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brendaonline.com Audio of explanation of chapter 40 Isaiah 40:1-31 (KJV)  1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.  2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.  3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.  4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:  5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it]. Verses 1-5 is a description of God speaking to His people.    Imagine the people of God growing and becoming matures students in the Word of God as Hezekiah in the last verse of chapter 39.  After being told by God he will be robbed u...

brendaonline.com Isaiah 37:1-38 (KJV)  1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.  Hezekiah's reaction to the news from the Assyrians. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. Hezekiah is king, did what a good leader will do, let's take the matter to God.  Find a man who hears from God and tell him the matter.   3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth. Hezekiah listened.  (Solomon listened to the two prostitutes). God so graciously listens to us when we pray.  When a leader listens, God gives instructions. God is rebuking Judah.  Hezekiah shares the sins of Ju...

brendaonline.com Isaiah 36:1-22 (KJV)  1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, [that] Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.  After 14 years of being king, Hezekiah was threatened by King Sennacherib who destroyed many countries and bragged of how many people he destroyed. 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.  The king sent his representative to speak and use his threats of attacking Judah. 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.  Hezekiah sent his representatives to represent him to hear the message to the Assyrian king. 4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] th...

Brendaonline.com Isaiah 35:1-10 (KJV)  1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. After reading chapter 34, it was surprising to see the introductions to what He is doing simultaneously toward the people who stood firm on His Word.  Places that were normally dry had a new look and new life! The land was excited and the people were too; people are glad when a good leaders takes his or her position of leadership. At the same time, God has a sentencing of death on the one who killed.  It is now that their lives will be destroyed and destroyed by God Himself. God rewards and judges at the same time.   2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, [and] the excellency of our God.  When spring time arrives, the ground speaks and sends beautiful arrange...