ISAIAH CHAPTER FIVE

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER FIVE

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ASSYRIAN EMPIRE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?
MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE CYRUS (539-530BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)? DARIUS (521-486BC)? AHASUERUS (486-464BC)? ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)? NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?
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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (800-750BC)? AMOS (786-746BC)? JOEL (770BC)? MICAH (750-686BC)? HOSEA (748-690BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (663-612BC)? ZEPHANIAH (640-609BC)? HABAKKUK (627BC)? JEREMIAH (626-586BC)? OBADIAH (605BC)? DANIEL (604-555BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? MALACHI (542-516BC)? HAGGAI (538-520BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-480BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? CYRUS (539-530BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (521-486BC)?
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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIVE

• THE LORDS TENDER CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE V. 1-7
• SIN OF COVETOUSNESS INTEMPERANCE V. 8-12
• NECESSARY CONSEQUENCES OF JUDGMENT V. 13-17
• LISTS OF WOES AND VENGEANCE V. 18-24
• THE LORDS ARMIES HASTEN TO HIS STANDARD V.
  25-27
• THE LAND IS LEFT DESOLATE AND DARK V. 28-30

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READ ISAIAH 51-2

• 1 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my
  Beloved regarding His vineyard My Well-beloved
  has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 51-2

• 1 Now Let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my
  Beloved regarding His vineyard My Well-beloved
  has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, He
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst and also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes.
• WHO IS MY WELL-BELOVED?
• WHAT DID HE DO?
• WHAT WAS THIS VINEYARD?
• WHAT DID HE EXPECT FROM IT?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 51-2

• 1 Now Let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my
  Beloved regarding His vineyard My Well-beloved
  has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.
• WHO IS MY WELL-BELOVED?
• READ MATTHEW 317
• 17 Suddenly a voice came from heaven, Saying,
  This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well
  pleased. NKJV
• READ MATTHEW 175
• 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright
  cloud overshadowed them. And suddenly a voice
  came out of the cloud, Saying, This is My beloved
  Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him! NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 51-2

• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, He
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst and also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes.
• WHAT DID HE DO? WHAT WAS THIS VINEYARD?
• READ EXODUS 1517
• 17 You will bring them in and plant them In the
  mountain of Your inheritance, In the place, O
  LORD, which You have made
• For Your own dwelling, The sanctuary, O LORD,
  which Your hands have established. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 808-9
• 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt. You have
  cast out the nations and planted it.
• 9 You prepared room for it And caused it to take
  deep root.
• And it filled the land. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 51-2

• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, He
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst and also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes.
• WHAT DID HE DO? WHAT WAS THIS VINEYARD?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3232-33
• 32 Their vine is of the vine of Sodom And of the
  fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of
  gall, Their clusters are bitter.
• 33 Their wine is the poison of serpents And the
  cruel venom of cobras. NKJV
• READ SONG OF SOLOMON 811-12
• 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He
  leased the vineyard to keepers. Everyone was to
  bring for its fruit a thousand silver coins.
• 12 My own vineyard is before me. You, O Solomon,
  may have a thousand And those who tend its fruit
  two hundred. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 51-2

• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, He
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst and also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes.
• WHAT WAS THIS VINEYARD?
• READ JEREMIAH 221
• 21 I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of
  highest quality.
• How then have you turned before Me Into the
  degenerate plant of an alien vine? NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 1210
• 10 Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They
  have trodden My portion underfoot. They have made
  My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. NKJV

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WHAT DID HE EXPECT FROM HIS VINEYARD?

• READ MATTHEW 2133-40
• 33 Hear another parable There was a certain
  landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge
  around it, dug a winepress in it and built a
  tower. He leased it to vinedressers and went into
  a far country.
• 34 When vintage-time drew near, he sent his
  servants to the vinedressers, that they might
  receive its fruit.
• 35 The vinedressers took his servants, beat one,
  killed one, and stoned another.
• 36 Again he sent other servants, more than the
  first. And they did likewise to them.
• 37 Then last of all he sent his son to them,
  Saying, They will respect my son.
• 38 But when the vinedressers saw the son, they
  said among themselves, This is the heir. Come,
  let us kill him and seize his inheritance.
• 39 They took him, cast him out of the vineyard
  and killed him.
• 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard
  comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?
  (MARK 121-11 LUKE 209-19)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 51-2

• 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, He
  planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
  tower in its midst and also made a winepress in
  it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
  But it brought forth wild grapes.
• WHAT WAS THIS VINEYARD?
• READ JOHN 151-2
• 1 I am the true vine and My Father is the
  vinedresser.
• 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He
  takes away. And every branch that bears fruit He
  prunes, that it may bear more fruit. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 53-6

• 3 "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of
  Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
• 4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
  That I have not done in it? Why then, when I
  expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it
  bring forth wild grapes?
• 5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds That they rain no
  rain on it."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 53-6

• 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of
  Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
• 4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
  That I have not done in it? Why then, when I
  expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it
  bring forth wild grapes?
• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM TO JUDGE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD EXPECT?
• WHAT DID THE VINEYARD YIELD?
• WHAT WILL HE DO WITH HIS VINEYARD?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 53-6

