ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN

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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-SEVEN

• THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON V. 1-4
• HER CRUELTY, TO GOD'S PEOPLE V. 5-11
• THE FOLLY OF HER PRACTICES V. 12-15

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READ ISAIAH 471-3

• THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
• 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.
• 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your
  veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
  through the rivers.
• 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your
  shame will be seen I will take vengeance, And I
  will not arbitrate with a man."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
• 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.
• 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your
  veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
  through the rivers.
• 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your
  shame will be seen I will take vengeance, And I
  will not arbitrate with a man.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER?
• WHY SIT ON THE GROUND IN THE DUST?
• WHY UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 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.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 1378-9
• 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
• Happy the one who repays you as you have served
  us!
• 9 Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little
  ones against the rock! NKJV

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON? WHY?

• READ JEREMIAH 508-9
• 8 "Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the
  land of the Chaldeans And be like the rams
  before the flocks.
• 9 For behold, I will raise and cause to come up
  against Babylon An assembly of great nations from
  the north country, And they shall array
  themselves against her From there she shall be
  captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an
  expert warrior None shall return in vain.
  NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 26-7
• 6 "Up, up! Flee from the land of the north," says
  the LORD "for I have spread you abroad like the
  four winds of heaven," says the LORD.
• 7 "Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the
  daughter of Babylon." NKJV

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON? WHY?

• READ JEREMIAH 5133-35
• 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."
• 34 "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon Has
  devoured me, he has crushed me He has made me an
  empty vessel, He has swallowed me up like a
  monster
• He has filled his stomach with my delicacies, He
  has spit me out.
• 35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be
  upon Babylon, The inhabitant of Zion will say
  "And my blood be upon the inhabitants of
  Chaldea! Jerusalem will say.

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON? WHY?

• READ JEREMIAH 5137
• 37 Babylon shall become a heap, A dwelling place
  for jackals, An astonishment and a hissing,
  Without an inhabitant. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 5144
• 44 I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will bring
  out of his mouth what he has swallowed And the
  nations shall not stream to him anymore. Yes, the
  wall of Babylon shall fall. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 5158
• 58 Thus says the LORD of hosts "The broad walls
  of Babylon shall be utterly broken, And her high
  gates shall be burned with fire The people will
  labor in vain, And the nations, because of the
  fire And they shall be weary."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 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.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHY SIT ON THE GROUND IN THE DUST?
• READ JOB 212-13
• 12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and
  did not recognize him, they lifted their voices
  and wept and each one tore his robe and
  sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.
• 13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven
  days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to
  him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 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.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHY SIT ON THE GROUND IN THE DUST?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 210-11
• 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the
  ground and keep silence They throw dust on their
  heads
• And gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins
  of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.
• 11 My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled
  My bile is poured on the ground Because of the
  destruction of the daughter of my people, Because
  the children and the infants Faint in the streets
  of the city. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 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.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHY SIT ON THE GROUND IN THE DUST?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 328-30
• 28 Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God
  has laid it on him
• 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust There may
  yet be hope.
• 30 Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes
  him,
• And be full of reproach. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your
  veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
  through the rivers.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER? WHY?
• WHOSE TASK WAS TO GRIND MEAL?
• READ EXODUS 115
• 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt
  shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits
  on his throne, even to the firstborn of the
  female servant who is behind the hand-mill, and
  all the firstborn of the animals. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your
  veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
  through the rivers.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER? WHY?
• WHOSE TASK WAS TO GRIND MEAL?
• READ JUDGES 1621
• 21 Then the Philistines took him and put out his
  eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. They bound
  him with bronze fetters, and he became a grinder
  in the prison.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your
  veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
  through the rivers.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER? WHY?
• WHOSE TASK WAS TO GRIND MEAL?
• READ JOB 319-11
• 9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if
  I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
• 10 Then let my wife grind for another, And let
  others bow down over her.
• 11 For that would be wickedness Yes, it would be
  iniquity deserving of judgment. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your
  veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
  through the rivers.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER? WHY?
• WHOSE TASK WAS TO GRIND MEAL?
• READ MATTHEW 2440-41
• 40 Then two men will be in the field one will be
  taken and the other left.
• 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill one
  will be taken and the other left. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• 2 Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your
  veil, Take off the skirt, Uncover the thigh, Pass
  through the rivers.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER? WHY?
• WHY REMOVE THE VEIL?
• READ GENESIS 2463-65
• 64 Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw
  Isaac she dismounted from her camel
• 65 for she had said to the servant, "Who is this
  man walking in the field to meet us? The servant
  said, "It is my master." So she took a veil and
  covered herself. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
• 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, Yes, your
  shame will be seen I will take vengeance, And I
  will not arbitrate with a man.
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER?
• WHY UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS?
• IS NAKEDNESS SHAMEFUL?
• READ GENESIS 225
• 25 And they were both naked, the man and his
  wife, and were not ashamed. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
• WHY UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO NINEVEH? WHY?
• READ NAHUM 35-7
• 5 "Behold, I am against you," says the LORD of
  hosts "I will lift your skirts over your face, I
  will show the nations your nakedness, And the
  kingdoms your shame.
• 6 I will cast abominable filth upon you, Make you
  vile, And make you a spectacle.
• 7 It shall come to pass that all who look upon
  you
• Will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid
  waste! Who will bemoan her? Where shall I seek
  comforters for you?" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
• WHY UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1635-39
• JERUSALEM'S LOVERS WILL ABUSE HER
• 35 'Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the
  LORD!
• 36 Thus says the Lord GOD "Because your
  filthiness was poured out and your nakedness
  uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and
  with all your abominable idols, and because of
  the blood of your children which you gave to
  them,
• 37 surely, therefore, I will gather all your
  lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you
  loved, and all those you hated I will gather
  them from all around against you and will uncover
  your nakedness to them, that they may see all
  your nakedness.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 471-3

• THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
• WHY UNCOVER HER NAKEDNESS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1635-39
• JERUSALEM'S LOVERS WILL ABUSE HER
• 38 And I will judge you as women who break
  wedlock or shed blood are judged I will bring
  blood upon you in fury and jealousy.
• 39 I will also give you into their hand, and they
  shall throw down your shrines and break down your
  high places. They shall also strip you of your
  clothes, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave
  you naked and bare.
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READ ISAIAH 474-5

• 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His
  name, The Holy One of Israel.
• 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O
  daughter of the Chaldeans For you shall no
  longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His
  name, The Holy One of Israel.
• 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O
  daughter of the Chaldeans For you shall no
  longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.
• WHO IS THEIR REDEEMER?
• the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of
  Israel
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? WHY?
• Sit in silence and go into darkness

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His
  name, The Holy One of Israel.
• WHO IS THEIR REDEEMER?
• the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of
  Israel
• WHAT DID JOB SAY ABOUT HIS REDEEMER?
• READ JOB 1925-27
• 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He
  shall stand at last on the earth
• 26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,
  That in my flesh I shall see God,
• 27 Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall
  behold, and not another. How my heart yearns
  within me! NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His
  name, The Holy One of Israel.
• WHO IS THEIR REDEEMER?
• the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of
  Israel
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ JEREMIAH 5033-34
• 33 "The children of Israel were oppressed, Along
  with the children of Judah All who took them
  captive have held them fast They have refused to
  let them go.
• 34 Their Redeemer is strong The LORD of hosts is
  His name. He will thoroughly plead their case,
  That He may give rest to the land, And disquiet
  the inhabitants of Babylon. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His
  name, The Holy One of Israel.
• WHO IS THEIR REDEEMER?
• the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of
  Israel
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ AMOS 412-13
• 12 "Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel
  Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet
  your God, O Israel!"
• 13 For behold, He who forms mountains, And
  creates the wind, Who declares to man what his
  thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who
  treads the high places of the earth The LORD
  God of hosts is His name. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O
  daughter of the Chaldeans For you shall no
  longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? WHY?
• Sit in silence and go into darkness
• WHAT DID JOBS FRIEND DO? WHY?
• READ JOB 213
• 13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven
  days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to
  him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• HOW DID EZRA RESPOND TO THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE?
• READ EZRA 91-3
• 1 When these things were done, the leaders came
  to me, saying, "The people of Israel and the
  priests and the Levites have not separated
  themselves from the peoples of the lands, with
  respect to the abominations of the Canaanites,
  the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the
  Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the
  Amorites.
• 2 For they have taken some of their daughters as
  wives for themselves and their sons, so that the
  holy seed is mixed with the peoples of those
  lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and rulers
  has been foremost in this trespass.
• 3 So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment
  and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of
  my head and beard, and sat down astonished.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O
  daughter of the Chaldeans For you shall no
  longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? WHY?
• Sit in silence and go into darkness
• WHAT DID JERUSALEM RESPOND TO THEIR SINS?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 210
• 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the
  ground and keep silence They throw dust on their
  heads And gird themselves with sackcloth. The
  virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the
  ground. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O
  daughter of the Chaldeans For you shall no
  longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? WHY?
• Sit in silence and go into darkness
• WHAT JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT HIS AFFLICTION?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 31-3
• 1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod
  of His wrath.
• 2 He has led me and made me walk In darkness and
  not in light.
• 3 Surely He has turned His hand against me Time
  and time again throughout the day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 474-5

