Therefore I will again deal with this people in surprising and wondrous fashion: The wisdom of the wise shall perish, the prudence of the prudent shall vanish. Isaiah 29:14 NABRE . Reading the prophet Isaiah we witness another moment when the people have disappointed God. Despite their show of piety,…
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Isaiah 38:5 – July 15, 2022
Go, tell Hezekiah: Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Now I will add fifteen years to your life. Isaiah 38:5 NABRE King Hezekiah has fallen gravely ill though he is a young man. The prophet Isaiah…
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But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise! Awake and sing, you who lie in the dust! For your dew is a dew of light, and you cause the land of shades to give birth. Isaiah 26:19 NABRE Isaiah begins a prayer, a conversation between God and himself, it…
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Will the ax boast against the one who hews with it? Will the saw exalt itself above the one who wields it? As if a rod could sway the one who lifts it, or a staff could lift the one who is not wood! Isaiah 10:15 NABRE Isaiah speaks of…
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and say to him: Take care you remain calm and do not fear; do not let your courage fail before these two stumps of smoldering brands, the blazing anger of Rezin and the Arameans and of the son of Remaliah—Isaiah 7:4 NABRE King Ahaz of the southern Kingdom of Judah…
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