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Isaiah ch.47 - The Demise of Babylon. I, Me, Mine!
Isaiah relates to the fall of Babylon, the unexpectedness of her demise, and Babylon's vulnerability and fall, from the aristocratic "dainty and deli…
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.46 - Who is Carrying You?
Isaiah addresses the skeptics who doubt that God will save the Jewish people.
In contrast to the "powers" of the nations around, God affirms that he …
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.45 - Cyrus, My Annointed!
Isaiah celebrates the Persian king as God's annointed.
Indeed Cyrus was the ruler who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem and even funded the reb…
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.44 - The Falsehood of Idolatry
Our chapter offers a speech mocking idolatry. we try to probe what makes idolatry so problematic.
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.43 - God in Exile
Today we demonstrate how our chapter incorporates many themes that we have studied in previous chapters:
1. Creation themes in the redemption - God a…
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.42 - National Re-Creation
Isiah uses Creation language and motifs from Genesis 1-3 to depict the redemption of Israel, expressing the idea that the restoration of the Jewish p…
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.41 - Chosen People
This chapter is an answer to the question posed by the Jewish exiles to God: "Our path has been hidden from God and our justice has been passed over.…
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.40 - Comfort My People!
Chapter 40 opens the chapters of consolation after the Temple's destruction and the national exile.
We compare these words of comfort with the expres…
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.39 - One Isaiah or Two?
In today's podcast, we examine the fraught question of whether Isaiah is one single book or two separate works conjoined. We present a series of argu…
3 years ago
Isaiah ch.38 - The Power of Prayer
Hezekiah is struck by a life-threatening illness. He is told he will die.
But Hezekiah appeals to God, and 15 years are added to his life.
In our chp…
3 years ago