Monthly Archives: March 2015
a wind of confusion
Isaiah 19:9-15 9 And artisans of combed flax will be ashamed, and those who weave white linen. 10 And her weavers will be crushed; all workers for wage grieved of heart. 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are stupid; the … Continue reading
I will consume his plan
Isaiah 19:1-8 1 An oracle about Egypt: See! Yahveh, riding on a swift cloud and arriving in Egypt. And the idols of Egypt will tremble in front of him, and the heart of Egypt melts in his inner parts. 2 … Continue reading
you must look, you must listen
Isaiah 18:1-7 1 Oy! land of whirring of wings, who sits beyond the rivers of Cush, 2 who sends messengers by the sea and in vessels of papyrus on the water’s surface! Go, swift messengers, to a stretched out and … Continue reading
chased like chaff off mountains
Isaiah 17:7-14 7 On that day, the man will look upon his maker, and his eyes will look to the holy one of Israel; 8 he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, and he will … Continue reading
God takes left-overs
Isaiah 17:1-6 1 An oracle of Damascus: “See! Damascus stops being a city and becomes a pile of ruins. 2 The cities of Aroer will be deserted; they will be for the flocks,[1] and they will lie down and there … Continue reading
years of a hired worker
Isaiah 16:12-14 12 And this is going to happen: when Moab appears, when he is tired at the high place and he comes to his temple to pray, he will not prevail. 13 This was the former word that Yahveh … Continue reading
gut moaning like a harp
Isaiah 16:6-11 6 We have heard how exalted Moab is –very proud that his majesty is exalted– and his arrogance. What he boasts is not so. 7 For this reason Moab will howl; everyone belonging to Moab will howl, for … Continue reading
be a hiding place for them
Isaiah 16:1-5 1 Send a ram to the ruler of the land, from Sela desert to the mountain of daughter Zion. 2 And this will happen: the daughters of Moab at the fords of Arnon will be like a bird … Continue reading
my heart cries out for Moab
Isaiah 15:1-9 1 An oracle about Moab: Because Ar has been devastated in a night, Moab is destroyed; because Kir of Moab has been devastated in a night, it is destroyed. 2 It has gone up to the temple and … Continue reading
the swing of the pendulum
Isaiah 14:28-32 28 In the year of the death of king Ahaz there was this oracle: 29 You should not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, because a viper will come forth from the … Continue reading
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