ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

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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-NINE

• SENNACHERIB INVADES JERUSALEM V. 1-4
• FALL OF SENNACHERIB V. 5-8
• HYPOCRISY OF THE JEWS V. 9-16
• JEWS REJECTED GENTILES CALLED V. 17
• MESSIAH'S KINGDOM ISRAEL RESTORED V. 18-24

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READ ISAIAH 291-2

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 1 "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David
  dwelt! Add year to year Let feasts come around.
• 2 Yet I will distress Ariel There shall be
  heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as
  Ariel.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 291-2

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 1 "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David
  dwelt! Add year to year Let feasts come around.
• 2 Yet I will distress Ariel There shall be
  heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as
  Ariel.
• WHAT IS ARIEL? JERUSALEM? CITY OF DAVID?
• THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• DISTRESS? HEAVINESS? SORROW?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 291-2

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 1 "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David
  dwelt! Add year to year Let feasts come around.
• 2 Yet I will distress Ariel There shall be
  heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as
  Ariel.
• WHAT IS ARIEL? THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF
  JUDAH?
• READ GENESIS 499-10
• 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

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 291-2

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 1 "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David
  dwelt! Add year to year Let feasts come around.
• 2 Yet I will distress Ariel There shall be
  heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as
  Ariel.
• WHAT IS ARIEL? JERUSALEM? CITY OF DAVID?
• READ 2 SAMUEL 56-7
• 6 The king and his men went to Jerusalem against
  the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who
  spoke to David, saying, You shall not come in
  here. The blind and the lame will repel you,
  Thinking, David cannot come in here.
• 7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion
  (that is, the City of David). NKJV
• READ 1 CHRONICLES 114-6
• 4 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which
  is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the
  inhabitants of the land.
• 5 The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You
  shall not come in here! Nevertheless David took
  the stronghold of Zion (that is, the City of
  David). NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 291-2

• 2 Yet I will distress Ariel There shall be
  heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as
  Ariel.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 21-5
• 1 The Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With
  a cloud in His anger! He cast down from heaven to
  the earth The beauty of Israel, And did not
  remember His footstool In the day of His anger.
• 2 The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied
  All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown
  down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter
  of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground.
  He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
• 3 He has cut off in fierce anger Every horn of
  Israel. He has drawn back His right hand From
  before the enemy. He has blazed against Jacob
  like a flaming fire Devouring all around.
• 4 Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow.
  With His right hand, like an adversary, He has
  slain all who were pleasing to His eye. On the
  tent of the daughter of Zion, He has poured out
  His fury like fire.
• 5 The Lord was like an enemy. He has swallowed up
  Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He
  has destroyed her strongholds And has increased
  mourning and lamentation In the daughter of
  Judah. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 291-2

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 1 "Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David
  dwelt! Add year to year Let feasts come around.
• 2 Yet I will distress Ariel There shall be
  heaviness and sorrow, And it shall be to Me as
  Ariel.
• WHAT IS ARIEL? JERUSALEM? CITY OF DAVID?
• THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• READ ZECHARIAH 142
• 2 I will gather all the nations to battle against
  Jerusalem. The city shall be taken, The houses
  rifled,
• And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go
  into captivity, But the remnant of the people
  shall not be cut off from the city. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 293-4

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 3 I will encamp against you all around, I will
  lay siege against you with a mound, And I will
  raise siege works against you.
• 4 You shall be brought down, You shall speak out
  of the ground Your speech shall be low, out of
  the dust Your voice shall be like a medium's,
  out of the ground And your speech shall whisper
  out of the dust.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 293-4

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 3 I will encamp against you all around, I will
  lay siege against you with a mound, And I will
  raise siege works against you.
• 4 You shall be brought down, You shall speak out
  of the ground Your speech shall be low, out of
  the dust Your voice shall be like a medium's,
  out of the ground And your speech shall whisper
  out of the dust.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• WHAT IS A SEIGE? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
  SEIGE?
• HOW LONG WILL THEY ENCAMP AGAINST THEM?
• WHAT ARE MEDIUMS?
• WHY IS THEIR VOICE LIKE A MEDIUMS VOICE?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 293-4

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 3 I will encamp against you all around, I will
  lay siege against you with a mound, And I will
  raise siege works against you.
• WHO DID THE LORD BRING AGAINST JERUSALEM?
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON?
• WHAT IS A SEIGE? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
  SEIGE?
• HOW LONG WILL THEY ENCAMP AGAINST THEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 251-3
• 1 In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth
  month, on the tenth day of the month,
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army
  came against Jerusalem and encamped against it.
  They built a siege wall against it all around.
• 2 The city was besieged until the eleventh year
  of King Zedekiah.
• 3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine
  had become so severe in the city that there was
  no food for the people of the land. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 293-4

