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Isaiah 22 - A Warning of Destruction of Jerusalem, Denunciation of Self-Seeking Officials

The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops, 2 you that are full of...

Isaiah 23 - An Oracle concerning Tyre

The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your fortress is destroyed.[a] When they came in from Cyprus they learned of...

Isaiah 24 - Impending Judgment on the Earth

Now the Lord is about to lay waste the earth and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants. 2 And it...

Isaiah 25 - Praise for Deliverance from Oppression

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and...

Isaiah 26 - Judah’s Song of Victory

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; he sets up victory like walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the...

Isaiah 27 - Israel’s Redemption

On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent,...

Isaiah 28 - Judgment on Corrupt Rulers, Priests, and Prophets

Ah, the proud garland of the drunkards of Ephraim, and the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of those bloated...

Isaiah 29 - The Siege of Jerusalem, Hope for the Future

Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the festivals run their round. 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and...

Isaiah 30 - The Futility of Reliance on Egypt, A Rebellious People, God’s Promise to Zion, Assyria

Oh, rebellious children, says the Lord, who carry out a plan, but not mine; who make an alliance, but against my will, adding sin to sin;...

Isaiah 31 - Alliance with Egypt Is Futile

Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because...

Isaiah 32 - Government with Justice, Complacent Women Warned of Disaster, Peace of God’s Reign

See, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. 2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a covert...

Isaiah 33 - A Prophecy of Deliverance from Foes, The Land of the Majestic King

Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom no one has dealt treacherously! When you have...

Isaiah 34 - Judgment on the Nations

Draw near, O nations, to hear; O peoples, give heed! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes from it....

Isaiah 35 - The Return of the Redeemed to Zion

The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus 2 it shall blossom abundantly, and...

Isaiah 36 - Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them....

Isaiah 37 - Hezekiah Consults Isaiah, Hezekiah’s Prayer, Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death

When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent...

Isaiah 38 - Hezekiah’s Illness

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says...

Isaiah 39 - Envoys from Babylon Welcomed

At that time King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had...

Isaiah 40 - God’s People Are Comforted

Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty...

Isaiah 41 - Israel Assured of God’s Help, The Futility of Idols

Listen to me in silence, O coastlands; let the peoples renew their strength; let them approach, then let them speak; let us together draw...

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