• 5 "Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O
  daughter of the Chaldeans For you shall no
  longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO? WHY?
• Sit in silence and go into darkness
• HOW DID ISRAEL RESPOND TO HER AFFLICTION?
• READ MICAH 78-9
• 8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy When I fall,
  I will arise When I sit in darkness, The LORD
  will be a light to me.
• 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD,
  Because I have sinned against Him, Until He
  pleads my case And executes justice for me. He
  will bring me forth to the light I will see His
  righteousness. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever, 'So
  that you did not take these things to heart, Nor
  remember the latter end of them.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever, So
  that you did not take these things to heart, Nor
  remember the latter end of them.
• WHY WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• WHO IS YOU? WHAT DID HE DO?
• You showed them no mercy
• On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily
• HOW DID HE RESPOND TO THE LORD?
• 'I shall be a lady forever,

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• WHY WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 420-24
• 20 But the LORD has taken you and brought you out
  of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be His
  people, an inheritance, as you are this day.
• 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for
  your sakes, and swore that I would not cross over
  the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good
  land which the LORD your God is giving you as an
  inheritance.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• WHY WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 420-24
• 22 But I must die in this land, I must not cross
  over the Jordan but you shall cross over and
  possess that good land.
• 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the
  covenant of the LORD your God which He made with
  you, and make for yourselves a carved image in
  the form of anything which the LORD your God has
  forbidden you.
• 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a
  jealous God. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• WHY WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE?
• READ JEREMIAH 27
• 7 I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat
  its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered,
  you defiled My land And made My heritage an
  abomination.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• WHO IS YOU? WHAT DID HE DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 258-10
• 8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of
  the month (which was the nineteenth year of King
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan the
  captain of the guard, a servant of the king of
  Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
• 9 He burned the house of the LORD and the king's
  house all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all
  the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
• 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were
  with the captain of the guard broke down the
  walls of Jerusalem all around. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• READ ISAIAH 1011-12
• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"
• 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord
  has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on
  Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the
  fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of
  Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• READ JEREMIAH 5011-17
• 11 "Because you were glad, because you rejoiced,
• You destroyers of My heritage, Because you have
  grown fat like a heifer threshing grain, And you
  bellow like bulls,
• 12 Your mother shall be deeply ashamed She who
  bore you shall be ashamed. Behold, the least of
  the nations shall be a wilderness, A dry land and
  a desert.
• 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD She shall not
  be inhabited, But she shall be wholly desolate.
  Everyone who goes by Babylon shall be horrified
  And hiss at all her plagues.
• 17 "Israel is like scattered sheep The lions
  have driven him away. First the king of Assyria
  devoured him Now at last this Nebuchadnezzar
  king of Babylon has broken his bones." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ JEREMIAH 5133-35
• 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."
• 34 "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon Has
  devoured me, he has crushed me He has made me an
  empty vessel, He has swallowed me up like a
  monster He has filled his stomach with my
  delicacies, He has spit me out.
• 35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be
  upon Babylon, The inhabitant of Zion will say
  "And my blood be upon the inhabitants of
  Chaldea! Jerusalem will say. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• WHO IS YOU? WHAT DID HE DO?
• You showed them no mercy
• On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily
• READ LEVITICUS 1932
• 32 You shall rise before the gray headed and
  honor the presence of an old man, and fear your
  God I am the LORD. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 3017
• 17 The eye that mocks his father, And scorns
  obedience to his mother, The ravens of the valley
  will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat
  it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• You showed them no mercy
• On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily
• WHAT DID ELISHA DO? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 223-24
• 23 Then he went up from there to Bethel and as
  he was going up the road, some youths came from
  the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up,
  you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!"
• 24 So he turned around and looked at them, and
  pronounced a curse on them in the name of the
  LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods
  and mauled forty-two of the youths. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• WHAT DID ELIHU DO? WHY?
• READ JOB 324-9
• 4 Now because they were years older than he,
  Elihu had waited to speak to Job.
• 5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the
  mouth of these three men, his wrath was aroused.
• 6 So Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite,
  answered and said "I am young in years, and you
  are very old Therefore I was afraid, And dared
  not declare my opinion to you.
• 7 I said, 'Age should speak, And multitude of
  years should teach wisdom.'
• 8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of
  the Almighty gives him understanding.
• 9 Great men are not always wise, Nor do the aged
  always understand justice. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• You showed them no mercy
• On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 327-30
• 27 It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his
  youth.
• 28 Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God
  has laid it on him
• 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust There may
  yet be hope.
• 30 Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes
  him, And be full of reproach. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THIS?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 416
• 16 The face of the LORD scattered them He no
  longer regards them. The people do not respect
  the priests Nor show favor to the elders.
  NKJV
• READ LAMENTATIONS 511-14
• 11 They ravished the women in Zion, The maidens
  in the cities of Judah.
• 12 Princes were hung up by their hands, And
  elders were not respected.
• 13 Young men ground at the millstones Boys
  staggered under loads of wood.
• 14 The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
  And the young men from their music. NKJV

