Day 211: Called by Name (2026)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation. Discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 211.
What passages are we reading on Day 211 and where do they come from?
That's 2-1-1. We are reading from Isaiah chapter 43 and 44. We are in the book of consolation and we're also reading Ezekiel chapters four and five. We're also reading Proverbs chapter 12 verses five through eight. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the revised standard version, the second Catholic edition. I'm using the great adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe and receiving daily episodes and daily updates because it's the day of 211 and we are just into the book of consolation, starting with chapter 40.
We are now in chapter 43 and 44. We're also in Ezekiel chapters four and five. Remember, Ezekiel had this incredible vision of the Lord and his glory, the son of he's the son of man, which basically just means he's a human being. That's going to change in Daniel chapter seven. But for now, whenever the Lord God calls Ezekiel son of man, he's just talking like, hey, bro, you're a human being. But we're going to hear Ezekiel four and five, the way in which Ezekiel is called to be a prophet. through his actions, not just through his words. It's through his words and his actions. And also, that's Ezekiel 4 and 5 in Proverbs chapter 12, verses 5 through 8. The book of the prophet Isaiah chapter 43, the Lord is redeemer of Israel.
But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel, fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. And through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you, because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you. I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you.
I will say to the north, give up, and to the south, do not withhold. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth. Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made. Bring forth the people who are blind yet have eyes, who are deaf yet have ears. Let all the nations gather together and let the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to justify them and let them hear and say, it is true. You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no God was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no Savior. I declared and saved and proclaimed when there was no strange God among you, and you are my witnesses, says the Lord. I am God, and also henceforth I am he. There is none who can deliver from my hand. I work, and who can hinder it? Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. For your sake I will send to Babylon, and break down all the bars, and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned into lamentations. I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior. They lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–0:22
2
What passages are we reading on Day 211 and where do they come from?
0:22–6:35
3
How does Isaiah 43 introduce God’s promise “I have called you by name”?
6:35–7:50
4
What images does Isaiah use to reassure Israel during exile (waters, fire, desert)?
7:50–12:44
5
Why does Isaiah call the nations to witness God’s unique role as Redeemer?
12:44–22:58