🎺 Isaiah 14

Isaiah 14 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?”” Isaiah 14 opens with these words: “For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with…” The line to keep is Isaiah 14:13: “You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!” Carry the word “heart” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 14:13: “You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Isaiah 14? Then try this: Read “You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.