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• You showed them no mercy
• On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JEREMIAH?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 114
• 14 "The yoke of my transgressions was bound They
  were woven together by His hands, And thrust upon
  my neck. He made my strength fail The Lord
  delivered me into the hands of those whom I am
  not able to withstand.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 6 I was angry with My people I have profaned My
  inheritance, And given them into your hand. You
  showed them no mercy On the elderly you laid
  your yoke very heavily.
• You showed them no mercy
• On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily
• WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT HIS YOKE?
• READ MATTHEW 1129-30
• 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I
  am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find
  rest for your souls.
• 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever, So
  that you did not take these things to heart, Nor
  remember the latter end of them.
• HOW DID HE RESPOND TO THE LORD?
• 'I shall be a lady forever,
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ISRAEL? WHY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3228-29
• 28 "For they are a nation void of counsel, Nor is
  there any understanding in them.
• 29 Oh, that they were wise, that they understood
  this,
• That they would consider their latter end!
  NKJV

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• 7 And you said, 'I shall be a lady forever, So
  that you did not take these things to heart, Nor
  remember the latter end of them.
• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR SAY?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? WHY?
• READ DANIEL 428-33
• 28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.
• 29 At the end of the twelve months he was walking
  about the royal palace of Babylon.
• 30 The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great
  Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling
  by my mighty power and for the honor of my
  majesty?"

50
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 476-7

• WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR SAY?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? WHY?
• READ DANIEL 428-33
• 31 While the word was still in the king's mouth,
  a voice fell from heaven "King Nebuchadnezzar,
  to you it is spoken the kingdom has departed
  from you!
• 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your
  dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field.
  They shall make you eat grass like oxen and
  seven times shall pass over you, until you know
  that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men,
  and gives it to whomever He chooses."
• 33 That very hour the word was fulfilled
  concerning Nebuchadnezzar he was driven from men
  and ate grass like oxen his body was wet with
  the dew of heaven till his hair had grown like
  eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws.
  NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 478-9

• 8 "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to
  pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your
  heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides
  me I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know
  the loss of children'
• 9 But these two things shall come to you In a
  moment, in one day The loss of children, and
  widowhood. They shall come upon you in their
  fullness Because of the multitude of your
  sorceries, For the great abundance of your
  enchantments.

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• 8 "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to
  pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your
  heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides
  me I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know
  the loss of children'
• 9 But these two things shall come to you In a
  moment, in one day The loss of children, and
  widowhood. They shall come upon you in their
  fullness Because of the multitude of your
  sorceries, For the great abundance of your
  enchantments.
• WHAT DID HE SAY IN HIS HEART?
• 'I am, and there is no one else besides me
• I shall not sit as a widow Nor shall I know the
  loss of children'
• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM?
• The loss of children and widowhood

