WEBVTT 00:00:00.999 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.039 in a year. Today we'll be starting the book of 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:14.220 Isaiah, chapters 1 through 6. Chapter 1. The 00:00:14.220 --> 00:00:16.780 vision of Isaiah, the son of Amos, which he saw 00:00:16.780 --> 00:00:19.260 concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:22.940 Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of 00:00:22.940 --> 00:00:25.760 Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.559 for the Lord has spoken. I have nourished and 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:30.780 brought up children, and they have rebelled against 00:00:30.780 --> 00:00:33.759 me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:37.000 master's crib. But Israel does not know, my people 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.659 do not consider. Alas, sinful nation, a people 00:00:40.659 --> 00:00:44.020 laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children 00:00:44.020 --> 00:00:46.479 who are corruptors. They have forsaken the Lord. 00:00:46.619 --> 00:00:48.939 They have provoked the anger, the Holy One of 00:00:48.939 --> 00:00:51.799 Israel. They have turned the way backward. Why 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:53.979 should you be stricken again? You will revolt 00:00:53.979 --> 00:00:56.859 more and more. The whole head is sick. The whole 00:00:56.859 --> 00:00:59.460 heart faints. From the sole of the foot even 00:00:59.460 --> 00:01:02.439 to the head there is no soundness in it, but 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:05.459 wounds and bruises and putrefying sores. They 00:01:05.459 --> 00:01:08.560 have not been closed or bound up or soothed with 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:11.359 ointment. Your country is desolate. Your cities 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:14.340 are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:17.640 in your presence, and it is desolate as overthrown 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.579 by strangers. So the daughter of Zion is left 00:01:20.579 --> 00:01:23.540 as a booth in a vineyard, as a hut in a garden 00:01:23.540 --> 00:01:27.069 of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Unless the 00:01:27.069 --> 00:01:29.790 Lord of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, 00:01:29.969 --> 00:01:32.209 we would have become like Sodom, we would have 00:01:32.209 --> 00:01:35.030 been made like Gomorrah. Hear the word of the 00:01:35.030 --> 00:01:37.829 Lord, you rulers of Sodom. Give ear to the law 00:01:37.829 --> 00:01:40.989 of our God, you people of Gomorrah. To what purpose 00:01:40.989 --> 00:01:43.890 is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? Says 00:01:43.890 --> 00:01:46.790 the Lord. I have had enough of burnt offerings 00:01:46.790 --> 00:01:49.870 of rams and the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight 00:01:49.870 --> 00:01:53.189 in the blood of bulls or of lambs or goats. When 00:01:53.189 --> 00:01:55.500 you come to appear before me, Who has required 00:01:55.500 --> 00:01:58.340 this from your hand, to trample my courts? Bring 00:01:58.340 --> 00:02:01.500 no more futile sacrifices. Incense is an abomination 00:02:01.500 --> 00:02:04.739 to me, the new moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling 00:02:04.739 --> 00:02:07.640 of assemblies. I cannot endure iniquity and a 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:10.340 sacred meeting. Your new moons and your appointed 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:13.879 feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. 00:02:13.939 --> 00:02:16.840 I am wary of bearing them. When you spread out 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.560 your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Even 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:21.840 though you make many prayers, I will not hear. 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.909 Your hands are full of blood. Wash yourselves, 00:02:25.169 --> 00:02:27.629 make yourselves clean, put away the evil of your 00:02:27.629 --> 00:02:30.610 doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil, 00:02:30.750 --> 00:02:34.349 learn to do good, seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, 00:02:34.370 --> 00:02:37.370 defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come 00:02:37.370 --> 00:02:39.449 now and let us reason together, says the Lord. 00:02:39.949 --> 00:02:42.770 Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall 00:02:42.770 --> 00:02:45.550 be as white as snow. Though they are red like 00:02:45.550 --> 00:02:48.689 crimson, they shall be as wool. If you are willing 00:02:48.689 --> 00:02:50.949 and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. 