ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTEEN

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTEEN
• PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB

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READ ISAIAH 151-2

• PROPHECY AGAINST MOAB
• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.
• WHO WERE THE MOABITES?
• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? WHY AT NIGHT?
• WHY IS THE LORD GOING TO DESTROY THEM?
• WHO HAS GONE TO THE TEMPLE? WHY?
• WHY ARE THE PEOPLE BALD AND SHAVEN?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.
• WHO ARE THE MOABITES?
• READ GENESIS 1936-38
• 37 Both the daughters of Lot were with child by
  their father. The firstborn bore a son and
  called his name Moab he is the father of the
  Moabites to this day.
• 38 The younger, she also bore a son and called
  his name Ben-Ammi he is the father of the people
  of Ammon to this day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 28-9
• 8 We passed beyond our brethren, the descendants
  of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of
  the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we
  turned and passed by way of the Wilderness of
  Moab.
• 9 The LORD said to me, Do not harass Moab nor
  contend with them in battle. I will not give you
  any of their land as a possession because I have
  given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a
  possession. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 216-19
• 16 When all the men of war had finally perished
  from among the people,
• 17 The LORD spoke to me saying
• 18 This day you are to cross over at Ar, the
  boundary of Moab.
• 19 When you come near the people of Ammon, do not
  harass them or meddle with them. I will not give
  you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a
  possession because I have given it to the
  descendants of Lot as a possession. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.
• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA?
• WHERE WAS AR?
• READ NUMBERS 2113-15
• 13 They moved and camped on the other side of the
  Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends
  from the border of the Amorites for the Arnon is
  the border of Moab, between Moab and the
  Amorites.
• 14 It is said in the Book of the Wars of the
  LORD Waheb in Suphah, The brooks of the Arnon,
• 15 The slope of the brooks That reaches to the
  dwelling of Ar, And lies on the border of Moab.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA?
• WHERE DID REUBEN, GAD AND MANASSEH BUILD?
• READ NUMBERS 3233-38
• 33 Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the
  children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of
  Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon
  king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king
  of Bashan, the land with its cities within the
  borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
• 34 The children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth
  and Aroer,
• 35 Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah,
• 36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities,
  and folds for sheep.
• 37 The children of Reuben built Heshbon and
  Elealeh and Kirjathaim,
• 38 Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being
  changed) and Shibmah and they gave other names
  to the cities which they built.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA?
• WHERE WAS MOUNT NEBO LOCATED?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 341-3
• 1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount
  Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from
  Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of
  Gilead as far as Dan,
• 2 All Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and
  Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the
  Western Sea,
• 3 The South, and the plain of the Valley of
  Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA?
• WHAT LAND DID THE REUBENITES AND GADITES RECEIVE?
• READ JOSHUA 138-9
• 8 The Reubenites and the Gadites received their
  inheritance, which Moses had given them, beyond
  the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the
  LORD had given them
• 9 From Aroer which is on the bank of the River
  Arnon and the town that is in the midst of the
  ravine and all the plain of Medeba as far as
  Dibon NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• AR? KIR? DIBON? NEBO? MEDEBA?
• WHAT LAND DID THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN RECEIVE?
• READ JOSHUA 1315-21
• 15 Moses had given to the tribe of the children
  of Reuben an inheritance according to their
  families.
• 16 Their territory was from Aroer, which is on
  the bank of the River Arnon, and the city that is
  in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain by
  Medeba
• 17 Heshbon and all its cities that are in the
  plain Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
• 18 Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
• 19 Kirjathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the
  mountain of the valley,
• 20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth
  Jeshimoth
• 21 All the cities of the plain and all the
  kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who
  reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses had struck with
  the princes of Midian Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and
  Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the
  country.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT AN AMMONITE OR
  MOABITE?
• WHY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 233-6
• 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the
  assembly of the LORD even to the tenth
  generation none of his descendants shall enter
  the assembly of the LORD forever,
• 4 Because they did not meet you with bread and
  water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and
  because they hired against you Balaam the son of
  Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
• 5 The LORD your God would not listen to Balaam,
  The LORD your God turned the curse into a
  blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves
  you.
• 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their
  prosperity all your days forever. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• WHAT DID HANUN THE KING OF AMMON DO??
• READ 2 SAMUEL 101-5
• 1 It happened after this that the king of the
  people of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned
  in his place.
• 2 David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the
  son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to
  me. So David sent by the hand of his servants to
  comfort him concerning his father. And David's
  servants came into the land of the people of
  Ammon.
• 3 The princes of the people of Ammon said to
  Hanun their lord, Do you think that David really
  honors your father because he has sent comforters
  to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to
  you to search the city, to spy it out, and to
  overthrow it?
• 4 Therefore Hanun took David's servants, shaved
  off half of their beards, cut off their garments
  in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them
  away.
• 5 When they told David, he sent to meet them,
  because the men were greatly ashamed. The king
  said, Wait at Jericho until your beards have
  grown, and then return. NKJV
• (1 CHRONICLES 191-5)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• WHAT DID ISRAEL DO TO THE MOABITES?
• READ 2 KINGS 324-27
• 24 When They came to the camp of Israel, Israel
  rose up and attacked the Moabites, so that they
  fled before them and they entered their land,
  killing the Moabites.
• 25 They destroyed the cities, and each man threw
  a stone on every good piece of land and filled
  it and they stopped up all the springs of water
  and cut down all the good trees. But they left
  the stones of Kir Haraseth intact. However the
  slingers surrounded and attacked it.
• 26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was
  too fierce for him, he took with him seven
  hundred men who drew swords, to break through to
  the king of Edom, but they could not.
• 27 He took his eldest son who would have reigned
  in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering
  upon the wall and there was great indignation
  against Israel. So they departed from him and
  returned to their own land. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• WHY IS THE LORD GOING TO DESTROY THEM?
• READ 1 KINGS 117-8
• 7 Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the
  abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of
  Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the
  people of Ammon.
• 8 He did likewise for all his foreign wives, who
  burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 4821-24
• 21 Judgment has come on the plain country On
  Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath,
• 22 On Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim,
• 23 On Kirjathaim and Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,
• 24 On Kerioth and Bozrah, On all the cities of
  the land of Moab,
• Far or near. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• WHY IS THE LORD GOING TO DESTROY THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 4835
• 35 Moreover, says the LORD, I will cause to
  cease in Moab The one who offers sacrifices in
  the high places And burns incense to his gods.
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 4842
• 42 Moab shall be destroyed as a people Because
  he exalted himself against the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? WHY AT NIGHT?
• READ 1 THESSALONIANS 52-3
• 2 You yourselves know perfectly that the day of
  the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
• 3 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
• READ 2 PETER 310
• 10 The day of the Lord will come as a thief in
  the night, in which the heavens will pass away
  with a great noise, and the elements will melt
  with fervent heat both the earth and the works
  that are in it will be burned up. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? WHY AT NIGHT?
• READ REVELATION 33
• 3 Remember therefore how you have received and
  heard hold fast and repent. Therefore if you
  will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief,
  and you will not know what hour I will come upon
  you.
• READ REVELATION 1615
• 15 Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he
  who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk
  naked and they see his shame. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.
• WHO HAS GONE TO THE TEMPLE? WHY?
• WHY ARE THE PEOPLE BALD AND SHAVEN?
• READ JEREMIAH 728-29
• 28 You shall say to them, This is a nation that
  does not obey the voice of the LORD their God nor
  receive correction. Truth has perished and has
  been cut off from their mouth.
• 29 Cut off your hair and cast it away and take
  up a lamentation on the desolate heights for the
  LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of
  His wrath. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 151-2

