Author Archives: Jefferson Vann
unjust justice
Isaiah 10:1-4 1 Oy! Those who decree troublesome decrees, and writers of harmful writings, 2 to keep weak people away from taking legal action, and to steal the justice from the poor of my people, to make widows their spoil; … Continue reading
cannibals in the ranks
Isaiah 9:18-21 18 Because wickedness burned like fire; it consumed brier and thorn. And it kindled the thickets of the forest, and they swirled upward, making a column of smoke. 19 The land was burned because of the wrath of … Continue reading
on being a “Christian”
Isaiah 9:13-17 13 But the people still did not turn to the one who struck him, and they did not seek Yahveh of armies. 14 So Yahveh cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and reed took one … Continue reading
rebuilding and replanting
Isaiah 9:8-12 8 The Lord has sent out a word against Jacob, and it fell on Israel. 9 And all of the people knew it, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria in pride and arrogance of heart, saying, 10 “bricks … Continue reading
Galilee in the future
Isaiah 9:1-7[1] 1 Because there is no gloom for that one people worried about. Like the time he ignored the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor the way of the sea … Continue reading
no dawn in them
Isaiah 8:18-22 18 See me and the children whom Yahveh has given to me, like signs and omens in Israel from Yahveh of armies, the one who dwells on the mountain of Zion. 19 Now if they tell you, “Consult … Continue reading
the one you all should fear
Isaiah 8:11-17 Because Yahveh said this to me with the strength of the hand resting, and he instructed me against walking in the way of this people, saying, 12 “You must not call conspiracy everything that this people calls conspiracy, … Continue reading
the coming flood
Isaiah 8:5-10 5 And Yahveh continued to speak to me again, saying, 6 “Because this people has refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and enjoys Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7 therefore see the Lord bringing up the … Continue reading
plenty of room
Isaiah 8:1-4 1 Then Yahveh said to me, “Take yourself a large tablet and write on it with a regular stylus pen: for Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.[1] 2 And I will require reliable witnesses as a witness for me: Uriah the priest and … Continue reading
barbers and bushes
Isaiah 7:18-25 18 And this will happen: On that day, Yahveh will whistle for the fly at the end of the stream of Egypt and the bee in the land of Assyria. 19 And all of them will come and … Continue reading
