The City of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. [Hebrew 12:22 But you [have] come to Mount Zion & to the city of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem & to an [uncountable] company of Angels.]

[Since,] you have been [abandoned] & hated, so that no man went through you, I will make you [of] eternal [excellence,] a joy [for] many generations. You shall also suck the milk of the Gentiles & shall [nurse from] kings. And you shall know that I the Lord Am your Savior & your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

[Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, [a.k.a. foster fathers] & their queens your nursing mothers, [a.k.a. foster mothers.] They shall bow down to you, [facing toward the ground] & lick up the dust [from] your feet. And you shall know that I Am the Lord. For [those] shall not be ashamed [who] wait for Me.]

[Instead of] brass, I will bring gold & for iron, I will bring silver. And for wood, [I will bring,] brass & for stones, [I will bring,] iron. I will also make your officers [peaceful] & [those who demand unfair payment from you,] [I will bring,] righteousness.

Violence, [ruin,] nor destruction shall no [longer] be heard in your land, [or] within your borders. But you shall call your walls: Salvation & your gates: Praise. [Isaiah 26:1-2 [On] that day, this song shall be sung in the land of Judah.

We have a strong city. God will appoint Salvation for walls & [strong protection.] Open, you gates, [so] that the righteous nation, [who] keeps the Truth, may enter in.]

The sun shall no [longer] be your light by day & neither shall the moon give light to you for brightness. But the Lord shall be to you an everlasting Light & your God, your glory.

The sun shall no [longer] go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be your everlasting Light & the days of your mourning shall be ended. [Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there & they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them Light. And they shall [rule] forever & ever.]

Also, all your people shall be righteous. They shall inherit the land forever, the Branch of My planting, the work of My hands, [so] that I may be glorified. [Isaiah 11:1-2 *And there shall come [forward] 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 [advice] & [strength,] the Spirit of knowledge & the fear [respect] of the Lord.]

A little one, shall become 1,000 & a small one, a strong nation. I the Lord will [expedite] it in [its] time. [Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you [are] little among the 1,000's of Judah, [still] He shall come forth out of you, to Me, to be ruler in Israel; Whose goings [out] have been from [ancient times,] from everlasting.]

Isaiah 59:1-21 Their Feet Run to Do Evil & They Hurry to Shed Innocent Blood

 

Their Feet Run to Do Evil & They Hurry to Shed Innocent Blood

Isaiah 59:1-21                               The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

[Look,] the Lord's hand isn't shortened, that it can't save. Neither [is] His ear heavy, that it can't hear. [Jeremiah 32:1 Ah, Lord God! [See,] You have made the heaven & the earth by Your great power & [outstretched] arm & there is nothing too hard for You.]

But your iniquities have separated [& have come] between you & your God & your sins have [hidden] His face from you, [so] that He won't hear. For your hands are defiled with [bloodshed] & your fingers with [sin]. Your lips have spoken lies & your tongue has [expressed what is wicked.]

[Jeremiah 2:26-28 [Like] a thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they & their: kings, princes, priests & their prophets. Saying to a [tree stump,] You are my father & to a [rock,] You have [delivered] me. For they have turned their back to Me & not their face.

But in the time of their trouble, they will say, Arise & save us. But where are your gods that you have made [yourselves?] Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble. For your gods, O Judah, are according to the number of your cities.]

None call for justice, nor [do] any plead for truth. They trust in [what is] vanity & speak lies. They [devise plots] & [produce] [what is sinful.] They hatch [wicked plans like poisonous] [viper's] eggs [hatch] & weave [plots like] the spider's web. He, [who] eats their eggs dies & [what] is crushed [hatches] out into a viper.

Their webs shall not become [clothing,] neither shall they cover themselves with their works. Their works are [sinful] works. And in their hands is the act of violence. Their feet [race] to evil & they [hurry] to shed [the] blood [of the] innocent. Their thoughts are the thoughts of [sinfulness.]