• 1 The burden against Moab. Because in the night
  Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because
  in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And
  destroyed,
• 2 He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the
  high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and
  over Medeba On all their heads will be baldness,
  And every beard cut off.
• WHY ARE THE PEOPLE BALD AND SHAVEN?
• READ JEREMIAH 4837-39
• 37 Every head shall be bald and every beard
  clipped. On all the hands shall be cuts and on
  the loins sackcloth.
• 38 A general lamentation On all the housetops of
  Moab And in its streets. For I have broken Moab
  like a vessel in which is no pleasure, says the
  LORD.
• 39 They shall wail How she is broken down! How
  Moab has turned her back with shame! So Moab
  shall be a derision And a dismay to all those
  about her. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice
  shall be heard as far as Jahaz Therefore the
  armed soldiers of Moab will cry out His life
  will be burdensome to him.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice
  shall be heard as far as Jahaz Therefore the
  armed soldiers of Moab will cry out His life
  will be burdensome to him.
• WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH?
• WHERE WAS HESHBON? ELEALEH? JAHAZ?
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH
• THE LAND OF MOAB?
• WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON?
• HOW LOUD WAS THEIR CRYING OUT?
• HOW DID THIS EFFECT THE SOLDIERS?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH?
• WHY DID JACOB PUT ON SACKCLOTH?
• READ GENESIS 3734-35
• 34 Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his
  waist, and mourned for his son many days.
• 35 And all his sons and all his daughters arose
  to comfort him but he refused to be comforted,
  and he said, For I shall go down into the grave
  to my son in mourning. Thus his father wept for
  him.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• WHY DID DAVID SAY TO JOAB AND THE PEOPLE?
• WHY?
• READ 2 SAMUEL 331-32
• 31 David said to Joab and to all the people who
  were with him, Tear your clothes, gird
  yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.
  And King David followed the coffin.
• 32 They buried Abner in Hebron and the king
  lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of
  Abner, and all the people wept. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• WHAT DID AHAB DO AND WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ 1 KINGS 2127-29
• 27 When Ahab heard those words, that he tore his
  clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted
  and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.
• 28 The word of the LORD came to Elijah the
  Tishbite, saying,
• 29 See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me?
  Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will
  not bring the calamity in his days. In the days
  of his son I will bring the calamity on his
  house.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH?
• READ EZEKIEL 717-18
• 17 Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will
  be as weak as water.
• 18 They will also be girded with sackcloth
  Horror will cover them Shame will be on every
  face, Baldness on all their heads. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• WHY WERE THEY CLOTHED IN SACKCLOTH?
• WHAT DID JOB DO AND WHY? WHAT DID HE SAY?
• READ JOB 120-22
• 20 Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head
  and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
• 21 And he said Naked I came from my mother's
  womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD
  gave, and the LORD has taken away Blessed be the
  name of the LORD.
• 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God
  with wrong. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice
  shall be heard as far as Jahaz Therefore the
  armed soldiers of Moab will cry out His life
  will be burdensome to him.
• WHERE WAS HESHBON? ELEALEH? JAHAZ?
• READ NUMBERS 2126
• 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the
  Amorites, who had fought against the former king
  of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand
  as far as the Arnon. NKJV
• READ NUMBERS 3237-38
• 37 The children of Reuben built Heshbon and
  Elealeh and Kirjathaim,
• 38 Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed)
  and Shibmah and they gave other names to the
  cities which they built.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice
  shall be heard as far as Jahaz Therefore the
  armed soldiers of Moab will cry out His life
  will be burdensome to him.
• WHERE WAS HESHBON? ELEALEH? JAHAZ?
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH
• THE LAND OF MOAB?
• WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 226-37

