Thematic Bible: Revivals (select reading, isa chap 35) isa 35


Thematic Bible




O Yahweh, I have heard the report of you; O Yahweh, I stand in awe of your works. In the midst of the years, revive it! In the midst of the years, make [it] known! In wrath, may you remember to show compassion.

For your name's sake, O Yahweh, preserve my life; in your righteousness bring me out of trouble.

Then we will not turn back from you. Restore us to life, and we will proclaim your name.

My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word.

Look, I have longed for your precepts; revive me in your righteousness.

According to your loyal love preserve me alive, so that I may heed the testimony from your mouth.

Hear my voice according to your loyal love; O Yahweh, preserve my life according to your justice.






Only men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

When all the people saw, they fell on their faces and said, "Yahweh, he [is] God! Yahweh, he [is] God!"

And the crowds with one mind were paying attention to what was being said by Philip, [as] they heard [him] and saw the signs that he was performing.

And all those who lived [in] Lydda and Sharon saw him, who [all] indeed turned to the Lord.

So the {Israelites} removed the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and they served Yahweh alone.

And the inhabitants of one city will go to another [city], saying, "Let us go immediately to entreat {the favor of} Yahweh, to seek Yahweh of hosts--I also will go!"


O God [of] hosts, restore us and cause your face to shine that we may be saved.

O Yahweh, I have heard the report of you; O Yahweh, I stand in awe of your works. In the midst of the years, revive it! In the midst of the years, make [it] known! In wrath, may you remember to show compassion.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and with a willing spirit sustain me. [Then] I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

Will you not again revive us, that your people might rejoice in you?

Until a spirit is poured out on us from on high, and [the] wilderness becomes fruitful field, and [the] fruitful field is reckoned as the forest.


Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Say to him, "Take away all guilt; accept good, and we will offer the fruit of our lips.

Then [the] lame shall leap like the deer, and [the] tongue of [the] dumb shall sing for joy, for waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.


He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live in his presence.