Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000638
00:15 Hello, and welcome back to "His Words are Life."
00:17 I'm Kelly Mowrer, 00:18 and thank you for being with me today 00:20 to read the Bible together. 00:21 Let's pray before we start. 00:24 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this time 00:28 to spend particularly in your presence 00:31 hearing Your words to us. 00:33 Please send the Holy Spirit to give us understanding. 00:36 We love you so much and thank you for loving us, amen. 00:41 We're reading in Isaiah Chapter 28, 00:43 beginning with verse 27 00:45 and this is the King James Version. 00:50 with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel 00:52 turned about upon the cummin, 00:55 but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, 00:58 and the cummin with a rod. 01:00 Bread corn is bruised, because he will not ever 01:03 be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, 01:06 nor bruise it with his horsemen. 01:08 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, 01:10 which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 01:15 Continuing with Isaiah Chapter 29, 01:17 this is the King James Version. 01:20 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! 01:25 add ye year to year, let them kill sacrifices. 01:29 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be 01:31 heaviness and sorrow, and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 01:35 And I will camp against thee round about, 01:37 and will lay siege against thee with a mount, 01:40 and I will raise forts against thee. 01:42 And thou shalt be brought down, 01:44 and shalt speak out of the ground, 01:46 and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, 01:49 and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath 01:52 a familiar spirit, out of the ground, 01:54 and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. 01:57 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers 02:00 shall be like small dust, 02:01 and the multitude of the terrible ones 02:03 shall be as chaff that passeth away, 02:06 yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. 02:10 Thou shalt be visited 02:11 of the Lord of hosts with thunder, 02:13 and with earthquake, and great noise, 02:16 with storm and tempest, 02:17 and the flame of devouring fire. 02:19 And the multitude of all the nations 02:21 that fight against Ariel, even all that fight 02:24 against her and her munition, and that distress her, 02:28 shall be as a dream of a night vision. 02:31 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, 02:33 and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, 02:36 and his soul is empty, or as when a thirsty man dreameth, 02:39 and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, 02:41 and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite, 02:45 so shall the multitude of all the nations be, 02:48 that fight against mount Zion. 02:51 Stay yourselves, and wonder, cry ye out, 02:54 and cry, they are drunken, but not with wine, 02:58 they stagger, but not with strong drink. 03:02 For the Lord hath poured out upon you 03:04 the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes, 03:08 the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 03:13 And the vision of all is become unto you 03:15 as the words of a book that is sealed, 03:17 which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, 03:19 Read this, I pray thee, and he saith, 03:22 I cannot, for it is sealed, 03:25 And the book is delivered to him 03:26 that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee, 03:29 and he saith, I am not learned. 03:32 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw 03:35 near me with their mouth, 03:37 and with their lips do honour me, 03:40 but have removed their heart far from me, 03:43 and their fear toward me 03:44 is taught by the precept of men, 03:46 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do 03:49 a marvellous work among this people, 03:51 even a marvellous work and a wonder, 03:53 for the wisdom of their wise men 03:54 shall perish, and the understanding 03:55 of their prudent men shall be hid. 03:58 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide 04:01 their counsel from the Lord, 04:03 and their works are in the dark, 04:04 and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 04:08 Surely your turning of things upside down 04:10 shall be esteemed as the potter's clay, 04:13 for shall the work say of him that made it, 04:16 He made me not? or shall the thing framed 04:20 say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? 04:25 Is it not yet a very little while, 04:28 and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, 04:32 and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 04:35 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, 04:39 and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, 04:42 and out of darkness. 04:43 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, 04:47 and the poor among men shall rejoice 04:49 in the Holy One of Israel. 04:51 For the terrible one is brought to nought, 04:53 and the scorner is consumed, 04:55 and all that watch for iniquity are cut off, 04:59 That make a man an offender for a word, 05:01 and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, 05:04 and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 05:08 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, 05:12 concerning the house of Jacob, 05:14 Jacob shall not now be ashamed, 05:17 neither shall his face now wax pale. 05:22 But when he seeth his children, 05:24 the work of mine hands, 05:25 in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, 05:28 and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, 05:30 and shall fear the God of Israel. 05:33 They also that erred in spirit 05:35 shall come to understanding, 05:37 and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. 05:41 Continuing in the book of Isaiah Chapter 30, 05:44 and this is the King James Version. 05:46 Woe to the rebellious children, 05:49 says the Lord, 05:50 that take counsel, but not of me, 05:52 and that cover with a covering, 05:55 but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin, 06:00 That walk to go down into Egypt, 06:01 and have not asked at my mouth, 06:04 to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, 06:06 and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 06:08 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, 06:13 and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 06:18 For his princes were at Zoan, 06:20 and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 06:22 They were all ashamed of a people 06:24 that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, 06:28 but a shame, and also a reproach. 06:31 The burden of the beasts of the south, 06:33 into the land of trouble and anguish, 06:35 from whence come the young and old lion, 06:37 the viper and fiery flying serpent, 06:40 they will carry their riches 06:42 upon the shoulders of young asses, 06:43 and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, 06:46 to a people that shall not profit them. 06:50 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose, 06:54 therefore have I cried concerning this, 06:57 Their strength is to sit still. 