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• 8 "Therefore hear this now, you who are given to
  pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your
  heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides
  me I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know
  the loss of children'
• WHAT DID HE SAY IN HIS HEART?
• 'I am, and there is no one else besides me
• I shall not sit as a widow Nor shall I know the
  loss of children'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO NINIVEH? WHY?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 215
• 15 This is the rejoicing city That dwelt
  securely, That said in her heart, "I am it, and
  there is none besides me."
• How has she become a desolation, A place for
  beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her
  Shall hiss and shake his fist. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT DID HE SAY IN HIS HEART?
• 'I am, and there is no one else besides me
• I shall not sit as a widow Nor shall I know the
  loss of children'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON? WHY?
• READ REVELATION 184-8
• 4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying,
  "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in
  her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
• 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God
  has remembered her iniquities.
• 6 Render to her just as she rendered to you, and
  repay her double according to her works in the
  cup which she has mixed, mix double for her.

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT DID HE SAY IN HIS HEART?
• 'I am, and there is no one else besides me
• I shall not sit as a widow Nor shall I know the
  loss of children'
• WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON? WHY?
• READ REVELATION 184-8
• 7 In the measure that she glorified herself and
  lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her
  torment and sorrow for she says in her heart, 'I
  sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see
  sorrow.
• 8 Therefore her plagues will come in one day
  death and mourning and famine. And she will be
  utterly burned with fire, for strong is the Lord
  God who judges her. NKJV

56
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
• For the great abundance of your enchantments.
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 189-14
• 9 "When you come into the land which the LORD
  your God is giving you, you shall not learn to
  follow the abominations of those nations.
• 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who
  makes his son or his daughter pass through the
  fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a
  soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a
  sorcerer,
• 11 or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a
  spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

57
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
• For the great abundance of your enchantments.
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 189-14
• 12 For all who do these things are an abomination
  to the LORD, and because of these abominations
  the LORD your God drives them out from before
  you.
• 13 You shall be blameless before the LORD your
  God.
• 14 For these nations which you will dispossess
  listened to soothsayers and diviners but as for
  you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for
  you. NKJV

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
• For the great abundance of your enchantments.
• WHO DID NEBUCHANEZZAR CALL UPON?
• READ DANIEL 21-3
• 1 Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's
  reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams and his spirit
  was so troubled that his sleep left him.
• 2 Then the king gave the command to call the
  magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and
  the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So
  they came and stood before the king.
• 3 And the king said to them, "I have had a dream,
  and my spirit is anxious to know the dream."
  NKJV

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• 9 But these two things shall come to you In a
  moment, in one day The loss of children, and
  widowhood. They shall come upon you in their
  fullness Because of the multitude of your
  sorceries, For the great abundance of your
  enchantments.
• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• The loss of children and widowhood
• READ PSALMS 7319
• 19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in
  a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
  NKJV

60
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• The loss of children and widowhood
• READ JEREMIAH 158
• 8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than
  the sand of the seas I will bring against them,
  Against the mother of the young men, A plunderer
  at noonday
• I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them
  suddenly.
• READ JEREMIAH 1821
• 21 Therefore deliver up their children to the
  famine,
• And pour out their blood By the force of the
  sword Let their wives become widows And bereaved
  of their children. Let their men be put to death,
  Their young men be slain By the sword in battle.
  NKJV

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
• For the great abundance of your enchantments.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO NINEVEH? WHY?
• READ NAHUM 31-4
• 1 Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies
  and robbery. Its victim never departs.
• 2 The noise of a whip And the noise of rattling
  wheels, Of galloping horses, Of clattering
  chariots!
• 3 Horsemen charge with bright sword and
  glittering spear. There is a multitude of slain,
  A great number of bodies, Countless corpses
  They stumble over the corpses
• 4 Because of the multitude of harlotries of the
  seductive harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who
  sells nations through her harlotries, And
  families through her sorceries. NKJV

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
• For the great abundance of your enchantments.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ MALACHI 35
• 5 And I will come near you for judgment I will
  be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against
  adulterers,
• Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage
  earners and widows and orphans, And against those
  who turn away an alien Because they do not
  fear Me,"
• Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT TWO THINGS WILL COME UPON HIM? WHY?
• Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
• For the great abundance of your enchantments.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON JUDGMENT DAY?
• READ REVELATION 920-21
• 20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed
  by these plagues, did not repent of the works of
  their hands, that they should not worship demons,
  and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and
  wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.
• 21 And they did not repent of their murders or
  their sorceries or their sexual immorality or
  their thefts. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 478-9

