Scripture Readings

2026

July Focus: Historical deliverance, the peak of Old Testament Christology in the substitutionary atonement, and the vision of the New Creation.

July 6 — Isaiah 38:1–22 

  • Study Note: Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery. Facing imminent death, Hezekiah prays, and God grants him 15 more years of life. Notice verse 17: “In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.” Physical healing is secondary to the spiritual reality of sovereign forgiveness.
  • Attribute Focus: God’s Sovereignty over Life and Death: God holds the ultimate keys to time, heartbeat, and breath; our days are completely determined and lengthened by His sovereign decree.
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July 7 — Isaiah 39:1–8 

  • Study Note: The prideful failure of Hezekiah. He foolishly shows off his material wealth to the Babylonian envoys out of vanity. This prompts Isaiah’s sobering prophecy: everything he displayed will eventually be carried away into Babylonian captivity, setting the stage for the rest of the book.
  • Attribute Focus: God’s Holy Jealousy: God’s holy jealousy ensures that when we steal His glory to fuel our personal vanity, He will strip away the very temporal things we boast in. 

 

July 8 — Isaiah 40:1–31 

  • Study Note: This text provides the ultimate antidote to spiritual exhaustion. Verse 28 commands us to look at God’s attributes: He does not faint or grow weary. True spiritual strength (“mounting up with wings like eagles”) is found only by actively resting in this omnipotent Lord.
  • Attribute Focus: God’s Immensity & Inexhaustible Power: Verse 12 shows God measuring the entire universe with the span of His fingers. His power is completely inexhaustible, making Him the infinite source of strength for the weary soul. 

 

July 9 — Isaiah 41:1–29 

  • Study Note: God challenges pagan idols to a courtroom debate (v. 21-24). He demands that they prove their divinity by accurately predicting the future. Because they cannot, God pronounces them to be “less than nothing.” True prophecy is the unique signature of the omniscient God. 
  • Attribute Focus: God’s Omniscience: Because only God possesses perfect, total foreknowledge of all events, predictive prophecy remains His unique, unforgeable divine signature. 

 

July 10 — Isaiah 42:1–25 

  • Study Note: The first “Servant Song” (42:1-4). This introduces the Messiah as the ultimate, humble Servant who will bring justice to the nations. Matthew 12:17-21 quotes this text verbatim to explain why Jesus did not boast or shout in the streets during His first advent. 
  • Attribute Focus: God’s Infinite Wisdom: This showcases God’s wisdom: overcoming cosmic evil and human pride not through a display of raw military force, but through the quiet humility of a suffering servant. 

 

July 11 — Isaiah 43:1–28 

  • Study Note: 43:10-11 contains an unshakeable defense of monotheism and Christ’s deity: “Before me no god was formed… I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.” Because Jesus is explicitly called the Savior in the New Testament, He must be Yahweh.
  • Attribute Focus: God’s Monotheistic Uniqueness: God’s nature is completely solitary and unique; there are no other divine beings in existence, and He shares His identity with no one else. 

 