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 3 I will encamp against you all around, I will
  lay siege against you with a mound, And I will
  raise siege works against you.
• WHO DID THE LORD BRING AGAINST JERUSALEM?
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR KING OF BABYLON?
• WHAT IS A SEIGE? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE
  SEIGE?
• HOW LONG WILL THEY ENCAMP AGAINST THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 524-6
• 4 In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth
  month, on the tenth day of the month,
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army
  came against Jerusalem and encamped against it.
  They built a siege wall against it all around.
• 5 The city was besieged until the eleventh year
  of King Zedekiah.
• 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the
  month, the famine had become so severe in the
  city that there was no food for the people of the
  land. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 293-4

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 4 You shall be brought down, You shall speak out
  of the ground Your speech shall be low, out of
  the dust Your voice shall be like a medium's,
  out of the ground And your speech shall whisper
  out of the dust.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• BROUGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND? LIKE DUST?
• WHAT ARE MEDIUMS?
• WHY IS THEIR VOICE LIKE A MEDIUMS VOICE?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 293-4

• 4 You shall be brought down, You shall speak out
  of the ground Your speech shall be low, out of
  the dust Your voice shall be like a medium's,
  out of the ground And your speech shall whisper
  out of the dust.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• BROUGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND? LIKE DUST?
• READ ISAIAH 471
• 1 Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin
  daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a
  throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you
  shall no more be called Tender and delicate.
• WILL THE LORD RAISE HER UP FROM THE DUST? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 521-2
• 1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion. Put
  on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy
  city!
• For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no
  longer come to you.
• 2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise. Sit down,
  O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of
  your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 293-4

• WOE TO JERUSALEM
• 4 You shall be brought down, You shall speak out
  of the ground Your speech shall be low, out of
  the dust Your voice shall be like a medium's,
  out of the ground And your speech shall whisper
  out of the dust.
• HOW DO MEDIUMS SPEAK?
• WHY DO THEY SPEAK FROM THE DUST?
• WHO SHOULD THEY SEEK? THE LORD?
• READ ISAIAH 819
• 19 When they say to you, Seek those who are
  mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,
  Should not a people seek their God? Should they
  seek the dead on behalf of the living? NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 295-6

• 5 "Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be
  like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible
  ones Like chaff that passes away Yes, it shall
  be in an instant, suddenly.
• 6 You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
  thunder and earthquake and great noise, With
  storm and tempest And the flame of devouring
  fire.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 295-6

• 5 "Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be
  like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible
  ones Like chaff that passes away Yes, it shall
  be in an instant, suddenly.
• 6 You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
  thunder and earthquake and great noise, With
  storm and tempest And the flame of devouring
  fire.
• WHO ARE THEIR FOES?
• SENNACHERIB? NEBUCHADNESSAR?
• WHY DESCRIBE THEM AS DUST CHAFF?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• HOW WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 295-6

• 5 "Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be
  like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible
  ones Like chaff that passes away Yes, it shall
  be in an instant, suddenly.
• WHO ARE THEIR FOES?
• SENNACHERIB? NEBUCHADNESSAR?
• WHY DESCRIBE THEM AS DUST CHAFF?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• READ JOB 2118
• 18 They are like straw before the wind And like
  chaff that a storm carries away. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 14
• 4 The ungodly are not so But are like the chaff
  which the wind drives away. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 355
• 5 Let them be like chaff before the wind And let
  the angel of the LORD chase them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 295-6

• 5 "Moreover the multitude of your foes Shall be
  like fine dust, And the multitude of the terrible
  ones Like chaff that passes away Yes, it shall
  be in an instant, suddenly.
• WHO ARE THEIR FOES?
• SENNACHERIB? NEBUCHADNESSAR?
• WHY DESCRIBE THEM AS DUST CHAFF?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• READ PSALMS 5515
• 15 Let death seize them. Let them go down alive
  into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings
  and among them. NKJV
• READ 1 THESSALONIANS 52-4
• 3 They say, Peace and safety! Then sudden
  destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon
  a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 295-6

