Isaiah 21

A Vision of the Fall of Babylon 1 This is a message about Babylonia. Like a whirlwind sweeping across the desert, disaster will come from a terrifying land. 2 I have seen a vision of cruel events, a vision of betrayal and destruction. Army of Elam, attack! Army of Media, lay siege to the cities! […]

Isaiah 23

A Message about Phoenicia 1 This is a message about Tyre. Howl with grief, you sailors out on the ocean! Your home port of Tyre has been destroyed; its houses and its harbor are in ruins. As your ships return from Cyprus, you learn the news. 2 Wail, you merchants of Sidon! You sent agents […]

Isaiah 24

The Lord Will Punish the Earth 1 The Lord is going to devastate the earth and leave it desolate. He will twist the earth’s surface and scatter its people. 2 Everyone will meet the same fate—the priests and the people, slaves and masters, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, rich and poor. 3 The earth […]

Isaiah 25

A Hymn of Praise 1 Lord, you are my God; I will honor you and praise your name. You have done amazing things; you have faithfully carried out the plans you made long ago. 2 You have turned cities into ruins and destroyed their fortifications. The palaces which our enemies built are gone forever. 3 […]

Isaiah 26

God Will Give His People Victory 1 A day is coming when the people will sing this song in the land of Judah: Our city is strong! God himself defends its walls! 2 Open the city gates and let the faithful nation enter, the nation whose people do what is right. 3 You, Lord, give […]

Isaiah 27

1 On that day the Lord will use his powerful and deadly sword to punish Leviathan, that wriggling, twisting dragon, and to kill the monsterthat lives in the sea. 2 On that day the Lord will say of his pleasant vineyard, 3 “I watch over it and water it continually. I guard it night and […]

Isaiah 28

A Warning to the Northern Kingdom 1 The kingdom of Israel is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on the heads of its drunken leaders. Their proud heads are well perfumed, but there they lie, dead drunk. 2 The Lord has someone strong and powerful ready to attack them, someone who […]

Isaiah 29

The Fate of Jerusalem 1 God’s altar, Jerusalem itself, is doomed! The city where David camped is doomed! Let another year or two come and go, with its feasts and festivals, 2 and then God will bring disaster on the city that is called “God’s altar.” There will be weeping and wailing, and the whole […]

Isaiah 30

A Useless Treaty with Egypt 1 The Lord has spoken: “Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another. 2 They go to Egypt for help without asking for my advice. They want Egypt […]