Category: Isaiah
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worshiping the wood pile
He cuts down cedars…Half of it he burns in the fire…And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!” (Isaiah 44:14-17) As modern people we read this passage and agree that…
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the grass withers
The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass. (Isaiah 40:7) This isn’t normally the verse that is found printed on your coffee cup. Most people prefer verse 8, which begins the same way but ends with the word of the Lord enduring forever.…