🪔 Isaiah 29

Isaiah 29 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;” 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, “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;” Isaiah 29 opens with these words: “Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;” The line to keep is Isaiah 29:13: “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear…” Carry the word “people” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Isaiah 29:13: “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Isaiah 29? Then try this: Read “The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have…” 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.