[Ruin] & destruction are in their paths. They [don't] know the way of peace & there is no [justice] in their [actions.] They have made [themselves deceitful] paths. [Whoever] goes [there] shall not know peace. Therefore, judgment is far from us, neither does justice [come over] us.

We wait for light, but [see fogginess;] [we wait] for brightness, but we walk in darkness. [John 1:9-10 That was the True Light, [that enlightens] every man, [who] comes into the world. He was in the world & the world was made by Him & the world [didn't] know Him.]

We [grasp] for the wall, like the blind & we [grasp like] we had no eyes. We stumble at [noon like] in the night. We are in: desolate, [lonely] places [like] dead men. We all roar like bears & [moan sadly] like doves. We look for [justice,] but there is none & [we look] for Salvation, but it is far [away] from us.

For our transgressions are multiplied before You & our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, [like] our [sins] & we know them, in: [sinning] & lying against the Lord & [turning] away from our God & speaking [words of:] oppression & revolt & [plotting] & uttering words of falsehood from the heart.

And [judgment has gone astray] & justice stands [far away.] For truth [has] fallen in the street & equity can't enter. [Yes,] truth fails & he [who] departs from evil, makes himself a prey & the Lord saw it & it displeased Him that there was no [justice.]

[Isaiah 10:1-2 Woe to [those who command wicked] decrees & write [what is grievous,] which they have [authorized:] to turn [away] the needy from [justice] & to take away the [rights] of the poor of My people. [So,] that widows may be their prey & that they may rob the fatherless!]

And He saw that there was no man & wondered that there wasn't [any to plead on their behalf.] Therefore, His arm brought Salvation to [them] & sustained [them with] His righteousness. [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.]

For He put on righteousness [like] a breastplate & a helmet of Salvation upon His head. And He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing & was [dressed] with zeal for a cloak.

He will repay fury to His adversaries & [retribution] to His enemies, according to their deeds. To the [coastal] islands, He will repay accordingly.  [Isaiah 35:4 Say to [those with] a fearful heart, Be strong & [don't] fear. [Look,] your God will come with vengeance, even God with a [repayment.] He will come & save you.]

So, shall they from the West fear [respect] the Name of the Lord & from the [sunrise in the East,] [shall respect] His glory. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord, shall lift up a [banner] against him.

[Revelation 12:15-16 And the serpent [spewed] water out if his mouth [like] a flood, after the woman, [so] that he might cause her to be carried away [by] the flood. And the earth helped the woman. And the earth opened [its] mouth & swallowed up the flood, [that] the dragon [spewed] out of his mouth.]

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion & to [those who] turn [away] from [sin] in Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] says the Lord. As for Me, this is My Covenant [contract] with them, says the Lord.

My spirit that is upon you & My Words [that] I have put in your mouth, shall not [leave from] your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your [offspring,] nor out of the [mouths] of your [descendants,] from [now on] & forever, says the Lord.

Isaiah 58:1-14 Going Through the Motions of Fasting

 

Going Through the Motions of Fasting

Isaiah 58:1-14                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Cry [out loudly & don't hold back.] Lift up your voice like a trumpet & [declare] their transgressions to My people & their sins to the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel.] [Still,] they seek Me daily & delight to know My ways, [like] a [righteous] nation & [didn't abandon] the [rules] of their God.

They ask Me the [rules] of justice & they take [joy] in [coming closer] to God. They [ask, Why] have we fasted & You [don't] see? [Why] have we afflicted our [souls] & You [don't know?] [Look, on] the day of your fast, you find pleasure & [insist] on [doing] all your labors.

[Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. You shall labor 6 days & do all your work: but the 7th day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work [on] it: you, your son, your daughter, your [male servant,] your [female servant,] your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates.

For in 6 days, the Lord made heaven & earth, the sea & and all that is in them & rested the 7th day. [For this reason,] the Lord blessed the Sabbath day & hallowed it.]

[Look,] you fast for [arguments] & debate & to [wickedly strike] with the fist. You shall not fast [like] you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.  [1 Kings 21:11-15 And the men of his city, even the elders & the nobles who were the [residents] in his city, did [like] Jezebel had written in the letters [that] she had sent to them.

