ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

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ASSYRIAN EMPIRE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?
MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE CYRUS (539-530BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)? DARIUS (521-486BC)? AHASUERUS (486-464BC)? ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)? NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?
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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (532-512BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?
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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

• DIVINE PROTECTION OF THE CHURCH V. 1-4
• TRIUMPH OVER OPPOSING POWERS V. 5-6
• TROUBLESOME TIMES V. 7-9
• PROVIDENCE OF GOD V. 10-11
• ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO GOOD V. 12-14
• CONDUCT IN TROUBELSOME TIMES V. 15-18
• REJOICE IN HOPE OF DELIVERANCE V. 19-21

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READ ISAIAH 261-4

• A SONG OF SALVATION
• 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land
  of Judah "We have a strong city God will
  appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
• 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which
  keeps the truth may enter in.
• 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind
  is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
• 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the
  LORD, is everlasting strength.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land
  of Judah "We have a strong city God will
  appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
• 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which
  keeps the truth may enter in.
• 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind
  is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
• 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the
  LORD, is everlasting strength.
• WHAT SONG WILL BE SUNG IN JUDAH?
• WHAT IS THIS STRONG CITY?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD APPOINT WITHIN HER WALLS?
• WHO WILL ENTER IN?
• WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE?
• WHO IS YAH? JEHOVAH?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land
  of Judah "We have a strong city God will
  appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
• WHAT SONG WILL BE SUNG IN JUDAH?
• WHAT IS THIS STRONG CITY?
• READ PSALMS 481-3
• 1 Great is the LORD and Greatly to be praised, in
  the city of our God, in His holy mountain.
• 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole
  earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
  the city of the great King.
• 3 God is in her palaces. He is known as her
  refuge.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land
  of Judah "We have a strong city God will
  appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
• WHAT IS THIS STRONG CITY?
• WHO IS THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL?
• READ JEREMIAH 322-23
• 22 Return, you backsliding children. For I will
  heal your backslidings. Indeed we do come to You,
  For You are the LORD our God.
• 23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the
  hills and from the multitude of mountains. Truly,
  in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which
  keeps the truth may enter in.
• WHO WILL ENTER IN?
• READ PSALMS 243-5
• 3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or
  who may stand in His holy place?
• 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who
  has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn
  deceitfully.
• 5 He shall receive blessing from the LORD And
  righteousness from the God of his salvation.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which
  keeps the truth may enter in.
• WHO WILL ENTER IN?
• READ PSALMS 247-10
• 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted
  up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory
  shall come in.
• 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and
  mighty,
• The LORD mighty in battle.
• 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you
  everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall
  come in.
• 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts,
  He is the King of glory. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 11819-20
• 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will
  go through them And I will praise the LORD.
• 20 This is the gate of the LORD, Through which
  the righteous shall enter. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• WHO WILL ENTER IN?
• READ REVELATION 2122-27
• 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God
  Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
• 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon
  to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated
  it. The Lamb is its light.
• 24 The nations of those who are saved shall walk
  in its light, and the kings of the earth bring
  their glory and honor into it.
• 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day. For
  There shall be no night there.
• 26 They shall bring the glory and the honor of
  the nations into it.
• 27 There shall by no means enter it anything that
  defiles or causes an abomination or a lie. But
  Only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of
  Life. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which
  keeps the truth may enter in.
• WHO WILL ENTER IN?
• READ REVELATION 2214-15
• 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments,
  that they may have the right to the tree of life,
  and may enter through the gates into the city.
• 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and
  sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and
  whoever loves and practices a lie. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind
  is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
• 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the
  LORD, is everlasting strength.
• WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE?
• HOW DOES ONE FIND PERFECT PEACE?
• READ JOB 2221-22
• 21 Acquaint yourself with Him and be at peace.
  Thereby good will come to you.
• 22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth,
  And lay up His words in your heart. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 223-5
• 3 You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of
  Israel.
• 4 Our fathers trusted in You. They trusted and
  You delivered them.
• 5 They cried to You and were delivered. They
  trusted in You and were not ashamed. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind
  is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
• 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the
  LORD, is everlasting strength.
• WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE?
• HOW DOES ONE FIND PERFECT PEACE?
• READ PSALMS 286-7
• 6 Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the
  voice of my supplications!
• 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart
  trusted in Him and I am helped. Therefore my
  heart greatly rejoices And with my song I will
  praise Him. NKJV
• READ PHILLIPIANS 46-7
• 6 Be anxious for nothing, But in everything by
  prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, Let
  your requests be made known to God
• 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all
  understanding, will guard your hearts and minds
  through Christ Jesus. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the
  LORD, is everlasting strength.
• WHO IS YAH? JEHOVAH? I AM?
• READ EXODUS 314
• 14 God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He
  said, Thus you shall say to the children of
  Israel, I AM has sent me to you. NKJV
• GOD ALMIGHTY?
• READ EXODUS 63-4
• 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
  as God Almighty But by My name LORD I was not
  known to them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the
  LORD, is everlasting strength.
• WHO IS YAH? JEHOVAH? LORD?
• READ PSALMS 684
• 4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name. Extol
  Him who rides on the clouds, By His name YAH And
  rejoice before Him. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 8318
• 18 They may know that You, whose name alone is
  the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 261-4