• 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of
  Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM TO JUDGE?
• READ MATTHEW 2140-43
• 40 When the owner of the vineyard comes what will
  he do to those vinedressers?
• 41 They said to Him He will destroy those wicked
  men miserably and lease his vineyard to other
  vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in
  their seasons.
• 42 Jesus said to them Have you never read in the
  Scriptures
• The stone which the builders rejected Has become
  the chief cornerstone. This was the LORDS doing
  and it is marvelous in our eyes?
• 43 Therefore I say to you the kingdom of God will
  be taken from you and given to a nation bearing
  the fruits of it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
  That I have not done in it? Why then, when I
  expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it
  bring forth wild grapes?
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM TO JUDGE?
• WHAT MORE COULD THE LORD HAVE DONE?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3615-16
• (2 KINGS 251-21 JEREMIAH 524-30)
• 15 The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to
  them by His messengers. Rising up early and
  sending them. Because He had compassion on His
  people and on His dwelling place.
• 16 But they mocked the messengers of God despised
  His words and scoffed at His prophets. Until the
  wrath of the LORD arose against His people Until
  there was no remedy. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
  That I have not done in it? Why then, when I
  expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it
  bring forth wild grapes?
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM TO JUDGE?
• WHAT MORE COULD THE LORD HAVE DONE?
• READ JEREMIAH 25-7
• 5 Thus says the LORD What injustice have your
  fathers found in Me. That they have gone far from
  Me, Have followed idols and Have become
  idolaters?
• 6 Neither did they say Where is the LORD Who
  brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led
  us through the wilderness, Through a land of
  deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and
  the shadow of death, Through a land that no one
  crossed and where no one dwelt?
• 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 54-6

• 4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
  That I have not done in it? Why then, when I
  expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it
  bring forth wild grapes?
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM TO JUDGE?
• WHAT MORE COULD THE LORD HAVE DONE?
• READ MICAH 63-4
• 3 O My people, What have I done to you? How have
  I wearied you? Testify against Me.
• 4 I brought you up from the land of Egypt. I
  redeemed you from the house of bondage. I sent
  before you Moses, Aaron and Miriam. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 221
• 21 I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of
  highest quality.
• How then have you turned before Me into the
  degenerate plant of an alien vine? NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3620-21
• 20 Those who escaped from the sword he carried
  away to Babylon, where they became servants to
  him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of
  Persia,
• 21 To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth
  of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her
  Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept
  Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD?
• READ PSALMS 8012-13
• 12 Why have You broken down her hedges So that
  all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
• 13 The boar out of the woods uproots it And the
  wild beast of the field devours it. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 1210
• 10 Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard. They
  have trodden My portion underfoot. They have made
  My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD?
• READ JEREMIAH 3421-22
• 21 I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his
  princes into the hand of their enemies Into the
  hand of those who seek their life And Into the
  hand of the king of Babylon's army which has gone
  back from you.
• 22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD And
  cause them to return to this city. They will
  fight against it and take it and burn it with
  fire. I will make the cities of Judah a
  desolation without inhabitant. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHATWILLTHE LORD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD?
• READ LAMENTATIONS 115
• 15 The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty
  men in my midst. He has called an assembly
  against me to crush my young men. The Lord
  trampled as in a winepress the virgin daughter of
  Judah. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD?
• READ HOSEA 212-13
• 12 I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, Of
  which she has said, These are my wages that my
  lovers have given me. I will make them a forest
  and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
• 13 I will punish her for the days of the Baals to
  which she burned incense. She decked herself with
  her earrings and jewelry,
• and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,
  Says the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT WILLTHE LORD DO WITH HIS VINEYARD?
• READ MICAH 710
• 10 Then she who is my enemy will see And shame
  will cover her who said to me Where is the LORD
  your God? My eyes will see her. She will be
  trampled down Like mud in the streets. NKJV
• READ MALACHI 43
• 3 You shall trample the wicked. They shall be
  ashes under the soles of your feet on the day
  that I do this, Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD LAY WASTE? WHY?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ GENESIS 613
• (HEBREWS 117 1 PETER 320)
• 13 God said to Noah The end of all flesh has
  come before Me. For the earth is filled with
  violence through them. Behold, I will destroy
  them with the earth. NKJV
• READ LEVITICUS 2632
• 32 I will bring the land to desolation And your
  enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at
  it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• 5 And now, Please let Me tell you what I will do
  to My vineyard I will take away its hedge, and
  it shall be burned And break down its wall, and
  it shall be trampled down.
• 6 I will lay it waste It shall not be pruned or
  dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I
  will also command the clouds that they rain no
  rain on it.
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD LAY WASTE? WHY?
• DID THE LORD WANT THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2824
• 24 The LORD will change the rain of your land to
  powder and dust. From the heaven it shall come
  down on you until you are destroyed. NKJV
• READ 2 SAMUEL 236-7
• 6 The sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns
  thrust away Because they cannot be taken with
  hands.
• 7 The man who touches them Must be armed with
  iron and the shaft of a spear. And they shall be
  utterly burned with fire in their place. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 54-6