July 12 — Isaiah 44:1–28 

  • Study Note: The supreme satire on idolatry (44:9-20). Isaiah exposes the psychological delusion of a craftsman who cuts down a tree, uses half of the wood to bake his bread, and molds the remaining half into a god, crying, “Save me; you are my god!” Sin fundamentally blinds human reason. 
  • Attribute Focus: God’s Rationality vs. Human Delusion: God is the source of all absolute sanity and truth; this text demonstrates that turning away from Him fundamentally blinds human reason. 
  • June 29: Isaiah 30:18–33
    • Study Note: Even amidst judgment, look at the grace in verse 18: “Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.” God’s discipline is always designed to drive His people back to a state of total dependency on Him. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Patient Longing: God’s holy discipline is always perfectly balanced by His deep, patient desire to show mercy and restore His wayward children. 
  • June 30: Isaiah 31:1–9 
    • Study Note: 31:3 draws a sharp theological line: “The Egyptians are mere mortals and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit.” It exposes the absolute futility of fearing human power or military strength when you have access to the omnipotent Spirit of God. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Spirituality: God is spirit (John 4:24); He operates on an infinite, transcendent plane of power that trivializes human military might and fleshly resources. 
  • July 1: Isaiah 32:1–33:24 
    • Study Note: This section opens with a look at the coming King who will reign in righteousness (32:1), contrasting the temporary, broken political systems of Israel with Christ’s stable, eternal kingdom. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Righteousness: God’s government is fundamentally characterized by moral perfection, completely contrasting the corrupted, shifting standards of human politics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • July 2: Isaiah 34:1–35:10 
    • Study Note: A stark contrast between ultimate judgment and ultimate restoration. Chapter 34 outlines the horrific destruction of the wicked, while Chapter 35 details the “highway of holiness,” where the redeemed enter Zion with everlasting joy. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Holiness in Retribution: God’s holiness features two balanced realities: the necessary, terrifying destruction of sin and the joyful, beautiful preservation of the redeemed. 
  • July 3: Isaiah 36:1–22 
    • Study Note: The Rabshakeh’s psychological warfare. Sennacherib’s field commander attempts to undermine Judah’s faith by claiming Yahweh cannot deliver them any more than the gods of pagan nations did (v. 18-20). He confuses the true, unique Creator with useless, localized idols. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Uniqueness: God is not a localized, tribal deity bound by human imagination; He stands alone as the unique, uncreated Creator of heaven and earth. 
  • July 4: Isaiah 37:1–20 
    • Study Note: Hezekiah’s response to crisis sets a biblical pattern for prayer. He goes straight to the temple, spreads the threatening letter before the LORD, and appeals directly to God’s sovereign reputation (v. 16). He prays for deliverance so that the world may know Yahweh alone is supreme. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Sovereign Rule: Hezekiah appeals directly to God’s absolute, uncontested rule over history, recognizing that no human empire can veto a divine decree. 
  • July 5: Isaiah 37:21–38 
    • Study Note: The immediate, sovereign execution of judgment. In a single night, the angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (v. 36). This historical event proves that the most formidable human armies are completely helpless against a single word from God. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Omnipotence: This showcases God’s effortless power; the massive, threatening machinery of human empires can be neutralized instantly by a single act of divine will.

June Focus: Tracking God’s absolute holiness, the failure of human hypocrisy, and the clear predictions of Christ’s virgin birth and deity. 