• 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the
  LORD, is everlasting strength.
• WHO IS YAH? JEHOVAH? LORD?
• READ ISAIAH 122
• 2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and
  not be afraid. For YAH , the LORD, is my strength
  and song. He has become my salvation. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 3811
• 11 I said, I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the
  land of the living. I shall observe man no more
  among the inhabitants of the world. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 265-6

• A SONG OF SALVATION
• 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high, The
  lofty city He lays it low, He lays it low to the
  ground, He brings it down to the dust.
• 6 The foot shall tread it down The feet of the
  poor And the steps of the needy."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 265-6

• A SONG OF SALVATION
• 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high, The
  lofty city He lays it low, He lays it low to the
  ground, He brings it down to the dust.
• 6 The foot shall tread it down The feet of the
  poor And the steps of the needy."
• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING DOWN LAY LOW?
• THE LOFTY CITY?
• WHOSE FEET SHALL TREAD IT DOWN?
• THE POOR THE NEEDY?

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READ ISAIAH 267-9

• 7 The way of the just is uprightness O Most
  Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
• 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we
  have waited for You The desire of our soul is
  for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
• 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
  Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You
  early For when Your judgments are in the earth,
  The inhabitants of the world will learn
  righteousness.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 7 The way of the just is uprightness O Most
  Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
• 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we
  have waited for You The desire of our soul is
  for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
• 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
  Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You
  early For when Your judgments are in the earth,
  The inhabitants of the world will learn
  righteousness.
• WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST?
• WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST?
• WHAT DOES IN THE WAY MEAN?
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WAIT ON THE LORD?
• WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL?
• HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 7 The way of the just is uprightness O Most
  Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
• WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? RIGHTEOUSNESS?
• WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST? THE LORD?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 324
• 4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect. All His
  ways are justice, A God of truth and without
  injustice. Righteous and upright is He.
• READ 1 SAMUEL 23
• 3 Talk no more so very proudly and Let no
  arrogance come from your mouth. For the LORD is
  the God of knowledge and by Him actions are
  weighed.
• READ PSALMS 3419
• 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But
  the LORD delivers him out of them all. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 7 The way of the just is uprightness O Most
  Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
• WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? RIGHTEOUSNESS?
• WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST? THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 3723-24
• 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the
  LORD and He delights in his way.
• 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast
  down. For the LORD upholds him with His hand.
  NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 36
• 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall
  direct your paths. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 521
• 21 The ways of man are before the eyes of the
  LORD
• and He ponders all his paths. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 7 The way of the just is uprightness O Most
  Upright, You weigh the path of the just.
• WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? RIGHTEOUSNESS?
• WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST? THE LORD?
• READ PROVERBS 115-6
• 5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct
  his way aright, But the wicked will fall by his
  own wickedness.
• 6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver
  them,
• But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we
  have waited for You The desire of our soul is
  for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
• WHAT DOES IN THE WAY MEAN?
• READ PSALMS 11-2
• 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel
  of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of
  sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful
• 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD And
  in His law he meditates day and night. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we
  have waited for You The desire of our soul is
  for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WAIT ON THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 379
• 9 Evildoers shall be cut off. But those who wait
  on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 1305-6
• 5 I wait for the LORD. My soul waits and in His
  word I do hope.
• 6 My soul waits for the Lord, More than those who
  watch for the morning. Yes, more than those who
  watch for the morning. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we
  have waited for You The desire of our soul is
  for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
• WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL?
• THE NAME OF THE LORD? REMEMBRANCE OF HIM?
• WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LORD? I AM? LORD GOD?
• READ EXODUS 314-16
• 14 God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He
  said, Thus you shall say to the children of
  Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
• 15 God said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the
  children of Israel The LORD God of your
  fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
  and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is
  My name forever, and this is My memorial to all
  generations. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we
  have waited for You The desire of our soul is
  for Your name And for the remembrance of You.
• WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL?
• THE NAME OF THE LORD? REMEMBRANCE OF HIM?
• READ PSALMS 304
• 4 Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And
  give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.
  