00:02:51.050 --> 00:02:53.759 But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.520 by the sword, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken. 00:02:56.939 --> 00:03:00.000 How the faithful city has become a harlot. It 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.800 was full of justice, righteousness lodged in 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:05.800 it, but now murderers. Your silver has become 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:08.800 dross, your wine mixed with water. Your princes 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:11.860 are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone 00:03:11.860 --> 00:03:14.800 loves bribes and follows after rewards. They 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.240 do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:19.569 of the widow come before them. Therefore the 00:03:19.569 --> 00:03:22.110 Lord says, The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One 00:03:22.110 --> 00:03:25.669 of Israel, Ah, I will rid myself of my adversaries, 00:03:25.750 --> 00:03:28.530 and take vengeance on my enemies. I will turn 00:03:28.530 --> 00:03:30.949 my hand against you, and thoroughly purge away 00:03:30.949 --> 00:03:34.389 your dross, and take away all your alloy. I will 00:03:34.389 --> 00:03:36.969 restore your judges as at the first, and your 00:03:36.969 --> 00:03:39.629 counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you 00:03:39.629 --> 00:03:41.669 shall be called the city of righteousness, the 00:03:41.669 --> 00:03:44.770 faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with justice, 00:03:44.990 --> 00:03:47.590 and her penitents with righteousness. The destruction 00:03:47.590 --> 00:03:50.389 of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, 00:03:50.590 --> 00:03:53.150 and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed. 00:03:53.449 --> 00:03:55.789 For they shall be ashamed of the turbaned trees 00:03:55.789 --> 00:03:58.990 which you have desired, and you shall be embarrassed 00:03:58.990 --> 00:04:01.150 because of the gardens which you have chosen. 00:04:01.349 --> 00:04:04.090 For you shall be as a turban whose leaf fades, 00:04:04.330 --> 00:04:07.129 and as a garden that has no water. The strong 00:04:07.129 --> 00:04:10.310 shall be as tinder, and the work of it as a spark. 00:04:10.509 --> 00:04:13.409 Both will burn together, and no one shall quench 00:04:13.409 --> 00:04:18.600 them. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.060 concerning Judah and Jerusalem. Now it shall 00:04:21.060 --> 00:04:23.579 come to pass in the latter days that the mountain 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:26.139 of the Lord's house shall be established on the 00:04:26.139 --> 00:04:28.620 top of the mountains and shall be exalted above 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:32.000 the hills and all nations shall flow to it. Many 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:34.399 people shall come and say, Come and let us go 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:36.459 up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house 00:04:36.459 --> 00:04:39.160 of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:42.339 and we shall walk in his path. For out of Zion 00:04:42.339 --> 00:04:44.860 shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord 00:04:44.860 --> 00:04:47.129 from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations 00:04:47.129 --> 00:04:49.470 and rebuke many people. They shall beat their 00:04:49.470 --> 00:04:52.089 swords into plowshares and their spears into 00:04:52.089 --> 00:04:54.750 pruning hooks. Nations shall not lift up sword 00:04:54.750 --> 00:04:57.389 against nation, neither shall they learn war 00:04:57.389 --> 00:05:01.129 anymore. O house of Jacob, come and let us walk 00:05:01.129 --> 00:05:03.970 in the light of the Lord. For you have forsaken 00:05:03.970 --> 00:05:06.209 your people, the house of Jacob, because they 00:05:06.209 --> 00:05:09.040 are filled with eastern ways. They are soothsayers 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:11.100 like the Philistines, and they are pleased with 00:05:11.100 --> 00:05:13.459 the children of foreigners. Their land is also 00:05:13.459 --> 00:05:15.939 full of silver and gold, and there is no end 00:05:15.939 --> 00:05:18.579 to their treasures. Their land is also full of 00:05:18.579 --> 00:05:21.019 horses, and there is no end to their chariots. 00:05:21.060 --> 00:05:23.680 Their land is also full of idols. They worship 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:26.199 the work of their own hands, that which their 00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:29.540 own fingers have made. People bow down, and each 00:05:29.540 --> 00:05:31.980 man humbles himself, therefore do not forgive 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:35.199 them. Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:37.699 from the terror of the Lord, and the glory of 00:05:37.699 --> 00:05:40.279 his majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:42.459 humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be 00:05:42.459 --> 00:05:44.939 bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:47.740 in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts 00:05:47.740 --> 00:05:50.740 shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:53.100 everything lifted up, and it shall be brought 00:05:53.100 --> 00:05:56.000 low, upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:58.819 high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of 00:05:58.819 --> 00:06:01.420 Bashan. upon all the high mountains and upon 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:04.439 all the hills that are lifted up upon every high 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.480 tower and upon every fortified wall upon all 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:09.639 the ships of tarshish and upon all the beautiful 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.959 sloops the loftiness of men shall be bowed down 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:15.060 and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low 00:06:15.060 --> 00:06:17.980 the lord alone will be exalted in that day but 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:20.769 the idols he shall utterly abolish They shall 00:06:20.769 --> 00:06:23.310 go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves 00:06:23.310 --> 00:06:25.670 of the earth, from the terror of the Lord and 00:06:25.670 --> 00:06:28.350 the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake 00:06:28.350 --> 00:06:31.269 the earth mightily. In that day a man will cast 00:06:31.269 --> 00:06:33.889 away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, 00:06:34.029 --> 00:06:36.730 which they made each for himself to worship, 00:06:36.910 --> 00:06:39.910 to the moles and bats, to go into the clefts 00:06:39.910 --> 00:06:42.230 of the rocks and into the crags of the rugged 00:06:42.230 --> 00:06:44.990 rocks, from the terror of the Lord and the glory 00:06:44.990 --> 00:06:48.009 of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth 00:06:48.009 --> 00:06:51.540 mightily. Sever yourselves from such a man, whose 00:06:51.540 --> 00:06:54.660 breath is in his nostrils, for of what account 00:06:54.660 --> 00:07:00.379 is he? Chapter 3 For behold, the Lord, the Lord 00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:03.079 of hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.579 Judah the stock and the store, the whole supply 00:07:05.579 --> 00:07:08.500 of bread and the whole supply of water, the mighty 00:07:08.500 --> 00:07:11.279 man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, 00:07:11.459 --> 00:07:13.839 and the diviner and the elder, the captain of 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.160 fifty and the honorable man, the counselor and 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:20.209 the skillful artisan, and the expert enchanter. 00:07:20.250 --> 00:07:23.110 I will give children to be their princes, and 00:07:23.110 --> 00:07:25.790 babes shall rule over them. The people will be 00:07:25.790 --> 00:07:28.629 oppressed, every one by another, and every one 00:07:28.629 --> 00:07:31.589 by his neighbor. The child will be insolent toward 00:07:31.589 --> 00:07:35.029 the elder, and abase toward the honorable. When 00:07:35.029 --> 00:07:37.310 a man takes hold of his brother in the house 00:07:37.310 --> 00:07:39.949 of his father, saying, You have clothing, you 00:07:39.949 --> 00:07:42.829 be our ruler, and let these ruins be under your 00:07:42.829 --> 00:07:46.089 power. In that day he will protest, saying, I 00:07:46.089 --> 00:07:48.910 cannot cure your ills, for in my house is neither 00:07:48.910 --> 00:07:51.769 food nor clothing. Do not make me a ruler of 00:07:51.769 --> 00:07:54.730 the people. For Jerusalem stumbled, and Judah 00:07:54.730 --> 00:07:57.769 is fallen, because their tongue and their doings 00:07:57.769 --> 00:08:00.290 are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of 00:08:00.290 --> 00:08:03.170 his glory. The look on their countenance witnesses 00:08:03.170 --> 00:08:06.470 against them, and they declare their sin as Sodom. 00:08:06.490 --> 00:08:09.509 They do not hide it, woe to their soul, for they 00:08:09.509 --> 00:08:12.120 have brought evil upon themselves. Say to the 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.459 righteous that it shall be well with them, for 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:17.040 they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:19.480 to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:22.240 the reward of his hands shall be given him. As 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:25.040 for my people, children are their oppressors, 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:28.079 and women rule over them. O my people, those 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:30.939 who lead you cause you to err and destroy the 00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:34.080 way of your path. The Lord stands up to plead 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.470 and stands to judge the people. The Lord will 00:08:36.470 --> 00:08:38.870 enter into judgment with the elders of his people 00:08:38.870 --> 00:08:42.009 and his princes. For you have eaten up the vineyard, 00:08:42.129 --> 00:08:45.110 