Isaiah 33

Speaking of faithless Israel, the Lord querys -

"Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered."  (Malachi 3:14–15)

Isaiah writes much the same -

"Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee."  (Isaiah 33:1)

Justice will be satisfied.

Isaiah 32

The Lord warns -

"Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones..."  (Isaiah 32:9–11)

I believe He is saying - Follow the Prophet!

Isaiah 30

As Isaiah writes concerning that Israel will eventually repent and be blessed while the wicked will be destroyed, he feels impressed concerning those of his day  -

"Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us."  (Isaiah 30:8–11)

Even so, it could easily been written of our day  where people desire "speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits".

Isaiah 29

As one comes to have a testimony of the restored Church and the Book of Mormon, the 29th Chapter of Isaiah becomes more clear.  What caught my attention this morning with the political climate of today, was the prophecy of Isaiah concerning our day.  This morning I would like to quote from David J. Ridges book -

"20 For the terrible one [tyrant] is brought to nought, and the scorner [scoffer] is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off [the restored truth will expose wickedness and eventually overthrow it]:

In verse 21, next, Isaiah describes the crippling corruption in governments and judicial systems in the last days.

21 That make a man an offender for a word [via unjust lawsuits, corrupt judicial system, and so forth], and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate [try to eliminate honest people in government, and those who try to expose corruption in government], and turn aside the just for a thing of nought [destroy the effectiveness of honest government and judicial leaders; replace truth and honesty with lies]."  )Ridges, David J.. The Old Testament Made Easier Part 3)

I believe that to be true.

Isaiah 27

Isaiah wrote -

"Or let him take hold of my strength..."  (Isaiah 27:5)

I believe there is great strength -

"...in the power of Christ unto salvation..."  (Alma 15:6)

or in the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 26

Isaiah comments -

"Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength...."  (Isaiah 26:4)

In my mind, trust in the Lord forever means that we will have need to trust in Him and His atonement forever, and thus will receive everlasting strength.

Isaiah 25

Isaiah prophecies -

"And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."  (Isaiah 25:9)

Again, a great promise to the righteous and faithful

Isaiah 24

Isaiah prophecies -

 "Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof."  (Isaiah 24:1)

Because -

"The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant."  (Isaiah 24:5)

Today we talk much of man caused climate change and other man caused calamities.  What is never discussed is the possibility of the cause being wickedness.

Isaiah 23

This time, Isaiah prophecies of the destruction of  Tyre because of wickedness, but also prophecies that the day would come that -

"...her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord..."  (Isaiah 23:18)

Isaiah 22

Isaiah prophesizes concerning Eliakim.  But in doing so also uses him as a type of the Messiah saying -

"...I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house."  (Isaiah 22:21–23)

But obviously, Eliakim would eventually fall unlike the Savior for -

"In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it."  (Isaiah 22:25)

Isaiah 20

Isaiah had already warned Ahaz of becoming confederate or allies with Egypt and other countries, when they should wholly depend on the Lord, but he now prophecies -

"So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt."  (Isaiah 20:4)

Obviously, Egypt and Ethiopians would be victims of the Assyrians.

Isaiah 21

As Isaiah sees in vision the doom of Babylon, he expresses how difficult it is receiving this revelation sayings -

"A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me."  (Isaiah 21:2–4)

In most cases we see revelation bringing joy and happiness.  But sometimes the nature of prophesy can bring pain and sorrow.

Isaiah 19

At the same time that Isaiah speaks of the burdens of Egypt, he prophesizes  that -

"In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance."  (Isaiah 19:23–25)

Even to the point that -

"In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord."  (Isaiah 19:19)

Could an "alter" suggest a temple in that day?

Isaiah 18

Speaking of a now righteous people that have continually been depressed, Isaiah prophesizes -

"In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion."  (Isaiah 18:7)

Obviously, the righteous will be gathered in the last days.

Isaiah 17

Speaking of the burden or destruction of Syria, Isaiah prophesizes that "in that day" Syria will be much like the ten tribes of Israel for -

"...in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean."  (Isaiah 17:4)

As I read this morning, I couldn't help but think about the "thinning" of Syria today as internal wars on conflict continue to go on and many are forsaking the land.

Isaiah 16

Prophecies concerning Moab are contained in both the 15th and 16th chapters of Isaiah.  Isaiah talks about Judah and Israel in the last days will protect Moab in righteousness saying -

"Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness."  (Isaiah 16:4–5)

David J. Ridges comments that "Moab" in verse four should have been Israel.  Seems to make sense.