• READ PSALMS 1451-2
• 1 I will extol You, my God, O King. I will bless
  Your name forever and ever.
• 2 Every day I will bless You. I will praise Your
  name forever and ever. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
  Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You
  early For when Your judgments are in the earth,
  The inhabitants of the world will learn
  righteousness.
• WHAT IS ISAIAHS DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
• HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS?
• BY SEEKING THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD?
• WHAT IS DAVIDS DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 631
• 1 O God, You are my God Early will I seek You
• My soul thirsts for You My flesh longs for You
  In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no
  water. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
  Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You
  early For when Your judgments are in the earth,
  The inhabitants of the world will learn
  righteousness.
• WHAT IS ISAIAHS DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
• HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS?
• BY SEEKING THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD?
• HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD?
• THROUGH THE WORD OF THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 11-2
• 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel
  of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of
  sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful
• 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD And
  in His law he meditates day and night. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
  Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You
  early For when Your judgments are in the earth,
  The inhabitants of the world will learn
  righteousness.
• WHAT IS ISAIAHS DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
• HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD?
• BY SEEKING THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD?
• READ 1 CHRONICLES 1614-15
• 14 He is the LORD our God. His judgments are in
  all the earth.
• 15 Remember His covenant forever, The word which
  He commanded, for a thousand generations, NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
  Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You
  early For when Your judgments are in the earth,
  The inhabitants of the world will learn
  righteousness.
• WHAT IS ISAIAHS DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
• HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD?
• THROUGH THE WORD OF THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 636
• 6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on
  You in the night watches. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 11955
• 55 I remember Your name in the night, O LORD,
  And I keep Your law. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 267-9

• 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
  Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You
  early For when Your judgments are in the earth,
  The inhabitants of the world will learn
  righteousness.
• WHAT IS ISAIAHS DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
• WHAT SHOULD EVERY MAN SEEK?
• READ MATTHEW 633
• 33 Seek you first the kingdom of God and His
  righteousness and all these things shall be added
  to you. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 2610-11

• 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will
  not learn righteousness In the land of
  uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not
  behold the majesty of the LORD.
• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will
  not learn righteousness In the land of
  uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not
  behold the majesty of the LORD.
• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.
• WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED?
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY?
• HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THIS GRACE?
• WHAT WILL THEY NOT SEE? WHY?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will
  not learn righteousness In the land of
  uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not
  behold the majesty of the LORD.
• WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED?
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY?
• HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THIS GRACE?
• WHAT DID SAMUEL SAY TO THE ISREALITES?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 1224-25
• 24 Fear the LORD and Serve Him in truth with all
  your heart. Consider what great things He has
  done for you.
• 25 If You still do wickedly, You shall be swept
  away, both you and your king. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will
  not learn righteousness In the land of
  uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not
  behold the majesty of the LORD.
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY?
• HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THIS GRACE?
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT ISREAL?
• READ JEREMIAH 219
• 19 Your own wickedness will correct you And your
  backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and
  see that It is an evil and bitter thing that you
  have forsaken the LORD your God. The fear of Me
  is not in you, Says the Lord GOD of hosts. NKJV
• WHAT DID HOSEA SAY ABOUT ISREAL?
• READ HOSEA 117
• 7 My people are bent on backsliding from Me.
  Though They call to the Most High None at all
  exalt Him.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will
  not learn righteousness In the land of
  uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not
  behold the majesty of the LORD.
• WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED?
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL HIS DISCIPLES?
• READ MATTHEW 544-45
• 44 I say to you, Love your enemies, Bless those
  who curse you, Do good to those who hate you and
  Pray for those who spitefully use you and
  persecute you,
• 45 That you may be sons of your Father in
  heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and
  on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on
  the unjust. NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE JEWS?
• READ JOHN 537-38
• 37 The Father Himself, Who sent Me, Has testified
  of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any
  time Nor seen His form.
• 38 You do not have His word abiding in you
  Because Whom He sent, Him you do not believe. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will
  not learn righteousness In the land of
  uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not
  behold the majesty of the LORD.
• WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED?
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY?
• HOW DOES HE REPSOND TO THIS GRACE?
• WHAT DID THE PAUL SAY TO THE ROMANS?
• READ ROMANS 24
• 4 Do you despise the riches of His goodness,
  forbearance and longsuffering, Not knowing that
  the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
• WHAT DID THE PETER CONCERNING THE LORD?
• READ 2 PETER 39
• 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
  as some count slackness, But is longsuffering
  toward us, Not willing that any should perish But
  that all should come to repentance. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE?
• THE HAND OF THE LORD? WHY?
• WHAT WILL THEY SEE?
• WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• WHAT DOES DAVID SAY ABOUT THE WICKED?
• READ PSALMS 103-4
• 3 The wicked boasts of his heart's desire. He
  blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD.
• 4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not
  seek God. God is in none of his thoughts. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE?
• THE HAND OF THE LORD? WHY?
• WHAT DOES DAVID SAY ABOUT THE WICKED?
• READ PSALMS 1011-13
• 11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten.
  He hides His face. He will never see.
• 12 Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand! Do
  not forget the humble.
• 13 Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said
  in his heart, You will not require an
  account. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.
• WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE?
• THE HAND OF THE LORD? WHY?
• READ ECCLESIASTES 44
• 4 I saw that for all toil and every skillful work
  a man is envied by his neighbor. This is vanity
  and grasping for the wind. NKJV
• READ ECLESIASTES 95-6
• 5 The living know that they will die. But the
  dead know nothing and they have no more reward,
  For the memory of them is forgotten.
• 6 Their love, their hatred, and their envy have
  now perished. Nevermore will they have a share In
  anything done under the sun. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.
• WHAT WILL THEY SEE?
• WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED?
• READ JOEL 218-19
• 18 The LORD will be zealous for His land And pity
  His people.
• 19 The LORD will answer and say to His people
  Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and
  oil And you will be satisfied by them. I will no
  longer make you a reproach among the nations.
• READ MICAH 715-16
• 15 As in the days when you came out of the land
  of Egypt, I will show them wonders.
• 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all
  their might. They shall put their hand over their
  mouth. Their ears shall be deaf. NKJV

