“Hear, O Heavens and Give Ear, O Earth”

 

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knows its owner,
    and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does not know,
    my people do not understand.”

Isaiah 1:2-3 

Rocky Mountains- “He Sits Above the Circle of the Earth”

 It is He who sits above the circle of the Earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
He brings the princes to nothing;
He makes the judges of the earth, useless.

Isaiah 40:22

Atlantic - “Who has Measured the Waters?”

Who has measured the waters
In the hollow of his hand, 
Measured Heaven with a span,
And calculated the dust of the earth
In a measure?  Weighted the mountains
In scales and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 40:12

Pikes Peak Summit - "How Beautiful on the Mountains"

 

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Isaiah 52:7

Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountains - "I Form Light and Create Darkness"

 

I form the light and create darkness,

I bring prosperity and create disaster;

I, the LORD, do all these things.

Isaiah 45:7 

Lake Granby, Colorado - "Remember the Former Things"

Remember the former things, those of long ago;

    I am God, and there is no other;

    I am God, and there is none like me.

    I make known the end from the beginning,

    from ancient times; what is still to come.

I say, 'My purpose will stand,

    and I will do all that I please."

Isaiah 46:9-10 

Rocky Mountains National Park - "Unfailing Love"

"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 54:10  NIV
 

Paradise, South Island, New Zealand - "He will swallow up death forever"

 And in this mountain
The LORD of hosts will make 

for all people

A feast of choice pieces,
A feast of wines on the lees,
Of fat things full of marrow,
Of well-refined wines on the lees.

And He will destroy on this mountain

The surface of the covering

cast over all people,

And the veil that is spread

over all nations.

He will swallow up death forever,

And the Lord God will wipe

away tears from all faces;

The rebuke of His people

He will take away from all the earth;

For the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 25:6-8

Denali on a Clear Day - "The Earth is Full of his Glory"

     In the year that King Uzziah died, 

I saw the LORD sitting on a throne,

high and lifted up, and the train of His

robe filled the temple.

      Above it stood seraphim; each one

had six wings:  with two he covered

his face, with two he covered his feet,

and with two he flew.

  And one cried to another and said:

     

 "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
The whole earth is full of His glory."

  Isaiah 6:1-3

Wapiti Valley, Yellowstone National Park - "Here am I, here am I"

"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me.  To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, 'Here am I, here am I.'  All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations."

Isaiah 65:1-2

Clingmans Dome Mountains, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, North Carolina - "The Heavens are higher than the Earth"

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways."  declares the Lord.  "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

Isaiah 55:8-9

Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado - " Look Up into Heaven, Who Created the Stars?"

 

He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name.  Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing.

Isaiah 40:26

Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Canada - "The One Who Gives Life to Every Heart"

 The Lord most high is the one who gives life to every heart, who gives life to the spirit!  Look, he indeed exchanged my bitterness for wholeness.  You yourself have spared my whole being from the pit of destruction, because you have cast all my sins behind your back.

Isaiah 38:16-17 

Cumberland Falls - “The grass withers and the Flowers Fall”

 

The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever

Isaiah 40.8

Brasher Springs, Alabama - “Here I am”

 

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. 

Isaiah 58:9

Matanzas River - “Return to me”

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.”

Isaiah 44:22

Crescent Beach Easter Sunrise - “With His Wounds We are Healed”

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 53:5
 

MoultrIe Creek - Quiet Resting Places

 

   Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
  The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and 

   assurance forever.
   My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
  Though hail comes down on the forest,
And the city is brought low in humiliation.

  Blessed are you who sow beside all waters,
Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Isaiah 32:16-20 NKJV

 

In Solidarity with Ukraine - “Do Not Fear, for I am with You”

 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.

Isaiah 41:10 NIV

Chugach Mountains - "For the Mountains May Move and the Hills Disappear"

 

For the mountains may move

and the hills disappear,

but even then My faithful love

for you will remain.

My covenant of blessing will

never be broken, says the Lord,

who has mercy on you.

Isaiah 54:10