Much of Isaiah’s ministry sought to warn and prepare the nation for hard times ahead, and his message can help us on a personal level too. Many of the promises and encouragements that Isaiah relays to the people to keep them going are renewed and applied to Christians in the New Testament. The need to trust in God through difficult times, to wait upon him for better times, and to hope in his promises regarding the end times is just as real now as it was then. Everlasting joy (35:10) resulting from