I've noticed this. Congregations that have adopted supersessionism as part of their beliefs have a tradition of either:

  • avoiding the testimony of the prophets.
  • or allegorizing the very plain statements of the prophets into implying something completely different.

Supersessionism is the belief that God has completely rejected Israel and in its place stands the church. 

  • eg. "Any theological significance which the nation of Israel once had has now ended and in its place stands the church."

You will find in Scripture many statements of correction and acknowledgement of Israel's unbelief. Isaiah, in his statement below describes the past and present state of Israel - in terms of bearing children in a state of unbelief compared to bearing children in belief. But that is about to change - hense, the words “Shout for joy, O barren woman"...

“Shout for joy, O barren woman,
     who bears no children;
break forth in song and cry aloud,
     you who have never travailed;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
     than of her who has a husband,”

Isaiah 54:1

But it doesn't end there. He describes a future time when Israel will spread out beyond its current borders:

“Enlarge the site of your tent,
     stretch out the curtains of your dwellings,
     do not hold back.
Lengthen your ropes
     and drive your stakes in deep.
For you will spread out to the right and left;
     your descendants will dispossess the nations
     and inhabit the desolate cities.

Isaiah 54:2-3

He goes on to describe a future time when Israel will forget its former shame:

Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;
     do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated.
For you will forget the shame of your youth
     and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
For your husband is your Maker—
     the LORD of Hosts is His name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
     He is called the God of all the earth.
For the LORD has called you back,
     like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,
like the rejected wife of one’s youth,”
     says your God.

“For a brief moment I forsook you,
     but with great compassion I will bring you back.
In a surge of anger
     I hid My face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,”
     says the LORD your Redeemer.

Isaiah 54:4-8

Isaiah then emphasizes the "covenant" relationship between God and His people. His word regarding this is solid and sure and compares it to the covenant sworn during the days of Noah:

“For to Me this is like the days of Noah,
     when I swore that the waters of Noah
     would never again cover the earth.
So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
     or rebuke you.
Though the mountains may be removed
     and the hills may be shaken,
My loving devotion will not depart from you,
     and My covenant of peace will not be broken,”
     says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 54:9-10

As a cross-reference, the Book of Hosea offers another very graphic depiction of the relationship between Israel and their God using the same motif of a betrothed woman and her future Husband. You can read about that here: