“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33
BibleGateway: Psalm 79 ESV Text: Psalm 79 Psalm 79 (Listen) How Long, O Lord? A Psalm of Asaph. 79:1 O God, the nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.2 They have given the bodies of your servants to the birds of the heavens for food, the flesh of your faithful… Asaph (or perhaps a descendant of Asaph) laments the destruction of Israel by Babylon. We, too, cry to the Lord for His help when we suffer persecution.
BibleGateway: Psalm 75 ESV Text: Psalm 75 Psalm 75 (Listen) God Will Judge with Equity To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song. 75:1 We give thanks to you, O… Asaph thanks the Lord for His providence in the past and expresses his confidence in the righteous judgment of the Lord in the future.
BibleGateway: Psalm 74 ESV Text: Psalm 74 Psalm 74 (Listen) Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause A Maskil1 of Asaph. 74:1 O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the… Reflecting on a time of great distress and destruction, Asaph bemoans the situation of the people of the Lord, petitioning the Lord for deliverance even now.
BibleGateway: Psalm 73 ESV Text: Psalm 73 Psalm 73 (Listen) Book Three God Is My Strength and Portion Forever A Psalm of Asaph. 73:1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.2 But… Despite his struggles and his doubts, Asaph continues to trust in God’s faithfulness to His promises.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 24 ESV Text: Isaiah 24 Isaiah 24 (Listen) Judgment on the Whole Earth 24:1 Behold, the LORD will empty the earth1 and make it desolate, and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.2 And… The Lord threatens judgment on the entire earth. No one is exempt from the judgment of the Lord.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 23 ESV Text: Isaiah 23 Isaiah 23 (Listen) An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon 23:1 The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor! From the land… The Lord pronounces judgment and destruction against proud Tyre and Sidon.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 22 ESV Text: Isaiah 22 Isaiah 22 (Listen) An Oracle Concerning Jerusalem 22:1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,2 you… The Lord threatens Jerusalem with wrath and destruction. Similarly, the Lord calls each of us to repentance and invites us to take refuge in Christ.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 21 ESV Text: Isaiah 21 Isaiah 21 (Listen) Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon 21:1 The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible… The Lord appoints Isaiah to announce the fall of Babylon.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 20 ESV Text: Isaiah 20 Isaiah 20 (Listen) A Sign Against Egypt and Cush 20:1 In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to… The Lord instructs Isaiah to walk naked and barefoot for three years as a sign against Egypt and Cush.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 19 ESV Text: Isaiah 19 Isaiah 19 (Listen) An Oracle Concerning Egypt 19:1 An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will… The Lord pronounces judgment against Egypt. However, the Lord promises restoration to the Egyptians who turn to Him in faith.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 18 ESV Text: Isaiah 18 Isaiah 18 (Listen) An Oracle Concerning Cush 18:1 Ah, land of whirring wings that is beyond the rivers of Cush,12 which sends ambassadors by the sea, in vessels of papyrus on the… The Lord pronounces judgment against Cush.
