Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000648
|
00:16 Hello, and welcome to "His Words Are Life."
00:18 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today we're going to begin 00:21 reading together in the Book of Isaiah. 00:23 Well, let's pray before we start. 00:25 Dear, Heavenly Father, thank you for this opportunity 00:28 to sit in Your presence and focus our hearts 00:32 on Your word to us, which is light and life. 00:35 Please, send the Holy Spirit to open our ears 00:38 to hear You speaking to each of us personally. 00:41 We love You so much, thank you for loving us, amen. 00:46 We're reading in the Book of Isaiah 00:48 in Chapter 65, starting with verse 12. 00:52 And God through the prophet 00:54 speaking to those who have forsaken Him. 00:58 Therefore will I number you to the sword, 01:02 and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter. 01:05 Because when I called, ye did not answer, 01:09 when I speak, ye did not hear, 01:12 but did evil before mine eyes, 01:15 and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 01:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 01:21 Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry. 01:25 Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty. 01:30 Behold, my servants shall rejoice, 01:32 but ye shall be ashamed. 01:35 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, 01:38 but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, 01:41 and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 01:45 And ye shall leave your name for a curse 01:46 unto my chosen for the Lord God shall slay thee, 01:49 and call his servants by another name. 01:52 That he who blesseth himself in the earth 01:54 shall bless himself in the God of truth, 01:57 and he that sweareth in the earth 01:59 shall swear by the God of truth, 02:01 because the former troubles are forgotten, 02:04 and because they are hid from mine eyes. 02:07 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth 02:11 and the former shall not be remembered, 02:14 nor come into mind. 02:16 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever 02:19 in that which I create for, behold, I create Jerusalem 02:24 a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 02:28 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, 02:29 and joy in my people and the voice of weeping 02:32 shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 02:37 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, 02:39 nor an old man that hath not filled his days for the child 02:43 shall die an hundred years old, 02:44 but the sinner being an hundred years old 02:46 shall be accursed. 02:48 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them, 02:51 and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 02:54 They shall not build, and another inhabit, 02:57 they shall not plant, and another eat 02:59 for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, 03:03 and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 03:07 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble, 03:11 for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, 03:13 and their offspring with them. 03:16 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, 03:19 I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 03:23 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, 03:26 and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock 03:29 and dust shall be the serpent's meat. 03:32 They shall not hurt nor destroy 03:35 in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. 03:38 And continuing with Isaiah Chapter 66, 03:41 and this is the King James Version. 03:44 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, 03:48 and the earth is my footstool 03:50 where is the house that ye build unto me? 03:52 And where is the place of my rest? 03:55 For all those things hath mine hand made, 03:57 and all those things have been, 03:59 saith the Lord but to this man will I look, 04:02 even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, 04:06 and trembleth at my word. 04:08 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man, 04:13 he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck, 04:18 he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood, 04:23 he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. 04:27 Yea, they have chosen their own ways, 04:30 and their soul delighteth in their abominations. 04:34 I also will choose their delusions, 04:37 and will bring their fears upon them, 04:39 because when I called, none did answer, 04:43 when I speak, He did not hear 04:46 but they did evil before mine eyes, 04:48 and chose that in which I delighted not. 04:53 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word, 04:57 your brethren that hated you, 04:59 that cast you out for my name's sake, said. 05:02 Let the Lord be glorified but he shall appear to your joy, 05:07 and they shall be ashamed. 05:09 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, 05:12 a voice of the Lord that rendereth 05:15 recompense to his enemies. 05:17 Before she travailed, she brought forth, 05:20 before her pain came, 05:21 she was delivered of a man child. 05:23 Who hath heard such a thing? 05:25 Who hath seen such things? 05:27 Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? 05:30 Or shall a nation be born at once? 05:33 For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. 05:37 Shall I bring to the birth, 05:38 and not cause to bring forth, saith the Lord? 05:41 Shall I cause to bring forth, 05:43 and shut the womb, saith thy God? 05:46 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, 05:49 all ye that love her rejoice for joy with her, 05:53 all ye that mourn for her. 05:55 That ye may suck, and be satisfied 05:57 with the breasts of her consolations, 06:00 that ye may milk out, 06:01 and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. 06:05 For thus saith the Lord, 06:06 Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, 06:11 and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream 06:16 then shall ye suck, 06:18 ye shall be borne upon her sides, 06:20 and be dandled upon her knees. 06:22 As one whom his mother comforteth, 06:24 so will I comfort you, 06:27 and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 06:30 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, 06:33 and your bones shall flourish like an herb 06:36 and the hand of the Lord shall be known 06:38 toward his servants, 06:39 and his indignation toward his enemies. 06:43 For behold, the Lord will come with fire, 06:45 with his chariots like a whirlwind, 06:48 to render his anger with fury, 06:50 and his rebuke with flames of fire. 06:53 For by fire and by his sword 06:55 will the Lord plead with all flesh, 06:57 and the slain of the Lord shall be many. 07:01 They that sanctify themselves, 07:03 and purify themselves in the gardens 07:06 behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, 07:09 and the abomination, and the mouse, 07:12 shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. 07:14 For I know their works and their thoughts, it shall come, 07:18 that I will gather all nations and tongues, 07:20 and they shall come, and see my glory. 