• 6 You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
  thunder and earthquake and great noise, With
  storm and tempest And the flame of devouring
  fire.
• HOW WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM?
• THUNDER? EARTHQUAKE? STORMS?
  TEMPESTS?
• FLAME OF DEVOURING FIRE?
• HOW DID THE LORD MANIFEST HIS PRESENCE?
• WHAT HAPPENED ON MOUNT SINAI?
• READ EXODUS 1916-18
• 16 It came to pass on the third day, in the
  morning, that there were thunderings and
  lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain.
  The sound of the trumpet was very loud. All the
  people who were in the camp trembled.
• 17 Moses brought the people out of the camp to
  meet with God. And they stood at the foot of the
  mountain.
• 18 Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because
  the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke
  ascended like the smoke of a furnace and the
  whole mountain quaked greatly. NKJV
• (JUDGES 54-5)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 295-6

• 6 You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
  thunder and earthquake and great noise, With
  storm and tempest And the flame of devouring
  fire.
• HOW WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM?
• THUNDER? EARTHQUAKE? STORMS?
  TEMPESTS?
• FLAME OF DEVOURING FIRE?
• HOW DID THE LORD MANIFEST HIS PRESENCE?
• HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY NADAB ABIHU?
• READ LEVITICUS 101-3
• 1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took
  his censer and put fire in it put incense on it
  and offered profane fire before the LORD which He
  had not commanded them.
• 2 Fire went out from the LORD and devoured them.
  And they died before the LORD.
• 3 Moses said to Aaron, This is what the LORD
  spoke, Saying By those who come near Me I must
  be regarded as holy. And before all the people I
  must be glorified. So Aaron held his peace.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 295-6

• 6 You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
  thunder and earthquake and great noise, With
  storm and tempest And the flame of devouring
  fire.
• HOW WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM?
• THUNDER? EARTHQUAKE? STORMS?
  TEMPESTS?
• FLAME OF DEVOURING FIRE?
• HOW DID THE LORD MANIFEST HIS PRESENCE? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 187-8
• 7 The earth shook and trembled. The foundations
  of the hills also quaked and were shaken Because
  He was angry.
• 8 Smoke went up from His nostrils And devouring
  fire from His mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 295-6