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH
• THE LAND OF MOAB?
• WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 226-37
• 26 I sent messengers from the Wilderness of
  Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of
  peace, saying,
• 27 Let me pass through your land I will keep
  strictly to the road, and I will turn neither to
  the right nor to the left.
• 28 You shall sell me food for money, that I may
  eat, and give me water for money, that I may
  drink only let me pass through on foot,
• 29 Just as the descendants of Esau who dwell in
  Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did for me,
  until I cross the Jordan to the land which the
  LORD our God is giving us.
• 30 Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass
  through, for the LORD your God hardened his
  spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He
  might deliver him into your hand, as it is this
  day.
• 31 The LORD said to me, See, I have begun to give
  Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess
  it, that you may inherit his land.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL TRIED TO PASS THROUGH
• THE LAND OF MOAB?
• WHO WAS KING OF HESHBON? SIHON?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 226-37
• 32 Sihon and all his people came out against us
  to fight at Jahaz.
• 33 The LORD our God delivered him over to us so
  we defeated him, his sons, and all his people.
• 34 We took all his cities at that time and we
  utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones
  of every city we left none remaining.
• 35 We took only the livestock as plunder for
  ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we
  took.
• 36 From Aroer, which is on the bank of the River
  Arnon, and from the city that is in the ravine,
  as far as Gilead, there was not one city too
  strong for us the LORD our God delivered all to
  us.
• 37 Only you did not go near the land of the
  people of Ammon anywhere along the River
  Jabbok, or to the cities of the mountains, or
  wherever the LORD our God had forbidden us. NKJV
• (NUMBERS 2121-32)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• WHAT HAPPENED TO SIHON, KING OF HESHBON,?
• READ NUMBERS 2124-26
• 24 Israel defeated him with the edge of the
  sword, and took possession of his land from the
  Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of
  Ammon for the border of the people of Ammon was
  fortified.
• 25 Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt
  in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and
  in all its villages.
• 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the
  Amorites, who had fought against the former king
  of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand
  as far as the Arnon. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN AND GAD WANT?
• WHY?
• READ NUMBERS 321-5
• 1 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad
  had a very great multitude of livestock and when
  they saw the land of Jazer and the land of
  Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for
  livestock,
• 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben
  came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest,
  and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
• 3 Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon,
  Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon,
• 4 The country which the LORD defeated before the
  congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock,
  and your servants have livestock.
• 5 Therefore they said, If we have found favor in
  your sight, let this land be given to your
  servants as a possession. Do not take us over the
  Jordan. NKJV (DEUTERONOMY 312-22)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• WHAT LAND DID MOSES GIVE THEM?
• READ NUMBERS 3233-38
• 33 Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the
  children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of
  Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon
  king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king
  of Bashan, the land with its cities within the
  borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
• 34 The children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth
  and Aroer,
• 35 Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah,
• 36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities,
  and folds for sheep.
• 37 The children of Reuben built Heshbon and
  Elealeh and Kirjathaim,
• 38 Nebo and Baal Meon (their names being changed)
  and Shibmah and they gave other names to the
  cities which they built.
• NKJV

