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The Prophet Isaiah

The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the LORD has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him. Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted. From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness–only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with olive oil. Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers. Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege. Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah. Isaiah 1:1-9

Our daily reading through the Bible in 2021 introduces us to the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah may be the greatest evangelist of God’s prophets. His ministry is mainly to Judah, the southern tribes. While there are more kings of Judah that did good, than kings of Israel, most of the kings of Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord.. As a result Isaiah’s prophecies tell the people about God’s judgment against religious formalism, idolatry, oppression, immorality, and pride. Isaiah pleads with the people to come to their senses before its too late.