Isaiah 13-35 • Sister Kathryn Davis • Sept 21-27 • Come, Follow Me 2026

September 16, 2026

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Trusting the Restorer: Isaiah 13–35 with Sister Kathryn Davis

Isaiah 13–35 can feel like walking through a battlefield. There is destruction, Babylon, judgment, scattering, and captivity. The language is dense and the imagery foreign. But Sister Kathryn Davis, a full-time institute teacher at Utah Valley University, argues that Isaiah is not trying to frighten us. He is trying to show us who Jesus Christ is. "Look past the destruction," she says, "look past the fear and see the deliverer. Look past the scattering and see the gatherer. Look past the desert and see the one who makes it bloom."

The Day of the Lord as Great Reversal

The phrase "the day of the Lord" appears throughout these chapters, and Davis insists it means more than destruction. "It's the day when Jesus Christ comes to make things right," she explains. "It's the great reversal: the proud are brought low, the captive is freed, the scattered are gathered, the dead rise, tears are wiped away, and ultimately the desert blooms."

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Episode Format Change & Guest Introduction** - A brief announcement about the new single-episode format, followed by the hosts introducing the episode's focus on Isaiah 13-35.
2 (03:25) **The Great Reversal: Destruction and Restoration** - Catherine establishes the central theme of the "day of the Lord" as a day of both destruction and the great reversal where Christ makes things right.
3 (07:07) **The Role of the Holy Ghost in Understanding Isaiah** - Catherine emphasizes the necessity of the Spirit to understand Isaiah's difficult words, urging listeners to slow down and pray for guidance.
4 (13:04) **Why Study Isaiah? Slowing Down and Stillness** - The hosts discuss that the difficulty of Isaiah is a feature, not a bug, as it forces a slower, more meditative approach to scripture study.
5 (19:20) **Isaiah 12: A Song of Praise Before the Storm** - Catherine begins the textual study with Isaiah 12, a song of praise that establishes hope before the prophecies of destruction in the following chapters.
6 (21:01) **The Burden of Babylon (Isaiah 13)** - Catherine explains how Babylon is both a literal kingdom and a symbol for pride, wickedness, and worldly opposition to God.
7 (26:09) **Choice and Consequence: A Parent’s Heart** - The discussion deepens on natural consequences as teachers, with a focus on God’s patience and role as a restorer for both individuals and their children.

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Show Notes

Why does a good God allow the desert–and why does he wait so long to bring us out of it? Kathryn Davis examines Isaiah’s message of destruction and restoration, showing how Christ’s role as both “restorer” and “repairer” offers a framework for trusting God’s timing even when prayers go unanswered.

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TIMECODES

00:00 Beginning of Episode - Kathryn Davis

00:28 A Marvelous Work and a Wonder

00:54 Welcome and Intro

2:26 Finding Jesus Christ in difficult Isaiah chapters

5:43 Meet Kathryn Davis

8:18 Jesus Christ as Restorer

10:27 Inviting the Holy Ghost into our learning

13:04 Why Jesus asks us to Study Isaiah

16:53 Slow Down

19:21 Isaiah 12–Trust and do not be afraid

21:14 Babylon as a symbol and a burden

25:40 Natural consequences and a God who still restores

29:57 Pride and trusting ourselves instead of God

31:08 “God’s not worried about my son”

33:45 Isaiah 14–After scattering comes gathering

38:10 Jesus Christ–the Repairer of the breach

42:32 The fall of Babylon and Lucifer

45:57 Stop looking elsewhere to be saved

47:26 The gospel is simple–Choose Him

50:07 The Stripling Warriors were all wounded

52:59 Recognizing Christ by His scars

54:35 Who are you going to trust?

59:12 the Assyrian army approaches Jerusalem

1:02:56 Shebna, Eliakim, and “the nail in the sure place”

1:07:44 The God of the 4th Watch

1:09:55 Why does God sometimes wait?

1:13:20 Saved in the fire, not from it

1:17:51 Comfortable gods and divine discontent

1:21:38 Apostasy, restoration, and the gospel feast

1:26:50 Perfect peace–Where are you looking?

1:29:40 Trust the plan and its Maker

1:32:18 Gathered, repaired, and rescued one-by-one

1:36:49 “A voice speaking from the dust”

1:39:27 A marvelous work

1:42:21 The power is in the words

1:45:19 The Lord will wait, that He may be gracious

1:47:31 Isaiah points us toward a Person

1:48:23 The desert is not the end

1:50:04 I will trust

1:52:08 Closing thoughts and testimony

1:53:05 End of Episode - Kathryn Davis

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