Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
be light
Isaiah 60:1-5 1 Stand up, be light; because your light has come, and the glory of Yahveh has shown upon you. 2 Watch, because darkness will cover the land, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahveh will shine upon you, … Continue reading
permanent spirit, permanent words
Isaiah 59:17-21 17 He put on righteousness like a coat of armour, and Yeshua as a helmet on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle. 18 According to … Continue reading
beltless
Isaiah 59:12-16 12 For our crimes before you are many, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions indeed are with us, and we know our iniquities: 13 transgressing, and denying Yahveh, and turning ourselves away from following our God, … Continue reading
twisted roads
Isaiah 59:7-11 7 Their feet scurry to evil, and they rush to spill innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, desolation and destruction are in their highways. 8 They do not know any peace road, and there is no … Continue reading
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our real problem
Isaiah 59:1-6 Watch, Yahveh’s hand is not too short from delivering,[1] nor his ear too dull from hearing. 2 Instead, your iniquities have caused a division between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, … Continue reading
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the appropriate fast
Isaiah 58:7-14 7 Is the appropriate fast not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the poorly dressed, to cover them, and not to isolate yourself from your own … Continue reading
whiners worship
Isaiah 58:1-6 Shout out a throaty shout, do not keep it back! Lift up your voice like you would a ram’s horn! Announce to my people their wrongdoing, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet day after day … Continue reading
grace that relents
Isaiah 57:16-21 16 Because I will not permanently contest with them, nor will I be furious forever; because if I did that, a spirit would wear out in my presence, even the breaths that I have given. 17 Because of … Continue reading
he lives to revive
Isaiah 57:12-15 12 I myself admit your righteousness and your works, but they are not to your advantage. 13 When you are crying out, let your collection deliver you, and a wind will carry all of them away; a breath … Continue reading
hypocritical hanky-panky
Isaiah 57:7-11 7 You have set your sex bed upon a tall mountain; you also went up there to slaughter sacrifice. 8 And behind the door and the doorpost you have placed your erotic image; because you have divorced yourself … Continue reading
