Author: Travis Snode

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on thee: Because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: For in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:”  Perfect peace. Something we all want. Something

“Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, And turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.”  – Isaiah 24:1 This is truly a terrifying chapter with many similarities to the book of Revelation. It describes

Before the days of the internet and flying, shipping was the thing. It was usually the easiest and fastest way to travel and transport large quantities of goods. Even up to the days of the Spanish Armada and British empire,

“And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, And to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:And behold joy and gladness, Slaying oxen, and killing sheep, Eating flesh, and drinking wine: Let us

“…they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, And he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, And the Egyptians shall know the

2700 years on from the growing threat of Assyria, it is hard to appreciate the impact it had on the world. But as we read Isaiah, we realise numerous nations were affected: Israel, Judah, Syria, Philistia, Ethiopia, Egypt. Isaiah 17-18

After prophesying God’s judgment on Babylon (13:1-14:27) and Philistia (14:28-32), Isaiah turns to Moab (Isa 15-16). Moab was an nation east of the Dead that had been a persistent enemy of Israel. Now, through Assyria, God was going to judge

Isaiah 14 is a mixture of hope and condemnation. There is hope for Israel that, after a time of chastening, the Lord will once again have mercy and choose them (v.1). He also tells them that they will be in

“And I will punish the world for their evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; And I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.”   Isaiah 13;11 Isaiah 13 details

After talking about the sin of the nations of Israel and Assyria and the resulting chastisement and judgment (v.10), we read in Isaiah 11-12 of a new kingdom, set up in Israel by David’s descendant, the Messiah. He will rule