37
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• WHAT LAND DID MOSES GIVE THEM?
• READ JOSHUA 1324-28
• 24 Moses had given an inheritance to the tribe of
  Gad, to the children of Gad according to their
  families.
• 25 Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities
  of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as
  far as Aroer, which is before Rabbah,
• 26 From Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and
  from Mahanaim to the border of Debir,
• 27 And in the valley Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah,
  Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of
  Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its
  border, as far as the edge of the Sea of
  Chinnereth, on the other side of the Jordan
  eastward.
• 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad
  according to their families, the cities and their
  villages. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 3 In their streets they will clothe themselves
  with sackcloth On the tops of their houses And
  in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping
  bitterly.
• 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice
  shall be heard as far as Jahaz Therefore the
  armed soldiers of Moab will cry out His life
  will be burdensome to him.
• WHY WERE THEY WAILING? WHO COULD HEAR THEM?
• HOW DID THIS EFFECT THE SOLDIERS OF MOAB?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 153-4

• 4 Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, Their voice
  shall be heard as far as Jahaz Therefore the
  armed soldiers of Moab will cry out His life
  will be burdensome to him.
• HOW DID THIS EFFECT THE SOLDIERS OF MOAB?
• READ JEREMIAH 482
• 2 No more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have
  devised evil against her Come, and let us cut
  her off as a nation. You also shall be cut down,
  O Madmen! The sword shall pursue you NKJV
• READ REVELATION 96
• 6 In those days men will seek death and will not
  find it they will desire to die, and death will
  flee from them. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 155-6

• 5 "My heart will cry out for Moab His fugitives
  shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.
  For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with
  weeping For in the way of Horonaim They will
  raise up a cry of destruction,
• 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For
  the green grass has withered away The grass
  fails, there is nothing green.

41
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 5 My heart will cry out for Moab His fugitives
  shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.
  For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with
  weeping For in the way of Horonaim They will
  raise up a cry of destruction,
• 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For
  the green grass has withered away The grass
  fails, there is nothing green.
• WHO IS CRYING OUT FOR MOAB? THE PROPHETS?
• WHAT ARE THEY CRYING OUT?
• WHAT IS THE ASCENT OF LUHITH?
• WHAT IS THE WAY OF HORONAIN?
• WHAT IS THE WATERS OF NIMRIM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 5 My heart will cry out for Moab His fugitives
  shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.
  For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with
  weeping For in the way of Horonaim They will
  raise up a cry of destruction,
• WHO IS CRYING OUT FOR MOAB? THE PROPHETS?
• READ JEREMIAH 4831-34
• 31 I will wail for Moab, And I will cry out for
  all Moab I will mourn for the men of Kir Heres.
• 32 O vine of Sibmah! I will weep for you with the
  weeping of Jazer. Your plants have gone over the
  sea, They reach to the sea of Jazer. The
  plunderer has fallen on your summer fruit and
  your vintage.
• 33 Joy and gladness are taken From the plentiful
  field And from the land of Moab I have caused
  wine to fail from the winepresses
• No one will tread with joyous shouting Not
  joyous shouting!
• 34 From the cry of Heshbon to Elealeh and to
  Jahaz They have uttered their voice, From Zoar to
  Horonaim, Like a three-year-old heifer For the
  waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 5 My heart will cry out for Moab His fugitives
  shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.
  For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with
  weeping For in the way of Horonaim They will
  raise up a cry of destruction,
• WHAT ARE THEY CRYING OUT?
• READ JEREMIAH 420-21
• 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried, For the
  whole land is plundered. Suddenly my tents are
  plundered, And my curtains in a moment.
• 21 How long will I see the standard, And hear the
  sound of the trumpet? NKJV

