Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah is one of the most expansive and theologically rich books in Scripture, combining warnings of judgment with some of the Bible’s most profound promises of hope and redemption. Written by Isaiah, the book spans decades of prophetic ministry and addresses both immediate historical crises and God’s long-range redemptive plan.
Isaiah speaks primarily to Judah and Jerusalem during times of political instability, moral decline, and looming foreign threat. From the opening chapters, the prophet confronts sin directly—exposing rebellion, injustice, hypocrisy, and empty religious observance. God’s people continue ritual worship, yet their hearts are far from Him. Isaiah makes clear that holiness and justice are inseparable in true devotion to the LORD.
A defining theme of Isaiah is the holiness of God. In his famous vision of the LORD seated on a high and exalted throne, Isaiah is overwhelmed by God’s purity and majesty. This encounter shapes the entire book: God is utterly holy, humanity is deeply flawed, and only divine grace can bridge the gap.
Isaiah also addresses international affairs, declaring that God is sovereign not only over Israel but over all nations. Assyria, Babylon, and other world powers rise and fall according to God’s purpose. Political strength, alliances, and military power are shown to be unreliable when separated from trust in God.
At the heart of Isaiah is the promise of a coming Deliverer. The book contains some of Scripture’s clearest messianic prophecies—foretelling a child born to rule with righteousness, a servant who suffers for the sins of others, and a king whose reign brings peace and justice. These passages reveal that God’s ultimate answer to sin and exile is not merely restoration, but redemption.
The latter portion of Isaiah shifts toward comfort and hope. God promises forgiveness, renewal, and a future beyond judgment. Themes of restoration, return from exile, and new creation emerge, culminating in a vision of renewed heavens and a renewed earth. Suffering gives way to joy, and mourning to lasting peace.
The Book of Isaiah weaves together judgment and mercy, warning and promise, history and eternity. It reveals a God who is both just and compassionate—one who confronts sin honestly while offering salvation freely. Isaiah calls readers to trust the LORD, walk in righteousness, and place hope not in nations or power, but in God’s faithful promises.
Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
Isaiah 31:4
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to […]
Isaiah 31:5
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Isaiah 31:6
Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
Isaiah 31:7
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Isaiah 31:8
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Isaiah 31:9
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Isaiah 32:10
Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Isaiah 32:12
They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Isaiah 32:13
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Isaiah 32:14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Isaiah 32:15
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
Isaiah 32:16
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Isaiah 32:17
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isaiah 32:18
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah 32:19
When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.
Isaiah 32:2
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Isaiah 32:3
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Isaiah 32:4
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah 32:5
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah 32:6
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Isaiah 32:9
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Isaiah 33:1
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
Isaiah 33:10
Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.