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON JUDGMENT DAY?
• READ REVELATION 1821-24
• 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a
  great millstone and threw it into the sea,
  saying, "Thus with violence the great city
  Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be
  found anymore.
• 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists,
  and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore.
  No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you
  anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not
  be heard in you anymore.
• 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you
  anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride
  shall not be heard in you anymore. For your
  merchants were the great men of the earth, for by
  your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
• 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and
  saints, and of all who were slain on the earth."
  NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4710-11

• 10 "For you have trusted in your wickedness You
  have said, 'No one sees me' Your wisdom and your
  knowledge have warped you And you have said in
  your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else
  besides me.
• 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you You shall
  not know from where it arises. And trouble shall
  fall upon you You will not be able to put it
  off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,
  Which you shall not know.

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• 10 "For you have trusted in your wickedness You
  have said, 'No one sees me' Your wisdom and your
  knowledge have warped you And you have said in
  your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else
  besides me.
• 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you You shall
  not know from where it arises. And trouble shall
  fall upon you You will not be able to put it
  off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,
  Which you shall not know.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THEY TRUSTED IN?
• you have trusted in your wickedness
• HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
• 'No one sees me'
• 'I am, and there is no one else besides me.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• trouble shall fall upon you

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THEY TRUSTED IN?
• you have trusted in your wickedness
• WHAT DID MANASSEH DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 215-7
• 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven
  in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
• 6 Also he made his son pass through the fire,
  practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft, and
  consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much
  evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to
  anger.
• 7 He even set a carved image of Asherah that he
  had made, in the house of which the LORD had said
  to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house
  and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all
  the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THEY TRUSTED IN?
• you have trusted in your wickedness
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH JERUSALEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 2114-16
• 14 So I will forsake the remnant of My
  inheritance and deliver them into the hand of
  their enemies and they shall become victims of
  plunder to all their enemies,
• 15 because they have done evil in My sight, and
  have provoked Me to anger since the day their
  fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.'"
• 16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent
  blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end
  to another, besides his sin by which he made
  Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the
  LORD. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
• 'No one sees me'
• 'I am, and there is no one else besides me.
• READ PSALMS 1011
• 11 He has said in his heart, "God has forgotten
  He hides His face He will never see." NKJV
• READ PSALMS 527
• 7 "Here is the man who did not make God his
  strength, But trusted in the abundance of his
  riches, And strengthened himself in his
  wickedness." NKJV
• READ PSALMS 947
• 7 Yet they say, "The LORD does not see, Nor does
  the God of Jacob understand." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you You shall
  not know from where it arises. And trouble shall
  fall upon you You will not be able to put it
  off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,
  Which you shall not know.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• trouble shall fall upon you
• READ 2 KINGS 2114-16
• 14 So I will forsake the remnant of My
  inheritance and deliver them into the hand of
  their enemies and they shall become victims of
  plunder to all their enemies,
• 15 because they have done evil in My sight, and
  have provoked Me to anger since the day their
  fathers came out of Egypt, even to this day.'"
• 16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent
  blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end
  to another, besides his sin by which he made
  Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the
  LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you You shall
  not know from where it arises. And trouble shall
  fall upon you You will not be able to put it
  off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,
  Which you shall not know.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• trouble shall fall upon you
• READ PSALMS 358
• 8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And
  let his net that he has hidden catch himself
  Into that very destruction let him fall.
  NKJV
• 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

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• 11 Therefore evil shall come upon you You shall
  not know from where it arises. And trouble shall
  fall upon you You will not be able to put it
  off. And desolation shall come upon you suddenly,
  Which you shall not know.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• trouble shall fall upon you
• READ PSALMS 7834-37
• 34 When He slew them, then they sought Him And
  they returned and sought earnestly for God.
• 35 Then they remembered that God was their rock,
• And the Most High God their Redeemer.
• 36 Nevertheless they flattered Him with their
  mouth,
• And they lied to Him with their tongue
• 37 For their heart was not steadfast with Him,
  Nor were they faithful in His covenant. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• trouble shall fall upon you
• READ JEREMIAH 1111-13
• 11 Therefore thus says the LORD "Behold, I will
  surely bring calamity on them which they will not
  be able to escape and though they cry out to Me,
  I will not listen to them.
• 12 Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants
  of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to
  whom they offer incense, but they will not save
  them at all in the time of their trouble.
• 13 For according to the number of your cities
  were your gods, O Judah and according to the
  number of the streets of Jerusalem you have set
  up altars to that shameful thing, altars to burn
  incense to Baal. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• trouble shall fall upon you
• READ LUKE 1726-30
• 26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will
  be also in the days of the Son of Man
• 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they
  were given in marriage, until the day that Noah
  entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed
  them all.
• 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot
  They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold,
  they planted, they built
• 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it
  rained fire and brimstone from heaven and
  destroyed them all.
• 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of
  Man is revealed. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4710-11