• WHAT WAS THE LORDS VINEYARD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD LAY WASTE?
• READ JOEL 110
• 10 The field is wasted. The land mourns. For The
  grain is ruined. The new wine is dried up. The
  oil fails. NKJV
• READ AMOS 811
• 11 Behold the days are coming says the Lord GOD
  That I will send a famine on the land Not a
  famine of bread Nor a thirst for water But of
  hearing the words of the LORD. NKJV
• READ AMOS 47
• 7 I withheld rain from you When there were still
  three months to the harvest. I made it rain on
  one city. I withheld rain from another city. One
  part was rained upon And where it did not rain
  the part withered. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 57-10

• 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the
  house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His
  pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but
  behold, oppression For righteousness, but
  behold, a cry for help.
• 8 Woe to those who join house to house They add
  field to field, Till there is no place Where they
  may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
• 9 In my hearing the LORD of hosts said, "Truly,
  many houses shall be desolate, Great and
  beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
• 10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one
  bath, And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 57-10

• 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the
  house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His
  pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but
  behold, oppression For righteousness, but
  behold, a cry for help.
• 8 Woe to those who join house to house They add
  field to field, Til there is no place Where they
  may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
• 9 In my hearing the LORD of hosts said, Truly,
  many houses shall be desolate, Great and
  beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
• 10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one
  bath, And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.
  
• WHAT IS THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD CALL THE MEN OF JUDAH?
• WHAT WAS THE LORD LOOKING FOR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD BEHOLD?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 57-10

• 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the
  house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His
  pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but
  behold, oppression For righteousness, but
  behold, a cry for help.
• WHAT WAS THE LORD LOOKING FOR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD BEHOLD?
• READ PSALMS 808-9
• 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt. You have
  cast out the nations and planted it.
• 9 You prepared room for it And caused it to take
  deep root.
• And it filled the land. NKJV
• READ AMOS 32
• 2 You only have I known of all the families of
  the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all
  your iniquities. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 57-10

• 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the
  house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His
  pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but
  behold, oppression For righteousness, but
  behold, a cry for help.
• WHAT WAS THE LORD LOOKING FOR?
• WHAT DID THE LORD BEHOLD?
• READ EZEKIEL 99
• 9 He said to me, The iniquity of the house of
  Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land
  is full of bloodshed. And The city full of
  perversity. They say, The LORD has forsaken the
  land and the LORD does not see! NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 2229-31
• 29 The people of the land have used oppressions
  Committed robbery and Mistreated the poor and
  needy. And They wrongfully oppress the
  stranger. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 57-10

• 8 Woe to those who join house to house. They add
  field to field, Until there is no place where
  they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
• WHAT HAD THEY DONE?
• READ JEREMIAH 2213
• 13 Woe to him who builds his house by
  unrighteousness
• And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his
  neighbor's service without wages And gives him
  nothing for his work. NKJV
• READ MICAH 22
• 2 They covet fields and take them by violence,
  Also houses and seize them. They oppress a man
  and his house, A man and his inheritance. NKJV
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 57-10

• 8 Woe to those who join house to house They add
  field to field, Til there is no place Where they
  may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ LEVITICUS 2513-17
• 13 In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall
  return to his possession.
• 14 If you sell anything to your neighbor or buy
  from your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress
  one another.
• 15 According to the number of years after the
  Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. And
  according to the number of years of crops he
  shall sell to you.
• 16 According to the multitude of years you shall
  increase its price. And according to the fewer
  number of years you shall diminish its price. For
  he sells to you according to the number of the
  years of the crops.
• 17 Therefore you shall not oppress one another,
  but you shall fear your God. For I am the LORD
  your God. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 57-10

• 8 Woe to those who join house to house They add
  field to field, Til there is no place Where they
  may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ HABAKKUK 29-12
• 9 Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house
  That he may set his nest on high That he may be
  delivered from the power of disaster!
• 10 You give shameful counsel to your house
  Cutting off many peoples And Sin against your
  soul.
• 11 For The stone will cry out from the wall And
  The beam from the timbers will answer it.
• 12 Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
  Who establishes a city by iniquity! NKJV

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WHO WERE THEY OPPRESSING?

• READ NEHEMIAH 53-8
• 3 There were some who said We have mortgaged our
  lands and vineyards and houses that we might buy
  grain because of the famine.
• 4 There were also those who said We have borrowed
  money for the king's tax on our lands and
  vineyards.
• 5 Our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren Our
  children as their children. Indeed We are forcing
  our sons and our daughters to be slaves and Some
  of our daughters have been brought into slavery.
  It is not in our power to redeem them For Other
  men have our lands and vineyards.
• 6 I became very angry when I heard their outcry
  and these words.
• 7 After serious thought I rebuked the nobles and
  rulers. And I said to them Each of you is
  exacting usury from his brother. I called a great
  assembly against them.
• 8 I said to them According to our ability we have
  redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the
  nations. Now indeed, Will you even sell your
  brethren? Or Should they be sold to us? NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 57-10

• 9 In my hearing the LORD of hosts said, Truly,
  many houses shall be desolate, Great and
  beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
• 10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one
  bath, And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.
  