44
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.
• WHAT WILL THEY SEE?
• WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED?
• READ ACTS 217-21
• 17 It shall come to pass in the last days, says
  God,
• That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh.
  Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your
  young men shall see visions, Your old men shall
  dream dreams.
• 18 On My menservants and on My maidservants
• I will pour out My Spirit in those days And they
  shall prophesy.
• 19 I will show wonders in heaven above And signs
  in the earth beneath Blood and fire and vapor of
  smoke.
• 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness And the
  moon into blood, Before the coming of the great
  and awesome day of the LORD.
• 21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls
  on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. NKJV

45
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2610-11

• 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will
  not see. But they will see and be ashamed For
  their envy of people Yes, the fire of Your
  enemies shall devour them.
• WHAT WILL THEY SEE?
• WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO SIN WILLFULLY?
• READ HEBREWS 1026-27
• 26 If we sin willfully after we have received the
  knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a
  sacrifice for sins,
• 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment
  and fiery indignation which will devour the
  adversaries.

46
READ ISAIAH 2612-14

• 12 LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You
  have also done all our works in us.
• 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had
  dominion over us But by You only we make mention
  of Your name.
• 14 They are dead, they will not live They are
  deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have
  punished and destroyed them, And made all their
  memory to perish.

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 12 LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You
  have also done all our works in us.
• 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had
  dominion over us But by You only we make mention
  of Your name.
• 14 They are dead, they will not live They are
  deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have
  punished and destroyed them, And made all their
  memory to perish.
• WHO WILL ESTABLISH PEACE FOR THEM?
• WHAT HAD THE LORD DONE FOR THEM?
• WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY?
• WHY MENTION THE LORD BY NAME?
• WHO ARE THE DEAD?
• WHY WILL THEY NOT RISE?
• WHY DID THE LORD PUNISHED THEM?
• WHY WILL THEY NOT BE REMEMBERED?

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 12 LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You
  have also done all our works in us.
• WHO ESTABLISHED PEACE FOR THEM?
• WHO DID THE LORD GIVE GREAT PEACE?
• READ PSALMS 119165
• 165 Great peace have those who love Your law And
  nothing causes them to stumble. NKJV
• WHAT HAD THE LORD DONE FOR THEM?
• WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT GODS WORKS?
• READ PSALMS 6828
• 28 God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, O
  God, What You have done for us. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 1388
• 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me.
  Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever. Do not
  forsake the works of Your hands. NKJV

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had
  dominion over us But by You only we make mention
  of Your name.
• WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY?
• READ JOHN 543
• 43 I have come in My Father's name and You do not
  receive Me. If another comes in his own name, Him
  you will receive. NKJV
• READ ROMANS 616
• 16 Do you not know that to whom you present
  yourselves slaves to obey, You are that one's
  slaves whom you obey, Whether of sin leading to
  death, Or of obedience leading to
  righteousness? NKJV

50
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had
  dominion over us But by You only we make mention
  of Your name.
• WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY?
• READ MATTHEW 2411-12
• 11 Many false prophets will rise up and deceive
  many.
• 12 Because lawlessness will abound, The love of
  many will grow cold. NKJV
• READ MATTHEW 2423-24
• 23 If anyone says to you, Look, Here is the
  Christ! Or There! Do not believe it.
• 24 False christs and false prophets will rise and
  show great signs and wonders To deceive, if
  possible, even the elect. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had
  dominion over us But by You only we make mention
  of Your name.
• WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY?
• READ 2 THESSALONIANS 29-12
• 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to
  the working of Satan, With all power, signs and
  lying wonders,
• 10 And With all unrighteous deception among those
  who perish, Because They did not receive the love
  of the truth, That They might be saved.
• 11 For this reason God will send them strong
  delusion, that They should believe the lie,
• 12 That They all may be condemned who did not
  believe the truth But had pleasure in
  unrighteousness.