44
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 5 My heart will cry out for Moab His fugitives
  shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.
  For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with
  weeping For in the way of Horonaim They will
  raise up a cry of destruction,
• WHAT ARE THEY CRYING OUT?
• READ JEREMIAH 483-5
• 3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim
  Plundering and great destruction!
• 4 Moab is destroyed Her little ones have caused
  a cry to be heard
• 5 In the Ascent of Luhith they ascend with
  continual weeping
• In the descent of Horonaim the enemies have heard
  a cry of destruction. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 4839
• 39 They shall wail How she is broken down! How
  Moab has turned her back with shame! So Moab
  shall be a derision And a dismay to all those
  about her. NKJV

45
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 5 My heart will cry out for Moab His fugitives
  shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.
  For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with
  weeping For in the way of Horonaim They will
  raise up a cry of destruction,
• 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For
  the green grass has withered away The grass
  fails, there is nothing green.
• WHAT IS THE ASCENT OF LUHITH?
• A CITY ON A HILL LEADING UP TO THE TEMPLE?
• WHAT IS THE WATERS OF NIMRIM?
• PURE WATERS OF THE PLAINS S.E. OF THE DEAD SEA?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATERS OF NIMRIM?
• WHAT IS THE WAY OF HORONAIN?
• READ NEHEMIAH 210,19

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 5 My heart will cry out for Moab His fugitives
  shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer.
  For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with
  weeping For in the way of Horonaim They will
  raise up a cry of destruction,
• WHAT IS THE WAY OF HORONAIN?
• WHAT CITY WAS SANBALLAT FROM?
• READ NEHEMIAH 210
• 10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the
  Ammonite official heard of it, they were deeply
  disturbed that a man had come to seek the
  well-being of the children of Israel. NKJV
• READ NEHEMIAH 219
• 19 When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the
  Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of
  it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said,
  What is this thing that you are doing? Will you
  rebel against the king? NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For
  the green grass has withered away The grass
  fails, there is nothing green.
• WHAT HAPPEN TO THE WATERS OF NIMRIM? WHY?
• READ HOSEA 43
• 3 The land will mourn And everyone who dwells
  there will waste away With the beasts of the
  field And the birds of the air Even the fish of
  the sea will be taken away. NKJV
• READ JOEL 112
• 12 The vine has dried up, And the fig tree has
  withered The pomegranate tree, The palm tree
  also, And the apple tree All the trees of the
  field are withered Surely joy has withered away
  from the sons of men. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 6 For the waters of Nimrim will be desolate, For
  the green grass has withered away The grass
  fails, there is nothing green.
• WHAT HAPPEN TO THE WATERS OF NIMRIM? WHY?
• READ JEREMIAH 143-6
• 3 Their nobles have sent their lads for water
  They went to the cisterns and found no water.
  They returned with their vessels empty They were
  ashamed and confounded And covered their heads.
• 4 Because the ground is parched, For there was no
  rain in the land, The plowmen were ashamed They
  covered their heads.
• 5 Yes, the deer also gave birth in the field, But
  left because there was no grass.
• 6 And the wild donkeys stood in the desolate
  heights They sniffed at the wind like jackals
  Their eyes failed because there was no grass. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 157-9

• 7 Therefore the abundance they have gained, And
  what they have laid up, They will carry away to
  the Brook of the Willows.
• 8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of
  Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to
  Beer Elim.
• 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood
  Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon
  him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of
  the land." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 7 Therefore the abundance they have gained, And
  what they have laid up, They will carry away to
  the Brook of the Willows.
• 8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of
  Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to
  Beer Elim.
• 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood
  Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon
  him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of
  the land." NKJV
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ABUNDANCE THEY GAINED?
• WHERE IS THE BROOK OF THE WILLOWS?
• WHERE WAS EGLAIM? EN-EGLAIM?
• WHERE WAS BEER ELIM?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATERS OF DIMON?
• WHERE WAS DIMON? DIBON?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 155-6