• 6 You will be punished by the LORD of hosts With
  thunder and earthquake and great noise, With
  storm and tempest And the flame of devouring
  fire.
• HOW WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM?
• THUNDER? EARTHQUAKE? STORMS?
  TEMPESTS?
• FLAME OF DEVOURING FIRE?
• HOW DID THE LORD MANIFEST HIS PRESENCE? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 8313-16
• 13 O my God, Make them like the whirling dust,
  Like the chaff before the wind!
• 14 As the fire burns the woods And as the flame
  sets the mountains on fire,
• 15 Pursue them with Your tempest And frighten
  them with Your storm.
• 16 Fill their faces with shame That they may seek
  Your name, O LORD. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress, And distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• 8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
  And look he eats But he awakes, and his soul
  is still empty Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
  And look he drinks But he awakes, and indeed
  he is faint, And his soul still craves So the
  multitude of all the nations shall be, Who fight
  against Mount Zion."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• 8 It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams,
  And look he eats But he awakes, and his soul
  is still empty Or as when a thirsty man dreams,
  And look he drinks But he awakes, and indeed
  he is faint, And his soul still craves So the
  multitude of all the nations shall be, Who fight
  against Mount Zion."
• HOW DOES ISAIAH DESCRIBE THE FATE
• OF THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT ARE MENS DREAMS VISIONS ABOUT?
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHAT ARE MENS DREAMS VISIONS ABOUT? WHY?
• HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO JACOB?
• READ GENESIS 462
• 2 God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night
  and said, Jacob, Jacob! And Jacob said, Here I
  am. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHAT ARE MENS DREAMS VISIONS ABOUT? WHY?
• HOW DID JOB RESPOND TO HIS DREAMS?
• READ JOB 413-17
• 13 In disquieting thoughts from the visions of
  the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
• 14 Fear came upon me and trembling, Which made
  all my bones shake.
• 15 Then a spirit passed before my face. The hair
  on my body stood up.
• 16 It stood still. I could not discern its
  appearance. A form was before my eyes. There
  was silence. Then I heard a voice saying
• 17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a
  man be more pure than his Maker? NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHAT ARE MENS DREAMS VISIONS ABOUT? WHY?
• HOW DID JOB RESPOND TO HIS DREAMS?
• READ JOB 714-16
• 14 You scare me with dreams And terrify me with
  visions,
• 15 So that my soul chooses strangling And death
  rather than my body.
• 16 I loathe my life. I would not live forever.
  Let me alone, For my days are but a breath. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHAT ARE MENS DREAMS VISIONS ABOUT? WHY?
• WHAT DID DANIEL SAY ABOUT NEBUCAHDNEZZARS DREAM?
• READ DANIEL 228
• 28 There is a God in heaven who reveals secrets
  and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what
  will be in the latter days. Your dream and the
  visions of your head upon your bed were these
• WHY DID DANIELS DREAMS TROUBLE HIM?
• READ DANIEL 45
• 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid. And the
  thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head
  troubled me. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHAT ARE MENS DREAMS VISIONS ABOUT? WHY?
• WHY DID DANIEL RECORD THIS DREAM?
• READ DANIEL 71
• 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of
  Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his
  head while on his bed. He wrote down the dream,
  telling the main facts.
• HOW DID DANIEL DESCRIBE THIS DREAM?
• READ DANIEL 77
• 7 I saw in the night visions. Behold, A fourth
  beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong.
  It had huge iron teeth. It was devouring,
  breaking in pieces and trampling the residue with
  its feet. It was different from all the beasts
  that were before it. It had ten horns.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHAT ARE MENS DREAMS VISIONS ABOUT? WHY?
• WHY DID THIS DREAM TROUBLE DANIEL?
• READ DANIEL 713-16
• 13 I was watching in the night visions, Behold,
  One like the Son of Man, Coming with the clouds
  of heaven!
• He came to the Ancient of Days And They brought
  Him near before Him.
• 14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a
  kingdom That all peoples, nations and languages
  should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting
  dominion, Which shall not pass away. And His
  kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed.
• 15 I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my
  body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
• 16 I came near to one of those who stood by and
  asked him the truth of all this. He told me and
  made known to me the interpretation of these
  things NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHY WAS DAVID ABLE TO TAKE JERUSALEM?
• READ 2 SAMUEL 56-7
• 7 David took the stronghold of Zion - City of
  David
• HOW WAS THIS CITY DELIVERED?
• READ ECCLESIASTES 914-15
• 14 There was a little city with few men in it.
  And a great king came against it, besieged it,
  and built great snares around it.
• 15 There was found in it a poor wise man and he
  by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one
  remembered that same poor man. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHY IS THE TRIUMPH OF THE WICKED SHORT?
• READ JOB 205-9
• 5 The triumphing of the wicked is short. And the
  joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
• 6 Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens
  And his head reaches to the clouds,
• 7 Yet He will perish forever like his own refuse.
• Those who have seen him will say, Where is he?
• 8 He will fly away like a dream and not be found.
• Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the
  night.
• 9 The eye that saw him will see him no more Nor
  will his place behold him anymore. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS
• THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM?
• READ MICAH 411-12
• 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.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• HOW DOES ISAIAH DESCRIBE THE FATE
• OF THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS
• THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 3016-17
• 16 All those who devour you shall be devoured.
  All your adversaries, every one of them, shall go
  into captivity. Those who plunder you shall
  become plunder. And All who prey upon you I will
  make a prey.
• 17 I will restore health to you And heal you of
  your wounds, Says the LORD. Because They called
  you an outcast Saying This is Zion and No one
  seeks her.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• HOW DOES ISAIAH DESCRIBE THE FATE
• OF THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS
• THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM?
• READ ZECHARIAH 121-3
• 1 The burden of the word of the LORD against
  Israel. Thus says the LORD, who stretches out the
  heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and
  forms the spirit of man within him
• 2 I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to
  all the surrounding peoples When They lay siege
  against Judah and Jerusalem.
• 3 It shall happen in that day That I will make
  Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples. All
  who would heave it away will surely be cut in
  pieces, Though all nations of the earth are
  gathered against it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 297-8

• 7 The multitude of all the nations who fight
  against Ariel, Even all who fight against her and
  her fortress and distress her, Shall be as a
  dream of a night vision.
• HOW DOES ISAIAH DESCRIBE THE FATE
• OF THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS
• THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM?
• WHY WILL THE LORD SAVE JUDAH JERUSALEM?
• READ ZECHARIAH 127-9
• 7 The LORD will save the tents of Judah first So
  that the glory of the house of David and the
  glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not
  become greater than that of Judah.
• 8 In that day the LORD will defend the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem. The one who is feeble
  among them in that day shall be like David, and
  the house of David shall be like God, like the
  Angel of the LORD before them.
• 9 It shall be in that day that I will seek to
  destroy all the nations that come against
  Jerusalem. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.

40
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHY SHOULD JERUSALEM PAUSE WONDER?
• WHEN SHOULD ONE PAUSE AND WONDER?
• WHAT CAUSED THEM TO BE DRUNK STAGGER?
• WHY ARE THEY IN DEEP SLEEP?
• WHOSE EYES ARE CLOSED? WHY?

