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 …
Category Archives: RTB 2025 – Search the Scriptures, Part 2
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 …
November 23 / Isaiah 10:5-34
Isaiah 10:5-34 Dear RTB’ers, Almost all of what we read today is about Assyria and its attempt to conquer Jerusalem (and the Southern Kingdom, Judah). Isaiah writes of the boastful, arrogant Assyrian leaders believing in their overwhelming military strength, when in fact it is God who is in charge. Here is God’s plan to use …
November 22 / Isaiah 8:16-10:4
Isaiah 8:16-10:4 Dear RTB’ers, Our Bible today is divided into books, chapters, and verses. It wasn’t always that way. Ancient people had rolled papyrus scrolls, very likely with separations between books and even between particular sections. (For example, see Luke 4:17, And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him. He unrolled the …
November 21 / Isaiah 7:1-8:15
Isaiah 7:1-8:15 Dear RTB’ers, Hopefully everyone reading these posts and comments has a copy of our companion book, Search the Scriptures. The authors there provide a setting for today’s reading – Syria (Aram) and the Northern Kingdom (Israel, aka Ephraim) have conspired to invade and overtake the Southern Kingdom, Judah. So the Lord sends Isaiah …
November 20 / Isaiah 6
Isaiah 6 Dear RTB’ers, A couple of comments on the following verse: And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” (v. 8) First, I love this verse! I love Isaiah’s willingness to be used by the …
November 19 / Isaiah 5
Isaiah 5 Dear RTB’ers, There has not been a lot of encouragement for Israel in these first five chapters. (Yes, we’ll get to some positives later.) Today we see a series of six “woes” spoken against various people and their activities. It’s easy for us to recall Jesus pronouncing woes against the Scribes and Pharisees …