Isaiah 33-35 Dear RTB’ers, The STS introductory note is helpful for today’s reading – Isaiah 33 tells of Israel’s fear of the coming Assyrian invasion, then joy when the Assyrians are defeated, followed by another End Times prophecy in the second half of the chapter. Isaiah 34 gives us a picture of God’s judgment on …
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December 4 / Isaiah 30:18-32:20
Isaiah 30:18-32:20 Dear RTB’ers, A couple of happy chapters today… (Please forgive my informality!) But yes, the happiness begins early and continues through all three chapters: For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon …
December 3 / Isaiah 29:1-30:17
Isaiah 29:1-30:17 Dear RTB’ers, God continues His warnings to Judah/Jerusalem in today’s first four verses, but then He seems to deliver them from their enemies in the rest of the chapter. See especially Isaiah 29:5-8. Two following verses are particularly confusing: Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, …
December 2 / Isaiah 28
Dear RTB’ers, Today we have God turning His judgment away from the “nations” and toward Ephraim/Israel (the first thirteen verses) and Judah (the next nine verses). God’s word to Ephraim is the harsher of the two; today’s “that day” (v. 5) seems to be the very near current times – they will be taken captive …
December 1 / Isaiah 26-27
Isaiah 26-27 Dear RTB’ers, More “in that day” references today – Isaiah 27:1; 26:1,2,12,13. To me the reference continues to be End Times; I don’t see that Isaiah’s prophecies have been fulfilled any time in Israel’s history to date. There have been periodic enemy defeats and exiles and returns, but nothing like all of Israel’s …
December 2025 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Dec Isaiah 26-27 34 02-Dec Isaiah 28 29 03-Dec Isaiah 29:1-30:17 41 04-Dec Isaiah 30:18-32:20 45 05-Dec Isaiah 33-35 51 06-Dec Isaiah 36-37 60 07-Dec Isaiah 38-39 30 08-Dec I John 1:1-2:2 12 09-Dec I John 2:3-27 25 10-Dec I John 2:28-3:10 12 11-Dec I John 3:11-4:6 20 12-Dec I John 4:7-5:3 …
November 30 / Isaiah 24-25
Isaiah 24-25 Dear RTB’ers, The STS introduction tells us that in today’s and tomorrow’s readings we are looking at End Times prophecies by Isaiah. And what we read is scary in chapter 24, judgment on the whole earth (as the ESV header tells us), so scary that I don’t want to be around, even if …
November 29 / Isaiah 22:15-23:18
Isaiah 22:15-23:18 Dear RTB’ers, Footnotes and a commentary helped me to understand a bit more about the second half of chapter 22. The first half of the chapter was about Jerusalem and its people; the second half is about two leaders, Shebna and Eliakim. Surprisingly, we have met these two before, when Assyria was bent …
November 28 / Isaiah 20:1-22:14
Isaiah 20:1-22:14 Dear RTB’ers, Today’s chapter 20 is a follow-up, the climax to yesterday’s oracles against Egypt and Cush (Ethiopia) as they go off as captives, naked and shorn, to Assyria. Then in chapter 21 Isaiah speaks against Babylon, Edom, and Arabia before finishing with Jerusalem in chapter 22. One verse stands out in chapter …
November 27 / Isaiah 17-19
Isaiah 17-19 Dear RTB’ers, Today, oracles against Damascus (Aram/Syria), Cush (Ethiopia), and Egypt. There’s a lot of history involved here, mainly aggression by Assyria that helps to explain the judgments against these nations. If you’ve been reading the “See also…” links from 2023, you see that The Chronological Bible has much of Isaiah interspersed with …