41
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHEN SHOULD ONE PAUSE AND WONDER?
• WHAT WAS LOT HIS FAMILY TOLD NOT DO?
• READ GENESIS 1915-17
• 15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot
  to hurry, Saying, Arise, take your wife and your
  two daughters who are here Lest you be consumed
  in the punishment of the city.
• 16 While he lingered, the men took hold of his
  hand, his wife's hand and the hands of his two
  daughters, the LORD being merciful to him. And
  they brought him out and set him outside the
  city.
• 17 It came to pass, When they had brought them
  outside, That he said, Escape for your life! Do
  not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the
  plain. Escape to the mountains, Lest you be
  destroyed. NKJV

42
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHEN SHOULD ONE PAUSE AND WONDER?
• WHAT WAS JUDAH LINGERING ABOUT?
• READ GENESIS 438-10
• 8 Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad
  with me and We will arise and go, That we may
  live and not die, Both we and you and also our
  little ones.
• 9 I myself will be surety for him from my hand
  you shall require him. If I do not bring him back
  to you and set him before you, then let me bear
  the blame forever.
• 10 If we had not lingered, Surely by now we
  would have returned this second time. NKJV

43
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHEN SHOULD ONE PAUSE AND WONDER?
• WHAT WAS THE KING WAITING FOR?
• READ 2 SAMUEL 1525-28
• 25 The king said to Zadok Carry the ark of God
  back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes
  of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me
  both it and His dwelling place.
• 26 If He says thus I have no delight in you,
  Here I am, Let Him do to me as seems good to
  Him.
• 27 The king said to Zadok the priest, Are you
  not a seer? Return to the city in peace and your
  two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan
  the son of Abiathar.
• 28 I will wait in the plains of the wilderness
  Until word comes from you to inform me. NKJV

44
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHEN SHOULD ONE PAUSE AND WONDER?
• WHAT DID DAVID PAUSE WONDER ABOUT?
• HOW DID DAVID RESPOND?
• READ PSALMS 11959-60
• 59 I thought about my ways And turned my feet to
  Your testimonies.
• 60 I made haste and did not delay To keep Your
  commandments. NKJV

45
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHEN SHOULD ONE PAUSE AND WONDER?
• WHO WILL BE ASTONISHED WONDER? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 49
• 9 It shall come to pass in that day, says the
  LORD,
• That the heart of the king shall perish and the
  heart of the princes. The priests shall be
  astonished And the prophets shall wonder. NKJV

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHO CAUSED THEM TO BE DRUNK STAGGER?
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 1312-14
• 12 You shall speak to them this word Thus says
  the LORD God of Israel Every bottle shall be
  filled with wine. And they will say to you, Do
  we not certainly know that every bottle will be
  filled with wine?
• 13 Then you shall say to them, Thus says the
  LORD Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of
  this land even the kings who sit on David's
  throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the
  inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness!
• 14 I will dash them one against another, even
  the fathers and the sons together, Says the
  LORD. I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy.
  But I will destroy them.

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHO CAUSED THEM TO BE DRUNK STAGGER?
• WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 2527-29
• 27 You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of
  hosts, the God of Israel Drink, be drunk and
  vomit! Fall and rise no more Because of the sword
  which I will send among you.
• 28 It shall be, If they refuse to take the cup
  from your hand to drink Then you shall say to
  them, Thus says the LORD of hosts You shall
  certainly drink!
• 29 Behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city
  which is called by My name. Should you not be
  unpunished? You shall not be unpunished. For I
  will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of
  the earth, Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be
  blind! They are drunk, but not with wine They
  stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM?
• WHY WILL THEY BE ASTONISHED WONDER?
• READ HABAKKUK 15-6
• 5 Look among the nations and watch Be utterly
  astounded! For I will work a work in your days
  Which you would not believe Though it were told
  you.
• 6 Indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter
  and hasty nation Which marches through the
  breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places
  that are not theirs.

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES WERE CLOSED?
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE ADAMSS EYES?
• READ GENESIS 221-22
• 21 The LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on
  Adam and he slept. He took one of his ribs and
  closed up the flesh in its place.
• 22 The rib which the LORD God had taken from man
  He made into a woman and He brought her to the
  man.
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE ABRAMS EYES?
• READ GENESIS 1512-14
• 12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell
  upon Abram. Behold, Horror and great darkness
  fell upon him.
• 13 The LORD said to Abram Know certainly that
  your descendants will be strangers in a land that
  is not theirs, and will serve them. And They will
  afflict them four hundred years.
• 14 The nation whom they serve I will judge.
  Afterward They shall come out with great
  possessions.

