Isaiah’s Poetic Portrait of My Merciful God

List by Pastor Ken

The prophet Isaiah beautifully illustrates God’s mercies for His children.

God is both just and merciful

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

God is angry with those who show no mercy

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.

When God, who has mercy on me, leads me, I will be full and safe

Isaiah 49:10

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

God has everlasting mercy on me

Isaiah 54:8

“In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

My Lord has mercy on me, He surrounds me with love and peace

Isaiah 54:10

“For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says the LORD who has mercy on you.

I leave sin behind and return to my God who has mercy on me

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Thanks to God’s mercy, I look forward to my eternal home

Isaiah 60:10

Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.