  • June 22: Isaiah 24:1-23
    • Study Note: Known as “Isaiah’s Apocalypse” (Chapters 24-27). The focus shifts away from regional nations to the entire earth. Verse 5 explains the theological reason for global judgment: the inhabitants have broken the everlasting covenant.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Universal Lordship: God’s moral laws are universal; He is the Lord of the entire earth, and all of humanity is directly accountable to Him, not just Israel.
  • June 23: Isaiah 25:1-12
    • Study Note: A glorious hymn of eschatological triumph. Verse 8 promises that God “will swallow up death forever” and “wipe away tears from all faces.” Paul quotes this in 1 Corinthians 15:54 to celebrate Christ’s final resurrection victory over the grave.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Omnipotence over Death: Only an omnipotent, life-giving God has the authority and power to utterly destroy the grave and reverse the ultimate physical consequence of sin.
  • June 24: Isaiah 26:1-21
    • Study Note: 26:3 gives a foundational principle for mental peace: “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” True peace is not the absence of trouble; it is a mind fixed firmly on the sovereignty of God.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Perfect Peace: God is the unique source of all true emotional and spiritual stability because He is completely unshakable. His steady character provides perfect peace to the mind anchored in Him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • June 25: Isaiah 27:1-13
    • Study Note: God defeats “Leviathan the fleeing serpent” (v. 1). Leviathan symbolizes the chaotic, satanic world powers hostile to God. This chapter shows God’s vineyard now completely purified, producing rich fruit.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Protective Care: This highlights His tender, vigilant care over His elect — He meticulously guards and waters His vineyard so that it cannot be destroyed by spiritual enemies.
  • June 26: Isaiah 28:1-29
    • Study Note: 28:16 introduces the Messianic foundation: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation.” Those who build on human wisdom stumble over this stone, but those who trust Him will never be shaken.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Immutability: God provides an unchangeable, fixed rock of salvation. His redemptive purposes never shift, providing a permanent foundation that outlasts human philosophies.
  • June 27: Isaiah 29:1-24
    • Study Note: 29:13 diagnoses the core issue of religious hypocrisy: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Jesus quotes this exact verse in Matthew 15:8-9 to condemn the Pharisees, proving that external compliance without heart transformation is offensive to God.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Omniscience of the Heart: God’s omniscience penetrates human external facades; He cannot be fooled by religious theater or superficial obedience.
  • June 28: Isaiah 30:1-17
    • Study Note: God pronounces a woe on the “obstinate children” who run down to Egypt for military protection without consulting Him (v. 1-2). Relying on worldly methods or political alliances to accomplish what only God can provide is treated as spiritual treason.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Holy Jealousy: Because God is righteously jealous for His own glory, He refuses to share His praise with human systems. He demands exclusive, undivided dependency from His children.
  • June 15: Isaiah 15:1-16:14
    • Study Note: Note 15:5, where the prophet says, “My heart cries out for Moab.” A true preacher of truth takes no personal pleasure in the destruction of the wicked; even while proclaiming certain judgment, there is an underlying grief over lost souls.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Compassion: This reflects God’s heart—He takes no intrinsic pleasure in the death of the wicked. Even while executing perfect justice against pagan nations, there is a divine weight and compassion over judgment.
  • June 16: Isaiah 17:1-18:7
    • Study Note: Judgments on Damascus and Cush. When God judges a nation, He targets their false religion and economic security first, exposing how utterly helpless they are without the true Creator.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Self-Sufficiency (Aseity): God is entirely self-sufficient, needing nothing from creation, whereas false gods are completely dependent on human hands to build, maintain, and carry them.
  • June 17: Isaiah 19:1-25
    • Study Note: Look at the stunning prophecy of future reconciliation in verses 23-25. God promises a day when Egypt, Assyria, and Israel will worship together, showing that God’s ultimate plan of redemption breaks down ancient geopolitical enmity through the gospel.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Saving Grace: God’s grace is boundless, sovereignly transforming pagan enemies into His chosen people and expanding His family far beyond ethnic boundaries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • June 18: Isaiah 20:1-21:17
    • Study Note: Isaiah is commanded to walk stripped and barefoot for three years as a living object lesson (20:3). This shocking prophetic act dramatized the future humiliation of Egypt, warning Judah against forming military alliances with pagan nations.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Truthfulness: This emphasizes that God’s word is entirely reliable; what He threatens in secret will be executed visibly and precisely in human history.
  • June 19: Isaiah 22:1-14
    • Study Note: The Valley of Vision. While under siege, instead of repenting, the people throw a party: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die” (22:13). This is the apex of spiritual blindness—facing imminent judgment with reckless, hedonistic apathy.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Righteous Wrath: This apathy triggers God’s holy wrath, showing that treating divine warnings with casual mockery or flippant entitlement is a severe insult to His majesty.
  • June 20: Isaiah 22:15-25
    • Study Note: In 22:22, Eliakim is given the “key of the house of David; what he opens no one can shut.” This administrative office typifies Jesus Christ. In Revelation 3:7, Jesus claims this verse for Himself, proving He holds ultimate authority over entrance into God’s kingdom.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Sovereign Authority: Christ holds exclusive, absolute veto power over entrance into His eternal kingdom; human authority or worldly manipulation cannot overrule His decrees.
  • June 21: Isaiah 23:1-18
    • Study Note: The oracle against Tyre, the merchant superpower of the ancient world. God targets her pride and commercial wealth to show that material luxury and financial security are completely defenseless against divine decree.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Sovereignty over Wealth: God’s sovereignty extends over global economies, shipping lanes, and material assets—He effortlessly brings low the proud structures of human commercialism.
  • June 8: Isaiah 8:1-22