50
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES WERE CLOSED?
• HOW WAS JAEL ABLE TO KILL SISERA?
• READ JUDGES 421
• 21 Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg and a
  hammer in her hand, and went softly to Sisera and
  drove the peg into his temple. And it went down
  into the ground For he was fast asleep and
  weary. So he died.
• WHY WAS DAVID ABLE TO TAKE SAULS SPEAR?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 2612
• 12 David took the spear and the jug of water by
  Saul's head. They got away and no man saw or knew
  it or awoke. For They were all asleep Because a
  deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES WERE CLOSED?
• WHAT WAS JONAH DOING DURING THE TEMPEST?
• READ JONAH 14-9
• 4 The LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and
  there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that
  the ship was about to be broken up.
• 5 The mariners were afraid and every man cried
  out to his god. They threw the cargo that was in
  the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But
  Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the
  ship, had lain down and was fast asleep.
• 6 The captain came to him, and said to him, What
  do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God.
  Perhaps your God will consider us, So that we may
  not perish.

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES ARE CLOSED?
• PROPHETS? PRIESTS?
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE THEIR EYES?
• READ JEREMIAH 531
• 31 The prophets prophesy falsely And the priests
  rule by their own power. My people love to have
  it so. But what will you do in the end? NKJV

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES ARE CLOSED?
• PROPHETS? PRIESTS?
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE THEIR EYES?
• HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO JEREMIAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 268-9
• 8 When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all
  that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all
  the people, The priests and the prophets and all
  the people seized him, Saying, You will surely
  die!
• 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the
  LORD, Saying, This house shall be like Shiloh
  and this city shall be desolate, without an
  inhabitant? All the people were gathered against
  Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES ARE CLOSED?
• PROPHETS PRIESTS?
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE THEIR EYES?
• READ MICAH 35-7
• 5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets Who
  make my people stray. Who chant Peace while they
  chew with their teeth But Who prepare war against
  him Who puts nothing into their mouths
• 6 You shall have night without vision And You
  shall have darkness without divination. The sun
  shall go down on the prophets And the day shall
  be dark for them.
• 7 The seers shall be ashamed And the diviners
  abashed. Indeed They shall all cover their lips.
  For there is no answer from God. NKJV

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES ARE CLOSED?
• PROPHETS PRIESTS?
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE THEIR EYES?
• READ ROMANS 118-10
• 8 As it is written God has given them a spirit
  of stupor, Eyes that they should not see And ears
  that they should not hear, To this very day.
• 9 David says Let their table become a snare and
  a trap, A stumbling block and a recompense to
  them.
• 10 Let their eyes be darkened So That They do
  not see. And Bow down their back always. NKJV

56
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 299-10

• 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit
  of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely,
  the prophets And He has covered your heads,
  namely, the seers.
• WHOSE EYES ARE CLOSED?
• WHY DID THE LORD CLOSE THEIR EYES?
• 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.

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READ ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• HOW DID THE VISION APPEAR TO THEM?
• WORDS OF A BOOK THAT IS SEALED?
• WHY TAKE THE BOOK TO ONE WHO IS LITERATE?
• WHY IS HE UNABLE TO READ THE BOOK?
• WHY TAKE THE BOOK TO ONE WHO IS NOT LITERATE?
• WHY IS HE UNABLE TO READ THE BOOK?
• IS THERE AN APPLICATION FOR US TODAY?

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• HOW DID THE VISION APPEAR TO THEM?
• WORDS OF A BOOK THAT IS SEALED?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO WRITE?
• THE BOOK OF THE LAW?
• READ EXODUS 1714
• 14 The LORD said to Moses, Write this for a
  memorial in the book and recount it in the
  hearing of Joshua, That I will utterly blot out
  the remembrance of Amalek from under
  heaven. NKJV

60
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JOSHUA
• TO DO WITH THE BOOK OF THE LAW?
• READ JOSHUA 18
• 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your
  mouth. But You shall meditate in it day and
  night. That You may observe to do according to
  all that is written in it. For Then you will make
  your way prosperous. And Then you will have good
  success. NKJV

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• WHAT BOOK DID JOSHUA READ TO ISRAEL?
• THE BOOK OF THE LAW?
• READ JOSHUA 834-35
• 34 Afterward Joshua read all the words of the
  law, the blessings and the cursings, according to
  all that is written in the Book of the Law.
• 35 There was not a word of all that Moses had
  commanded which Joshua did not read before all
  the assembly of Israel, with the women, the
  little ones, and the strangers who were living
  among them. NKJV

