The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, and I did not resist; I did not rebel. 6 I offered my back to those who flogged me and my cheek to those who tore out my beard. I never hid my face from demeaning insults or from those who spit on me. 7 The Lord Yahweh […]

Yahweh asks, “Have I abandoned you? Can you show me your mother’s divorce papers that prove I sent her away? Do you think I sold you into slavery to pay off a debt? No, you sold yourselves into slavery because of your sins, and because of your rebellion I sent your mother away! 2 When

Then you will know that I am Yahweh, and I will never disappoint those who entwine their hearts with mine.” 24 Who can snatch the prey from the hands of a mighty warrior or rescue captives from a conqueror?” 25 But Yahweh says: “The prey will be freed from the mighty warrior and captives will

Your children, your builders, l are running back to you as those who ruined and destroyed you are running away. 18 Lift up your head and look all around you. See! All your children, your builders, gather to come back to you. As surely as I live, I make this promise,” says Yahweh. “You will

Yahweh responds, “But how could a loving mother forget her nursing child and not deeply love the one she bore? Even if a there is a mother who forgets her child, I could never, no never, forget you. 16 Can’t you see? I have carved your name on the palms of my hands! Your walls

Sing for joy, you heavens! Shout, you earth, and rejoice with dancing, shouting, and glee! Burst into joyous songs, you mountains, for Yahweh has comforted his beloved people. He will show tenderness and compassion to his suffering ones. 14 But Zion has said, “Yahweh has forsaken me. My Lord has forgotten me—I’m all alone.” Isaiah

They will never be hungry or thirsty. Neither scorching sun nor desert wind will hurt them, for he, the Loving One, will guide them and lead them to restful, renewing streams of water. 11 I will level all my mountains as a road for them and raise up my highways. Isaiah 49:10-11 We’ve all been

Yahweh says: “When the time of showing you favor has come, I will answer your heart’s cry. I will help you in the day of salvation, for I have fixed my eyes on you. I have made you a covenant people to restore the land and to resettle families on forgotten inheritances. 9 You will

And now, the Lord Yahweh— who shaped me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob’s tribes back to him that Israel would be gathered back to himself, for I am honored in the sight of Yahweh. I find the source of all my strength in my God— 6 who says: “Is it

I said, “I’ve worked and served for nothing. I have used up all my strength for nothing.”  Yet my rights I leave in Yahweh’s hands, and my just reward is with my God. Isaiah 49:4 We live in a constant tension between running our own lives versus letting God lead. We forget we exchanged our