Isaiah 45

Isaiah 45 - King James Version

 1Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

 2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

 3And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

 4For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

 5I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

 6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

 7I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.

 8Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.

 9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

 10Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

 11Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

 12I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

 13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

 14Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

 15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

 16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

 17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

 18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

 19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

 20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

 21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

 23I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

 24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

 25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

Isaiah 44

Isaiah 44 - King James Version

 1Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:

 2Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

 3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

 4And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

 5One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

 6Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

 7And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.

 8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

 9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

 10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

 11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

 12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

 13The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.

 14He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

 15Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.

 16He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:

 17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.

 18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

 19And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?

 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

 21Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.

 22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

 23Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

 24Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

 25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

 26That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:

 27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

 28That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isaiah 43

Isaiah 43 - King James Version

 1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

 2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

 3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

 4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

 5Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

 6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

 7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

 8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

 9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

 10Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

 11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.

 12I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God.

 13Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

 14Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

 15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

 16Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

 17Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.

 18Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

 19Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

 20The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

 21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

 22But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

 23Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

 24Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

 25I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

 26Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

 27Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

 28Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Isaiah 42

Isaiah 42 - King James Version

 1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

 2He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

 3A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

 4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

 5Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

 6I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

 7To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

 8I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

 9Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

 10Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

 11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

 12Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

 13The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.

 14I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

 15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

 16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

 17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

 18Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

 19Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?

 20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

 21The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

 22But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.

 23Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?

 24Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

 25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Oil Spill to Extinct Life on Earth

According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was never equipped with a remotely controlled shut-off switch, also called an acoustic switch.  The article goes on to further explain that United States’ regulators don’t mandate use of the remote-control device on offshore oil rigs.

How utterly amazing is that?  Apparently the cost of such an acoustic shut-off device is roughly in the neighborhood of a half-million dollars.  Yes, that means $500-thousand.  The replacement cost of the lost oil rig itself is slated at about $560-million, which equates the relative cost of such a safeguard as the acoustic switch with being less than one-thousandth (1000th) that of the overall value of the rig.

Here is a directly quoted sentence from the Wall Street Journal article: 

By 2003, U.S. regulators decided remote-controlled safeguards needed more study. A report commissioned by the Minerals Management Service said "acoustic systems are not recommended because they tend to be very costly."

Here is the link to the Wall Street Journal article in case you want to read it for yourself: 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704423504575212031417936798.html

Very costly?  What the hell kind of statement is that?  A half-million dollars is “COSTLY?”  Maybe I’m missing something here, but I didn’t think that a half-million dollars was anything more than “chump change” to these oil companies.

How can it even remotely be held as justified from a political standpoint – much less than from a standpoint of practicing good common sense and even practicing good business sense – to not mandate the legal requirement of such a safeguard when the cost involved amounts literally to “spare change” in terms of an operating expense?  Can you believe that you actually voted for people like Bush and Obama who wouldn’t use their pea brains enough to say something like, “Hey, wait a minute, we need to have this particular safeguard in place?”

Do you think that Bush and Obama drive around without “car insurance” on their vehicles?  Absolutely not!  That would be illegal.  (I actually can’t help but to start laughing right about now at this whole incredible picture.)  And on top of everything else, George W. Bush and his old man made their initial fortunes through the oil industry. 

The government will spend millions and millions of dollars to make last-minute repairs to the space shuttles so that the astronauts hopefully don’t end up dead from an exploding space ship, but expecting anyone to cough up a half-million dollars for an oil rig safeguard in the interest of preserving broad portions of the economy, the ecology and the lives of untold millions of people was apparently too much to ask in this case.

There is speculation being floated around that this particular oil rig mishap was intentional, including a theory that an unmanned drone submarine from North Korea was used to crash into the pipeline.  All I know for sure is that such an effective “terrorist attack” scenario would apparently not be a difficult task to pull off in any event.  Additionally, it is in the apparent absence of any explanation being offered as of late for how the explosion occurred in the first place that I would think a cause for concern of a possible terrorist attack should at least be entertained.

In any event, and since the past is actually dead and gone in this case, I have a prediction for what is going to come about as a result of this particular oil spill mishap; and whereas such prediction is primarily focused on a sense of gut instinct and a general sense of dread on my part.  Possibly my prediction will turn out to be all wrong, but it goes something like this…

An attempt is going to be made at manually plugging the hole by some methodology.  This attempt will fail and rather than to even stem the flow of oil out of the well, it will end up further rupturing the well, thus resulting in the opening of a literal flood gate of escaping oil.

An effective analogy to this scenario is that of attempting to stem the flow of blood from a severely ruptured femoral artery in a person’s leg before the person ultimately bleeds to death within a matter of minutes, which is not possible.  Hence, this arterial flow of oil into the ocean will then become unstoppable; and the ensuing flow of oil will stop only when the oil reserve is depleted.

My premonition here suggests that there is a tremendous amount of oil in the well, possibly equaling upwards of 200-million barrels or more.  In any case, my premonition suggests that there is at least enough oil to effectively pollute ALL THE WATERWAYS of the earth within one or two years.

The forthcoming flow of oil will succeed in polluting the entirely of the Pacific Ocean, as well as the Atlantic Ocean and will become inclusive of all fresh-water waterways (i.e., all the rivers) of the earth. 

Ground water reserves will subsequently become polluted and the only available fresh water that will exist will be in the form of water-storage supplies that people have on hand in the short term.  It will then be through the course of otherwise normal and expected weather patterns that oil residue will become seeded into the clouds and will create ongoing downpours of heavily polluted rainwater on a worldwide basis.  

The obvious effect of relentless downpours of polluted rainwater will be with the destruction of most of the earth’s plant life.  Food crops will no longer grow.  Pollination will cease. 
 
As a layer of oil eventually permeates the surface area of all bodies of water on the planet, it will then result in an exorbitant amount of heat retention being induced by way of direct sunlight.  In this way, and whether concerns for global warming are actually real or fabricated in the current day, those concerns will become very real in the next one to two years when super-heated oceans and other waterways in this case will result in exponential melting of the earth’s glaciers, including that of the earth’s North and South Polar Regions.

At least for the most part, if not completely, my premonition here suggests that the human race will fall extinct by not longer than ten (10) years from now.

Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41 - King James Version

 1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

 2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.

 3He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.

 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

 5The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

 6They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

 7So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

 8But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

 9Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.

 10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

 11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

 12Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

 13For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

 14Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

 15Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

 16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

 17When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

 18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

 19I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

 20That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

 21Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

 22Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

 23Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

 24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

 25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

 26Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.

 27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

 28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

 29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.