This blog continues my commentary of Isaiah ISAIAH 10 10 Woe to those who enact unjust decrees and draft oppressive legislation 2 to deprive the impoverished of justice and rob my people’s poor of their rights, looting widows and preying on orphans! 3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when calamity comes […]

This blog continues my commentary on Isaiah. ISAIAH 9 The Lord sent a word to Jacob and it has fallen on Isra’el. 8 (9) All the people know it, Efrayim and the inhabitants of Samaria. But they say in pride, in the arrogance of their hearts, 9 (10) “The bricks have fallen, but we will […]

This blog continues my commentary on Isaiah ISAIAH 9 (2) The people living in darkness have seen a great light; upon those living in the land that lies in the shadow of death, light has dawned. 2 (3) You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice in your presence as if rejoicing […]

ISAIAH 8 After a pause due to a serious cold, I can continue my blog on Isaiah. The Lord said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it in easily readable letters; ‘Quick pickings, easy prey.’” 2 I had it witnessed for me by reliable witnesses — Uriyah the cohen and Z’kharyahu the […]