Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000632
00:15 Hello and welcome back to "His Words Are Life."
00:17 I am Kelly Mowrer and today we are going 00:19 to be reading together in the Book of Isaiah. 00:22 But before we start let's pray. 00:25 Dear God, thank you so much for an opportunity 00:27 to hear the words that You spoke 00:31 so many thousands of years ago through Your prophet. 00:34 And as we read about them please show us today 00:36 where we like Jerusalem and Judah 00:39 have turned away from you 00:40 and where you are calling us back to Yourself. 00:43 Thank you, for loving us and for searching for us. 00:46 Help us to look for You with our whole heart, amen. 00:50 We're reading in Isaiah, Chapter 3 00:53 and we're picking up in verse 19, 00:56 where God has pronounced and is pronouncing 00:59 that the day is coming when He is going 01:01 to take away the pride of the people 01:04 who have turned their backs on Him. 01:06 So let's pick up in verse 19 of Isaiah, Chapter 3. 01:10 "The chains, and the bracelets, 01:12 and the mufflers, the bonnets, 01:15 and the ornaments of the legs, 01:16 and the headbands, and the tablets, 01:18 and the earrings, the rings, and nose jewels, 01:21 the changeable suits of apparel, 01:23 and the mantles, and the wimples, 01:25 and the crisping pins, the glasses, 01:27 and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils. 01:32 And it shall come to pass, 01:33 that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink, 01:38 and instead of a girdle a rent, 01:41 and instead of well set hair baldness, 01:46 and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth, 01:50 and burning instead of beauty. 01:54 Thy men shall fall by the sword, 01:57 and thy mighty in the war. 02:00 And her gates shall lament and mourn, 02:03 and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground." 02:08 Continuing in the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 4, 02:10 and this is the King James Version. 02:13 "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, 02:16 saying, we will eat our own bread, 02:18 and wear our own apparel, 02:19 only let us be called by thy name, 02:21 to take away our reproach. 02:24 In that day shall the branch of the Lord 02:26 be beautiful and glorious, 02:27 and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent 02:29 and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. 02:34 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, 02:38 and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, 02:40 shall be called holy, even every one 02:43 that is written among the living in Jerusalem. 02:46 When the Lord shall have washed away 02:48 the filth of the daughters of Zion, 02:50 and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem 02:53 from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, 02:55 and by the spirit of burning. 02:57 And the Lord will create 02:58 upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, 03:00 and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, 03:03 and the shining of a flaming fire by night, 03:06 for upon all the glory shall be a defense. 03:09 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow 03:12 in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, 03:16 and for a covert from storm and from rain." 03:20 Continuing in Isaiah, Chapter 5, 03:22 and this is the King James Version. 03:25 "Now will I sing to my wellbeloved 03:29 a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. 03:33 My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill. 03:37 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, 03:40 and planted it with the choicest vine, 03:43 and built a tower in the midst of it, 03:44 and also made a winepress therein, 03:46 and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, 03:50 and it brought forth wild grapes. 03:53 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, 03:55 and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, 03:57 betwixt me and my vineyard. 04:00 What could have been done more to my vineyard, 04:03 that I have not done in it? 04:05 Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, 04:09 brought it forth wild grapes? 04:11 And now go to, I will tell you 04:13 what I will do to my vineyard, 04:15 I will take away the hedge thereof, 04:17 and it shall be eaten up, 04:19 and break down the wall thereof, 04:21 and it shall be trodden down. 04:23 And I will lay it waste, it shall not be pruned, 04:26 nor digged, but there shall come up briers and thorns, 04:31 I will also command the clouds 04:32 that they rain no rain upon it. 04:35 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts 04:38 is the house of Israel, 04:40 and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. 04:43 And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression, 04:48 for righteousness, but behold a cry. 04:53 Woe unto them that join house to house, 04:57 that lay field to field, till there be no place 05:00 that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 05:04 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, 05:06 of a truth many houses shall be desolate, 05:09 even great and fair, without inhabitant. 05:13 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, 05:16 and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. 05:20 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, 05:22 that they may follow strong drink, 05:25 that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 05:28 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, 05:31 and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts, 05:34 but they regard not the work of the Lord, 05:37 neither consider the operation of his hands. 05:40 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, 05:42 because they have no knowledge, 05:45 and their honorable men are famished, 05:47 and their multitude dried up with thirst. 05:51 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, 05:53 and opened to her mouth without measure 05:56 and their glory, and their multitude, 05:59 and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, 06:02 shall descend into it. 06:05 And the mean man shall be brought down, 06:07 and the mighty man shall be humbled, 06:10 and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled. 06:12 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, 06:15 and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 06:21 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, 06:23 and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat 06:28 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, 06:32 and sin as it were with a cart rope that say, 06:37 Let him make speed, and hasten his work, 06:39 that we may see it, and let the counsel 06:42 of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, 06:46 that we may know it. 06:48 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil 06:53 that put darkness for light, and light for darkness 06:56 that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 07:02 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, 07:06 and prudent in their own sight! 