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• trouble shall fall upon you
• READ 1 THESSALONIANS 51-3
• 1 But concerning the times and the seasons,
  brethren, you have no need that I should write to
  you.
• 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day
  of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
• 3 For when 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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READ ISAIAH 4712-13

• 12 "Stand now with your enchantments And the
  multitude of your sorceries, In which you have
  labored from your youth Perhaps you will be
  able to profit, Perhaps you will prevail.
• 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your
  counsels Let now the astrologers, the
  stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand
  up and save you From what shall come upon you.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• 12 "Stand now with your enchantments And the
  multitude of your sorceries, In which you have
  labored from your youth Perhaps you will be
  able to profit, Perhaps you will prevail.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THEM TO DO?
• Stand now with your enchantments
• And the multitude of your sorceries
• WHY CALL THEIR ENCHANTERS SORCERERS?
• Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you
  will prevail

78
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• WHY CALL THEIR ENCHANTERS SORCERERS?
• Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you
  will prevail
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES AARON TO DO?
• READ EXODUS 78-13
• 8 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
• 9 "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Show a
  miracle for yourselves,' then you shall say to
  Aaron, 'Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh,
  and let it become a serpent.'
• 10 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and
  they did so, just as the LORD commanded. And
  Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before
  his servants, and it became a serpent.

79
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• WHY CALL THEIR ENCHANTERS SORCERERS?
• Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you
  will prevail
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES AARON TO DO?
• READ EXODUS 78-13
• 11 But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the
  sorcerers so the magicians of Egypt, they also
  did in like manner with their enchantments.
• 12 For every man threw down his rod, and they
  became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up
  their rods.
• 13 And Pharaoh's heart grew hard, and he did not
  heed them, as the LORD had said. NKJV

80
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your
  counsels Let now the astrologers, the
  stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand
  up and save you From what shall come upon you.
• WHY HAVE THEY BECOME WEARY?
• You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels
• WHY CALL THEIR ASTROLOGERS STARGAZERS?
• Stand up and save you From what shall come upon
  you

81
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your
  counsels Let now the astrologers, the
  stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand
  up and save you From what shall come upon you.
• WHY HAVE THEY BECOME WEARY?
• You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels
• WHY CALL UPON THEIR ASTROLOGERS STARGAZERS?
• Stand up and save you From what shall come upon
  you
• READ ISAIAH 192-4
• 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst I
  will destroy their counsel, And they will consult
  the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the
  sorcerers.
• 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of
  a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over
  them, Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your
  counsels Let now the astrologers, the
  stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand
  up and save you From what shall come upon you.
• WHY HAVE THEY BECOME WEARY?
• You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels
• WHY CALL UPON THEIR ASTROLOGERS STARGAZERS?
• Stand up and save you From what shall come upon
  you
• READ ISAIAH 4424-25
• 24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, And He who
  formed you from the womb "I am the LORD, who
  makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens
  all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by
  Myself
• 25 Who frustrates the signs of the babblers, And
  drives diviners mad Who turns wise men backward,
  And makes their knowledge foolishness NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your
  counsels Let now the astrologers, the
  stargazers, And the monthly prognosticators Stand
  up and save you From what shall come upon you.
• WHY HAVE THEY BECOME WEARY?
• You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels
• WHY CALL UPON THEIR ASTROLOGERS STARGAZERS?
• Stand up and save you From what shall come upon
  you
• READ ISAIAH 467
• 7 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it And
  set it in its place, and it stands From its
  place it shall not move. Though one cries out to
  it, yet it cannot answer
• Nor save him out of his trouble. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4712-13

