以赛亚书58: 11 耶和华也必时常引导你，在干旱之地使你心满意足，骨头强壮。你必像浇灌的园子，又像水流不绝的泉源。
阅读经文：58:1-14
1「你要大声喊叫，不可止息，扬起声来，好像吹角，向我百姓说明他们的过犯，向雅各家说明他们的罪恶。 2 他们天天寻求我，乐意明白我的道，好像行义的国民，不离弃他们神的典章，向我求问公义的判语，喜悦亲近神。
本章论到对耶和华神崇拜的道德观点，先知首先提到神对他传信息的托付（58:1），这是一段同义平行的诗歌。先知在他的前言中，说到百姓形式化敬拜的罪。他严厉斥责这样的虚假，因这完全丧失信仰该有的生命相称要件。百姓对耶和华神的敬拜，外表看似乐于追求明白真道，事实上他们仅是把它当做一般知识去研究而已。
他们真正喜欢的是那种满有知识的优越感，而不是行出真理。这一点要成为今日信徒的提醒，因为越来多的敬拜，已经变成追求陶醉在圣灵的充满，或是美好的崇拜气氛中。许多领敬拜者已经把敬拜神的过程与工具，代替了神在敬拜中的重要性，只以能否带动会众进入情绪的亢奋里，或是令会众感受到敬拜的规格，过于使人在敬拜中面对神、转向神、经历神、尊荣神的目的。
Hi GAMErs!
Today we’re finishing the book of Isaiah with the final chapter, Isaiah 66:1-24. Let’s go!
Isaiah 66:1-2 (NIV)
1 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the LORD. “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.
On verses 1-2: In the final chapter of Isaiah 66, God has a number of messages to tell His people. He begins this last chapter by going back to the very beginning, reminding them of who He is: He is the Creator, the reason this world came into existence. Because God made it all, God can’t be contained by any man-made structure. He’s too big. So don’t try to box God into a building. He won’t fit.
以赛亚书57:1 义人死亡，无人放在心上；虔诚人被收去，无人思念。这义人被收去，是免了将来的祸患。
阅读经文：56:9-57:21
56:9 田野的诸兽都来吞吃吧，林中的诸兽也要如此！ 10 他看守的人是瞎眼的，都没有知识，都是哑巴狗，不能叫唤，但知做梦、躺卧、贪睡。 11 这些狗贪食，不知饱足；这些牧人不能明白，各人偏行己路，各从各方求自己的利益。 12 他们说：「来吧，我去拿酒，我们饱饮浓酒。明日必和今日一样，就是宴乐无量极大之日。」
在先知论述完对外邦人的接纳之后，接着提到耶和华神将对恶人的惩治，就连神的百姓也在被审判之列。神的审判第一部份是针对社会的领袖，指出他们盲目腐化的崇拜（56:9-57:13）。第二部份是对一切犯罪顽梗的百姓，指出他们属灵的淫乱与虚谎（57:14-21）。在一连串的指责之后，神向他们揭示了不变的恩典与接纳，凡向祂心存谦卑的人，祂必安慰医治（57:15-19）。
在第一部份的论述中，先知指责宗教领袖没有看到迫在眉睫的警讯，也没有向群众发出警告。他们只知贪图追求个人的利益，躺卧做白日梦。他们不顾明天，也不顾神将临到的审判（56:12）。他们被形容为「瞎眼的」以及「哑吧狗」，没有看到正日益逼近的「田野的诸兽」与「林中的诸兽」（两者均象征列强）将对犹大进行的侵吞行动。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 65:17-25. Let’s go!
Isaiah 65:17 (NIV)
17 “Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
On verse 17: What does God mean by “the former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind”? Likely it means that what we know of the earth and the heavens today will one day be gone and instead God will create new heavens and a new earth. This is consistent with what we read from Jesus in the gospels (see for example Matthew 24) as well as in the book of Revelation (see for example Revelation 8) .
以赛亚书56: 7 我必领他们到我的圣山，使他们在祷告我的殿中喜乐。他们的燔祭和平安祭在我坛上必蒙悦纳，因我的殿必称为万民祷告的殿。
阅读经文：53:1-13
1耶和华如此说：「你们当守公平，行公义，因我的救恩临近，我的公义将要显现。 2 谨守安息日而不干犯，禁止己手而不作恶，如此行、如此持守的人，便为有福！」 3 与耶和华联合的外邦人不要说：「耶和华必定将我从他民中分别出来。」太监也不要说：「我是枯树。」 4 因为耶和华如此说：「那些谨守我的安息日，拣选我所喜悦的事，持守我约的太监， 5 我必使他们在我殿中、在我墙内有纪念，有名号，比有儿女的更美。我必赐他们永远的名，不能剪除。
这是一段安慰外邦人的经文，他们一夕之间从神的仇敌，变为神的选民，并被允许得以进入耶和华的圣殿来事奉祂（56:6-7）。他们要与以色列人归并为一群（56:8），神使外邦人和犹太人在对祂的敬拜中达到美好的合一，打破了界限，在敬拜中拆毁中间隔断的墙。先知说，外邦人之所以有如此的新地位，乃是因为他们做到了三件事（56:4）。
第一，他们遵守耶和华的安息日（56:2a,4a,6b）──安息日是神创造的高峰，有它的宇宙性的基础。创世记2:3记载上帝六日创造之后，就定第七日为安息日，祂并在这日息了一切的工。在被掳时期，安息日成为摩西律法中人类唯一能向真神表示崇敬的规律，为真以色列人的标记。因此当外邦人守安息日的时候，亦即表明他们已经实行了摩西律法，成为神的子民。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 65:1-16. Let’s go!