They proclaimed a fast & [put] Naboth on high among the people. And there came in 2 [wicked] men & sat [in front of Naboth] & the [wicked] men witnessed against him, even Naboth, in the presence of the people saying, Naboth [blasphemed] God & the king. Then, they carried him out of the city & stoned him with [rocks, so] that he died.

Then, they sent to Jezebel, saying Naboth is stoned & is dead. And it [happened,] when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned & was dead, that Jezebel said to [king] Ahab, Arise, & take possession of vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, [that] he refused to give you for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.]

Is it a fast [like this] that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head [like] a [reed] [bends over] & to spread sackcloth & ashes under him? Will you call this a fast & an acceptable day to the Lord?

Isn't this the fast that I have chosen? To [loosen] the [bonds] of wickedness, to [lighten] the heavy burdens & to let the oppressed go free, [so] that you break every yoke [of oppression?]

Isn't  it to [distribute] your bread to the hungry & [so] that you bring the poor, [who] are cast out [into] your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him & that you [don't] hide yourself from your own [people?]

[Ezekiel 18:7-9 And [he] hasn't oppressed any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge & hasn't spoiled [any] by violence & has given his bread to the hungry & has covered the naked with a garment.

He that hasn't given [loans with excessive interest,] neither has taken any [excessive profit] & has withdrawn his hand from [sin] & has [delivered] true judgment between [2 men] & has [followed] in My [mandates] & has kept My judgments, to [behave honestly.] He is just & he shall surely live, says the Lord God.]

Then, shall your light break [out like] the morning & your health shall speedily [sprout up] & your righteousness shall go before you. The glory of the Lord shall be your [rear guard.] Then, you shall call & the Lord shall answer. You shall cry [out] & He shall say, Here I Am.

If you take the yoke away from the midst of you, the [pointing] finger & speaking [what is] vanity & if you [pull] out your [hand] to [give to] the hungry & satisfy the afflicted soul; then, your light shall rise in [the fogginess] & your darkness shall be [like noon.]

And the Lord shall guide you continually & satisfy your soul in drought & make your bones [plump] & you shall be like a watered garden & like a spring of water, whose waters [never fails.]

And [your descendants] shall [rebuild] the old waste [lands] & you shall raise up the foundations [for] many generations. And you shall be called, The Repairer of the [Fractures] & The Restorer of the [Streets] to dwell in.

If your foot [turns] away from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My Holy Day & [again] [calls] the Sabbath;]: a delight & the Holy of the Lord: honorable & shall honor Him, not doing your own [things] & [not looking to find] your own pleasure & not speaking your own words, [but instead speak the Words of the Lord:]

Then, you shall delight yourself in the Lord & I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth & [will] feed you with the [rest of the] heritage of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] your [forefather.] For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.

[Deuteronomy 32: 12-13 So, the Lord alone [led] him & there was no strange god with Him. He made [Jacob] ride on the high places of the earth, [so] that he might eat the increase of the fields & He made him suck honey out of the rock & oil out of the flinty rock.]

Isaiah 57:1-21 The Righteous Perish as the Israelites Take up Rituals to False gods

 

The Righteous Perish as the Israelites Take up Rituals to False gods

Isaiah 57:1-21                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The righteous perish & no man [takes] it to heart. And merciful men are taken away & none [consider] that the righteous [are] taken away from the evil to come.

[Exodus 34:13-15 For you shall worship no other god: for the Lord, Whose Name is Jealous, is a jealous God; lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land & they go [like an unfaithful harlot] after their gods & [someone calls] you & you eat of his sacrifice.]

He shall enter into peace. Each one walking in his uprightness, shall rest in their beds. But draw near [here,] you [offspring] of the adulterer & the [unfaithful harlot,] you sons of the sorceress. Against whom do you [ridicule] yourselves?

Against whom [do] you make [yourselves] a wide mouth & [stick] out the tongue? Aren’t you the children of transgression, [offspring] of falsehood, enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, [killing] the children in the valleys, under the rocks of the [cliffs?]