• WHAT WAS THE LORDS JUDGMENT UPON THEM?
• READ LEVITICUS 2626
• 26 When I cut off your supply of bread Ten women
  shall bake your bread in one oven. They shall
  bring back your bread by weight. And You shall
  eat and not be satisfied. NKJV
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2838
• 38 You shall carry much seed out to the field But
  Gather little in For The locust shall consume
  it. NKJV

37
READ ISAIAH 511-12

• 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
  That they may follow intoxicating drink Who
  continue until night, till wine inflames them!
• 12 The harp and the strings, The tambourine and
  flute, And wine are in their feasts But they do
  not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the
  operation of His hands.

38
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 511-12

• 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
  That they may follow intoxicating drink Who
  continue until night, till wine inflames them!
• 12 The harp and the strings, The tambourine and
  flute, And wine are in their feasts But they do
  not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the
  operation of His hands.
• WHO HAS WOES? DRUNKARD?
• WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING ALL DAY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT DRUNKENNESS?

39
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 511-12

• 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
  That they may follow intoxicating drink Who
  continue until night, till wine inflames them!
• 12 The harp and the strings, The tambourine and
  flute, And wine are in their feasts But they do
  not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the
  operation of His hands.
• WHO HAS WOES?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT DRUNKENNESS?
• LEVITES? READ LEVITICUS 109
• 9 Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, You
  Nor your sons with you, When you go into the
  tabernacle of meeting, Lest you die. It shall be
  a statute forever throughout your
  generations, NKJV
• NAZARITE? READ NUMBERS 62-3
• 3 He shall separate himself from wine and similar
  drink. He shall drink neither vinegar made from
  wine Nor vinegar made from similar drink. Neither
  shall he drink any grape juice Nor eat fresh
  grapes or raisins. NKJV

40
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 511-12

• WHAT DID THE ANGEL OF GOD TELL SAMSONS MOTHER?
• READ JUDGES 134-7
• 4 Please be careful not to drink wine or similar
  drink and not to eat anything unclean.
• 5 Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No
  razor shall come upon his head, for the child
  shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He
  shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of
  the Philistines.
• 6 The woman came and told her husband, saying, A
  Man of God came to me And His countenance was
  like the countenance of the Angel of God, Very
  awesome. But I did not ask Him where He was from
  And He did not tell me His name.
• 7 He said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and
  bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink
  Nor eat anything unclean For the child shall be a
  Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his
  death. NKJV

41
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 511-12

• 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
  That they may follow intoxicating drink Who
  continue until night, till wine inflames them!
• 12 The harp and the strings, The tambourine and
  flute, And wine are in their feasts But they do
  not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the
  operation of His hands.
• WHO HAS WOES? DRUNKARD?
• READ PROVERBS 2329-30
• 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has
  contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds
  without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
• 30 Those who linger long at the wine. Those who
  go in search of mixed wine. NKJV
• READ ECCLESIASTES 1016-17
• 16 Woe to you, O land, When your king is a child
  And Your princes feast in the morning!
• 17 Blessed are you, O land, When your king is the
  son of nobles And Your princes feast at the
  proper time. For strength and not for
  drunkenness! NKJV

42
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 511-12

• 11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
  That they may follow intoxicating drink Who
  continue until night, till wine inflames them!
• 12 The harp and the strings, The tambourine and
  flute, And wine are in their feasts But they do
  not regard the work of the LORD, Nor consider the
  operation of His hands.
• WHO HAS WOES? DRUNKARD?
• READ AMOS 63-6
• 3 Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who
  cause the seat of violence to come near
• 4 Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your
  couches, Eat lambs from the flock And Calves from
  the midst of the stall
• 5 Who sing idly to the sound of stringed
  instruments And Invent for yourselves musical
  instruments like David
• 6 Who drink wine from bowls And Anoint yourselves
  with the best ointments, But Are not grieved for
  the affliction of Joseph. NKJV

43
READ ISAIAH 513-15

• 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
  Because they have no knowledge Their honorable
  men are famished, And their multitude dried up
  with thirst.
• 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened
  its mouth beyond measure Their glory and their
  multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant,
  shall descend into it.
• 15 People shall be brought down, Each man shall
  be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be
  humbled.

44
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 513-15

• 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
  Because they have no knowledge Their honorable
  men are famished, And their multitude dried up
  with thirst.
• 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened
  its mouth beyond measure Their glory and their
  multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant,
  shall descend into it.
• 15 People shall be brought down, Each man shall
  be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be
  humbled.
• WHY ARE THE LORDS PEOPLE IN CAPTIVITY?
• WHERE IS SHEOL? WHY IS SHEOL ENLARGED?
• WHO SHALL DESCEND INTO IT? WHY?
• WHO SHALL BE HUMBELED?

