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January 21, 2021
Isaiah 24
Today’s Scripture: Look! The Lord is about to destroy the earth and make it a vast wasteland.He devastates the surface of the earth and scatters the people.2 Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors—none will be spared.3 The earth will be completely emptied and looted. The Lord has spoken! 4 The earth mourns and dries […]
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January 20, 2021
Isaiah 23
Today’s Scripture: This message came to me concerning Tyre: Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone!The rumors you heard in Cyprus[a] are all true.2 Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon.Your traders crossed the sea,[b]3 sailing over deep waters.They brought you grain from Egypt[c] and harvests from […]
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January 19, 2021
Isaiah 22
Today’s Scripture: This message came to me concerning Jerusalem—the Valley of Vision[a]: What is happening? Why is everyone running to the rooftops?2 The whole city is in a terrible uproar. What do I see in this reveling city?Bodies are lying everywhere, killed not in battle but by famine and disease.3 All your leaders have fled. They surrendered without resistance.The people tried […]
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January 18, 2021
Isaiah 21
Today’s Scripture: This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea[a]: Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert, like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.2 I see a terrifying vision: I see the betrayer betraying, the destroyer destroying.Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes, attack and lay siege.I will make an end to all the groaning Babylon […]
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January 17, 2021
Isaiah 20
Today’s Scripture: In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod,[a] 2 the Lord told Isaiah son of Amoz, “Take off the burlap you have been wearing, and remove your sandals.” Isaiah did as he was told and walked around naked and barefoot. 3 Then the […]
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January 16, 2021
Isaiah 19
Today’s Scripture: This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The Lord is advancing against Egypt, riding on a swift cloud.The idols of Egypt tremble. The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear. 2 “I will make Egyptian fight against Egyptian— brother against brother,neighbor against neighbor, city against city, province against province.3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans.They […]
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January 15, 2021
Isaiah 18
Today’s Scripture: Listen, Ethiopia[a]—land of fluttering sails[b] that lies at the headwaters of the Nile,2 that sends ambassadors in swift boats down the river. Go, swift messengers!Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and widefor their conquests and destruction, and whose land is divided by rivers. 3 All you people of the world, everyone who lives on […]
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January 14, 2021
Isaiah 17
Today’s Scripture: This message came to me concerning Damascus: “Look, the city of Damascus will disappear! It will become a heap of ruins.2 The towns of Aroer will be deserted. Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed, with no one to chase them away.3 The fortified towns of Israel[a] will also be destroyed, and the royal power of […]
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January 13, 2021
Isaiah 16
Today’s Scripture: Send lambs from Sela as tribute to the ruler of the land.Send them through the desert to the mountain of beautiful Zion.2 The women of Moab are left like homeless birds at the shallow crossings of the Arnon River.3 “Help us,” they cry. “Defend us against our enemies.Protect us from their relentless attack. Do not betray us now that we […]
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January 12, 2021
Isaiah 15
Today’s Scripture: This message came to me concerning Moab: In one night the town of Ar will be leveled, and the city of Kir will be destroyed.2 Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep.They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads […]
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