1 00:00:02,700 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at BibleStudyHeadquarters.com. You're listening 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge, 4 00:00:17,780 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: and today we're in Isaiah chapter 54, and we'll be 5 00:00:21,820 --> 00:00:27,890 Speaker 1: reading from the Christian Standard Bible. Rejoice, childless one who 6 00:00:27,950 --> 00:00:31,700 Speaker 1: did not give birth, burst into song and shout, you 7 00:00:31,820 --> 00:00:35,220 Speaker 1: who have not been in labor. For the children of 8 00:00:35,260 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: the desolate one will be more than the children of 9 00:00:38,020 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: the married woman, says the Lord. Enlarge the site of 10 00:00:41,860 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: your tent and let your tent curtains be stretched out. 11 00:00:45,950 --> 00:00:49,190 Speaker 1: Do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your 12 00:00:49,229 --> 00:00:52,270 Speaker 1: pegs deep. For you will spread out to the right 13 00:00:52,409 --> 00:00:55,950 Speaker 1: and to the left and your descendants will dispossess nations 14 00:00:56,390 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: and inhabit the desolate cities. Do not be afraid. for 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: you will not be put to shame. Don't be humiliated, 16 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget 17 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,390 Speaker 1: the shame of your youth, and you will no longer 18 00:01:11,470 --> 00:01:16,550 Speaker 1: remember the disgrace of your widowhood. Indeed, your husband is 19 00:01:16,569 --> 00:01:20,770 Speaker 1: your maker. His name is the Lord of armies, and 20 00:01:20,790 --> 00:01:24,170 Speaker 1: the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He is 21 00:01:24,290 --> 00:01:27,869 Speaker 1: called the God of the whole earth. For the Lord 22 00:01:27,910 --> 00:01:32,020 Speaker 1: has called you, Like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, 23 00:01:32,470 --> 00:01:35,620 Speaker 1: a wife of one's youth when she is rejected, says 24 00:01:35,660 --> 00:01:39,580 Speaker 1: your God. I deserted you for a brief moment, but 25 00:01:39,660 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: I will take you back with abundant compassion. In a 26 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 1: surge of anger, I hid my face from you for 27 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:49,540 Speaker 1: a moment, but I will have compassion on you with 28 00:01:49,740 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: everlasting love, says the Lord, your Redeemer. For this is 29 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,140 Speaker 1: like the days of Noah to me. when I swore 30 00:01:58,220 --> 00:02:01,610 Speaker 1: that the water of Noah would never flood the earth again. 31 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:05,230 Speaker 1: So I have sworn that I will not be angry 32 00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:09,030 Speaker 1: with you or rebuke you. Though the mountains move and 33 00:02:09,070 --> 00:02:12,770 Speaker 1: the hills shake, my love will not be removed from you, 34 00:02:13,169 --> 00:02:16,450 Speaker 1: and my covenant of peace will not be shaken, says 35 00:02:16,490 --> 00:02:23,750 Speaker 1: your compassionate Lord. Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed and not comforted, I 36 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:27,130 Speaker 1: will set your stones in black mortar. and lay your 37 00:02:27,210 --> 00:02:32,550 Speaker 1: foundations in lapis lazuli. I will make your fortifications out 38 00:02:32,590 --> 00:02:36,990 Speaker 1: of rubies, your gates out of sparkling stones, and all 39 00:02:37,030 --> 00:02:41,150 Speaker 1: your walls out of precious stones. Then all your children 40 00:02:41,210 --> 00:02:45,230 Speaker 1: will be taught by the Lord. Their prosperity will be great, 41 00:02:45,930 --> 00:02:50,089 Speaker 1: and you will be established on a foundation of righteousness. 42 00:02:50,750 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: You will be far from oppression. You will certainly not 43 00:02:54,350 --> 00:02:58,500 Speaker 1: be afraid. You will be far from terror. It will 44 00:02:58,580 --> 00:03:02,090 Speaker 1: certainly not come near you. If anyone attacks you, it 45 00:03:02,150 --> 00:03:07,030 Speaker 1: is not from me. Whoever attacks you will fall before you. Look, 46 00:03:07,650 --> 00:03:11,049 Speaker 1: I have created the craftsman who blows on the charcoal 47 00:03:11,150 --> 00:03:15,460 Speaker 1: fire and produces a weapon suitable for its task. And 48 00:03:15,540 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: I have created the destroyer to cause havoc. No weapon 49 00:03:19,980 --> 00:03:24,060 Speaker 1: formed against you will succeed. and you will refute any 50 00:03:24,260 --> 00:03:29,100 Speaker 1: accusation raised against you in court. This is the heritage 51 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:33,620 Speaker 1: of the Lord's servants, and their vindication is from me. 52 00:03:34,430 --> 00:03:42,950 Speaker 1: This is the Lord's declaration. Let's pray. Lord, we thank 53 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:44,650 Speaker 1: you for your word, and we thank you for the 54 00:03:44,690 --> 00:03:47,050 Speaker 1: things that we read of in this scripture that speak 55 00:03:47,090 --> 00:03:52,380 Speaker 1: to us of the restoration of Israel, the glorification of Jerusalem. 56 00:03:53,030 --> 00:03:55,990 Speaker 1: things that you speak about elsewhere in Scripture, and you 57 00:03:56,030 --> 00:03:59,190 Speaker 1: tell us that through faith in your Son, Jesus Christ, 58 00:03:59,570 --> 00:04:03,610 Speaker 1: we will be included in these blessings. Lord, we're grateful 59 00:04:03,650 --> 00:04:05,690 Speaker 1: for these things. We know we don't deserve such a 60 00:04:05,750 --> 00:04:08,910 Speaker 1: glorious future, but we also know that you delight to 61 00:04:08,970 --> 00:04:12,770 Speaker 1: supply that kind of future for your children. So we're grateful, Lord, 62 00:04:12,810 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: for your love. We're grateful for your presence with us today. 63 00:04:16,070 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: And we're grateful, Lord, for the fact that you call 64 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: us unto yourself. Help us to walk with you today. 65 00:04:21,870 --> 00:04:23,810 Speaker 1: We commit this day to your care, and we pray 66 00:04:23,850 --> 00:04:26,770 Speaker 1: this all in Jesus' name. Amen.