the plunder of the poor is in your houses. What 00:08:45.110 --> 00:08:47.090 do you mean by crushing my people and grinding 00:08:47.090 --> 00:08:50.610 the faces of the poor? Says the Lord, God of 00:08:50.610 --> 00:08:53.750 hosts. Moreover, the Lord says, because the daughters 00:08:53.750 --> 00:08:56.330 of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched 00:08:56.330 --> 00:08:59.730 necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as 00:08:59.730 --> 00:09:02.850 they go, making a jingling with their feet. Therefore, 00:09:02.929 --> 00:09:05.710 the Lord will strike with a scab. the crown of 00:09:05.710 --> 00:09:08.070 the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord 00:09:08.070 --> 00:09:10.929 will uncover their secret parts. In that day 00:09:10.929 --> 00:09:13.590 the Lord will take away the finery, the jingling 00:09:13.590 --> 00:09:17.009 anklets, the scarves and the crescents, the pendants, 00:09:17.029 --> 00:09:19.309 the bracelets and the veils, the headdresses, 00:09:19.450 --> 00:09:22.669 the leg ornaments and the headbands, the perfume 00:09:22.669 --> 00:09:25.990 boxes, the charms and the rings, the nose jewels, 00:09:26.250 --> 00:09:28.809 the festal apparel and the mantles, the outer 00:09:28.809 --> 00:09:31.269 garments, the purses and the mirrors, the fine 00:09:31.269 --> 00:09:34.649 linen, the turbans and the robes. And so it shall 00:09:34.649 --> 00:09:37.190 be. Instead of a sweet smell, there will be a 00:09:37.190 --> 00:09:40.590 stench. Instead of a sash, a rope. Instead of 00:09:40.590 --> 00:09:43.870 well -set hair, baldness. Instead of a rich robe, 00:09:44.029 --> 00:09:46.809 a girding of sackcloth. And branding, instead 00:09:46.809 --> 00:09:49.250 of beauty, your men shall fall away by the sword, 00:09:49.389 --> 00:09:52.669 and your mighty in the war. Her gates shall lament 00:09:52.669 --> 00:09:55.929 and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit on 00:09:55.929 --> 00:10:00.889 the ground. Chapter 4 And in that day seven women 00:10:00.889 --> 00:10:03.730 shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat 00:10:03.730 --> 00:10:06.509 our own food and wear our own apparel. Only let 00:10:06.509 --> 00:10:09.549 us be called by your name to take away our reproach. 00:10:09.629 --> 00:10:12.929 In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful 00:10:12.929 --> 00:10:15.190 and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall 00:10:15.190 --> 00:10:17.830 be excellent and appealing for those of Israel 00:10:17.830 --> 00:10:20.590 who have escaped. And it shall come to pass that 00:10:20.590 --> 00:10:23.129 he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem 00:10:23.129 --> 00:10:26.450 will be called holy, everyone who is recorded 00:10:26.450 --> 00:10:28.830 among the living in Jerusalem. When the Lord 00:10:28.830 --> 00:10:30.850 has washed away the filth of the daughters of 00:10:30.850 --> 00:10:33.549 Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from 00:10:33.549 --> 00:10:36.049 her midst by the spirit of judgment and by the 00:10:36.049 --> 00:10:38.190 spirit of burning. Then the Lord will create 00:10:38.190 --> 00:10:41.289 above every dwelling place of Mount Zion and 00:10:41.289 --> 00:10:44.250 above her assemblies a cloud and smoke by day 00:10:44.250 --> 00:10:47.629 and the shining of a flaming fire by night. For 00:10:47.629 --> 00:10:50.090 over all the glory there will be a covering, 00:10:50.269 --> 00:10:52.750 and there will be a tabernacle for shade in the 00:10:52.750 --> 00:10:55.429 daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, 00:10:55.649 --> 00:11:01.500 and for a shelter from storm and rain. Now let 00:11:01.500 --> 00:11:04.360 me sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:07.519 regarding his vineyard. My well beloved has a 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:10.700 vineyard on a very fruitful hill. He dug it up 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:14.139 and cleared out its stones and planted it with 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:17.139 the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:20.480 and also made a winepress in it. So he expected 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.220 it to bring forth good grapes, but it brought 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:26.500 forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:29.539 Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, please, between 00:11:29.539 --> 00:11:32.179 me and my vineyard. What more could have been 00:11:32.179 --> 00:11:34.919 done to my vineyard that I have not done in it? 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:38.240 Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:41.980 grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? And now, 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:45.120 please let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard. 