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• WHO DID DAVID WRITE ABOUT IN THE SCROLL?
• CHRIST?
• READ PSALMS 406-7
• 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire. My
  ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin
  offering You did not require.
• 7 Then I said, Behold, I come. In the scroll of
  the book it is written of me. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• WHY WAS DANIEL TAKEN TO BABYLON?
• HE WAS LITERATE?
• READ DANIEL 13-7
• 3 The king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his
  eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel
  and some of the king's descendants and some of
  the nobles,
• 4 Young men in whom there was no blemish,
  good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing
  knowledge and quick to understand, who had
  ability to serve in the king's palace, and whom
  they might teach the language and literature of
  the Chaldeans.
• 6 From among those of the sons of Judah were
  Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
• 7 To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names he
  gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar to Hananiah,
  Shadrach to Mishael, Meshach and to Azariah,
  Abed-Nego. NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO WITH THE
  BOOK?
• BIND UP THE TESTIMONY SEAL IT
• WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 816-17
• 16 Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among my
  disciples.
• 17 I will wait on the LORD, Who hides His face
  from the house of Jacob. And I will hope in Him.
  NKJV
• READ DANIEL 826
• 26 The vision of the evenings and mornings Which
  was told is true. Therefore seal up the vision.
  For it refers to many days in the future. NKJV

65
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO WITH THE
  BOOK?
• BIND UP THE TESTIMONY SEAL IT
• WHY?
• WHO WILL UNDERSTAND IT?
• READ DANIEL 128-10
• 8 Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I
  said, My lord, What shall be the end of these
  things?
• 9 He said, Go your way, Daniel, For the words
  are closed up and sealed till the time of the
  end.
• 10 Many shall be purified, made white and
  refined. But The wicked shall do wickedly. And
  None of the wicked shall understand But the wise
  shall understand.

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• HOW DID THE VISION APPEAR TO THEM?
• WORDS OF A BOOK THAT IS SEALED?
• WHY DID JESUS SPEAK IN PARABLES?
• READ MATTHEW 1310-17 MARK 410-12 LUKE
  89,10

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• WHY DID JESUS SPEAK IN PARABLES?
• READ MATTHEW 1310-17
• 10 The disciples came and said to Jesus, Why do
  You speak to them in parables?
• 11 He said to them, Because It has been given to
  you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of
  heaven, But To them it has not been given.
• 13 I speak to them in parables, Because Seeing
  they do not see, And Hearing they do not hear,
  Nor Do they understand.
• 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled,
  which says Hearing you will hear and shall not
  understand,
• And Seeing you will see and not perceive
• 15 The hearts of this people have grown dull.
  Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes
  they have closed, Lest They should see with their
  eyes and Hear with their ears, Lest They should
  understand with their hearts and turn, So that I
  should heal them.
• 16 Blessed are your eyes for they see and your
  ears for they hear
• 17 Assuredly, I say to you that many prophets
  and righteous men desired to see what you see,
  And Did not see it, And To hear what you hear,
  And Did not hear it.

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• WHY TAKE THE BOOK TO ONE WHO IS LITERATE?
• WHY IS HE UNABLE TO READ THE BOOK?
• WHY TAKE THE BOOK TO ONE WHO IS NOT LITERATE?
• WHY IS HE UNABLE TO READ THE BOOK?
• IS THERE AN APPLICATION TO US TODAY?
• ARE CHRISTIANS TO BE LITERATE?

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• ARE CHRISTIANS TO BE LITERATE?
• READ ISAIAH 5413
• 13 All your children shall be taught by the LORD
  And great shall be the peace of your children.
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 3134
• 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor
  and every man his brother, Saying, Know the
  LORD, For They all shall know Me, From the least
  of them to the greatest of them, Says the LORD.
  For I will forgive their iniquity and their sin
  I will remember no more. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• ARE CHRISTIANS TO BE LITERATE?
• READ JOHN 645-46
• 45 It is written in the prophets, They shall all
  be taught by God. Therefore everyone who has
  heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.
  NKJV
• READ 1 JOHN 220-21
• 20 You have an anointing from the Holy One and
  You know all things.
• 21 I have not written to you Because You do not
  know the truth. But Because You know it And That
  No lie is of the truth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 2911-12

• 11 The whole vision has become to you like the
  words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver
  to one who is literate, saying, "Read this,
  please. And he says, "I cannot, for it is
  sealed."
• 12 Then the book is delivered to one who is
  illiterate, saying, "Read this, please. And he
  says, "I am not literate."
• ARE CHRISTIANS TO BE LITERATE?
• READ 1 CORINTHIANS 27-11
• 7 We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the
  hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages
  for our glory,
• 8 Which none of the rulers of this age knew for
  had they known, they would not have crucified the
  Lord of glory.
• 9 As it is written Eye has not seen, Nor ear
  heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The
  things which God has prepared for those who love
  Him.
• 10 God has revealed them to us through His
  Spirit. For The Spirit searches all things, Yes,
  The deep things of God. NKJV

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• 14 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous
  work Among this people, A marvelous work and a
  wonder For the wisdom of their wise men shall
  perish, And the understanding of their prudent
  men shall be hidden."

