One Year Chronological Bible Sampler - Flipbook - Page 120
JULY 23
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Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “ This message you have given me from the
LORD is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.”
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JULY 23
The prophecy in Isaiah 40–66 cannot be dated. Isaiah may have written it at the time of Assyria’s invasion
or at some other point late in his ministry, which ended between 701 and 686 BC.
Comfort for God’s People / Isaiah 40:1-31
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“Comfort, comfort my people,”
says your God.
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.
Tell her that her sad days are gone
and her sins are pardoned.
Yes, the LORD has punished her twice over
for all her sins.”
Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting,
“Clear the way through the wilderness
for the LORD!
Make a straight highway through the wasteland
for our God!
Fill in the valleys,
and level the mountains and hills.
Straighten the curves,
and smooth out the rough places.
Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
The LORD has spoken!”*
A voice said, “Shout!”
I asked, “What should I shout?”
“Shout that people are like the grass.
Their beauty fades as quickly
as the flowers in a field.
The grass withers and the flowers fade
beneath the breath of the LORD.
And so it is with people.
The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
O Zion, messenger of good news,
shout from the mountaintops!
Shout it louder, O Jerusalem.*
Shout, and do not be afraid.
Tell the towns of Judah,
40:3-5 Greek version reads He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, / “Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming! / Clear a road
for our God! / Fill in the valleys, / and level the mountains and hills. / And then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, / and all
people will see the salvation sent from God. / The LORD has spoken!” Compare Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6. 40:9 Or
O messenger of good news, shout to Zion from the mountaintops! Shout it louder to Jerusalem.