• 7 Therefore the abundance they have gained, And
  what they have laid up, They will carry away to
  the Brook of the Willows.
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ABUNDANCE THEY GAINED?
• WHERE IS THE BROOK OF THE WILLOWS?
• READ JEREMIAH 4836
• 36 My heart shall wail like flutes for Moab, And
  like flutes My heart shall wail For the men of
  Kir Heres. The riches they have acquired have
  perished. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of
  Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to
  Beer Elim.
• WHERE WAS EGLAIM? EN-EGLAIM?
• TWO SPRINGS OF WATER NEAR
• WHERE THE JORDAN RIVER ENTERS THE DEAD SEA
• (EN-EGLAIM EN-GEDI)
• READ EZEKIEL 4710-11
• 10 It shall be that fishermen will stand by it
  from En Gedi to En Eglaim they will be places
  for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of
  the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea,
  exceedingly many.
• 11 But its swamps and marshes will not be healed
  they will be given over to salt. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 8 For the cry has gone all around the borders of
  Moab, Its wailing to Eglaim And its wailing to
  Beer Elim.
• WHERE WAS BEER ELIM?
• READ NUMBERS 2114-18
• 14 It is said in the Book of the Wars of the
  LORD Waheb in Suphah, The brooks of the Arnon,
• 15 The slope of the brooks That reaches to the
  dwelling of Ar,
• And lies on the border of Moab.
• 16 From there they went to Beer, which is the
  well where the LORD said to Moses, Gather the
  people together, and I will give them water.
• 17 Israel sang this song Spring up, O well! All
  of you sing to it
• 18 The well the leaders sank, Dug by the nation's
  nobles, By the lawgiver, with their staves. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood
  Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon
  him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of
  the land." NKJV
• WHERE WAS DIMON? DIBON?
• READ NUMBERS 322-4
• 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben
  came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest,
  and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,
• 3 Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon,
  Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon,
• 4 The country which the LORD defeated before the
  congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock
  and your servants have livestock. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 4818
• 18 O daughter inhabiting Dibon, Come down from
  your glory,
• And sit in thirst For the plunderer of Moab has
  come against you,
• He has destroyed your strongholds. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood
  Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon
  him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of
  the land." NKJV
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE ISRAELITES?
• READ LEVITICUS 2622
• 22 I will send wild beasts among you, which shall
  rob you of your children, destroy your livestock,
  and make you few in number and your highways
  shall be desolate.
• READ 2 KINGS 1725
• 25 At the beginning of their dwelling there, that
  they did not fear the LORD therefore the LORD
  sent lions among them, which killed some of
  them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood
  Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon
  him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of
  the land." NKJV
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• READ JEREMIAH 47
• 7 The lion has come up from his thicket, And the
  destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone
  forth from his place To make your land desolate.
  Your cities will be laid waste, Without
  inhabitant.
• READ JEREMIAH 56
• 6 A lion from the forest shall slay them, A wolf
  of the deserts shall destroy them A leopard will
  watch over their cities. Everyone who goes out
  from there shall be torn in pieces, Because their
  transgressions are many Their backslidings have
  increased. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood
  Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon
  him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of
  the land." NKJV
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• READ JEREMIAH 153-4
• 3 I will appoint over them four forms of
  destruction, says the LORD the sword to slay,
  the dogs to drag, the birds of the heavens and
  the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.
• 4 I will hand them over to trouble, to all
  kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the
  son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did
  in Jerusalem. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 157-9

• 9 For the waters of Dimon will be full of blood
  Because I will bring more upon Dimon, Lions upon
  him who escapes from Moab, And on the remnant of
  the land." NKJV
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO ESCAPE?
• READ EZEKIEL 258-11
• 8 Thus says the Lord GOD Because Moab and Seir
  say, Look! The house of Judah is like all the
  nations,
• 9 Therefore, behold, I will clear the territory
  of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier,
  the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal
  Meon, and Kirjathaim.
• 10 To the men of the East I will give it as a
  possession, together with the Ammonites, that the
  Ammonites may not be remembered among the
  nations.
• 11 I will execute judgments upon Moab and they
  shall know that I am the LORD. NKJV

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