Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Isaiah 48:17

“Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.”

Isaiah 48:17 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Isaiah 48:17, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Isaiah 48. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 32:8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
  • Psalms 25:12What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
  • Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
  • Deuteronomy 8:17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
  • Isaiah 30:20And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
  • Psalms 73:24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
  • Isaiah 54:13And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
  • Job 36:22Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
  • John 6:45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
  • Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
  • Micah 4:2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his path…
  • Psalms 71:17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
  • Isaiah 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
  • Jeremiah 6:16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk…

More to meet God in Isaiah

Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 40:31Isaiah 53:5Isaiah 43:2Isaiah 26:3Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 41:13Isaiah 40:29Isaiah 61:3Isaiah 55:8Isaiah 43:19Isaiah 30:18Isaiah 57:15Isaiah 53:10

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.