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Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #30 chapters 59 and 30. Isaiah 59, Your sins have separated you from God. Justice is far from us. Truth is nowhere. So the LORD put on garments of salvation and fury. Isaiah 60, Arise, shine, for your light has come! The nations will come to you. I will make you majestic forever. Your God will b...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #29 chapters 57 and 58. Isaiah 57, The righteous find peace in death. As for you rebels, you make your bed wide. Let your idols save you! But I will not accuse forever. Isaiah 58, You seek pleasure on your fast days. Is this not the fast I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice? Then your ruins...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #28 chapters 55 and 56. Isaiah 55, Come, all you who are thirsty. I will make an everlasting covenant. My word will not return void. The mountains will burst into song. Isaiah 56, Keep justice, for salvation is near. I will bring the outcasts of Israel to my house and gather still others. The wa...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #27 chapters 53 and 54. Isaiah 53, He was despised and rejected. He was pierced for our transgressions. By his wounds we are healed. Out of anguish he will see light. Isaiah 54, Sing, O barren woman! Your offspring will inherit the nations. Your Maker is your husband. No weapon formed against yo...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #26 chapters 51 and 52. Isaiah 51, Listen, the LORD will comfort Zion. Awake, O arm of the LORD! The ransomed shall return. You will drink the cup of my wrath no more. Isaiah 52, Awake, O Zion! How beautiful are those who bring good news. The LORD has redeemed Jerusalem. Behold, my Servant will...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #25 chapters 49 and 50. Isaiah 49, The LORD formed me in the womb to restore Jacob and to bring salvation. Can a mother forget her nursing baby? I will not forget Zion. Isaiah 50, Have I no power to deliver? The LORD has given me a learned tongue. I gave my back to those who beat me. He who just...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #24 chapters 47 and 48. Isaiah 47, Sit in the dust, O daughter of Babylon. You showed no mercy. You trusted in sorcery. Evil shall fall upon you. No one shall save you. Isaiah 48, Hear this, O Jacob: I have refined you for my own sake. I am the First and the Last. Thus says your Redeemer: Go out...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #23 chapters 45 and 46. Isaiah 45, The LORD says to Cyrus: For the sake of Jacob I have called you. I am the LORD. Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! Isaiah 46, The idols of Bel and Nebo are burdens to be carried. O Jacob, I have made you and I will carry you. I am God and there...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #22 chapters 43 and 44 Isaiah 43, But I am with you, O Jacob. I am the LORD. There is no other saviour. Behold, I will do a new thing! Yet you have not called upon me. Isaiah 44, I will pour my Spirit on your offspring. Who makes an idol? A carpenter prays to a block of wood. I am the LORD who m...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #21 chapters 41 and 42 Isaiah 41, Let the nations meet for judgement. Do not fear, O Israel. I will help you. Idols are nothing. I will give a messenger of good news. Isaiah 42, Behold, my Servant! He will bring justice to the nations. Sing to the LORD a new song. Hear, you deaf! The LORD gave I...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #20 chapters 39 and 40 Isaiah 39,  The king of Babylon sent envoys. Hezekiah showed them his treasure houses. Isaiah said, "All you have shall be carried to Babylon." Isaiah 40, Comfort, comfort my people. A voice cries: Prepare the way of the LORD! He is the everlasting God. He gives...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #19 chapters 37 and 38 Isaiah 37, Hezekiah prayed to the LORD. Isaiah said, "The king of Assyria will not enter the city." The angel of the LORD struck the Assyrians. Isaiah 38, Hezekiah became sick, so he prayed. The LORD said, "I will add fifteen years to your life." Hezeki...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #18 chapters 35 and 36. Isaiah 35, The desert shall rejoice and bloom. The eyes of the blind shall be opened. The ransomed of the LORD shall return to Zion with songs. Isaiah 36, The king of Assyria came against Judah. His commander said, "Do not listen to Hezekiah. Have any of the gods del...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #17 chapters 33 and 34. Isaiah 33, Woe to you, O destroyer! The fear of the LORD is Zion's treasure. "I will arise," says the LORD. You will see the king in his beauty. Isaiah 34, The LORD is enraged against the nations. His sword is filled with blood. He has a day of vengeance for...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Isaiah. This is episode #16 chapters 31 and 32. Isaiah 31, Woe to those who trust in chariots! As a lion roars, so the LORD will come down to fight for Mount Zion. Turn back to him, O Israel. Isaiah 32, Behold, a king will reign in righteousness. Tremble, you women of ease. The city will be deserted until the Spirit is...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #15 chapters 29 and 30. Isaiah 29, Woe to Ariel, the city of David! But your enemies will be like dust. I will astound these people. No longer will Jacob be ashamed. Isaiah 30, Woe to the stubborn children who seek help from Egypt! The LORD will wait to show mercy. The voice of the LORD will sh...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #14 chapters 27 and 28. Isaiah 27, In that day the LORD will slay Leviathan. By exile the guilt of Jacob will be purged. Those who were perishing will worship the LORD. Isaiah 28, Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim! They will be snared. Behold, I lay in Zion a precious cornerstone. The LORD will d...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #13 chapters 25 and 26. Isaiah 25, O LORD, I will praise you. You have done marvellous things. The LORD will swallow up death forever. Moab will be trampled as straw. Isaiah 26, A song will be sung in Judah: The LORD is the eternal Rock. Your hand is lifted high. We gave birth to wind, but your...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #12 chapters 23 and 24. Isaiah 23, The oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships, for Tyre is laid waste. The LORD has planned it. Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years. Isaiah 24, Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste. Its people are held guilty. Fear and pit and snare await you. The LORD of ho...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #11 chapters 21 and 22. Isaiah 21, The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea: I set a watchman. He said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon!" The glory of Kedar will end. Isaiah 22, The oracle concerning the valley of vision: The LORD has taken away the covering of Judah. I will give to...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #10 chapters 19 and 20. Isaiah 19, An oracle concerning Egypt: I will hand the Egyptians over to a cruel master. When they cry out to the LORD, he will send a saviour. Isaiah 20, The LORD spoke through Isaiah: As Isaiah has gone stripped for three years, so Assyria will lead the Egyptians and C...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #09 chapters 17 and 18. Isaiah 17, An oracle concerning Damascus: Damascus will become ruins. Jacob will be brought low. You have forgotten the God of your salvation. Isaiah 18, Woe to the land of buzzing wings, beyond the rivers of Cush. The LORD will cut down the branches. Wild animals will f...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #08 chapters 15 and 16. Isaiah 15, An oracle concerning Moab: Ar of Moab is laid waste. In the streets they wear sackcloth. The waters of Dibon are full of blood. Isaiah 16, A throne will be established from the house of David. We have heard of the pride of Moab. Within three years Moab will be...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #07 chapters 13 and 14. Isaiah 13, The oracle concerning Babylon: Listen! The LORD is calling an army. I will punish the world for its evil. Babylon will be overthrown. Isaiah 14, The LORD will again choose Israel. How you are fallen, O Lucifer! You will be cast away like a trampled corpse. Wa...

Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of  Isaiah. This is episode #06 chapters 11 and 12. Isaiah 11, A shoot will come up from Jesse. He will judge with righteousness. The wolf will live with the lamb. The Lord will gather his people. Isaiah 12, In that day you will say: I will praise you, O LORD! Your anger has turned away. Surely God is my salvation. Sing...