Old Testament | Isaiah 66:10-16

About this Episode

Opening Song:
Isaiah Song by Benita Jones, Chandler Moore, and Leamond Sloan Jr.

Lyrics:
This is the Word of the Lord your Creator
I am the God who stood before the world was framed
I am the First the Last and everything between
I hold your future
Who could know these things but Me

So don't fear
I will be Your song

Sing sing oh barren land
Water is coming to the thirsty
Though you are empty I am the well
Draw from Me I will provide
(Draw from Me I will provide)

This is the Word of the Lord your Creator
I stand from age to age the Ancient of Days
I am the Holy One the Fairest of Ten Thousand
And all who call upon My name they shall be saved

'Cause I'm a river in the desert
Pouring My Spirit on the broken
Giving beauty for your ashes
Joy for your sadness and mourning

Heavens open (8X)

He's making ways in the wilderness
He's making rivers in the desert

You're making ways in the wilderness
You're making rivers in the desert

You are the way in the wilderness
You are the river in the desert

Passage:
10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;
11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious abundance.”

12 For thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and the hand of the LORD shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

15 “For behold, the LORD will come in fire,
and his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment,
and by his sword, with all flesh;
and those slain by the LORD shall be many.
(Isaiah 66:10–16 ESV)

Musical Reflection:
Jesus, Remember Me by Jacques Berthier

Reflection Notes:
“Jesus, Remember Me” is a tune from the French Taizé tradition; these simple songs are meant to be repeated indefinitely with added instrumentation or voice parts. They are meant to be meditative and allow for prayer.

Prayer:
Father, what we know not, teach us; what we have not, give us; what we are not, make us; for the sake of your Son our Savior. Amen.
-Old Anglican Prayer