• WHY HAVE THEY BECOME WEARY?
• You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels
• WHY CALL UPON THEIR ASTROLOGERS STARGAZERS?
• Stand up and save you From what shall come upon
  you
• READ JEREMIAH 5158
• 58 Thus says the LORD of hosts "The broad walls
  of Babylon shall be utterly broken, And her high
  gates shall be burned with fire The people will
  labor in vain, And the nations, because of the
  fire And they shall be weary."
• READ HABAKKUK 213
• 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts That
  the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations
  weary themselves in vain? NKJV

85
READ ISAIAH 4714-15

• 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble, The fire
  shall burn them They shall not deliver
  themselves From the power of the flame It shall
  not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit
  before!
• 15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have
  labored, Your merchants from your youth They
  shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you.
• NKJV

86
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble, The fire
  shall burn them They shall not deliver
  themselves From the power of the flame It shall
  not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit
  before!
• 15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have
  labored, Your merchants from your youth They
  shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you.
• NKJV
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEN OF BABYLON?
• they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn
  them
• They shall not deliver themselves From the power
  of the flame
• No one shall save you

87
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble, The fire
  shall burn them They shall not deliver
  themselves From the power of the flame It shall
  not be a coal to be warmed by, Nor a fire to sit
  before!
• 15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have
  labored, Your merchants from your youth They
  shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEN OF BABYLON?
• they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn
  them
• They shall not deliver themselves From the power
  of the flame
• No one shall save you
• READ ISAIAH 131
• 31 The strong shall be as tinder, And the work of
  it as a spark Both will burn together, And no
  one shall quench them. NKJV

88
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEN OF BABYLON?
• they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn
  them
• They shall not deliver themselves From the power
  of the flame
• No one shall save you
• 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. NKJV

89
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEN OF BABYLON?
• they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn
  them
• They shall not deliver themselves From the power
  of the flame
• No one shall save you
• READ ISAIAH 3014
• 14 And He shall break it like the breaking of the
  potter's vessel, Which is broken in pieces He
  shall not spare. So there shall not be found
  among its fragments
• A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take
  water from the cistern." NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 3030
• 30 The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be
  heard, And show the descent of His arm, With the
  indignation of His anger And the flame of a
  devouring fire, With scattering, tempest, and
  hailstones. NKJV

90
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEN OF BABYLON?
• they shall be as stubble, The fire shall burn
  them
• They shall not deliver themselves From the power
  of the flame
• No one shall save you
• READ JEREMIAH 5130-32
• 30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased
  fighting,
• They have remained in their strongholds Their
  might has failed, They became like women They
  have burned her dwelling places, The bars of her
  gate are broken.
• 31 One runner will run to meet another, And one
  messenger to meet another, To show the king of
  Babylon that his city is taken on all sides
• 32 The passages are blocked, The reeds they have
  burned with fire, And the men of war are
  terrified. NKJV

91
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• 15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have
  labored, Your merchants from your youth They
  shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR MERCHANTS?
• Your merchants from your youth
• They shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you
• READ NAHUM 316-17
• 16 You have multiplied your merchants more than
  the stars of heaven. The locust plunders and
  flies away.
• 17 Your commanders are like swarming locusts, And
  your generals like great grasshoppers, Which camp
  in the hedges on a cold day When the sun rises
  they flee away, And the place where they are is
  not known. NKJV

92
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• 15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have
  labored, Your merchants from your youth They
  shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR MERCHANTS?
• Your merchants from your youth
• They shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you
• READ JEREMIAH 5016
• 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him who
  handles the sickle at harvest time. For fear of
  the oppressing sword Everyone shall turn to his
  own people,
• And everyone shall flee to his own land. NKJV

93
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• 15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have
  labored, Your merchants from your youth They
  shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR MERCHANTS?
• Your merchants from your youth
• They shall wander each one to his quarter
• READ JEREMIAH 516-10
• 6 Flee from the midst of Babylon, And every one
  save his life! Do not be cut off in her iniquity,
  For this is the time of the LORDS vengeance He
  shall recompense her.
• 7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORDS hand,
  That made all the earth drunk. The nations drank
  her wine Therefore the nations are deranged.

94
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4714-15

• 15 Thus shall they be to you With whom you have
  labored, Your merchants from your youth They
  shall wander each one to his quarter. No one
  shall save you.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR MERCHANTS?
• Your merchants from your youth
• They shall wander each one to his quarter
• READ JEREMIAH 516-10
• 8 Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed.
• Wail for her! Take balm for her pain Perhaps she
  may be healed.
• 9 We would have healed Babylon, But she is