Isaiah 39–45 | Renewed Strength and the Promise of Redemption

In this Sleepy Scriptures One-Year Bible episode, we continue through the book of Isaiah with chapters 39 through 45 from the King James Version.

After Isaiah foretells the coming Babylonian captivity, the tone turns toward comfort, hope, and restoration. “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people,” declares the Lord. These chapters proclaim the greatness of the everlasting God, who created the heavens, calls the stars by name, strengthens the weary, and renews those who wait upon Him.

We hear the Lord’s tender assurance: “Fear thou not; for I am with thee,” and His promise to remain with His people through deep waters and consuming fire. God declares that He has redeemed them, called them by name, blotted out their transgressions, and prepared a way through the wilderness.

Isaiah also foretells the calling of Cyrus, whom God would use to accomplish His purpose and restore His people. Settle in with gentle narration, soothing music, and peaceful visuals as Isaiah chapters 39 to 45 lead us from uncertainty into comfort, renewed strength, redemption, and trust in the sovereign Lord.

Highlighted Verses

Isaiah 40:1

“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.”

Isaiah 40:8

“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”

Isaiah 40:28

“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?”

Isaiah 40:31

“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles.”

Isaiah 41:10

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God.”

Isaiah 42:3

“A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench.”

Isaiah 43:1

“Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.”

Isaiah 43:2

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.”

Isaiah 43:19

“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it?”

Isaiah 44:22

“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.”

Isaiah 45:5

“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me.”