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:48.080 I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned, 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:51.120 and break down its wall, and it shall be trampled 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:54.580 down. I will lay it waste, it shall not be pruned 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:58.120 or dug. But there shall come up briars and thorns. 00:11:58.340 --> 00:12:01.039 I will also command the clouds, that they rain 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.820 no rain on it. For the vineyard of the Lord of 00:12:03.820 --> 00:12:06.179 hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of 00:12:06.179 --> 00:12:09.320 Judah are his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:11.860 but behold, oppression. For righteousness, but 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:15.059 behold, a cry for help. Woe to those who join 00:12:15.059 --> 00:12:18.240 house to house. They add field to field, till 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:20.559 there is no place where they may dwell alone 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.429 in the midst of the land. In my hearing the Lord 00:12:23.429 --> 00:12:26.909 of hosts said, Truly many houses shall be desolate, 00:12:27.049 --> 00:12:29.730 great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant. 00:12:29.750 --> 00:12:32.750 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, 00:12:32.990 --> 00:12:36.389 and a homer of seed shall yield one effa. Woe 00:12:36.389 --> 00:12:38.289 to those who rise early in the morning, that 00:12:38.289 --> 00:12:40.990 they may follow intoxicating drink, who continue 00:12:40.990 --> 00:12:44.070 until night, till wine inflames them. The harp 00:12:44.070 --> 00:12:46.629 and the strings, the tambourine and flute, and 00:12:46.629 --> 00:12:49.350 wine are in their feasts, but they do not regard 00:12:49.350 --> 00:12:52.129 the work of the Lord, nor consider the operation 00:12:52.129 --> 00:12:55.169 of his hands. Therefore my people have gone into 00:12:55.169 --> 00:12:57.710 captivity, because they have no knowledge. Their 00:12:57.710 --> 00:13:00.230 honorable men are famished, and their multitude 00:13:00.230 --> 00:13:03.509 dried up with thirst. Therefore Sheol has enlarged 00:13:03.509 --> 00:13:06.289 itself, and opened its mouth beyond measure. 00:13:06.529 --> 00:13:08.909 Their glory and their multitude and their pomp, 00:13:09.110 --> 00:13:11.950 and he who is jubilant shall descend into it. 00:13:12.269 --> 00:13:14.409 People shall be brought down, each man shall 00:13:14.409 --> 00:13:17.169 be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be 00:13:17.169 --> 00:13:19.809 humbled. But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted 00:13:19.809 --> 00:13:23.210 in judgment, and God who is holy shall be hallowed 00:13:23.210 --> 00:13:26.169 in righteousness. Then the lambs shall feed in 00:13:26.169 --> 00:13:28.490 their pasture, and in the waste places of the 00:13:28.490 --> 00:13:31.970 fat ones strangers shall eat. Woe to those who 00:13:31.970 --> 00:13:34.929 draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as 00:13:34.929 --> 00:13:38.129 if with a cart -rope, that say, Let him make 00:13:38.129 --> 00:13:40.870 speed and hasten his work, that we may see it. 00:13:41.070 --> 00:13:42.870 and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel 00:13:42.870 --> 00:13:45.950 draw near and come, that we may know it. Woe 00:13:45.950 --> 00:13:48.629 to those who call evil good and good evil, who 00:13:48.629 --> 00:13:50.809 put darkness for light and light for darkness, 00:13:50.990 --> 00:13:53.429 who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. 00:13:53.629 --> 00:13:56.409 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and 00:13:56.409 --> 00:13:59.429 prudent in their own sight. Woe to men mighty 00:13:59.429 --> 00:14:02.690 at drinking wine. Woe to men valiant for mixing 00:14:02.690 --> 00:14:05.370 intoxicating drink, who justify the wicked for 00:14:05.370 --> 00:14:07.610 a bribe and take away justice from the righteous 00:14:07.610 --> 00:14:11.009 man. therefore as the fire devours the stubble 00:14:11.009 --> 00:14:13.870 and the flame consumes the chaff so their root 00:14:13.870 --> 00:14:17.169 will be as rottenness and their blossom will 00:14:17.169 --> 00:14:19.909 ascend like dust because they have rejected the 00:14:19.909 --> 00:14:22.950 law of the lord of hosts and despised the word 00:14:22.950 --> 00:14:25.730 of the holy one of israel therefore the anger 00:14:25.730 --> 00:14:28.970 of the lord is aroused against his people he 00:14:28.970 --> 00:14:31.370 has stretched out his hand against them and stricken 00:14:31.370 --> 00:14:34.299 them and the hills trembled their carcasses were 00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:37.480 as refuse in the midst of the streets for all 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:40.639 this his anger is not turned away but his hand 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:43.559 is stretched out still he will lift up a banner 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.120 to the nations from afar and will whistle to 