Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
Ruth revisited
Isaiah 54:1-5 1 “Scream joyfully, infertile one; who has never given birth! Bust out rejoicing and bellow, one who has not been pregnant! Because the abandoned woman’s children will be more than the children of a married woman,” says Yahveh. … Continue reading
he will bear their iniquities
Isaiah 53:6-12 6 All of us have wandered about like sheep; we each have turned to his own way; and Yahveh let fall on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed and afflicted, but he did not … Continue reading
deceptive assumptions
Isaiah 53:1-5 1 Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of Yahveh been revealed? 2 Because he grew up like a stalk before him, and like a root from dry ground. He had no form and … Continue reading
the disturbing one
Isaiah 52:11-15 11 Turn around, turn around, get out of there! Do not touch any unclean thing. Get out from the middle of it, keep clean, you who carry the vessels of Yahveh. 12 Because you will not go out … Continue reading
feet and voices
Isaiah 52:7-10 7 How well fitting on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, “Your God is reigning as king.” 8 The … Continue reading
he is the reason
Isaiah 52:1-6 1 Get up, get up!; put on your strength, Zion! Put on the clothes that show your beauty, Jerusalem, city of holiness; because the uncircumcised and the unclean will not keep entering you any longer. 2 Shake yourself … Continue reading
false hopes replaced
Isaiah 51:17-23 17 Get yourself up! Get yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have already drunk from the hand of Yahveh the cup of his wrath; you have drunk the glass, the cup of staggering; you have drained it … Continue reading
four looks at God
Isaiah 51:12-16 12 I — I am He — your encourager, Who are you — and you are afraid of man? he dies! And of Adam’s son — he is made of grass! 13 And you forget Yahveh your maker, … Continue reading
the really permanent things
Isaiah 51:6-11 6 Lift your eyes to the skies and stare at the ground under you; because those skies will disappear like smoke, and that ground will wear out like clothing, and those who live on it will die just … Continue reading
look to that rock
Isaiah 51:1-5 1 “Listen to me, you who are pursuing righteousness, who are seeking Yahveh. Look to that rock from whom you were hewn, and to that deep pit from whom you were quarried. 2 Pay close attention to Abraham … Continue reading
