Chapter 23 is a prophecy against Tyre.....it is near the sea, and if it is destroyed, other countries won't be able to ship..it is a major seaport....they were hugely evil and had multiple prophets come to them, Jerimiah, Ezekiel, Joel, Amos and Zechariah....God is destroying it because of pride..
The next 4 chapters are known as Isaiah's Apocalypse...cheery, huh? The Lord is done judging the nations,...he went from the East to the West...now He reveals His purpose in His judgment. These "Last Days" are where God judges the world....humans and land suffer the consequences of sin. 24:14-16 talks about the believers that are left behind and they give glory to God.
Chapter 24 is so cool.. it discusses "all peoples" Gentiles AND Jews.....this is a great feast that is discussed in Revelation and Matthew (8:11; 22:4)...the feast is on God's mountain, Mt. Zion. All who have been living by faith will be there....Chapter 25 has an amazing promise that I encourage you to mark in your Bible....verse 8: and he will swallow up death forever"..and in Chapter 26, Isaiah just bursts into song of Praise....we will finally get our perfect peace...God reveals the future to Isaiah once again... check out 26: 19
but your dead will live;
their bodies will rise.
You who dwell in the dust,
wake up and shout for joy.
Your dew is like the dew of the morning;
the earth will give birth to her dead...
Tell me that Isaiah could come up with that on his own!!!! This is divine revelation!!!!
Chapter 27 is the Deliverance of Israel
How many times do you see "In that Day"?
We finally get the fruitful vineyard...the trampled vineyard in chapter 5 is no more....concluding with how even enemies will worship together in verse 13......
Amazing prophecy!!!!!
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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In my bible, it has "answers to life questions " pages throughout. Here in Isaiah it talks about praising the Lord. It says we should praise the Lord often, and not because of how we feel or good things that have happened, but because of who He is and how He feels about us. The greater the praise, the smaller our problems appear and the more we praise, the less we fin time to worry or feel anxious. Our attitude should shift from "I focus and problem focus" to God focus and answer focus".
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