For the mountains may move

and the hills disappear,

but even then my faithful love for you will remain.

My covenant of blessings will never be broken.”

says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54:10

(Okanagan Lake, Summerland, BC)

He had done no wrong

and had never deceived anyone.

But he was buried like a criminal;

he was put in a rich man’s grave.

Isaiah 53:9

All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.

We have left God’s paths to follow our own.

Yet the LORD laid on him

the sins of us all.

Isaiah 53:6

(path to ancient Bet-She’an, Israel)

…many were amazed when they saw him.

His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human,

and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.

And he will startle many nations.

Kings will stand speechless in his presence.

For they will see what they had not been told;

they will understand what they had not heard about.

Isaiah 52:14-15

…I will reveal my name to my people,

and they will come to know its power.

Then at last they will recognize

that I am the one who speaks to them.

Isaiah 52:6

…I am the LORD your God;

who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar.

My name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

And I have put my words in your mouth

and hidden you safely in my hand…

Isaiah 51:15-16

I, yes I, am the one who comforts you.

So why are you afraid of mere humans,

who wither like the grass and disappear?

Isaiah 51:12

“Listen to me, you who know right from wrong,

you who cherish my law in your hearts.

Do not be afraid of people’s scorn,

nor fear their insults.

Isaiah 51:7

This is what the LORD says:

“At just the right time, I will respond to you…

Isaiah 49:8

This is what the LORD says—

your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:

“I am the LORD your God,

who teaches you what is good for you

and leads you along the paths you should follow.

Isaiah 48:17