ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

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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 (520-475BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? 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 FORTY-ONE

• ISRAEL DELIVERANCE FROM BABYLON V. 1-7
• THE LORDS PROMISE TO ABRAHAM V. 8-16
• BRING THEM WAY BACK TO JERUSALEM V. 17-20
• GLAD TIDINGS OF DELIVERANCE V. 21-27
• ACCURSEDNESS OF IDOLATRY V. 28-29

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READ ISAIAH 411

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 1 "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let
  the people renew their strength! Let them come
  near, then let them speak Let us come near
  together for judgment.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 411

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 1 "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let
  the people renew their strength! Let them come
  near, then let them speak Let us come near
  together for judgment.
• WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
• WHY KEEP SILENCE?
• WHY ARE THE PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 411

• 1 "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let
  the people renew their strength! Let them come
  near, then let them speak Let us come near
  together for judgment.
• WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
• WHY KEEP SILENCE?
• READ ZECHARIAH 213
• 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He
  is aroused from His holy habitation!" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 411

• 1 "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let
  the people renew their strength! Let them come
  near, then let them speak Let us come near
  together for judgment.
• WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
• WHY KEEP SILENCE?
• READ ZEPNANIAH 17
• 7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD For
  the day of the LORD is at hand, For the LORD has
  prepared a sacrifice He has invited His guests.
  NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 412-4

• 2 "Who raised up one from the east? Who in
  righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave
  the nations before him, And made him rule over
  kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As
  driven stubble to his bow?
• 3 Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
  that he had not gone with his feet?
• 4 Who has performed and done it, Calling the
  generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am
  the first And with the last I am He.'"

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• 2 "Who raised up one from the east? Who in
  righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave
  the nations before him, And made him rule over
  kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As
  driven stubble to his bow?
• 3 Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
  that he had not gone with his feet?
• 4 Who has performed and done it, Calling the
  generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am
  the first And with the last I am He.'
• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• WHO PASSED BY SAFELY?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• 2 "Who raised up one from the east? Who in
  righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave
  the nations before him, And made him rule over
  kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As
  driven stubble to his bow?
• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• READ GENESIS 156-7
• 6 And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted
  it to him for righteousness.
• 7 Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who
  brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give
  you this land to inherit it." NKJV
• (NEHEMIAH 97 ACTS 72)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• READ ACTS 72-5
• 2 And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen The
  God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when
  he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
• 3 and said to him, 'Get out of your country and
  from your relatives, and come to a land that I
  will show you.
• 4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans
  and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his
  father was dead, He moved him to this land in
  which you now dwell.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• 2 "Who raised up one from the east? Who in
  righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave
  the nations before him, And made him rule over
  kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As
  driven stubble to his bow?
• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• READ JEREMIAH 258-9
• 8 "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts
  'Because you have not heard My words,
• 9 behold, I will send and take all the families
  of the north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar
  the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring
  them against this land, against its inhabitants,
  and against these nations all around, and will
  utterly destroy them, and make them an
  astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual
  desolations.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3622-23
• 22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,
  that the word of the LORD by the mouth of
  Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up
  the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he
  made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom,
  and also put it in writing, saying,
• 23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia All the
  kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has
  given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a
  house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is
  among you of all His people? May the LORD his God
  be with him, and let him go up! NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• 2 "Who raised up one from the east? Who in
  righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave
  the nations before him, And made him rule over
  kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As
  driven stubble to his bow?
• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• READ EZRA 12
• 2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia All the
  kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has
  given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a
  house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• 2 "Who raised up one from the east? Who in
  righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave
  the nations before him, And made him rule over
  kings? Who gave them as the dust to his sword, As
  driven stubble to his bow?
• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• READ JEREMIAH 114-15
• 14 Then the LORD said to me "Out of the north
  calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants
  of the land.
• 15 For behold, I am calling All the families of
  the kingdoms of the north," says the LORD
  NKJV
• (JEREMIAH 46 61)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
• ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
• READ JEREMIAH 237-8
• 7 "Therefore, behold, the days are coming," says
  the LORD, "that they shall no longer say, 'As the
  LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel
  from the land of Egypt,
• 8 but, 'As the LORD lives who brought up and led
  the descendants of the house of Israel from the
  north country and from all the countries where I
  had driven them.' And they shall dwell in their
  own land." NKJV
• (JEREMIAH 318)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• 3 Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
  that he had not gone with his feet?
• 4 Who has performed and done it, Calling the
  generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am
  the first And with the last I am He.'
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE BEGINNING?
• HE SEPARATED THE SONS OF ADAM?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 328
• 8 When the Most High divided their inheritance to
  the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam,
  He set the boundaries of the peoples According to
  the number of the children of Israel. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 412-4