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had
  dominion over us But by You only we make mention
  of Your name.
• WHY MENTION THE LORD BY NAME?
• READ PSALMS 445
• 5 Through You we will push down our enemies.
  Through Your name we will trample those who rise
  up against us. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 6012
• 12 Through God we will do valiantly. For it is He
  who shall tread down our enemies. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 7116
• 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD. I
  will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours
  only.

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 14 They are dead, they will not live They are
  deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have
  punished and destroyed them, And made all their
  memory to perish.
• WHO ARE THE DEAD? SPRITUALLY?
• WHY WILL THEY NOT RISE?
• WHO WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 8810-12
• 10 Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the
  dead arise and praise You? NKJV
• 11 Shall Your loving-kindness be declared in the
  grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of
  destruction?
• 12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And
  Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

54
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 14 They are dead, they will not live They are
  deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have
  punished and destroyed them, And made all their
  memory to perish.
• WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHY WILL THEY NOT RISE?
• WHO WERE THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD?
• HOW WERE THEY MADE ALIVE?
• READ EPHESIANS 21-3
• 1 You He made alive, who were dead in trespasses
  and sins, NKJV
• READ ROMANS 623
• 23 The wages of sin is death, But the gift of God
  is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. NKJV

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• 14 They are dead, they will not live They are
  deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have
  punished and destroyed them, And made all their
  memory to perish.
• WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE?
• WHO WERE THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD?
• HOW WERE THEY MADE ALIVE?
• READ 1 CORINTHIANS 1520-22
• 20 Christ is risen from the dead And Has become
  the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• 21 Since by man came death, By Man also came the
  resurrection of the dead.
• 22 As in Adam all die, Even so in Christ all
  shall be made alive. NKJV

56
HOW WERE THEY MADE ALIVE?

• READ ROMANS 65-11
• 5 If We have been united together in the likeness
  of His death, Certainly We also shall be in the
  likeness of His resurrection,
• 6 Knowing this, that Our old man was crucified
  with Him, that The body of sin might be done away
  with, that We should no longer be slaves of sin.
• 7 For He who has died has been freed from sin.
• 8 If We died with Christ, We believe that We
  shall also live with Him,
• 9 Knowing that Christ, having been raised from
  the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has
  dominion over Him.
• 10 For The death that He died, He died to sin
  once for all But The life that He lives, He
  lives to God.
• 11 Likewise You also, Reckon yourselves to be
  dead indeed to sin, But Alive to God in Christ
  Jesus our Lord.

57
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE?
• WHO WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD?
• READ 1 THESSALONIANS 415-18
• 15 This we say to you by the word of the Lord,
  that We who are alive and remain until the
  coming of the Lord will by no means precede those
  who are asleep.
• 16 For The Lord Himself will descend from heaven
  with a shout, With the voice of an archangel, and
  With the trumpet of God. And The dead in Christ
  will rise first.
• 17 Then We who are alive and remain shall be
  caught up together with them in the clouds to
  meet the Lord in the air. And thus We shall
  always be with the Lord.
• 18 Therefore Comfort one another with these
  words.

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE?
• READ JOHN 525-30
• 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is
  coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the
  voice of the Son of God and those who hear will
  live.
• 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He
  has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
• 27 And has given Him authority to execute
  judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.
• 28 Do not marvel at this for the hour is coming
  in which all who are in the graves will hear His
  voice
• 29 And come forth those who have done good, to
  the resurrection of life, and those who have done
  evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. NKJV

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2612-14

• WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE?
• WHAT IS THE SECOND DEATH?
• READ REVELATION 2012-15
• 12 I saw the dead, small and great, standing
  before God, and books were opened. Another book
  was opened which is the Book of Life. The dead
  were judged according to their works, by the
  things which were written in the books.
• 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death
  and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them.
  And they were judged, each one according to his
  works.
• 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake
  of fire. This is the second death.
• 15 Anyone not found written in the Book of Life
  was cast into the lake of fire. NKJV
• READ REVELATION 218
• 8 The cowardly, unbelieving, abominable,
  murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters
  and all liars shall have their part in the lake
  which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the
  second death. NKJV

60
READ ISAIAH 2615-16

• 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You
  have increased the nation You are glorified You
  have expanded all the borders of the land.
• 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They
  poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon
  them.

