You don’t have to turn on the news or visit a news web site very long to get very depressed. We live in a day of despair, threat of war, violence, murder, poverty, sickness, abortion, waning morality, injustice, and racial tensions. Even from the perspective of the unbelieving world, things look pretty bleak. Israel during the time of Isaiah’s prophecy resembled in many ways the condition in which we find ourselves today. But, there is still hope. There is a day coming that will bring hope to God’s rebellious and condemned people.