    • Study Note: God warns Isaiah not to fear what the culture fears (8:12). True security comes exclusively from fearing God alone. If you fear God, you need fear nothing else; if you do not fear God, you should fear everything else.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Immutability: Because God’s character, decrees, and promises never change, He is the only objective baseline for security. Resting in an unchangeable God drives out worldly anxiety.
  • June 9: Isaiah 9:1-21
    • Study Note: The names of the Messiah in 9:6 prove His deity. “Mighty God” (El Gibbor) is the exact title used for Yahweh. “Everlasting Father” is a Hebrew idiom meaning “Father of Eternity,” describing Christ’s eternal nature and His fatherly protection over His flock.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Eternity & Deity: Christ is not a created being; He possesses the attribute of eternity, meaning He is the author of time and reigns perpetually over creation.
  • June 10: Isaiah 10:1-19
    • Study Note: A masterpiece on divine sovereignty and human responsibility. God uses Assyria as the “rod of my anger” to punish Israel. Yet, because Assyria acts out of proud, wicked motives rather than a desire to honor God, He turns around and destroys them for their pride (v. 12).
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Sovereignty: God’s ruler-ship is so absolute that He seamlessly directs the free, wicked actions of secular empires to accomplish His divine purposes without violating human responsibility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • June 11: Isaiah 10:20-34
    • Study Note: The doctrine of the Remnant. Though Israel’s population was as vast as the sand of the sea, God reveals that only a small, faithful minority will return. God’s covenant promises are preserved through a spiritual remnant chosen by grace.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Faithfulness: Even when an entire visible nation falls into total apostasy, God’s faithfulness guarantees that He will preserve a chosen minority to fulfill His covenant promises.
  • June 12: Isaiah 11:1-16
    • Study Note: This chapter traces the Messiah as a “shoot from the stump of Jesse,” showing His Davidic lineage. Verses 6-9 describe a literal restoration of creation during the Millennial Kingdom, where the predatory nature of animals is entirely removed.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Omnipotence: God’s omnipotence will physically alter the natural world, removing the effects of the fall from creation so that the wolf can safely dwell with the lamb.
  • June 13: Isaiah 12:1-13:22
    • Study Note: The oracle against Babylon (Ch. 13). When Isaiah wrote this, Assyria—not Babylon—was the dominant power. This intense predictive prophecy showcases God’s perfect omniscience and introduces “The Day of the Lord” as a signal of catastrophic divine judgment.
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Omniscience: God’s perfect foreknowledge allows Him to predict and outline the rise and catastrophic fall of nations centuries before they happen in real-time history.
  • June 14: Isaiah 14:1-32
    • Study Note: 14:12-15 contains the famous “I will” statements. While explicitly addressing the arrogant King of Babylon, the language transcends any human ruler (“I will make myself like the Most High“), exposing the cosmic origin of sin: the proud rebellion and fall of Satan (Lucifer).
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Sovereignty over Satan: Satan is not God’s equal opposite; he is a proud, created being whose rebellion is entirely limited, governed, and judged by God’s sovereign decree.
  • June 1: Isaiah 1:1–17 
    • Study Note: Verse 11 introduces a major theme: God takes no pleasure in religious rituals when they are used to mask an unrepentant heart. External compliance without internal obedience is offensive to a holy God. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Justice: God’s absolute justice cannot be bribed or appeased by empty religious theater; a pure moral standard requires authentic heart obedience rather than superficial compliance. 
  • June 2: Isaiah 1:18–2:4 
    • Study Note: Verse 18 uses strict legal terminology: “Come now, let us reason together” means “let us debate our case in court.” God proves that Israel’s legalism cannot wash away their guilt; only sovereign grace can. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Mercy: God acts as a deeply merciful judge, offering to completely remove the deep stain of guilt (“though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool”) through radical, unearned forgiveness. 
  • June 3: Isaiah 2:5–3:15 
    • Study Note: 2:22 gives a command vital to biblical anthropology: “Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils.” God strips Judah of everything they rely on to show that depending on man over God is fatal. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Supremacy: God is the only stable foundation; His supremacy means that placing ultimate trust in frail, finite humanity is an exercise in spiritual instability.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • June 4: Isaiah 3:16–4:6 
    • Study Note: 3:16-26 targets the “daughters of Zion,” showing how a society’s moral decay is reflected in vanity and seductive materialism. Chapter 4 provides the contrast, pointing to “The Branch of the Lord” (the Messiah) who cleanses this filth. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Holiness: God’s holiness is attentive to the cultural details of a society—exposing pride and self-indulgence. His pure nature acts as a consuming fire that melts away societal corruption. 
  • June 5: Isaiah 5:1–30 
    • Study Note: Verse 20 pronounces a severe woe on those who “call evil good and good evil.” This marks the final stage of a society’s apostasy: the systematic inversion of God’s moral law, replacing objective truth with subjective depravity. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Righteousness: Because God is unchangeably righteous, He cannot tolerate the moral perversion of His absolute standards; He stands in direct opposition to those who twist His truth. 
  • June 6: Isaiah 6:1–13 
    • Study Note: The Trisagion (the triple repetition Holy, Holy, Holy in v. 3) stresses God’s infinite, unique purity. Isaiah’s immediate undoing shows the true state of a sinner when exposed to the presence of a sovereign God. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Transcendent Holiness: The triple repetition emphasizes that God is entirely set apart, unique, and infinite in moral perfection. A sinner cannot survive in the presence of absolute holiness without a mediator. 
  • June 7: Isaiah 7:1–25 
    • Study Note: The Immanuel prophecy (7:14). The Hebrew word almah means a mature virgin of marriageable age. While there was a local sign for King Ahaz, Matthew 1:23 explicitly claims its literal, miraculous fulfillment in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. 
    • Attribute Focus: God’s Immanence: While God is infinitely high and holy (transcendent), His immanence means He moves directly into human history, taking on human flesh to dwell intimately among His people. 
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