“A voice is calling,‘Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.Let every valley be lifted up,And every mountain and hill be made low;And let the rough ground become a plain,And the rugged terrain a broad valley;Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,And all … Continue reading A Voice is Calling

“Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,‘My way is hidden from the Lord,And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God’?Do you not know? Have you not heard?The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earthDoes not become weary or tired.His understanding is inscrutable.He gives strength … Continue reading He Gives Strength to The Weary

“But the Lord was pleasedTo crush Him, putting Him to grief;If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,He will see His offspring,He will prolong His days,And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.As a result of the anguish of His soul,He will see it and be satisfied;By His knowledge the … Continue reading It Was God’s Will to Crush Him

“He was oppressed and He was afflicted,Yet He did not open His mouth;Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,So He did not open His mouth.” (Isaiah 53:7 NASB’95) When Jesus was arrested for a crime he did not commit, and when he was given a … Continue reading Like a Lamb Led to Slaughter

“Surely our griefs He Himself bore,And our sorrows He carried;Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,Smitten of God, and afflicted.But He was pierced through for our transgressions,He was crushed for our iniquities;The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,And by His scourging we are healed.All of us like sheep have gone astray,Each of us has turned … Continue reading Our Sorrows He Carried

“Who has believed our message?And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,And like a root out of parched ground;He has no stately form or majestyThat we should look upon Him,Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him.He was despised and forsaken of … Continue reading Who Has Believed Our Message?

“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 Israeland turned their backs on him.” “Wash and make yourselves clean.Take your evil deeds out of my sight;stop doing wrong.Learn to do right; seek justice.Defend the oppressed.Take up the … Continue reading If We are Willing and Obedient

“As the rain and the snowcome down from heaven,and do not return to itwithout watering the earthand making it bud and flourish,so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,so is my word that goes out from my mouth:It will not return to me empty,but will accomplish what I desireand achieve … Continue reading God’s Word Will Not Return Empty