Isaiah 58 Ministries 2014
Pastor: Leah Svensson
Scriptures: Isaiah Chapter 49, Isaiah Chapter 61
I see a great harvest into the Kingdom of God on earth this year.
The Year
of the LORD’s Favor
because the LORD has
anointed me
to bring good news to the
poor;
he has sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the
captives,
and the opening of the
prison to those who are bound;
and the day of vengeance of
our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to
grant to those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a beautiful
headdress instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead
of mourning,
the garment of praise
instead of a faint spirit;
that they may be called
oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he
may be glorified.
4 They
shall build up the ancient ruins;
they shall raise up the
former devastations;
they shall repair the
ruined cities,
the devastations of many
generations.
5 Strangers
shall stand and tend your flocks;
foreigners shall be your
plowmen and vinedressers;
they shall speak of you as
the ministers of our God;
you shall eat the wealth of
the nations,
and in their glory you
shall boast.
7 Instead
of your shame there shall be a double portion;
instead of dishonor they
shall rejoice in their lot;
therefore in their land
they shall possess a double portion;
they shall have everlasting
joy.
I hate robbery and wrong;
I will faithfully give them
their recompense,
and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them.
9 Their
offspring shall be known among the nations,
and their descendants in
the midst of the peoples;
all who see them shall
acknowledge them,
that they are an offspring
the LORD has blessed.
my soul shall exult in my
God,
for he has clothed me with
the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the
robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks
himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
and as a bride adorns
herself with her jewels.
11 For
as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
and as a garden causes what
is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord GOD will
cause righteousness and praise
to sprout up before all the
nations.
The
Servant of the LORD
1 Listen
to me, O coastlands,
and give attention, you
peoples from afar.
The LORD called
me from the womb,
from the body of my mother
he named my name.
2 He
made my mouth like a sharp sword;
in the shadow of his hand
he hid me;
he made me a polished
arrow;
in his quiver he hid me
away.
3 And
he said to me, “You are my servant,
Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.”
4 But
I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength
for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with
the LORD,
and my recompense with my
God.”
he who formed me from the
womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
and that Israel might be
gathered to him—
for I am honored in the
eyes of the LORD,
and my God has become my
strength—
6 he
says:
“It is too light a thing
that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of
Jacob
and to bring back the
preserved of Israel;
I will make you as a light
for the nations,
that my salvation may reach
to the end of the earth.”
the Redeemer of Israel and
his Holy One,
to one deeply despised,
abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall
prostrate themselves;
because of the LORD, who is
faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who
has chosen you.”
The
Restoration of Israel
“In a time of favor I have
answered you;
in a day of salvation I
have helped you;
I will keep you and give
you
as a covenant to the
people,
to establish the land,
to apportion the desolate
heritages,
9 saying
to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in
darkness, ‘Appear.’
They shall feed along the
ways;
on all bare heights shall
be their pasture;
10 they
shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor
sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them
will lead them,
and by springs of water
will guide them.
11 And
I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be
raised up.
12 Behold,
these shall come from afar,
and behold, these from the
north and from the west,
and these from the land of
Syene.”
13 Sing
for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains,
into singing!
For the LORD has
comforted his people
and will have compassion on
his afflicted.
my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can
a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no
compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold,
I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually
before me.
17 Your
builders make haste;
your destroyers and those
who laid you waste go out from you.
18 Lift
up your eyes around and see;
they all gather, they come
to you.
As I live, declares the LORD,
you shall put them all on
as an ornament;
you shall bind them on as a
bride does.
19 “Surely
your waste and your desolate places
and your devastated land—
surely now you will be too
narrow for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you
up will be far away.
20 The
children of your bereavement
will yet say in your ears:
‘The place is too narrow
for me;
make room for me to dwell
in.’
21 Then
you will say in your heart:
‘Who has borne me these?
I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away,
but who has brought up
these?
Behold, I was left alone;
from where have these
come?’”
“Behold, I will lift up my
hand to the nations,
and raise my signal to the
peoples;
and they shall bring your
sons in their arms,
and your daughters shall be
carried on their shoulders.
23 Kings
shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your
nursing mothers.
With their faces to the
ground they shall bow down to you,
and lick the dust of your
feet.
Then you will know that I
am the LORD;
those who wait for me shall
not be put to shame.”
24 Can
the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant be
rescued?
“Even the captives of the
mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant
be rescued,
for I will contend with
those who contend with you,
and I will save your
children.
26 I
will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk
with their own blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know
that I am the LORD your
Savior,
and your Redeemer, the
Mighty One of Jacob.”
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