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2615-16

• 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You
  have increased the nation You are glorified You
  have expanded all the borders of the land.
• 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They
  poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon
  them.
• WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS? WHY?
• WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY?

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2615-16

• 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You
  have increased the nation You are glorified You
  have expanded all the borders of the land.
• WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS? WHY?
• READ JOB 1223-24
• 23 He makes nations great and destroys them. He
  enlarges nations and guides them.
• 24 He takes away the understanding of the chiefs
  of the people of the earth And makes them wander
  in a pathless wilderness.
• READ PSALMS 10738-40
• 38 He blesses them and they multiply greatly. He
  does not let their cattle decrease.
• 39 When they are diminished and brought low
  Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,
• 40 He pours contempt on princes And causes them
  to wander in the wilderness where there is no
  way. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2615-16

• 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They
  poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon
  them.
• WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 814-17
• 14 When your heart is lifted up and You forget
  the LORD your God who brought you out of the land
  of Egypt, From the house of bondage
• 15 Who led you through that great and terrible
  wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and
  scorpions and thirsty land where there was no
  water who brought water for you out of the
  flinty rock
• 16 Who fed you in the wilderness with manna,
  which your fathers did not know, that He might
  humble you and that He might test you, to do you
  good in the end
• 17 Then you say in your heart, My power and the
  might of my hand have gained me this
  wealth. NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2615-16

• 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They
  poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon
  them.
• WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY?
• READ JUDGES 61-6
• 1 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of
  the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the
  hand of Midian for seven years,
• 2 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel.
  The children of Israel made for themselves the
  dens, the caves and the strongholds which are in
  the mountains.
• 3 Whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites, the
  Amalekites and the people of the East would come
  up against them.
• 4 They would encamp against them and destroy the
  produce of the earth as far as Gaza. and leave no
  sustenance for Israel neither sheep nor ox nor
  donkey.
• 5 They would come up with their livestock and
  their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts.
  They and their camels were without number. And
  they would enter the land to destroy it.
• 6 Israel was greatly impoverished Because of the
  Midianites and the children of Israel cried out
  to the LORD. NKJV

65
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2615-16

• 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They
  poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon
  them.
• WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 397-11
• 7 Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
• 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not
  make me the reproach of the foolish.
• 9 I was mute. I did not open my mouth Because it
  was You who did it.
• 10 Remove Your plague from me. I am consumed by
  the blow of Your hand.
• 11 When with rebukes You correct man for
  iniquity,
• You make his beauty melt away like a moth. Surely
  every man is vapor. NKJV

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2615-16

• 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They
  poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon
  them.
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 1316-17
• 16 Give glory to the LORD your God Before He
  causes darkness And Before your feet stumble On
  the dark mountains. And While you are looking for
  light, He turns it into the shadow of death And
  makes it dense darkness.
• 17 But If you will not hear it, My soul will weep
  in secret for your pride. My eyes will weep
  bitterly And run down with tears Because the
  LORDS flock has been taken captive. NKJV

67
READ ISAIAH 2617-18

• 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out
  in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her
  delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
• 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain
  We have, as it were, brought forth wind We have
  not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
  Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out
  in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her
  delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
• 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain
  We have, as it were, brought forth wind We have
  not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
  Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
• HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?
• PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
• WHAT COULD MAN NOT ACCOMPLISH IN CHILDBIRTH?
• DELIVERANCE?

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out
  in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her
  delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
• HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?
• PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
• READ PSALMS 486
• 6 Fear took hold of them And pain, As of a woman
  in birth pangs, NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 624
• 24 We have heard the report of it. Our hands grow
  feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, Pain as of
  a woman in labor. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out
  in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her
  delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
• HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?
• PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
• READ JEREMIAH 1321
• 21 What will you say when He punishes you? For
  you have taught them to be chieftains, to be head
  over you.
• Will not pangs seize you, Like a woman in labor?
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 2223
• 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in
  the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs
  come upon you, Like the pain of a woman in labor?
  NKJV

71
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out
  in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her
  delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
• HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?
• PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
• READ JEREMIAH 4924
• 24 Damascus has grown feeble. She turns to flee,
• And fear has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have
  taken her, Like a woman in labor. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 5043
• 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report about
  them And his hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken
  hold of him, Pangs as of a woman in childbirth.
  NKJV