07:23 And I will set a sign among them, 07:25 and I will send those that escape of them 07:27 unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, 07:32 that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, 07:35 to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, 07:38 neither have seen my glory, 07:40 and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 07:44 And they shall bring all your brethren 07:45 for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, 07:49 and in chariots, and in litters, 07:51 and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, 07:54 to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, 07:57 as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel 08:00 into the house of the Lord. 08:02 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, 08:06 saith the Lord. 08:07 For as the new heavens and the new earth, 08:09 which I will make, shall remain before me, 08:12 saith the Lord, 08:13 so shall your seed and your name remain. 08:18 And it shall come to pass, 08:19 that from one new moon to another, 08:21 and from one Sabbath to another, 08:24 shall all flesh come to worship before me, 08:27 saith the Lord. 08:29 And they shall go forth, 08:30 and look upon the carcasses of the men 08:32 that have transgressed against me. 08:34 For their worm shall not die, 08:36 neither shall their fire be quenched. 08:38 And they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. 08:44 Continuing now to read in the Book of Jeremiah Chapter 1 08:48 and this is the King James Version. 08:52 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, 08:55 of the priests that were in Anathoth 08:58 in the land of Benjamin. 09:00 To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah 09:03 the son of Amon, king of Judah, 09:05 in the thirteenth year of his reign. 09:08 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim. 09:10 The son of Josiah, king of Judah, 09:13 unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, 09:16 the son of Josiah king of Judah, 09:18 unto the carrying away of Jerusalem 09:21 captive in the fifth month. 09:23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 09:27 "Before I formed thee in the belly 09:30 I knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb 09:33 I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee 09:35 a prophet unto the nations." 09:38 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! 09:42 Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. 09:45 But the Lord said unto me, 09:47 Say not, I am a child for thou shalt go to all 09:52 that I shall send thee, and whatsoever 09:54 I command thee thou shalt speak. 09:57 Be not afraid of their faces, 09:59 for I am with thee to deliver thee, 10:02 saith the Lord. 10:04 Then the Lord put forth his hand, 10:06 and touched my mouth. 10:07 And the Lord said unto me, 10:09 Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. 10:13 See, I have this day set thee 10:15 over the nations and over the kingdoms, 10:17 to root out, and to pull down, 10:19 and to destroy, and to throw down, 10:21 to build, and to plant. 10:24 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 10:27 Jeremiah, what seest thou? 10:30 And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. 10:35 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen, 10:38 for I will hasten my word to perform it. 10:42 And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, 10:45 what seest thou? 10:47 And I said, I see a seething pot, 10:50 and the face thereof is toward the north. 10:53 Then the Lord said unto me, 10:54 Out of the north an evil shall break forth 10:57 upon all the inhabitants of the land. 10:59 For, lo, I will call ll the families 11:01 of the kingdoms of the north, 11:02 saith the Lord, and they shall come, 11:03 and they shall set every one his throne 11:05 at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, 11:07 and against all the walls thereof round about, 11:09 and against all the cities of Judah. 11:12 And I will utter my judgments against them 11:14 touching all their wickedness, 11:16 who have forsaken me, 11:17 and have burned incense unto other Gods, 11:20 and worshipped the works of their own hands. 11:23 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, 11:26 and arise, and speak unto them 11:27 all that I command thee be not dismayed at their faces, 11:32 lest I confound thee before them. 11:34 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defensed city, 11:39 and an iron pillar, and brazen walls 11:42 against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, 11:45 against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, 11:48 and against the people of the land. 11:51 And they shall fight against thee, 11:52 but they shall not prevail against thee, 11:55 for I am with thee, saith the Lord, 11:58 to deliver thee. 12:00 Continuing in the Book of Jeremiah Chapter 2, 12:03 this is the King James Version. 12:06 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying. 12:10 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 12:13 Thus saith the Lord, I remember thee, 12:15 the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, 12:19 when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, 12:21 in a land that was not sown. 12:23 Israel was holiness unto the Lord, 12:25 and the first fruits of his increase 12:27 all that devour him shall offend, 12:30 evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord. 12:33 Hear ye the word of the Lord,O house of Jacob, 12:36 and all the families of the house of Israel. 12:39 Thus saith the Lord. 12:41 What iniquity have your fathers found in me, 12:44 that they are gone far from me, 12:45 and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? 12:49 Neither said they, Where is the Lord 12:51 that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, 12:52 that led us through the wilderness, 12:54 through a land of deserts and of pits, 12:56 through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, 12:59 through a land that no man passed through, 13:01 and where no man dwelt? 13:02 And I brought you into a plentiful country, 13:05 to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof, 13:07 but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, 13:11 and made mine heritage an abomination. 13:15 The priests said not, where are the Lord? 13:18 And they that handle the law knew me 13:21 not the pastors also transgressed against me, 13:25 and the prophets prophesied by Baal, 13:27 and walked after things that do not profit. 13:30 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, 13:33 and with your children's children will I plead. 13:36 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see, 13:39 and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, 13:42 and see if there be such a thing. 13:44 Hath a nation changed their Gods, 13:47 which are yet no Gods? 13:49 But my people have changed their glory 13:51 for that which doth not profit. 13:54 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, 13:56 and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the lord 14:01 For my people have committed two evils, 14:03 they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, 14:07 and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, 14:11 that can hold no water. Is Israel a servant? 14:15 Is he a home born slave? 14:17 Why is he spoiled? 14:20 The young lions roared upon him,and yelled, 14:23 and they made his land waste 14:24 his cities are burned without inhabitant. 14:28 Also the children of Noph and Tahapane 14:31 have broken the crown of thine head. 14:33 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, 14:37 in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, 14:39 when he led thee by the way? |
Revised 2014-12-17