Bible passages

Isaiah 10:1–4

When Written Rules Rob the Poor

Notice that injustice can be written into official rules.

Isaiah 10:5–19

An Axe Boasting over Its User

Compare a boasting king with a tool boasting over its user.

Isaiah 10:20–34

Survivors Return as an Army Advances

Follow a returning group while an army advances towards Jerusalem.

Isaiah 11:1–16

Isaiah’s Hope for a Good King and Peace

Explore Isaiah’s pictures of a new ruler, fair treatment and peace.

Isaiah 12:1–6

Joyful Thanks for God’s Rescue

Hear a song move from “I will give thanks” to praise for everyone to hear.

Isaiah 13:1–22

A Devastating Warning about Babylon

Read this devastating war prophecy with a trusted adult.

Isaiah 14:1–2

Return and a Troubling Reversal

Notice that return and reversal are both part of these two verses.

Isaiah 14:3–23

Babylon’s Proud King Brought Down

Read the taunt against Babylon’s ruler as a whole poem.

Isaiah 14:24–27

A Burden Removed from Shoulders

Find the repeated words about a plan that will stand.

Isaiah 14:28–32

A Warning Not to Rejoice Too Soon

Listen for the warning against celebrating too early.

Isaiah 15:1–9

A Heart Grieving for Moab

Listen for compassion within a prophecy of Moab’s ruin.

Isaiah 16:1–14

Shelter for Fugitives and Grief for Moab

Find the appeal to shelter people before the warning against pride.

Isaiah 17:1–14

A Few Olives Remain

Count the few olives left after a tree has been shaken.

Isaiah 18:1–7

Watching, Cutting and a Gift

Notice how a quiet watching scene changes into cutting and then a gift.

Isaiah 19:1–15

Egypt’s Water and Work Fail

Trace how failed water affects work as well as the landscape.

Isaiah 19:16–25

Egypt, Assyria and Israel Blessed Together

Follow a promise that ends with three peoples blessed together.

Isaiah 21:1–10

The Watchman Announces Babylon’s Fall

Stand beside the watchman as he waits for news.

Isaiah 21:11–12

Watchman, What of the Night?

Listen to a question repeated in the darkness.

Isaiah 21:13–17

Bread and Water for Fleeing People

Notice bread and water arriving in the middle of flight.

Isaiah 22:1–14

Busy Repairs and an Ignored Call

Look beyond the busy repairs to the response the message calls for.

Isaiah 22:15–25

Shebna, Eliakim and the Falling Nail

Watch the symbols of office move from one official to another.

Isaiah 23:1–18

Tyre’s Trade and Its Fall

Trace how a trading city’s fall reaches far beyond its harbour.

Isaiah 24:1–23

An Earth Shaken by Judgement

Follow a vast judgement poem through silence, song and shaking.

Isaiah 25:1–12

A Feast and Tears Wiped Away

Notice how a feast of hope stands beside the fall of pride.