• 3 Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
  that he had not gone with his feet?
• 4 Who has performed and done it, Calling the
  generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am
  the first And with the last I am He.'
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE BEGINNING?
• HE MADE FROM ONE BLOOD EVERY NATION OF MEN
• READ ACTS 1726
• 26 And He has made from one blood every nation of
  men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and
  has determined their pre-appointed times and the
  boundaries of their dwellings, NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 415-7

• 5 The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of
  the earth were afraid They drew near and came.
• 6 Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his
  brother, "Be of good courage!
• 7 So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith He
  who smooths with the hammer inspired him who
  strikes the anvil, Saying, "It is ready for the
  soldering" Then he fastened it with pegs, That
  it might not totter.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 415-7

• 5 The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of
  the earth were afraid They drew near and came.
• 6 Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his
  brother, "Be of good courage!
• 7 So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith He
  who smooths with the hammer inspired him who
  strikes the anvil, Saying, "It is ready for the
  soldering" Then he fastened it with pegs, That
  it might not totter.
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF THE COASTLAND SEE?
• WHY WERE THEY AFRAID?
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?
• HOW DID THE CRAFTSMEN SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 415-7

• 5 The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of
  the earth were afraid They drew near and came.
• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF THE COASTLAND SEE?
• THE DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 304-5
• 4 If any of you are driven out to the farthest
  parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God
  will gather you, and from there He will bring
  you.
• 5 Then the LORD your God will bring you to the
  land which your fathers possessed, and you shall
  possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you
  more than your fathers. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 415-7

• WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF THE COASTLAND SEE?
• THE FALL OF TYRE SIDON?
• READ EZEKIEL 2616-18
• 16 Then all the princes of the sea will come down
  from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and
  take off their embroidered garments they will
  clothe themselves with trembling they will sit
  on the ground, tremble every moment, and be
  astonished at you.
• 17 And they will take up a lamentation for you,
  and say to you "How you have perished, O one
  inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who
  was strong at sea,
• She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror
  to be on all her inhabitants!
• 18 Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your
  fall Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled
  at your departure."' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 415-7

• 6 Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his
  brother, "Be of good courage!
• WHAT DID THEY SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?
• BE OF GOOD COURAGE
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?
• BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE
• READ JOSHUA 15-6
• 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all
  the days of your life as I was with Moses, so I
  will be with you. I will not leave you nor
  forsake you.
• 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this
  people you shall divide as an inheritance the
  land which I swore to their fathers to give
  them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 415-7

• 7 So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith He
  who smooths with the hammer inspired him who
  strikes the anvil, Saying, "It is ready for the
  soldering" Then he fastened it with pegs, That
  it might not totter.
• WHAT DID THE CRAFTSMEN SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?
• WHAT IS READY FOR THE SOLDERING? AN IDOL?
• READ JEREMIAH 103-5
• 3 For the customs of the peoples are futile For
  one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the
  hands of the workman, with the ax.
• 4 They decorate it with silver and gold They
  fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will
  not topple.
• 5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they
  cannot speak They must be carried, Because they
  cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of
  them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do
  any good." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 418-10

• 8 But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
  have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My
  friend.
• 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the
  earth, And called from its farthest regions, And
  said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen
  you and have not cast you away
• 10 Fear not, for I am with you Be not dismayed,
  for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I
  will help you,I will uphold you with My righteous
  right hand.'

