Verse of the Day 10-24-22

In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the LORD your Redeemer.
“To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:8-10

The captives from Judah in Babylon must have wondered more than once if they had gone too far in their sin and alienated God forever, but God assured them of his everlasting love (54:8). To illustrate this, God compared their situation to the days of Noah, when God judged the earth in his righteous anger (54:9). Yet once the judgment was over, God’s anger subsided and he gave Noah the promise that he would never again destroy the whole earth with a flood (see Gen 7:5–9:17). In the same way, God promised that he would never again forsake Israel: my love will not be removed from you (54:10). This refers ultimately to the millennial kingdom.

Today’s Bible Readings:

Jeremiah 44:24-47:7, 2 Timothy 2:22-3:17, Psalm 94:1-23 and Proverbs 26:6-8