THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Isaiah Chapter 1 to 30)

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 22:7 (NLT)

7 Chariots fill your beautiful valleys, and charioteers storm your gates.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:8 (NLT)
Judah's defenses have been stripped away.
You run to the armory for your weapons.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:9 (NLT)
You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem.
You store up water in the lower pool.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:10 (NLT)
You survey the houses and tear some down
for stone to strengthen the walls.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:11 (NLT)
Between the city walls, you build a reservoir
for water from the old pool
But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.
You never considered the One who planned this long ago.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:12 (NLT)
At that time the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
called you to weep and mourn
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:13 (NLT)
But instead, you dance and play;
You slaughter cattle, and kill sheep.
You feast on meat and drink wime.
You say, "Let's feast and drink
for tomorrow we die!

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:14 (NLT)
The LORD of Heaven's Armies has revealed this to me: "Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin." That is the judgment of the Lord, the LORD of Heavens Armies.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 22:15 (NLT)
This is what the Lord, The LORD of Heaven's Armies said to me: "Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 22:16 (NLT) - 16 “Who do you think you are, and what are you doing here, building a beautiful tomb for yourself—a monument high up in the rock?

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 22:17 (NLT) - 17 For the Lord is about to hurl you away, mighty man. He is going to grab you,

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 22:18 (NLT) - 18 crumple you into a ball, and toss you away into a distant, barren land. There you will die, and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless. You are a disgrace to your master!

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 22:19 (NLT)

19 “Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the Lord. “I will pull you down from your high position.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 22:20 (NLT)

20 And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 22:21 (NLT)

21 I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 22:22 (NLT)

22 I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 22:23 (NLT) - 23 He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 22:24 (NLT) - 24 They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family."

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 22:25 (NLT) - 25 But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 23:1 (NLT) - 1 This message came to me concerning Tyre: Weep, O ships of Tarshish, for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone! The rumors you heard in Cyprus are all true.