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• 8 But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
  have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My
  friend.
• 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the
  earth, And called from its farthest regions, And
  said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen
  you and have not cast you away
• 10 Fear not, for I am with you Be not dismayed,
  for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I
  will help you, I will uphold you with My
  righteous right hand.'
• HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO ISRAEL JACOB?
• THE DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM MY FRIEND
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
• YOUR ARE MY SERVANT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU
• HOW DID THE LORD ENCOURAGE THEM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• 8 But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
  have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My
  friend.
• HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO ISRAEL JACOB?
• THE DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM MY FRIEND
• READ 2 CHRONCILES 207
• 7 Are You not our God, who drove out the
  inhabitants of this land before Your people
  Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham
  Your friend forever? NKJV
• READ PSALMS 13621-22
• 21 And gave their land as a heritage, For His
  mercy endures forever
• 22 A heritage to Israel His servant, For His
  mercy endures forever. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• 8 But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
  have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My
  friend.
• HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO ISRAEL JACOB?
• THE DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM MY FRIEND
• READ JAMES 223
• 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
  "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to
  him for righteousness." And he was called the
  friend of God.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the
  earth, And called from its farthest regions, And
  said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen
  you and have not cast you away
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
• YOUR ARE MY SERVANT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU
• WHY DID THE LORD CHOOSE THEM?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 437-38
• 37 And because He loved your fathers, therefore
  He chose their descendants after them and He
  brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with
  His mighty power,
• 38 driving out from before you nations greater
  and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give
  you their land as an inheritance, as it is this
  day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
• YOUR ARE MY SERVANT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU
• WHY DID THE LORD CHOOSE THEM?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 76-8
• 6 "For you are a holy people to the LORD your
  God the LORD your God has chosen you to be a
  people for Himself, a special treasure above all
  the peoples on the face of the earth.
• 7 The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose
  you because you were more in number than any
  other people, for you were the least of all
  peoples
• 8 but because the LORD loves you, and because He
  would keep the oath which He swore to your
  fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a
  mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of
  bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• 10 Fear not, for I am with you Be not dismayed,
  for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I
  will help you, I will uphold you with My
  righteous right hand.'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
• I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU I WILL HELP YOU
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ABRAM?
• DO NOT BE AFRAID I AM YOUR SHIELD
• READ GENESIS 151
• 1 After these things the word of the LORD came to
  Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid,
  Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great
  reward." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• 10 Fear not, for I am with you Be not dismayed,
  for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I
  will help you, I will uphold you with My
  righteous right hand.'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
• I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU I WILL HELP YOU
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
• I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND AND STRIKE EGYPT
• READ EXODUS 320
• 20 So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt
  with all My wonders which I will do in its midst
  and after that he will let you go. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• 10 Fear not, for I am with you Be not dismayed,
  for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I
  will help you, I will uphold you with My
  righteous right hand.'
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
• I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU I WILL HELP YOU
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?
• YOU MUST NOT FEAR THEM
• READ DEUTERONOMY 321-22
• 21 "And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying,
  'Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God
  has done to these two kings so will the LORD do
  to all the kingdoms through which you pass.
• 22 You must not fear them, for the LORD your God
  Himself fights for you.' (JOSHUA 19)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
• I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU I WILL HELP YOU
• HOW WILL THE LORD SAVE THEM?
• WHY WILL HE NOT LET THEM GO UNPUNISHED?
• READ JEREMIAH 3010-11
• 10 'Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,'
  says the LORD, 'Nor be dismayed, O Israel For
  behold, I will save you from afar, And your seed
  from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall
  return, have rest and be quiet, And no one shall
  make him afraid.
• 11 For I am with you,' says the LORD, 'to save
  you
• Though I make a full end of all nations where I
  have scattered you, Yet I will not make a
  complete end of you.
• But I will correct you in justice, And will not
  let you go altogether unpunished.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 418-10

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
• I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU I WILL HELP YOU
• HOW WILL THE LORD SAVE THEM?
• WHY WILL HE NOT LET THEM GO UNPUNISHED?
• READ JEREMIAH 4627-28
• 27 'But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, And do
  not be dismayed, O Israel! For behold, I will
  save you from afar, And your offspring from the
  land of their captivity
• Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease No
  one shall make him afraid.
• 28 Do not fear, O Jacob My servant," says the
  LORD,
• "For I am with you For I will make a complete
  end of all the nations To which I have driven
  you, But I will not make a complete end of you. I
  will rightly correct you,
• For I will not leave you wholly unpunished." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4111-13

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against
  you Shall be ashamed and disgraced They shall be
  as nothing, And those who strive with you shall
  perish.
• 12 You shall seek them and not find them Those
  who contended with you. Those who war against you
  Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
• 13 For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right
  hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4111-13

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against
  you Shall be ashamed and disgraced They shall be
  as nothing, And those who strive with you shall
  perish.
• 12 You shall seek them and not find them Those
  who contended with you. Those who war against you
  Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
• 13 For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right
  hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.
• WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES? CHALDEANS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• I WILL HOLD YOUR RIGHT HAND
• FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4111-13

• 11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against
  you Shall be ashamed and disgraced They shall be
  as nothing, And those who strive with you shall
  perish.
• WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES? CHALDEANS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• READ EXODUS 2322
• 22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all
  that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your
  enemies and an adversary to your
  adversaries. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4111-13