07:00 Now go, write it before them in a table, 07:03 and note it in a book, that it may be for the time 07:07 to come for ever and ever, 07:09 That this is a rebellious people, 07:11 lying children, children that will not hear 07:13 the law of the Lord, Which say to the seers, 07:17 See not, and to the prophets, 07:19 Prophesy not unto us right things, 07:21 speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits, 07:26 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, 07:29 cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 07:34 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, 07:36 Because ye despise this word, 07:39 and trust in oppression and perverseness, 07:42 and stay thereon, Therefore this iniquity 07:45 shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, 07:49 swelling out in a high wall, 07:52 whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 07:55 And he shall break it as the breaking 07:57 of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces, 08:00 he shall not spare, 08:02 so that there shall not be found 08:03 in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, 08:07 or to take water withal out of the pit. 08:11 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, 08:15 In returning and rest shall ye be saved, 08:19 in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength, 08:24 and ye would not. 08:26 But ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses, 08:30 therefore shall ye flee, and, We will ride upon the swift, 08:34 therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 08:39 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one, 08:41 at the rebuke of five shall ye flee, 08:44 till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, 08:47 and as an ensign on an hill. 08:50 And therefore will the Lord wait, 08:52 that he may be gracious unto you, 08:54 and therefore will he be exalted, 08:56 that he may have mercy upon you, 08:58 for the Lord is a God of judgment, 09:00 blessed are all they that wait for him. 09:05 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, 09:07 thou shalt weep no more, he will be very gracious 09:11 unto thee at the voice of thy cry, 09:14 when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 09:17 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, 09:21 and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be 09:26 removed into a corner any more, 09:28 but thine eyes shall see thy teachers, 09:31 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, 09:34 saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, 09:38 when ye turn to the right hand, 09:40 and when ye turn to the left. 09:42 Ye shall defile also the covering of 09:45 thy graven images of silver, 09:46 and the ornament of thy molten images of gold, 09:49 thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth, 09:53 thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. 09:56 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, 09:59 that thou shalt sow the ground withal, 10:02 and bread of the increase of the earth, 10:04 and it shall be fat and plenteous, 10:07 in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. 10:12 The oxen likewise and the young asses 10:15 that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, 10:18 which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. 10:22 And there shall be upon every high mountain, 10:24 and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters 10:28 in the day of the great slaughter, 10:29 when the towers fall. 10:32 Moreover the light of the moon 10:33 shall be as the light of the sun, 10:35 and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, 10:37 as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord 10:40 bindeth up the breach of his people, 10:43 and healeth the stroke of their wound. 10:46 Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, 10:49 burning with his anger, 10:51 and the burden thereof is heavy, 10:53 his lips are full of indignation, 10:55 and his tongue as a devouring fire, 10:59 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, 11:02 shall reach to the midst of the neck, 11:04 to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity, 11:07 and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, 11:11 causing them to err. 11:13 Ye shall have a song, as in the night 11:15 when a holy solemnity is kept, 11:17 and gladness of heart, as when one goeth 11:19 with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, 11:22 to the mighty One of Israel. 11:24 And the Lord shall cause 11:25 his glorious voice to be heard, 11:27 and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, 11:31 with the indignation of his anger, 11:32 and with the flame of a devouring fire, 11:34 with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. 11:38 For through the voice of the Lord 11:40 shall the Assyrian be beaten down, 11:42 which smote with a rod. 11:44 And in every place 11:45 where the grounded staff shall pass, 11:48 which the Lord shall lay upon him, 11:50 it shall be with tabrets and harps, 11:52 and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. 11:57 For Tophet is ordained of old, 11:59 yea, for the king it is prepared, 12:02 he hath made it deep and large, 12:04 the pile thereof is fire and much wood, 12:07 the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, 12:11 doth kindle it." 12:14 Continuing to read in the book of Isaiah 12:15 Chapter 31, and this is the King James Version. 12:19 "Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, 12:23 and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, 12:27 because they are many, and in horsemen, 12:29 because they are very strong, 12:31 but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, 12:34 neither seek the Lord! 12:37 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, 12:39 and will not call back his words, 12:40 but will arise against the house of the evildoers, 12:43 and against the help of them that work iniquity. 12:47 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, 12:50 and their horses flesh, and not spirit. 12:54 When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, 12:56 both he that helpeth shall fall, 12:58 and he that is holpen shall fall down, 13:01 and they all shall fail together. 13:04 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, 13:06 Like as the lion and the young lion 13:08 roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds 13:11 is called forth against him, 13:13 he will not be afraid of their voice, 13:15 nor abase himself for the noise of them, 13:18 so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight 13:21 for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. 13:24 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts 13:27 defend Jerusalem, 13:29 defending also he will deliver it, 13:32 and passing over he will preserve it. 13:36 Turn ye unto him 13:38 from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. 13:41 For in that day every man shall cast away 13:43 his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, 13:45 which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. 13:49 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, 13:52 not of a mighty man, and the sword, 13:55 not of a mean man, shall devour him, 13:56 but he shall flee from the sword, 13:59 and his young men shall be discomfited. 14:02 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, 14:05 and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, 14:07 saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, 14:10 and his furnace in Jerusalem." 14:12 Continuing with Isaiah Chapter 32. 14:16 "Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, 14:20 and princes shall rule in judgment. 14:23 And a man shall be as an hiding place 14:26 from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, 14:29 as rivers of water in a dry place, 14:32 as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land". |
Revised 2014-12-17