Isaiah 6:9-10 / 1997 NLT

“And he [God] said, ’Yes, go. But tell my people this: You will hear my words, but you will not understand. You will see what I do, but you will not perceive its meaning. Harden the hearts of these people. Close their ears, and shut their eyes. That way, they will not see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn to me for healing.’”

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Isaiah 7:14 / NLT 1997

“All right then, the Lord himself will choose a sign. Look! The virgin will conceive the child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel – ’God is with us.’”

Isaiah 8:14-15 / NIV® 2011

“He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.”

Isaiah 28:16 / NIV® 2011

“So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ’See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken in panic.’”

Isaiah 29:13 / NLT 1997

“And so the Lord says, ’These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.’”

Isaiah 35:5-6 / NIV® 2011

“Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.”

Isaiah 35:5-6 / NLT 1997

“And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unstop the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will shout and sing!”

Isaiah 61:1 / NLT 1997

“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has appointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the broken-hearted and to announce that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.”

Isaiah 40:3 / NLT 1997

“Listen! I hear the voice of someone shouting, ’Make a highway for the Lord through the wilderness. Make a straight, smooth road through the desert for our God.’”

Isaiah 42:1-4 / NLT 1997

“Look at my servant, whom I strengthen. He is my chosen one, and I am pleased with him. I have put my Spirit upon him. He will reveal justice to the nations. He will be gentle – he will not shout or raise his voice in public. He will not crush those who are weak or quench the smallest hope. He will bring full justice to all who have been wronged. He will not stop until truth and righteousness prevail throughout the earth. Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction.”

Isaiah 50:6 / NIV® 2011

“I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.”

Isaiah 53:3 / NIV® 2011

“He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.”

Isaiah 53:7 / NIV® 2011

“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.”

Isaiah 50:6 / NIV® 2011

“I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.”

Isaiah 53:5 / NIV® 2011

“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.”

Isaiah 53:4 / NLT 1997

“Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God for his own sins!”

Isaiah 53:7 / NIV® 2011

“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.”

Isaiah 55:1-2 / NLT 1997

“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink – even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk – it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen, and I will tell you where to get food that is good for the soul!”

Isaiah 56:7 / NIV® 2011

“…these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”

Isaiah 58:5 / NLT 1997

“You humble yourself by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like a blade of grass in the wind. You dress in sackcloth and cover yourselves in ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord?”

Isaiah 58:6-7 / NIV® 2011

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?”

Isaiah 60:21 / NIV® 2011

“Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor.”

Isaiah 61:3 / NIV® 2011

“…and provide for those who grieve in Zion – to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.”

Isaiah 61:2-3 / NLT 1997 

“He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair. For the Lord has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory.”

Isaiah 62:11 / NIV® 2011

“The Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: ’Say to Daughter Zion, See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.’”

Isaiah 66:1 / NLT 1997

“This is what the Lord says, ’Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Could you ever build me a temple as good as that? Could you build a dwelling place for me?’”

Isaiah 66:1 / NIV® 2011

“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?”

*Isaiah 6:9-10 – Matthew 13:14-15

*Isaiah 7:14 – Matthew 1:23

*Isaiah 8:14-15 – Matthew 21:44

*Isaiah 28:16 – Matthew 21:42

*Isaiah 29:13 – Matthew 15:8-9

*Isaiah 35:5-6 – Matthew 21:14

*Isaiah 35:5-6 and Isaiah 61:1 – Matthew 11:5

*Isaiah 40:3 – Matthew 3:3

*Isaiah 42:1-4 – Matthew 12:18-21

*Isaiah 50:6 – Matthew 27:30

*Isaiah 50:6 and Isaiah 53:5 – Matthew 26:67

*Isaiah 53:3 – Matthew 27:29

*Isaiah 53:4 – Matthew 8:17

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