• 11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against
  you Shall be ashamed and disgraced They shall be
  as nothing, And those who strive with you shall
  perish.
• WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES? CHALDEANS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 23
• 3 Israel was holiness to the LORD, The
  first-fruits of His increase. All that devour him
  will offend Disaster will come upon them," says
  the LORD.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4111-13

• 12 You shall seek them and not find them Those
  who contended with you. Those who war against you
  Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
• WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES? CHALDEANS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• READ JOB 77-10
• 7 Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye
  will never again see good.
• 8 The eye of him who sees me will see me no more
• While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer
  be.
• 9 As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So
  he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
• 10 He shall never return to his house, Nor shall
  his place know him anymore. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4111-13

• 12 You shall seek them and not find them Those
  who contended with you. Those who war against you
  Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
• WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES? CHALDEANS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 3734-36
• 34 Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He
  shall exalt you to inherit the land When the
  wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
• 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, And
  spreading himself like a native green tree.
• 36 Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no
  more
• Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4111-13

• 13 For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right
  hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• I WILL HOLD YOUR RIGHT HAND
• FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU
• WHAT DID DAVID SAY TO THE LORD?
• YOU HOLD ME BY MY RIGHT HAND
• READ PSALMS 7322-24
• 22 I was so foolish and ignorant I was like a
  beast before You.
• 23 Nevertheless I am continually with You You
  hold me by my right hand.
• 24 You will guide me with Your counsel, And
  afterward receive me to glory. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4111-13

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3326-29
• 26 "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who
  rides the heavens to help you, And in His
  excellency on the clouds.
• 27 The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath
  are the everlasting arms He will thrust out the
  enemy from before you, And will say, 'Destroy!'
• 28 Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The
  fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and
  new wine His heavens shall also drop dew.
• 29 Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a
  people saved by the LORD, The shield of your help
  And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall
  submit to you, And you shall tread down their
  high places." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4114-16

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 14 "Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel!
  I will help you," says the LORD And your
  Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• 15 "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
  sledge with sharp teeth You shall thresh the
  mountains and beat them small, And make the hills
  like chaff.
• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.

45
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 14 "Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel!
  I will help you," says the LORD And your
  Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• 15 "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
  sledge with sharp teeth You shall thresh the
  mountains and beat them small, And make the hills
  like chaff.
• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.
• WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO JACOB (ISRAEL)?
• FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU
• WHAT WILL THE LORD MAKE THEM INTO?
• A THRESHING SLEDGE?
• WHAT IS THRESHING WINNOWING?

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 14 "Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel!
  I will help you," says the LORD And your
  Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
• WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
• READ JOB 254-6
• 4 How then can man be righteous before God? Or
  how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
• 5 If even the moon does not shine, And the stars
  are not pure in His sight,
• 6 How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son
  of man, who is a worm?" NKJV
• READ PSALMS 226
• 6 But I am a worm, and no man A reproach of men,
  and despised by the people. NKJV

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
• WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MANNA? WHY?
• READ EXODUS 1619-21
• 19 And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it
  till morning.
• 20 Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But
  some of them left part of it until morning, and
  it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with
  them. NKJV

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
• WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR VINEYARDS? WHY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2838-39
• 38 "You shall carry much seed out to the field
  but gather little in, for the locust shall
  consume it.
• 39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but
  you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather
  the grapes for the worms shall eat them. NKJV

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
• WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
• WHY DID THE TREE THAT SHADED JONAH WHITHER?
• READ JONAH 46-9
• 6 And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it
  come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for
  his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah
  was very grateful for the plant.
• 7 But as morning dawned the next day God prepared
  a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it
  withered. NKJV

50
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 14 "Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel!
  I will help you," says the LORD And your
  Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO JACOB (ISRAEL)?
• FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 1512-13
• 12 You stretched out Your right hand The earth
  swallowed them.
• 13 You in Your mercy have led forth The people
  whom You have redeemed You have guided them in
  Your strength To Your holy habitation. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 14 "Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel!
  I will help you," says the LORD And your
  Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
• WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO JACOB (ISRAEL)?
• FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU
• WHAT DID JOD SAY ABOUT THE LORD?
• I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES
• READ JOB 1923-25
• 23 "Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they
  were inscribed in a book!
• 24 That they were engraved on a rock With an iron
  pen and lead, forever!
• 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He
  shall stand at last on the earth NKJV

