DAY 215: 2 Chronicles 32–33Chronicles revisits Hezekiah and Manasseh to reveal something remarkable about the mercy of God. Hezekiah trusts the Lord when Assyria surrounds Jerusalem, confessing that…
DAY 214: 2 Kings 20–21Isaiah has just carried us to the heights of new creation, but 2 Kings brings us crashing back into the weakness of Judah’s earthly kings. Hezekiah receives fifteen additional…
DAY 213: Isaiah 64–66Isaiah closes with a desperate prayer and a breathtaking answer. The prophet cries, “Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down,” confessing that Israel cannot save herself…
DAY 212: Isaiah 59–63Isaiah confronts the deepest problem beneath Israel’s exile: the Lord is not too weak to save, but sin has separated His people from Him. Their hands are stained, justice has…
DAY 211: Isaiah 54–58Isaiah now shows us what the suffering Servant of chapter 53 actually produces. Barren Zion is commanded to sing and enlarge her tent because her children will spread outward…
DAY 210: Isaiah 49–53Isaiah reaches the theological heart of God’s promised restoration by answering the greatest problem facing His people: how can a holy God restore sinful Israel without ignoring…
DAY 209: 2 Kings 19; Psalms 46, 80, 135Jerusalem stands under Assyrian threat, but Hezekiah responds differently from the unbelieving kings before him: he carries the enemy’s words into the presence…
DAY 208: Isaiah 44–48Isaiah contrasts the utter foolishness of idolatry with the sovereign power of Israel’s Redeemer. A man cuts down a tree, burns part of it for warmth, cooks over another part, and…
DAY 207: Isaiah 40–43With Babylonian exile now looming over Judah’s future, Isaiah suddenly erupts with comfort: God has not forgotten His people. The Creator who numbers the stars and rules the…
DAY 206: Isaiah 37–39; Psalm 76Assyria has Jerusalem surrounded, but Hezekiah does something his father Ahaz refused to do: he takes the threat to God. He carries Sennacherib’s blasphemous letter into…
