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 …
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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 …
November 26 / Isaiah 14:24-16:14
Isaiah 14:24-16:14 Dear RTB’ers, Today, judgments on Assyria, the aggressor from the north/northeast and on Israel’s western neighbor, Philistia and its eastern neighbor, Moab. Only a few verses each for the first two, but two full chapters for Moab. While Isaiah has nothing but harsh words for Assyria and Philistia, he seems to have a …
November 25 / Isaiah 13:1-14:23
Isaiah 13:1-14:23 Dear RTB’ers, Today’s reading is 100% about Babylon, and it’s not good for them – for the country, for the city, for the king, or for its people! First we have God’s personal proclamations (through Isaiah) in chapter 13, then Israel’s own triumphs and taunts in chapter 14. Chapter 13 gets confusing when …
November 24 / Isaiah 11-12
Isaiah 11-12 Dear RTB’ers, After many chapters of condemnation and judgment upon Judah and Israel (Ephraim) and nearby aggressor nations, we come to two chapters of relief and uplifting for all of Israel and for all of us. We read today’s first five verses as prophesies of the coming of the Messiah, whom we know …