[2 Kings 17:6-18 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God & made [themselves molded] images, even 2 calves & made a grove and worshiped all the [stars & constellations] of heaven & served Baal.

And they caused their sons & daughters to pass through the fire & used divination, enchantments & sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. Therefore, the Lord was very [angry] with Israel & removed them out of His sight. There [were] none left, but only the tribe of Judah.]

Your portion is among the smooth stones of the stream; they are your lot. You have poured out a drink offering even to them & you have offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?

[Habakkuk 2:18-19 What [benefit does] the maker of the [carved] image have [for carving] it & [what benefit is] the [molded] image & a teacher of lies, that [its] maker of his work trusts [in it,] to make [mute] idols?]

Upon a lofty & high mountain you have [put] your bed. You even went up [there] to offer [sacrifices.] [Isaiah 1:21 How [has] the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of [justice] & righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.]

You [put] up your remembrance behind the doors & also the posts: for you have [uncovered] yourself to another than Me & [have] gone up. You have enlarged your bed & made [yourself] a covenant [contract] with them. You love their bed, where you saw it.

And you went to the king with ointment & [increased] your perfumes & [sent] your messengers far [away] & [lowered your morals,] even to hell. You are [tired by] the [largeness] of your [road,] yet you [didn’t say,] There is no hope. You have found the life of your hand; therefore you weren’t grieved. [Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver & gold, the work of men’s hands.

They have mouths, but they [can’t] speak. They have eyes, but they [can’t] see. They have ears, but they [can’t] hear. They have noses, but they [can’t] smell. They have hands, but they [can’t] [touch.] They have feet, but they [can’t] walk. Neither [do] they speak through their throat. [Those who] make them, are [similar] to them & so is everyone [who] trusts in them.]

And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied & haven’t remembered Me, nor [taken] it to heart? Haven’t I held My peace even [in ancient times] & you [still don’t] fear [respect] Me? I will declare your righteousness & your works; for they shall not [benefit] you.

When you [cry out,] let your companies deliver you. [Judges 10:13-14 Yet you have [abandoned] Me & served other gods. [For this reason,] I will no [longer] deliver you. Go & cry [out] to the gods, [that] you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your [trouble.]

But the wind shall carry them all a way. Vanity shall take them, but he [who] puts his trust in Me shall possess the land & shall inherit My holy mountain. And shall say, [Shovel] it up, [toss] it up, & prepare the [road.] [Pull] up the stumbling block out of the [road] of My people.

For the High & Lofty One, [Who] inhabits eternity, Whose Name is Holy, says [this;] I dwell in the high & holy place with him, [who] also [has] a [regretful] & humble spirit, to [restore] the spirit of the humble & to [restore] the heart of the [regretful] ones.

[2 Peter 3:9-10 The Lord is not slack [about] His promise, [like] some men [consider] slackness; but is [patient] to us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

*But the day of the Lord will come [like] a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with great noise & the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also & the [things made] that are [in there] shall be burned up.]

For I won’t [dispute] forever, neither will I always be [angry.] For the spirit [would] fail before Me & the souls [that] I have made. For the [sin] of his [envy,] I was [angry] & [struck] him. I hid [Myself] & was [angry] & he went on [stubbornly] in the way of his heart.

[Isaiah 8:17-19 And I will wait upon the Lord, [Who] hides His face from the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & I will look for Him. *[Look,] the children, whom the Lord has given me & I 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. those who talk to the dead,] & to wizards that peep & [whisper.] Shouldn’t a people seek to their God? For the Living [not] to the dead?]

I have seen his ways & will heal him. I will also lead him & restore comfort to him & to his mourners. [Jeremiah 3:22 Return, you backsliding children & I will heal your [backsliding.] [Watch,] we come to You, for You are the Lord our God.]

I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him, [who] is far [away] & to him [who] is near, says the Lord & I will heal him. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it can’t rest, whose waters [throw up mud] & dirt. There is no peace to the wicked, says my God.