45
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 513-15

• 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
  Because they have no knowledge Their honorable
  men are famished, And their multitude dried up
  with thirst.
• WHY ARE THE LORDS PEOPLE IN CAPTIVITY?
• READ PSALMS 1074-5
• 4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate
  way. They found no city to dwell in.
• 5 Hungry and thirsty Their soul fainted in them.
  NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 1021
• 21 The lips of the righteous feed many But Fools
  die for lack of wisdom. NKJV

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 513-15

• 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
  Because they have no knowledge Their honorable
  men are famished, And their multitude dried up
  with thirst.
• WHY ARE THE LORDS PEOPLE IN CAPTIVITY?
• READ HOSEA 46
• 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
  Because You have rejected knowledge I also will
  reject you from being priest for Me. Because You
  have forgotten the law of your God I also will
  forget your children. NKJV
• READ HABAKKUK 25
• 5 Indeed Because He transgresses by wine He is a
  proud man and He does not stay at home. Because
  He enlarges his desire as hell and he is like
  death and cannot be satisfied He gathers to
  himself all nations and heaps up for himself all
  peoples. NKJV

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 513-15

• 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened
  its mouth beyond measure Their glory and their
  multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant,
  shall descend into it.
• 15 People shall be brought down, Each man shall
  be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be
  humbled.
• WHERE IS SHEOL? WHY IS SHEOL ENLARGED?
• WHO SHALL DESCEND INTO IT? WHY?
• READ NUMBERS 1530
• 30 The person who does anything presumptuously
  Whether he is native-born or a stranger That One
  brings reproach on the LORD and He shall be cut
  off from among his people. NKJV
• READ NUMBERS 1630
• 30 If the LORD creates a new thing and The earth
  opens its mouth and Swallows them up with all
  that belongs to them and They go down alive into
  the pit Then You will understand that these men
  have rejected the LORD. NKJV

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 513-15

• 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened
  its mouth beyond measure Their glory and their
  multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant,
  shall descend into it.
• 15 People shall be brought down, Each man shall
  be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be
  humbled.
• WHERE IS SHEOL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3222
• 22 A fire is kindled in My anger And Shall burn
  to the lowest hell. It shall consume the earth
  with her increase And Set on fire the foundations
  of the mountains. NKJV
• READ JOB 1021-22
• 21 I go to the place from which I shall not
  return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of
  death,
• 22 A land as dark as darkness itself As the
  shadow of death without any order, Where even the
  light is like darkness. NKJV

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 513-15

• 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened
  its mouth beyond measure Their glory and their
  multitude and their pomp, And he who is jubilant,
  shall descend into it.
• 15 People shall be brought down, Each man shall
  be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be
  humbled.
• WHERE IS SHEOL?
• READ PSALMS 1397-8
• 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or Where can I
  flee from Your presence?
• 8 If I ascend into heaven You are there. If I
  make my bed in Hell Behold, You are there. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 918
• 18 He does not know that the dead are there That
  Her guests are in the depths of Hell. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 3016
• 16 The grave, The barren womb, The earth That is
  not satisfied with water And The fire never says,
  Enough! NKJV

50
READ ISAIAH 516-17

• 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in
  judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed
  in righteousness.
• 17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
  And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers
  shall eat.

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 516-17

• 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in
  judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed
  in righteousness.
• 17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
  And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers
  shall eat.
• WHO SHALL BE EXALTED? HALLOWED?
• WHAT SHALL HAPPEN TO THE LAMBS?

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 516-17

• 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in
  judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed
  in righteousness.
• 17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
  And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers
  shall eat.
• WHO SHALL BE EXALTED? HALLOWED?
• READ LEVITICUS 103
• 3 Moses said to Aaron, This is what the LORD
  spoke, saying
• By those who come near Me I must be regarded as
  holy And Before all the people I must be
  glorified. So Aaron held his peace. NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 3623
• 23 I will sanctify My great name, which has been
  profaned among the nations, which you have
  profaned in their midst And the nations shall
  know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, When
  I am hallowed in you before their eyes. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 516-17

• 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in
  judgment, And God who is holy shall be hallowed
  in righteousness.
• 17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
  And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers
  shall eat.
• WHAT SHALL HAPPEN TO THE LAMBS?
• READ ZEPHANIAH 26
• 6 The seacoast shall be pastures With shelters
  for shepherds and folds for flocks.
• 7 The coast shall be for the remnant of the house
  of Judah. They shall feed their flocks there. In
  the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at
  evening. For The LORD their God will intervene
  for them and return their captives. NKJV
• READ ZEPHANIAH 213-14
• 13 He will stretch out His hand against the
  north, Destroy Assyria And make Nineveh a
  desolation, As dry as the wilderness.
• 14 The herds shall lie down in her midst Every
  beast of the nation. Both the pelican and the
  bittern Shall lodge on the capitals of her
  pillars. Their voice shall sing in the windows.
  Desolation shall be at the threshold. For He will
  lay bare the cedar work. NKJV

54
READ ISAIAH 518-19

• 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of
  vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope
• 19 That say, "Let Him make speed and hasten His
  work, That we may see it And let the counsel of
  the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That
  we may know it."

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 518-19

• 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of
  vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope
• 19 That say, Let Him make speed and hasten His
  work, that we may see it And let the counsel of
  the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That
  we may know it.
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
• WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
• HOW DID THE LORD LEAD THEM?
• WHAT WERE THE PROPHETS DOING?
• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• DO THEY REALLY WANT THE LORD TO DRAW NEAR?