07:10 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, 07:13 and men of strength to mingle strong drink 07:15 which justify the wicked for reward, 07:17 and take away the righteousness 07:19 of the righteous from him! 07:21 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, 07:24 and the flame consumeth the chaff, 07:27 so their root shall be as rottenness, 07:30 and their blossom shall go up as dust 07:33 because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, 07:36 and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 07:41 Therefore is the anger of the Lord 07:43 kindled against his people, 07:44 and he hath stretched forth His hand against them, 07:47 and hath smitten them and the hills did tremble, 07:50 and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. 07:54 For all this his anger is not turned away, 07:57 but his hand is stretched out still. 08:01 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, 08:04 and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth 08:06 and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly. 08:11 None shall be weary nor stumble among them 08:13 none shall slumber nor sleep, 08:14 neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, 08:17 nor the latchet of their shoes be broken. 08:20 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, 08:23 their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, 08:26 and their wheels like a whirlwind. 08:28 Their roaring shall be like a lion, 08:30 and they shall roar like young lions 08:32 yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, 08:34 and shall carry it away safe, 08:36 and none shall deliver it. 08:39 And in that day they shall roar against them 08:42 like the roaring of the sea 08:44 and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, 08:49 and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof." 08:54 We're continuing with the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 6, 08:57 this is the King James Version. 08:59 "In the year that king Uzziah died 09:02 I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, 09:07 high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 09:12 Above it stood the seraphims, each one had six wings 09:16 with twain he covered his face, 09:18 and with twain he covered his feet, 09:20 and with twain he did fly. 09:22 And one cried unto another, and said, 09:25 Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts 09:28 the whole earth is full of his glory. 09:32 And the posts of the door moved 09:34 at the voice of him that cried, 09:35 and the house was filled with smoke. 09:39 Then said I, Woe is me! 09:41 For I am undone because I am a man of unclean lips, 09:46 and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips 09:50 for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. 09:55 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, 09:58 having a live coal in his hand, 10:01 which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. 10:05 And he laid it upon my mouth, 10:07 and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips 10:11 and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 10:16 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, 10:19 Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? 10:24 Then said I, Here am I, send me. 10:29 And he said, Go, and tell this people, 10:32 Hear ye indeed, but understand not 10:36 and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10:39 Make the heart of this people fat, 10:40 and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes 10:43 lest they see with their eyes, 10:44 and hear with their ears, 10:46 and understand with their heart, 10:47 and convert, and be healed. 10:51 Then said I, Lord, how long? 10:54 And he answered, Until the cities be wasted 10:57 without inhabitant, and the houses without man, 11:00 and the land be utterly desolate. 11:03 And the Lord have removed men far away, 11:04 and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. 11:07 But yet in it shall be a tenth, 11:11 and it shall return, and shall be eaten 11:14 as a teil tree, and as an oak, 11:16 whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves 11:20 so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof." 11:25 Continuing with Isaiah, Chapter 7, 11:27 and this is the King James Version. 11:30 "And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz 11:32 the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, 11:36 that Rezin the king of Syria, 11:38 and Pekah the son of Remaliah, 11:40 king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, 11:45 but could not prevail against it. 11:47 And it was told the house of David, 11:49 saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. 11:53 And His heart was moved, and the heart of His people, 11:55 as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. 11:59 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, 12:01 go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, 12:08 at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway 12:10 of the fuller's field and say unto him, 12:13 Take heed, and be quiet, 12:16 fear not, neither be fainthearted 12:19 for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, 12:22 for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, 12:25 and of the son of Remaliah. 12:27 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, 12:31 have taken evil counsel against thee, 12:32 saying, let us go up against Judah, 12:34 and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, 12:37 and set a king in the midst of it, 12:39 even the son of Tabeal. 12:42 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, 12:45 neither shall it come to pass. 12:48 For the head of Syria is Damascus, 12:50 and the head of Damascus is Rezin 12:51 and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, 12:56 that it be not a people. 12:59 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, 13:00 and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. 13:04 If ye will not believe, 13:06 surely ye shall not be established. 13:08 Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, 13:11 saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God 13:14 ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 13:19 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, 13:22 neither will I tempt the Lord. 13:25 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David 13:28 Is it a small thing for you to weary men, 13:32 but will ye weary my God also? 13:35 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign 13:38 Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, 13:43 and shall call his name Immanuel. 13:45 Butter and honey shall he eat, 13:48 that he may know to refuse the evil, 13:50 and choose the good. 13:52 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, 13:55 and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest 13:58 shall be forsaken of both her kings. 14:02 The Lord shall bring upon thee, 14:03 and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, 14:05 days that have not come from the day 14:08 that Ephraim departed from Judah 14:10 even the king of Assyria. 14:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, 14:14 that the Lord shall hiss for the fly 14:16 that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, 14:19 and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 14:22 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them 14:24 in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, 14:27 and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. 14:30 In the same day shall the Lord shave 14:31 with a razor that is hired, namely, 14:34 by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria." |
Revised 2014-12-17