Isaiah 65:1 (NIV)
1 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
On verse 1: The book of Isaiah ends with God speaking the whole way through the last two chapters. Is Isaiah 65:1-16 (and even Isaiah 65:17 to the end of Isaiah 66) God’s direct answer to the prayer that Isaiah prayed in Isaiah 64? It’s possible, but it’s not absolutely clear.
One of the big themes of the Bible is that we weren’t looking for God as much as God was looking for us. We see that in verse 1: “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’” Desiring that we find Him and know Him, God takes the initiative to reach out to us.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 63:15-64:12. Let’s go!
Isaiah 63:15-19 (NIV)
15 Look down from heaven and see from your lofty throne, holy and glorious. Where are your zeal and your might? Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.
16 But you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
17 Why, O LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance.
18 For a little while your people possessed your holy place, but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
19 We are yours from of old; but you have not ruled over them, they have not been called by your name.
On 63:15-64:12: As I noted yesterday, Isaiah 63:7-64:12 can be seen as one unit. Isaiah is wrestling with a picture that he sees of Jerusalem being in ruins, and yet he began by recalling God’s goodness (Isaiah 63:7-14). Now in Isaiah 63:15-64:12 Isaiah gets real with God about the tough emotions he is experiencing. In this way, Isaiah 63:7-64:12 reads like something from the Psalms. Isaiah starts by recounting how God famously helped and delivered His people in the past (Isaiah 63:7-14), then he speaks of how difficult and desperate His people’s current circumstances are, and then he is going to cry out for God to act (Isaiah 63:15-64:12).
以赛亚书55: 6 当趁耶和华可寻找的时候寻找祂，相近的时候求告祂。
阅读经文：53:1-13
1「你们一切干渴的，都当就近水来！没有银钱的，也可以来！你们都来，买了吃。不用银钱，不用价值，也来买酒和奶。 2 你们为何花钱买那不足为食物的，用劳碌得来的买那不使人饱足的呢？你们要留意听我的话，就能吃那美物，得享肥甘，心中喜乐。 3 你们当就近我来，侧耳而听，就必得活。我必与你们立永约，就是应许大卫那可靠的恩典。 4 我已立他做万民的见证，为万民的君王和司令。 5 你素不认识的国民，你也必召来，素不认识你的国民，也必向你奔跑，都因耶和华你的神以色列的圣者，因为他已经荣耀你。」
先知在前一章论到神应许耶路撒冷将充满归回之民，圣城将在神大能庇护之下永远获得平安之预言后，进一步以本章正式向余民邀请，鼓励他们不要在古列下诏使他们重获自由之后，仍留恋富裕的巴比伦追求他们商业上的亨通而不愿归回。当然，先知也考虑到，余民们或许也会想到归回耶路撒冷时的长途跋涉，路上也可能遇到危险，因此犹豫不肯回国。
因此，在本章一开始，先知便点出了信息的重点，他告诉百姓，那该注重的不是他们可以能透过商业贸易在巴比伦的获利，而是他们需要神救恩之水来治他们的心灵干渴（55:1-2「你们为何花钱买那不足为食物的，用劳碌得来的买那不使人得饱足的呢？」此语乃是象征神劝勉将归回的百姓，不要留恋在巴比伦所获得的产业，因为这一些都不能使百姓获得心灵的真平安）。
以赛亚书54: 7 我离弃你不过片时，却要施大恩将你收回。
阅读经文：54:1-17
1「你这不怀孕不生养的，要歌唱！你这未曾经过产难的，要发声歌唱，扬声欢呼！因为没有丈夫的，比有丈夫的儿女更多。」这是耶和华说的。 2 「要扩张你帐幕之地，张大你居所的幔子，不要限制；要放长你的绳子，坚固你的橛子。 3 因为你要向左向右开展，你的后裔必得多国为业，又使荒凉的城邑有人居住。
本章为诗歌体裁，乃是在受苦的仆人完成其就赎事工之后的欢欣胜利之歌。本章分为两个部份，第一部份为54:1-10，主要论到拯救与复兴。第二部份为54:11-17，内容提到复兴的荣耀。它同时也被称为信心之歌。
先知在第一部份首先提到神的百姓，因着受苦的仆人所成就的事工而蒙祝福。因此先知以「不怀孕、不生养的」要歌唱（在古代的中东地区对不能生育的妇女，认为她是受了咒诅），来比喻荒凉的耶路撒冷将获得生养众多的欢乐。因为神的圣城耶路撒冷将有许多的归回之民如潮水般的涌进来，以致于它必须以「扩张帐幕之地，张大居所的幔子」来容纳突然暴增的百姓（54:2）。先知也预示他们，归回之后的百姓，将要向左右的邻国扩展，并得他们的地业，使一切荒凉的外邦城市重新有人居住（54:3）。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 63:7-14. Let’s go!
Isaiah 63:7-8 (NIV)
7 I will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the LORD has done for us– yes, the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses.
8 He said, “Surely they are my people, sons who will not be false to me”; and so he became their Savior.
On verses 7-8: Isaiah seems to begin a new unit that starts here at Isaiah 63:7 and ends in Isaiah 64:12. This whole unit – Isaiah 63:7 to Isaiah 64:12 – is Isaiah trying to grapple with a disconcerting picture he sees of Jerusalem being in ruins. This sad situation would happen in the relatively near future for Isaiah, compared to chapters 60 to 62 where Isaiah talks about the very distant future – the end of time – when Jerusalem’s situation is exceptionally glorious. While it is clear that Isaiah is speaking about a future time when Jerusalem will be in ruins, the exact time period Isaiah is referring to is not clear. (Isaiah might be painting a picture of 586 B.C. when the Babylonians would capture Jerusalem and destroy the temple, but he could also be describing a later period, since Jerusalem and its temple would be destroyed more than once.)
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