72
HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?

• PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
• READ MICAH 49-13
• 9 Why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in your
  midst? Has your counselor perished? For Pangs
  have seized you like a woman in labor.
• 10 Be in pain and labor to bring forth, O
  daughter of Zion, Like a woman in birth pangs.
  For Now you shall go forth from the city, You
  shall dwell in the field, And to Babylon you
  shall go. There you shall be delivered. There the
  LORD will redeem you From the hand of your
  enemies.
• 11 Many nations have gathered against you, Who
  say, Let her be defiled And Let our eye look upon
  Zion.
• 12 But They do not know the thoughts of the LORD,
• Nor Do they understand His counsel. For He will
  gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
• 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion. For I
  will make your horn iron And I will make your
  hooves bronze. You shall beat in pieces many
  peoples. I will consecrate their gain to the LORD
  And their substance to the Lord of the whole
  earth. NKJV

73
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out
  in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her
  delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
• HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?
• PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
• READ MICAH 51-3
• 1 Gather yourself in troops, O daughter of
  troops.
• He has laid siege against us. They will strike
  the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
• 2 But You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are
  little among the thousands of Judah, Yet Out of
  you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in
  Israel, Whose goings forth are From of old, From
  everlasting.
• 3 Therefore He shall give them up, Until the time
  that she who is in labor has given birth. Then
  the remnant of His brethren shall return to the
  children of Israel. NKJV

74
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out
  in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her
  delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
• HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?
• PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
• READ JOHN 1621-22
• 21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow
  because her hour has come. But As soon as she has
  given birth to the child, She no longer remembers
  the anguish, For joy that a human being has been
  born into the world.
• 22 Therefore You now have sorrow. But I will see
  you again and Your heart will rejoice and Your
  joy no one will take from you. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain
  We have, as it were, brought forth wind We have
  not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
  Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
• WHAT COULD MAN NOT ACCOMPLISH IN CHILDBIRTH?
• DELIVERANCE?
• READ PSALMS 1714
• 14 With Your hand From men, O LORD, From men of
  the world who have their portion in this life And
  whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure.
  They are satisfied with children And They leave
  the rest of their possession for their babes.
  NKJV

76
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain
  We have, as it were, brought forth wind We have
  not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
  Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
• WHAT DID JACOB PROPHESY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• WHO IS SHILOH? MESSIAH?
• READ GENESIS 498-10
• 8 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall
  praise. Your hand shall be on the neck of your
  enemies.
• Your father's children shall bow down before you.
  
• 9 Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son,
  you have gone up. He bows down. He lies down as a
  lion. And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
• 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a
  lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh
  comes. And to Him shall be the obedience of the
  people. NKJV

77
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2617-18

• 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain
  We have, as it were, brought forth wind We have
  not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,
  Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
• WHY DID THE LORD CHOOSE JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 1214-15
• 14 Thus says the LORD Against all My evil
  neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have
  caused My people Israel to inherit Behold, I
  will pluck them out of their land and pluck out
  the house of Judah from among them.
• 15 Then It shall be, After I have plucked them
  out, That I will return and have compassion on
  them and bring them back, Everyone to his
  heritage and Everyone to his land. NKJV

78
READ ISAIAH 2619-21

• TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT
• 19 Your dead shall live Together with my dead
  body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who
  dwell in dust For your dew is like the dew of
  herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut
  your doors behind you Hide yourself, as it were,
  for a little moment, Until the indignation is
  past.
• 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To
  punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
  iniquity The earth will also disclose her blood,
  And will no more cover her slain. NKJV

79
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT
• 19 Your dead shall live Together with my dead
  body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who
  dwell in dust For your dew is like the dew of
  herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut
  your doors behind you Hide yourself, as it were,
  for a little moment, Until the indignation is
  past.
• 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To
  punish the inhabitants of the earth for their
  iniquity The earth will also disclose her blood,
  And will no more cover her slain. NKJV
• WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
• SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD?
• HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?

