Background This chapter continue the them from the last chapter. It prophesies the blessing and glory Zion will receive in the millennium kingdom. Exposition v1: God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the trinity God is presented in this verse. v1: Jesus quoted this in Luke 4:18-19. Jesus just started His ministry in Nazareth, He went … Read more
Background Isaiah began his “Book of Consolations” (Ch 40-66) by promising that “the glory of the Lord shall be revealed” (40:5). Now he concludes by describing that glory for us. The theme is about the glory of the nations of Israel during the millennium kingdom. Most commentaries agree that this is a prophesy about Israel the … Read more
Background Sins are referred 32 times in this chapter. Many words are used to describe sins: iniquities, sins, defiled with blood, lies, wicked things (v3), give birth to evil (v4), eggs of vipers , spider’s web (v5), etc. Idols worship is no longer mentioned in this chapter, but the Jews continued to live a sinful … Read more
Background This is the 1st chapter of the last section in Isaiah (ch 58-66). This section is focused on the glory of God in the future kingdom, and the emphasis is on the work of the Holy Spirit (59:19,21;61:1;63:10-11,14) The main theme is this chapter is God exposing Israel religious acts. They fasted, they seems … Read more
Background This is the last chapter of the second part of ch40-66. The theme here is a contract between the righteous and wicked; comfort for the righteous; condemnation of the wicked.