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:48.759 them from the end of the earth surely they shall 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:52.039 come with speed swiftly no one will be weary 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:55.000 or stumble among them no one will slumber or 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.259 sleep nor will the belt on their loins be loosed 00:14:58.259 --> 00:15:01.500 nor the strap of their sandals be broken whose 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:04.720 arrows are sharp and all their bows bent. Their 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.620 horses' hoofs will seem like flint, and their 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:10.220 wheels like a whirlwind. Their roaring will be 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:13.360 like a lion. They will roar like young lions. 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:16.240 Yes, they will roar and lay hold of the prey. 00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:19.000 They will carry it away safely, and no one will 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:21.840 deliver. In that day they will roar against them, 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:24.700 like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks 00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:28.460 to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:32.559 the light is darkened by the clouds. Chapter 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:36.320 6 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:38.919 Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:41.259 and the train of his robe filled the temple. 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:44.240 Above it stood the seraphim. Each one had six 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:47.440 wings, with two he covered his face, with two 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:50.440 he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:53.500 one cried to another and said, Holy, holy, holy 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:56.600 is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:59.669 of his glory. and the posts of the door were 00:15:59.669 --> 00:16:02.610 shaken by the voice of him who cried out and 00:16:02.610 --> 00:16:06.350 the house was filled with smoke so i said woe 00:16:06.350 --> 00:16:09.929 is me for i am undone because i am a man of unclean 00:16:09.929 --> 00:16:12.490 lips and i dwell in the midst of a people of 00:16:12.490 --> 00:16:15.549 unclean lips for my eyes have seen the king the 00:16:15.549 --> 00:16:18.190 lord of hosts then one of the seraphim flew to 00:16:18.190 --> 00:16:21.269 me having in his hand a live coal which he had 00:16:21.269 --> 00:16:24.129 taken with the tongs from the altar and he touched 00:16:24.129 --> 00:16:27.320 my mouth with it and said behold This has touched 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.340 your lips. Your iniquity is taken away, and your 00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:33.019 sin purged. Also I heard the voice of the Lord 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:35.679 saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:39.360 us? Then I said, Here I am, send me. And he said, 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.620 Go and tell this people. Keep on hearing, but 00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:45.299 do not understand. Keep on seeing, but do not 00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:47.879 perceive. Make the heart of this people dull, 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:51.309 and their ears heavy. and shut their eyes, lest 00:16:51.309 --> 00:16:53.009 they see with their eyes, and hear with their 00:16:53.009 --> 00:16:55.850 ears, and understand with their heart, and return, 00:16:56.129 --> 00:17:00.129 and be healed. Then I said, Lord, how long? And 00:17:00.129 --> 00:17:02.570 he answered, Until the cities are laid waste 00:17:02.570 --> 00:17:05.130 and without inhabitant. The houses are without 00:17:05.130 --> 00:17:08.470 a man, the land is utterly desolate. The Lord 00:17:08.470 --> 00:17:11.569 has removed men far away, and the forsaken places 00:17:11.569 --> 00:17:14.490 are many in the midst of the land. But yet a 00:17:14.490 --> 00:17:17.609 tenth will be in it, and will return and be for 00:17:17.609 --> 00:17:21.200 consuming. as a terebinth tree or as an oak, 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:24.720 whose stump remains when it is cut down, so the 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:33.220 holy seed shall be its stump. I hope you enjoyed 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:35.539 today's reading as much as I did, and I look 00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:37.519 forward to seeing you again tomorrow to continue 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:39.700 on our journey. God bless you and have a great 00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:39.960 day.