56
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 518-19

• 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of
  vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope
• 19 That say, Let Him make speed and hasten His
  work, that we may see it And let the counsel of
  the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That
  we may know it.
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
• HOW DID THE LORD LEAD THEM?
• READ HOSEA 114
• 4 I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of
  love. I was to them as those who take the yoke
  from their neck. I stooped and fed them. NKJV
• WHAT WERE THE PROPHETS DOING?
• READ JEREMIAH 2314
• 14 I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets
  of Jerusalem
• They commit adultery and walk in lies They also
  strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one
  turns back from his wickedness.
• All of them are like Sodom to Me, And her
  inhabitants like Gomorrah. NKJV

57
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 518-19

• 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of
  vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope
• 19 That say, Let Him make speed and hasten His
  work, that we may see it And let the counsel of
  the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That
  we may know it.
• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• DO THEY REALLY WANT THE LORD TO DRAW NEAR?
• READ GENESIS 423-24
• 23 Lamech said to his wives Adah and Zillah,
  hear my voice.
• Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech! I have
  killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man
  for hurting me.
• 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Then
  Lamech seventy-sevenfold. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 1715
• 15 Indeed they say to me, Where is the word of
  the LORD?
• Let it come now! NKJV

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 518-19

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?
• READ EZEKIEL 1221-25
• 21 The word of the LORD came to me, Saying,
• 22 Son of man, What is this proverb that you
  people have about the land of Israel, Which says,
  The days are prolonged and Every vision fails?
• 23 Tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD I will lay
  this proverb to rest and They shall no more use
  it as a proverb in Israel. But Say to them, The
  days are at hand and the fulfillment of every
  vision.
• 24 No more shall there be any false vision or
  flattering divination within the house of Israel.
• 25 I am the LORD. I speak and the word which I
  speak will come to pass. It will no more be
  postponed. For in your days, O rebellious house I
  will say the word and perform it, says the Lord
  GOD. NKJV

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 518-19

• 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of
  vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope
• 19 That say, Let Him make speed and hasten His
  work, that we may see it And let the counsel of
  the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That
  we may know it.
• WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
• HOW DID PETER EXPLAIN THIS?
• READ 2 PETER 34-5
• 4 Knowing this first That scoffers will come in
  the last days, walking according to their own
  lusts,
• 5 Saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For
  Since the fathers fell asleep, All things
  continue as they were from the beginning of
  creation.

60
READ ISAIAH 520-23

• 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good
  evil Who put darkness for light, and light for
  darkness Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
  bitter!
• 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
  And prudent in their own sight!
• 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men
  valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
• 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take
  away justice from the righteous man!

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good
  evil Who put darkness for light, and light for
  darkness Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
  bitter!
• 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
  And prudent in their own sight!
• 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men
  valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
• 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take
  away justice from the righteous man!
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT CALL EVIL GOOD GOOD
  EVIL?
• WHO ARE THE WISE AND PRUDENT?
• WHAT IS THE WARNING TO THOSE WHO DRINK STRONG
  DRINKS?
• WHAT DOES STRONG DRINK CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THEM NOT TO DO?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• WHAT DOES FIRE DO TO STUBBLE AND CHAFF?

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good
  evil Who put darkness for light, and light for
  darkness Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
  bitter!
• WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT CALL EVIL GOOD GOOD
  EVIL?
• WOULD GOD SLAY THE RIGHTEOUS WITH THE WICKED?
• READ GENESIS 1825
• 25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this
  To slay the righteous with the wicked So that The
  righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it from
  You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do
  right? NKJV
• DID MICAIAH PROPHESY GOOD OR EVIL?
• READ 1 KINGS 228
• 8 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There
  is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by
  whom we may inquire of the LORD. I hate him
  Because He does not prophesy good concerning me,
  But Evil. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good
  evil Who put darkness for light, and light for
  darkness Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
  bitter!
• WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY?
• READ JEREMIAH 219
• 19 Your own wickedness will correct you. Your
  backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and
  see that it is an evil and bitter thing That You
  have forsaken the LORD your God And The fear of
  Me is not in you Says the Lord GOD of hosts.
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 418
• 18 Your ways and your doings Have procured these
  things for you. This is your wickedness Because
  it is bitter And Because it reaches to your
  heart. NKJV
• WHAT DID AMOS SAY?
• READ AMOS 57
• 7 You who turn justice to wormwood And Lay
  righteousness to rest in the earth! NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
  And prudent in their own sight!
• WHO ARE THE WISE AND PRUDENT?
• READ PROVERBS 37
• 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD
  and depart from evil. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 2612
• 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There
  is more hope for a fool than for him. NKJV

65
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
  And prudent in their own sight!
• WHO ARE THE WISE AND PRUDENT?
• READ ROMANS 1216
• 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not
  set your mind on high things But associate with
  the humble. Do not be wise in your own
  opinion. NKJV
• READ 1 CORINTHIANS 318-21
• 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among
  you seems to be wise in this age Let him become a
  fool That He may become wise.
• 19 The wisdom of this world is foolishness with
  God. It is written He catches the wise in their
  own craftiness.
• 20 Again The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise
  that They are futile. NKJV