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 15 "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
  sledge with sharp teeth You shall thresh the
  mountains and beat them small, And make the hills
  like chaff.
• WHAT DID BEN-HADAD DO TO ISRAEL? WHY?
• MADE THEM LIKE DUST AT THRESHING
• READ 2 KINGS 135-7
• 5 Then the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that
  they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians
  and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents
  as before.
• 6 Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins
  of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel
  sin, but walked in them and the wooden image
  also remained in Samaria.
• 7 For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty
  horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot
  soldiers for the king of Syria had destroyed
  them and made them like the dust at threshing.
  NKJV

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 15 "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
  sledge with sharp teeth You shall thresh the
  mountains and beat them small, And make the hills
  like chaff.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO BEN-HADAD?
• READ AMOS 13-4
• 3 Thus says the LORD "For three transgressions
  of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away
  its punishment, Because they have threshed Gilead
  with implements of iron.
• 4 But I will send a fire into the house of
  Hazael, Which shall devour the palaces of
  Ben-Hadad. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?
• WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
• READ JEREMIAH 910
• 10 I will take up a weeping and wailing for the
  mountains, And for the dwelling places of the
  wilderness a lamentation, Because they are burned
  up, So that no one can pass through Nor can men
  hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of
  the heavens and the beasts have fled They are
  gone. NKJV

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL?
• WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
• READ EZEKIEL 3327-29
• 27 "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD
  "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins
  shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in
  the open field I will give to the beasts to be
  devoured, and those who are in the strongholds
  and caves shall die of the pestilence.
• 28 For I will make the land most desolate, her
  arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains
  of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will
  pass through.
• 29 Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when
  I have made the land most desolate because of all
  their abominations which they have committed."'
  NKJV

56
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• WHAT DID NEBUCHANEZZAR DO TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
• FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THOSE WHO DWELL IN IT
• READ PSALMS 10733-34
• 33 He turns rivers into a wilderness, And the
  water-springs into dry ground
• 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, For the
  wickedness of those who dwell in it. NKJV

57
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 15 "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
  sledge with sharp teeth You shall thresh the
  mountains and beat them small, And make the hills
  like chaff.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NEBUCHANEZZAR?
• READ PSALMS 1496-9
• 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
  And a two-edged sword in their hand,
• 7 To execute vengeance on the nations, And
  punishments on the peoples
• 8 To bind their kings with chains, And their
  nobles with fetters of iron
• 9 To execute on them the written judgment This
  honor have all His saints. Praise the LORD!
  NKJV

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 15 "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
  sledge with sharp teeth You shall thresh the
  mountains and beat them small, And make the hills
  like chaff.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO BABYLON?
• BABYLON IS LIKE A THRESHING FLOOR
• READ JEREMIAH 5133
• 33 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel "The daughter of Babylon is like a
  threshing floor
• When it is time to thresh her Yet a little while
  And the time of her harvest will come." NKJV

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 15 "Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
  sledge with sharp teeth You shall thresh the
  mountains and beat them small, And make the hills
  like chaff.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
• MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE DAUGHTER OF ZION?
• READ MICAH 412-13
• 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

60
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.
• WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON?
• READ JEREMIAH 511-5
• 1 Thus says the LORD "Behold, I will raise up
  against Babylon, Against those who dwell in Leb
  Kamai,
• A destroying wind.
• 2 And I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall
  winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of
  doom
• They shall be against her all around.
• 3 Against her let the archer bend his bow, And
  lift himself up against her in his armor. Do not
  spare her young men Utterly destroy all her
  army.

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.
• WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON?
• READ JEREMIAH 511-5
• 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the
  Chaldeans, And those thrust through in her
  streets.
• 5 For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, By his
  God, the LORD of hosts, Though their land was
  filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel."
  NKJV

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.
• WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
• REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZARS DREAM
• READ DANIEL 231-35
• 31 "You, O king, were watching and behold, a
  great image! This great image, whose splendor was
  excellent, stood before you and its form was
  awesome.
• 32 This image's head was of fine gold, its chest
  and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of
  bronze,
• 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and
  partly of clay.