80
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• 19 Your dead shall live Together with my dead
  body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who
  dwell in dust For your dew is like the dew of
  herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
• READ PSALMS 791-3
• 1 God, The nations have come into Your
  inheritance. Your holy temple they have defiled.
  They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
• 2 The dead bodies of Your servants They have
  given as food for the birds of the heavens and
  The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the
  earth.
• 3 Their blood they have shed like water all
  around Jerusalem And There was no one to bury
  them. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 732-33
• 32 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,
  When it will no more be called Tophet, Or the
  Valley of the Son of Hinnom, But the Valley of
  Slaughter. For they will bury in Tophet until
  there is no room.
• 33 The corpses of this people will be food for
  the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the
  earth. And no one will frighten them away.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• WHO ARE THESE DEAD? URIJAH? JEREMIAH?
• HOW WAS JEREMIAH SPARED?
• READ JEREMIAH 2620-24
• 20 There was a man who prophesied in the name of
  the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath
  Jearim, who prophesied against this city and
  against this land according to all the words of
  Jeremiah.
• 21 When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty
  men and all the princes, heard his words, the
  king sought to put him to death. But when Urijah
  heard it, He was afraid and fled and went to
  Egypt.
• 22 Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt Elnathan
  the son of Achbor, and other men who went with
  him to Egypt.
• 23 They brought Urijah from Egypt and brought him
  to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the
  sword and cast his dead body into the graves of
  the common people.
• 24 But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was
  with Jeremiah, So that they should not give him
  into the hand of the people to put him to death.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
• IDOL WORSHIPPERS IN JUDAH?
• JEREMIAH 3418-22
• 18 I will give the men who have transgressed My
  covenant, who have not performed the words of the
  covenant which they made before Me, when they cut
  the calf in two and passed between the parts of
  it
• 19 The princes of Judah, the princes of
  Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the
  people of the land who passed between the parts
  of the calf
• 20 I will give them into the hand of their
  enemies and into the hand of those who seek their
  life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the
  birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth.
• 21 I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his
  princes into the hand of their enemies, into the
  hand of those who seek their life, and into the
  hand of the king of Babylon's army which has gone
  back from you.
• 22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD, and
  cause them to return to this city. They will
  fight against it and take it and burn it with
  fire. I will make the cities of Judah a
  desolation without inhabitant. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• 19 Your dead shall live Together with my dead
  body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who
  dwell in dust For your dew is like the dew of
  herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD?
• WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
• HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 371-14

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READ EZEKIEL 371-14

• 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought
  me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down
  in the midst of the valley and it was full of
  bones.
• 2 He caused me to pass by them all around. And
  Behold, there were very many in the open valley
  and indeed they were very dry.
• 3 He said to me, Son of man, can these bones
  live? So I answered, O Lord GOD, You know.
• 4 Again He said to me, Prophesy to these bones,
  Say to them, O dry bones, Hear the word of the
  LORD!
• 5 Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones Surely
  I will cause breath to enter into you, and you
  shall live.
• 6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon
  you, cover you with skin and put breath in you.
  And you shall live. Then you shall know that I am
  the LORD.
• 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I
  prophesied, There was a noise and suddenly a
  rattling and The bones came together, bone to
  bone.
• 8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh
  came upon them and the skin covered them over
  But there was no breath in them.

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READ EZEKIEL 371-14

• 9 He said to me, Prophesy to the breath,
  prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus
  says the Lord GOD Come from the four winds, O
  breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may
  live.
• 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me and breath
  came into them and they lived and stood upon
  their feet, an exceedingly great army.
• 11 Then He said to me, Son of man, these bones
  are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say,
  Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we
  ourselves are cut off!
• 12 Prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord
  GOD Behold, O My people, I will open your graves
  and cause you to come up from your graves, and
  bring you into the land of Israel.
• 13 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I have opened your graves, O My people, and
  brought you up from your graves.
• 14 I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall
  live, and I will place you in your own land. Then
  you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it
  and performed it, says the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• 19 Your dead shall live Together with my dead
  body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who
  dwell in dust For your dew is like the dew of
  herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
• SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD?
• HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?
• WHO DID DANIEL SAY WOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD?
• WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
• READ DANIEL 121-3
• 1 At that time Michael shall stand up, The great
  prince who stands watch over the sons of your
  people.
• There shall be a time of trouble, Such as never
  was since there was a nation, Even to that time.
  At that time your people shall be delivered,
  Every one who is found written in the book.
• 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the
  earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some
  to shame and everlasting contempt.
• 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the
  brightness of the firmament And Those who turn
  many to righteousness Like the stars forever and
  ever. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• 19 Your dead shall live Together with my dead
  body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who
  dwell in dust For your dew is like the dew of
  herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
• HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?
• READ 1 CORINTHIANS 1520-22
• 20 Christ is risen from the dead and has become
  the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came
  the resurrection of the dead.
• 22 For as in Adam all die, Even so in Christ all
  shall be made alive. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• 19 Your dead shall live Together with my dead
  body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who
  dwell in dust For your dew is like the dew of
  herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.
• WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
• HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?
• READ JOHN 1419
• 19 A little while longer and the world will see
  Me no more But you will see Me. Because I live,
  You will live also. NKJV
• READ EPHESIANS 514
• 14 Therefore He says Awake, you who sleep,
  Arise from the dead And Christ will give you
  light. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2619-21

• TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT
• 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut
  your doors behind you Hide yourself, as it were,
  for a little moment, Until the indignation is
  past.
• 21 For behold, the LORD comes ou