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men
  valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
• 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take
  away justice from the righteous man!
• WHAT IS THE WARNING TO THOSE WHO DRINK STRONG
  DRINKS?
• WHAT DOES STRONG DRINK CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 2536
• 36 Abigail went to Nabal and There he was Holding
  a feast in his house, Like the feast of a king.
  Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was
  very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing,
  little or much, until morning light. NKJV
• READ SONG OF SOLOMON 82
• 2 I I would lead you and bring you Into the house
  of my mother
• She who used to instruct me. I would cause you to
  drink of spiced wine Of the juice of my
  pomegranate. NKJV

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men
  valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
• 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take
  away justice from the righteous man!
• WHAT DOES STRONG DRINK CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• READ PROVERBS 2320-21
• 20 Do not mix with winebibbers Or with gluttonous
  eaters of meat.
• 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to
  poverty And drowsiness will clothe a man with
  rags. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 314-5
• 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for
  kings to drink wine,
• Nor for princes intoxicating drink.
• 5 Lest they drink and forget the law And pervert
  the justice of all the afflicted. NKJV

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• WHAT DOES STRONG DRINK CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• READ PROVERBS 92-5
• 2 She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her
  wine. She has also furnished her table.
• 3 She has sent out her maidens. She cries out
  from the highest places of the city.
• 4 Whoever is simple, Let him turn in here! As for
  him who lacks understanding, She says to him,
• 5 Come, eat of my bread And Drink of the wine I
  have mixed.
• READ JEREMIAH 718-19
• 18 The children gather wood. The fathers kindle
  the fire. And The women knead dough to make cakes
  for the queen of heaven. They pour out drink
  offerings to other gods That They may provoke Me
  to anger.
• 19 Do they provoke Me to anger? Says the LORD. Do
  they not provoke themselves To the shame of their
  own faces? NKJV

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men
  valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
• 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take
  away justice from the righteous man!
• WHAT DOES STRONG DRINK CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THEM NOT TO DO?
• READ EXODUS 237-8
• 8 You shall take no bribe For A bribe blinds the
  discerning and perverts the words of the
  righteous. NKJV
• READ AMOS 512
• 12 I know your manifold transgressions And your
  mighty sins
• Afflicting the just and taking bribes Diverting
  the poor from justice at the gate. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 520-23

• 22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men
  valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
• 23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take
  away justice from the righteous man!
• WHAT DOES STRONG DRINK CAUSE THEM TO DO?
• READ PSALMS 9421
• 21 They gather together against the life of the
  righteous And Condemn innocent blood. NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 2212
• 12 They take bribes to shed blood You take usury
  and increase You have made profit from your
  neighbors by extortion and Have forgotten Me Says
  the Lord GOD. NKJV

71
READ ISAIAH 524-25

• 24 Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble,
  And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root
  will be as rottenness, And their blossom will
  ascend like dust Because they have rejected the
  law of the LORD of hosts, And despised the word
  of the Holy One of Israel.
• 25 Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused
  against His people He has stretched out His hand
  against them And stricken them, And the hills
  trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the
  midst of the streets. For all this His anger is
  not turned away, But His hand is stretched out
  still.

72
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 524-25

• 24 Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble,
  And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root
  will be as rottenness, And their blossom will
  ascend like dust Because they have rejected the
  law of the LORD of hosts, And despised the word
  of the Holy One of Israel.
• 25 Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused
  against His people He has stretched out His hand
  against them And stricken them, And the hills
  trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the
  midst of the streets. For all this His anger is
  not turned away, His hand is stretched out still.
  
• WHAT DOES FIRE DO TO STUBBLE AND CHAFF?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• WHY IS THE LORD ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD BECOMES ANGRY?
• HOW DOES THE LORD EXPRESS HIS ANGER?
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING?
• HOW WILL THEY COME?

73
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 524-25

• 24 Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble,
  And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root
  will be as rottenness, And their blossom will
  ascend like dust Because they have rejected the
  law of the LORD of hosts, And despised the word
  of the Holy One of Israel.
• WHAT DOES FIRE DO TO STUBBLE AND CHAFF?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY?
• READ NAHUM 110
• 10 While tangled like thorns And While drunken
  like drunkards,
• They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
  NKJV
• READ JOB 1816
• 16 His roots are dried out below And his branch
  withers above.
• READ JOB 2424
• 24 They are exalted for a little while, Then they
  are gone. They are brought low. They are taken
  out of the way like all others. They dry out like
  the heads of grain. NKJV

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• 25 Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused
  against His people He has stretched out His hand
  against them And stricken them, And the hills
  trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the
  midst of the streets. For all this His anger is
  not turned away, His hand is stretched out still.
  