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.
• WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
• REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZARS DREAM
• READ DANIEL 231-35
• 34 You watched while a stone was cut out without
  hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron
  and clay, and broke them in pieces.
• 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the
  silver, and the gold were crushed together, and
  became like chaff from the summer threshing
  floors the wind carried them away so that no
  trace of them was found. And the stone that
  struck the image became a great mountain and
  filled the whole earth. NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.
• WHY WILL ISRAEL JUDAH REJOICE?
• WHO IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL? JESUS?
• WHAT DID JOHN SAY ABOUT JESUS?
• HIS WINNOWING FAN IS IN HIS HAND
• READ MATTHEW 312
• 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will
  thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and
  gather His wheat into the barn but He will burn
  up the chaff with unquenchable fire." NKJV

65
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4114-16

• 16 You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry
  them away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them
  You shall rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the
  Holy One of Israel.
• WHY WILL ISRAEL JUDAH REJOICE?
• WHO IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL? JESUS?
• WHAT DID THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT SAY ABOUT JESUS?
• READ MARK 123-24
• 23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an
  unclean spirit. And he cried out,
• 24 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with
  You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy
  us? I know who You are the Holy One of God!"
  NKJV

66
READ ISAIAH 4117-20

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 17 "The poor and needy seek water, but there is
  none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD,
  will hear them I, the God of Israel, will not
  forsake them.
• 18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, And
  fountains in the midst of the valleys I will
  make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry
  land springs of water.
• 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and
  the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree I
  will set in the desert the cypress tree and the
  pine And the box tree together,
• 20 That they may see and know, And consider and
  understand together, That the hand of the LORD
  has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
  created it.

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 17 "The poor and needy seek water, but there is
  none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD,
  will hear them I, the God of Israel, will not
  forsake them.
• 18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, And
  fountains in the midst of the valleys I will
  make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry
  land springs of water.
• 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and
  the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree I
  will set in the desert the cypress tree and the
  pine And the box tree together,
• 20 That they may see and know, And consider and
  understand together, That the hand of the LORD
  has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
  created it.

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 17 "The poor and needy seek water, but there is
  none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD,
  will hear them I, the God of Israel, will not
  forsake them.
• HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
• READ EXODUS 1522-25
• 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea then
  they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And
  they went three days in the wilderness and found
  no water.
• 23 Now when they came to Marah, they could not
  drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter.
  Therefore the name of it was called Marah.
• 24 And the people complained against Moses,
  saying, "What shall we drink?
• 25 So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD
  showed him a tree. When he cast it into the
  waters, the waters were made sweet. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 17 "The poor and needy seek water, but there is
  none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD,
  will hear them I, the God of Israel, will not
  forsake them.
• HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
• READ JOHN 413-14
• 13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever
  drinks of this water will thirst again,
• 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall
  give him will never thirst. But the water that I
  shall give him will become in him a fountain of
  water springing up into everlasting life." NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 17 "The poor and needy seek water, but there is
  none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD,
  will hear them I, the God of Israel, will not
  forsake them.
• HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
• READ JOHN 737-39
• 37 On the last day, that great day of the feast,
  Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone
  thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
• 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has
  said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living
  water.
• 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom
  those believing in Him would receive for the
  Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was
  not yet glorified.

71
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 17 "The poor and needy seek water, but there is
  none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD,
  will hear them I, the God of Israel, will not
  forsake them.
• HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 316
• 6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor
  be afraid of them for the LORD your God, He is
  the One who goes with you. He will not leave you
  nor forsake you." NKJV

72
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 17 "The poor and needy seek water, but there is
  none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD,
  will hear them I, the God of Israel, will not
  forsake them.
• HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
• READ PSALMS 279-10
• 9 Do not hide Your face from me Do not turn Your
  servant away in anger You have been my help Do
  not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my
  salvation.
• 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, Then
  the LORD will take care of me. NKJV

73
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, And
  fountains in the midst of the valleys I will
  make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry
  land springs of water.
• HOW WILL THE LORD PROVIDE WATER?
• READ JOB 3825-30
• 25 "Who has divided a channel for the overflowing
  water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
• 26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is
  no one,
• A wilderness in which there is no man
• 27 To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to
  spring forth the growth of tender grass?
• 28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the
  drops of dew? NKJV

74
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, And
  fountains in the midst of the valleys I will
  make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry
  land springs of water.
• HOW WILL THE LORD PROVIDE WATER?
• READ JOB 3825-30
• 25 "Who has divided a channel for the overflowing
  water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
• 26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is
  no one,
• A wilderness in which there is no man
• 27 To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to
  spring forth the growth of tender grass?
• 28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the
  drops of dew? NKJV

75
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
• WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 36-20
• 6 So King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that
  time and mustered all Israel.
• 7 Then he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of
  Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled
  against me. Will you go with me to fight against
  Moab? And he said, "I will go up I am as you
  are, my people as your people, my horses as your
  horses.
• 8 Then he said, "Which way shall we go up? And
  he answered, "By way of the Wilderness of Edom."
• 9 So the king of Israel went with the king of
  Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched on
  that roundabout route seven days and there was
  no water for the army, nor for the animals that
  followed them.

