Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Isaiah ch.27 - The Leviathan
Chapter 27 envisions God slaughtering the Leviathan - the sea monsters. What is the Leviathan in Tanakh and the Talmud?
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.26 - Resurrection of the Dead
Is Chapter 26 the source for the doctrine of Techiat Hametim?
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.25 - Will People Live Forever?
Chapter 25 depicts a world of universal recognition of God, in which "Death will be swallowed away for ever". What does this mean? Doe sit mean that …
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.24 - Earthquake!
"The earth is breaking, breaking;
The earth is crumbling, crumbling;
The earth is tottering, tottering."
Our chapter describes a devastating earthqu…
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.23 - Tyre: The Demise of Wealth and Fortune
Ch.23 is the final of the Pronouncements against the Nations.
This one predicts the fall of Tyre, and bears a striking affinity to the fortunes of Is…
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.22 - "Eat and Drink - For Tomorrow We Die!"
Jerusalem is under siege. But the city is partying!
What are the people thinking? Why don't they turn to God? Why is there an atmosphere of levity an…
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.21 - The Night Watchman
Isaiah ch.21 contains no less than three prophecies.
Our podcast today addresses two foci:
1. The prophet's traumatic experience at receiving harsh …
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.20 - Naked and Barefoot
The prophet is told to walk "naked and barefoot" for three years (!) to warn the people not to rely on the power of Egypt.
But would God really deman…
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.19 - The Egypt Pronouncement. Imagining Unity!
Isaiah prophecies the chaotic demise of Egypt. But he also imagines that "Israel shall be a third partner with Egypt and Assyria as a blessing on ear…
3 years, 1 month ago
Isaiah ch.18 - The Whirring Wings to Ethiopia
Chapter 18 is a cryptic chapter that imagines the mighty kingdom of Ethiopia, and the destruction that will befall them, leading to the recognition o…
3 years, 1 month ago