• WHY IS THE LORD ANGRY WITH HIS PEOPLE?
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD BECOMES ANGRY?
• READ EXODUS 1918
• 18 Mount Sinai was completely in smoke Because
  the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke
  ascended like the smoke of a furnace and The
  whole mountain quaked greatly. NKJV
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2927-28
• 27 The anger of the LORD was aroused against this
  land, to bring on it every curse that is written
  in this book.
• 28 The LORD uprooted them from their land in
  anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and
  cast them into another land, as it is this
  day. NKJV

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• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ LEVITICUS 2614-17
• 14 If you do not obey Me, and do not observe all
  these commandments,
• 15 And if you despise My statutes, or if your
  soul abhors My judgments, so that you do not
  perform all My commandments, but break My
  covenant,
• 16 I also will do this to you I will even
  appoint terror over you, wasting disease and
  fever which shall consume the eyes and cause
  sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in
  vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
• 17 I will set My face against you, and you shall
  be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you
  shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no
  one pursues you. NKJV

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• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD BECOMES ANGRY?
• READ 2 KINGS 2212-17
• 13 Go, Inquire of the LORD for me, For the people
  and for all Judah, Concerning the words of this
  book that has been found. For great is the wrath
  of the LORD that is aroused against us Because
  our fathers have not obeyed the words of this
  book To do according to all that is written
  concerning us.
• 16 Thus says the LORD Behold, I will bring
  calamity on this place and on its inhabitants
  All the words of the book which the king of Judah
  has read
• 17 Because They have forsaken Me and Burned
  incense to other gods, That They might provoke Me
  to anger with all the works of their hands.
  Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this
  place and Shall not be quenched. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 524-25

• HOW DOES THE LORD DEMONSTRATE HIS ANGER?
• READ JOB 96
• 6 He shakes the earth out of its place And Its
  pillars tremble.
• READ JOB 2611
• 11 The pillars of heaven tremble And Are
  astonished at His rebuke. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 187
• 7 The earth shook and trembled. The foundations
  of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because
  He was angry. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 975
• 5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of
  the LORD,
• At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
  NKJV

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• HOW DOES THE LORD DEMONSTRATE HIS ANGER?
• READ PSALMS 10432
• 32 He looks on the earth and It trembles. He
  touches the hills and They smoke. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 1147
• 7 Tremble, O earth, At the presence of the Lord
  At the presence of the God of Jacob, NKJV
• READ PSALMS 1445
• 5 Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down.
  Touch the mountains and They shall smoke. NKJV

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• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD IS ANGRY?
• READ JEREMIAH 48
• 8 Clothe yourself with sackcloth Lament and wail.
  For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned
  back from us. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 424
• 24 I beheld the mountains and Indeed they
  trembled. All the hills moved back and forth.
  NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 612
• 12 Their houses shall be turned over to others,
  Fields and wives together. For I will stretch out
  My hand Against the inhabitants of the land,
  says the LORD. NKJV

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• HOW DOES THE LORD DEMONSTRATE HIS ANGER?
• READ HABAKKUK 36
• 6 He stood and measured the earth. He looked and
  startled the nations. The everlasting mountains
  were scattered. The perpetual hills bowed. NKJV
• READ HABAKKUK 310
• 10 The mountains saw You and trembled The
  overflowing of the water passed by. The deep
  uttered its voice And lifted its hands on high.
  NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 526-28

• 26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from
  afar, And will whistle to them from the end of
  the earth Surely they shall come with speed,
  swiftly.
• 27 No one will be weary or stumble among them, No
  one will slumber or sleep Nor will the belt on
  their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their
  sandals be broken
• 28 Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows
  bent Their horses' hooves will seem like flint,
  And their wheels like a whirlwind.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 526-28

• 26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from
  far, And will whistle to them from the end of the
  earth Surely they shall come with speed,
  swiftly.
• 27 No one will be weary or stumble among them, No
  one will slumber or sleep Nor will the belt on
  their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their
  sandals be broken
• 28 Whose arrows are sharp, And all their bows
  bent Their horses' hooves will seem like flint,
  And their wheels like a whirlwind.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING? ASSYRIANS?
  BABYLONIANS?
• DID THE LORD WARN ISRAEL ABOUT THIS?
• HOW WILL THEY COME? WHY?
• WHAT ARE THEY PREPARED FOR?
• ARE THEIR HORSES PREPARED FOR BATTLE?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 526-28

• 26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from
  far, And will whistle to them from the end of the
  earth Surely they shall come with speed,
  swiftly.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING? ASSYRIANS?
  BABYLONIANS?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 2849-51
• 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from
  afar From the end of the earth As swift as the
  eagle flies A nation whose language you will not
  understand.
• 50 A nation of fierce countenance Which does not
  respect the elderly Nor show favor to the young.
• 51 They shall eat the increase of your livestock
  and the produce of your land Until you are
  destroyed. They shall not leave you grain or new
  wine or oil or the increase of your cattle or the
  offspring of your flocks Until they have
  destroyed you. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 527-28

• 26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from
  far, And will whistle to them from the end of the
  earth Surely they shall come with speed,
  swiftly.
• 27 No one will be weary or stumble among them, No
  one will slumber or sleep Nor will the belt on
  their loins be loosed, Nor the strap of their
  sandals be broken
• 28 Whose