76
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
• WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 36-20
• 10 And the king of Israel said, "Alas! For the
  LORD has called these three kings together to
  deliver them into the hand of Moab."
• 11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there no prophet of
  the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by
  him?"
• So one of the servants of the king of Israel
  answered and said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is
  here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."
• 12 And Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is
  with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat
  and the king of Edom went down to him.

77
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
• WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 36-20
• 13 Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What
  have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your
  father and the prophets of your mother. But the
  king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has
  called these three kings together to deliver them
  into the hand of Moab."
• 14 And Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives,
  before whom I stand, surely were it not that I
  regard the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
  I would not look at you, nor see you.

78
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
• WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 36-20
• 15 But now bring me a musician. Then it
  happened, when the musician played, that the hand
  of the LORD came upon him.
• 16 And he said, "Thus says the LORD 'Make this
  valley full of ditches.
• 17 For thus says the LORD 'You shall not see
  wind, nor shall you see rain yet that valley
  shall be filled with water, so that you, your
  cattle, and your animals may drink.

79
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
• WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 36-20
• 18 And this is a simple matter in the sight of
  the LORD He will also deliver the Moabites into
  your hand.
• 19 Also you shall attack every fortified city and
  every choice city, and shall cut down every good
  tree, and stop up every spring of water, and ruin
  every good piece of land with stones."
• 20 Now it happened in the morning, when the grain
  offering was offered, that suddenly water came by
  way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
  NKJV

80
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and
  the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree I
  will set in the desert the cypress tree and the
  pine And the box tree together,
• WHAT WILL THE LORD PLANT IN THE WILDERNESS?
• WHY?
• WHAT WAS BUILT OF CEDAR ACACIA WOOD?
• THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONTY EXODUS 2510-16
• THE TABERNACLE EXODUS 2615-36
• THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING EXODUS 271-8
• THE TEMPLE 1 KINGS 5 6

81
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and
  the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree I
  will set in the desert the cypress tree and the
  pine And the box tree together,
• WHAT WILL THE LORD PLANT IN THE WILDERNESS?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TREES IN LEBANON?
• READ ZECHARIAH 111-2
• 1 Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may
  devour your cedars.
• 2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
  Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks
  of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down.
  NKJV

82
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and
  the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree I
  will set in the desert the cypress tree and the
  pine And the box tree together,
• WHAT WILL THE LORD PLANT IN THE WILDERNESS?
• READ JOEL 318
• 18 And it will come to pass in that day That the
  mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills
  shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah
  shall be flooded with water A fountain shall
  flow from the house of the LORD And water the
  Valley of Acacias. NKJV

83
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 20 That they may see and know, And consider and
  understand together, That the hand of the LORD
  has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
  created it.
• WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE KNOW?
• WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE HEBREW CHILDREN?
• READ EXODUS 67
• 7 I will take you as My people, and I will be
  your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD
  your God who brings you out from under the
  burdens of the Egyptians. NKJV

84
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 20 That they may see and know, And consider and
  understand together, That the hand of the LORD
  has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
  created it.
• WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE KNOW?
• HOW WOULD THIS EFFECT THE MEN OF THE WORLD?
• READ PSALMS 649
• 9 All men shall fear, And shall declare the work
  of God For they shall wisely consider His doing.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 20 That they may see and know, And consider and
  understand together, That the hand of the LORD
  has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
  created it.
• WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE KNOW?
• WHAT DID THE KING OF BABYLON DO FOR EZRA?
• WHY?
• READ EZRA 76
• 6 Ezra came up from Babylon and he was a skilled
  scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of
  Israel had given. The king granted him all his
  request, according to the hand of the LORD his
  God upon him.