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• 14 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous
  work Among this people, A marvelous work and a
  wonder For the wisdom of their wise men shall
  perish, And the understanding of their prudent
  men shall be hidden."
• HOW DID THE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO THE LORD?
• HOW DID THEY HONOR THE LORD?
• WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THEIR HEART?
• HOW WERE THEY TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• WHAT WORK WILL THE LORD DO AMONG THEM?

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• HOW WERE THEY TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• READ JOB 2828
• 28 To man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord,
  That is wisdom And to depart from evil is
  understanding.
• READ PROVERBS 17
• 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
  knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and
  instruction.
• READ PSALMS 199
• 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring
  forever. The judgments of the LORD are true and
  righteous
• altogether. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 3411
• 11 Come, you children, listen to me. I will teach
  you the fear of the LORD. NKJV

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• CAN THE WICKED BE TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 5016-17
• 16 To the wicked God says What right have you
  to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in
  your mouth,
• 17 Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words
  behind you? NKJV
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE WICKED?
• READ EZRA 51-2
• 1 The prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of
  Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were
  in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of
  Israel, who was over them.
• 2 So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua
  the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the
  house of God which is in Jerusalem and the
  prophets of God were with them, helping them.

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• CAN THE WICKED BE TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• WHY DO THEY PROSPER? WHY ARE THEY HAPPY?
• READ JEREMIAH 121-2
• 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with
  You. Yet let me talk with You about Your
  judgments. Why does the way of the wicked
  prosper? Why are those happy who deal so
  treacherously?
• 2 You have planted them, yes, they have taken
  root. They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are
  near in their mouth But far from their mind.
  NKJV
• SHOULD WE PRAY FOR THE WICKED?
• READ JEREMIAH 1411-12
• 11 The LORD said to me, Do not pray for this
  people, for their good.
• 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry.
  And when they offer burnt offering and grain
  offering, I will not accept them. But I will
  consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by
  the pestilence.

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• CAN THE WICKED BE TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• HOW DID THE WICKED RESPOND TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 3330-33
• 30 As for you, son of man, the children of your
  people are talking about you beside the walls and
  in the doors of the houses. They speak to one
  another, everyone saying to his brother, Please
  come and hear what the word is that comes from
  the LORD.
• 31 They come to you as people do. They sit before
  you as My people and They hear your words. But
  They do not do them. For With their mouth they
  show much love, But Their hearts pursue their own
  gain.
• 32 You are to them as a very lovely song of one
  who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an
  instrument. For they hear your words, but they do
  not do them.
• 33 When this comes to pass - Surely it will come
  - They will know that a prophet has been among
  them.

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• CAN THE WICKED BE TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO HAGGAI?
• READ HAGGIA 12-5
• 2 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, Saying This
  people says, The time has not come, the time
  that the LORDS house should be built.
• 3 The word of the LORD came by Haggai the
  prophet, Saying,
• 4 Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your
  paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?
• 5 Thus says the LORD of hosts Consider your
  ways!

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• CAN THE WICKED BE TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• WHAT DID HAGGAI SAY ABOUT THESE PEOPLE?
• READ HAGGAI 213-14
• 13 Haggai said, If one who is unclean because of
  a
• dead body touches any of these, will it be
  unclean? The
• priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
  
• 14 Then Haggai answered and said, So is this
  people, and so is this nation before Me, says the
  LORD, and so is every work of their hands and
  what they offer there is unclean. NKJV

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• 13 Therefore the Lord said "Inasmuch as these
  people draw near with their mouths And honor Me
  with their lips, But have removed their hearts
  far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught
  by the commandment of men,
• CAN THE WICKED BE TAUGHT TO FEAR THE LORD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WICKED?
• READ ZECHARIAH 11-4
• 1 In the eighth month of the second year of
  Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah
  the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the
  prophet, Saying,
• 2 The LORD has been very angry with your fathers.
• 3 Say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts
  Return to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will
  return to you, says the LORD of hosts.
• 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the
  former prophets preached, saying, Thus says the
  LORD of hosts. Turn now from your evil ways and