86
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
• 20 That they may see and know, And consider and
  understand together, That the hand of the LORD
  has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
  created it.
• WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE KNOW?
• HOW DID THE LORD GUIDE EZRA TO JERUSALEM?
• READ EZRA 831-32
• 31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on
  the twelfth day of the first month, to go to
  Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was upon us,
  and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy
  and from ambush along the road. NKJV

87
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4117-20

• 20 That they may see and know, And consider and
  understand together, That the hand of the LORD
  has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has
  created it.
• WHAT WILL THE WORLDLY PEOPLE SEE KNOW?
• READ ZECHARIAH 821-23
• 21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to
  another, saying, "Let us continue to go and pray
  before the LORD, And seek the LORD of hosts. I
  myself will go also."
• 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations Shall
  come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, And
  to pray before the LORD.'
• 23 "Thus says the LORD of hosts 'In those days
  ten men from every language of the nations shall
  grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us
  go with you, for we have heard that God is with
  you."'" NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4121-24

• THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
• 21 "Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring
  forth your strong reasons," says the King of
  Jacob.
• 22 "Let them bring forth and show us what will
  happen Let them show the former things, what
  they were, That we may consider them, And know
  the latter end of them Or declare to us things
  to come.
• 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter,
  That we may know that you are gods Yes, do good
  or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it
  together.
• 24 Indeed you are nothing, And your work is
  nothing He who chooses you is an abomination.

89
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4121-24

• THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
• 21 "Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring
  forth your strong reasons," says the King of
  Jacob.
• 22 "Let them bring forth and show us what will
  happen Let them show the former things, what
  they were, That we may consider them, And know
  the latter end of them Or declare to us things
  to come.
• 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter,
  That we may know that you are gods Yes, do good
  or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it
  together.
• 24 Indeed you are nothing, And your work is
  nothing He who chooses you is an abomination.
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THE NATIONS TO DO?
• CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?

90
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4121-24

• THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
• 21 "Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring
  forth your strong reasons," says the King of
  Jacob.
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THE NATIONS TO DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SENNACHERIB?
• READ 2 KINGS 1925-26
• 25 'Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From
  ancient times that I formed it? Now I have
  brought it to pass, That you should be For
  crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
• 26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power
  They were dismayed and confounded They were as
  the grass of the field And the green herb, As the
  grass on the housetops And grain blighted before
  it is grown. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4121-24

• THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
• 21 "Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring
  forth your strong reasons," says the King of
  Jacob.
• 22 "Let them bring forth and show us what will
  happen Let them show the former things, what
  they were, That we may consider them, And know
  the latter end of them Or declare to us things
  to come.
• 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter,
  That we may know that you are gods Yes, do good
  or do evil, That we may be dismayed and see it
  together.
• CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?
• READ PSALMS 1152-8

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CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?

• READ PSALMS 1152-7
• 2 Why should the Gentiles say, "So where is their
  God?"
• 3 But our God is in heaven He does whatever He
  pleases.
• 4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of
  men's hands.
• 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak Eyes
  they have, but they do not see
• 6 They have ears, but they do not hear Noses
  they have, but they do not smell
• 7 They have hands, but they do not handle Feet
  they have, but they do not walk Nor do they
  mutter through their throat. NKJV

93
CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ JEREMIAH 102-5
• 2 "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles Do not
  be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the
  Gentiles are dismayed at them.
• 3 For the customs of the peoples are futile For
  one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the
  hands of the workman, with the ax.
• 4 They decorate it with silver and gold They
  fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will
  not topple.
• 5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they
  cannot speak They must be carried, Because they
  cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of
  them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do
  any good." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4125-26

• THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
• 25 "I have raised up one from the north, And he
  shall come From the rising of the sun he shall
  call on My name And he shall come against
  princes as though mortar, As the potter treads
  clay.
• 26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we
  may know? And former times, that we may say, 'He
  is righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows,
  Surely there is no one who declares, Surely there
  is no one who hears your words.

95
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4125-26

• THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
• 25 "I have raised up one from the north, And he
  shall come From the rising of the sun he shall
  call on My name And he shall come against
  princes as though mortar, As the potter treads
  clay.
• 26 Who has declared from the beginning, that we
  may know? And former times, that we may say, 'He
  is righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows,
  Surely there is no one who declares, Surely there
  is no one who hears your words.
• WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
• SHALMANESAR? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

96
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4125-26

• 25 "I have raised up one from the north, And he
  shall come From the rising of the sun he shall
  call on My name And he shall come against
  princes as though mortar, As the potter treads
  clay.
• WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
• SHALMANESAR?
• READ 2 KINGS 175-6
• ISRAEL CARRIED CAPTIVE TO ASSYRIA
• 5 Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the
  land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for
  three years.
• 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of
  Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to
  Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the
  Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of
  the Medes. NKJV

97
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4125-26

• THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
• 25 "I have raised up one from the north, And he
  shall come From the rising of the sun