ISAIAH CHAPTER FOUR

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER FOUR

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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 FOUR

• THE TERRIBLY GREAT HAVOC OF WAR V. 1
• THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE REMNANT V. 2-4
• THE PRIVILEGES OF THE GOSPEL V. 5-6

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READ ISAIAH 41-3

• 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of
  one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and
  wear our own apparel Only let us be called by
  your name, To take away our reproach."
• 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be
  beautiful and glorious And the fruit of the
  earth shall be excellent and appealing For those
  of Israel who have escaped.
• 3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left
  in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called
  holy everyone who is recorded among the living
  in Jerusalem.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of
  one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and
  wear our own apparel Only let us be called by
  your name, To take away our reproach."
• 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be
  beautiful and glorious And the fruit of the
  earth shall be excellent and appealing For those
  of Israel who have escaped.
• 3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left
  in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called
  holy everyone who is recorded among the living
  in Jerusalem.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THAT DAY?
• WHAT DID THESE WOOMEN SAY? WHY?
• WHAT DID THEY WANT TO BE CALLED? WHY?
• WHAT WAS THEIR REPROACH?
• WHAT IS THE BRANCH OF THE LORD?
• WHAT WILL THE REMNANT OF ZION BE CALLED?
• WHO NAME IS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of
  one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and
  wear our own apparel Only let us be called by
  your name, To take away our reproach."
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THAT DAY?
• WHAT DID THESE SEVEN WOMEN SAY? WHY?
• WHAT DID THEY WANT TO BE CALLED? WHY?
• WHAT WAS THEIR REPROACH?
• READ JEREMIAH 158
• 8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than
  the sand of the seas I will bring against them,
  Against the mother of the young men, A plunderer
  at noonday I will cause anguish and terror to
  fall on them suddenly. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of
  one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and
  wear our own apparel Only let us be called by
  your name, To take away our reproach."
• WHAT WAS THEIR REPROACH?
• WHAT WAS RACHELS REPROACH?
• READ GENESIS 3023-24
• 23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said,
  "God has taken away my reproach.
• 24 So she called his name Joseph, and said, "The
  LORD shall add to me another son." NKJV
• WHAT WAS HANNAHS REPROACH?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 16
• 6 And her rival also provoked her severely, to
  make her miserable, because the LORD had closed
  her womb. NKJV
• WHAT WAS ELIZABETHS REPROACH?
• READ LUKE 125
• 25 "Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days
  when He looked on me, to take away my reproach
  among people." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of
  one man, saying, "We will eat our own food and
  wear our own apparel Only let us be called by
  your name, To take away our reproach."
• WHAT NAME DID THEY WANT TO BE CALLED?
• WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 622
• 2 The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, And
  all kings your glory. You shall be called by a
  new name, Which the mouth of the LORD will name.
  NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 6212
• 12 They shall call them The Holy People, The
  Redeemed of the LORD And you shall be called
  Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be
  beautiful and glorious And the fruit of the
  earth shall be excellent and appealing For those
  of Israel who have escaped.
• 3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left
  in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called
  holy everyone who is recorded among the living
  in Jerusalem.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH OF THE LORD?
• WHAT WILL THE REMNANT OF ZION BE CALLED?
• WHO NAME IS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be
  beautiful and glorious And the fruit of the
  earth shall be excellent and appealing For those
  of Israel who have escaped.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH OF THE LORD?
• READ JEREMIAH 235-6
• 5 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD,
  "That I will raise to David a Branch of
  righteousness A King shall reign and prosper,
  And execute judgment and righteousness in the
  earth.
• 6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel
  will dwell safely
• Now this is His name by which He will be called
  THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 3315-16
• 15 'In those days and at that time I will cause
  to grow up to David A Branch of righteousness He
  shall execute judgment and righteousness in the
  earth.
• 16 In those days Judah will be saved, And
  Jerusalem will dwell safely. And this is the name
  by which she will be called THE LORD OUR
  RIGHTEOUSNESS.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be
  beautiful and glorious And the fruit of the
  earth shall be excellent and appealing For those
  of Israel who have escaped.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH OF THE LORD?
• READ ZECHARIAH 38-9
• 8 'Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your
  companions who sit before you, For they are a
  wondrous sign For behold, I am bringing forth My
  Servant the BRANCH.
• 9 For behold, the stone That I have laid before
  Joshua Upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I
  will engrave its inscription, Says the LORD of
  hosts, 'And I will remove the iniquity of that
  land in one day. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 2 In that day the Branch of the LORD shall be
  beautiful and glorious And the fruit of the
  earth shall be excellent and appealing For those
  of Israel who have escaped.
• WHAT IS THIS BRANCH OF THE LORD?
• READ ZECHARIAH 612-13
• 12 Then speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD
  of hosts, saying "Behold, the Man whose name is
  the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out,
  And He shall build the temple of the LORD
• 13 Yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD. He
  shall bear the glory, And shall sit and rule on
  His throne So He shall be a priest on His
  throne, And the counsel of peace shall be between
  them both."'
• NKJV
• WHO IS THIS BRANCH? WHAT WILL HE BUILD?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• 3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left
  in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called
  holy everyone who is recorded among the living
  in Jerusalem.
• WHAT WILL THE REMNANT OF ZION BE CALLED?
• WHO NAME IS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING?
• WHO IS KEEPING A RECORD OF THE NAMES?
• READ EXODUS 3232
• 32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin but
  if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which
  You have written." NKJV
• READ PSALMS 6928
• 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the
  living, And not be written with the righteous.
  NKJV
• READ PSALMS 876
• 6 The LORD will record, When He registers the
  peoples "This one was born there. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• WHO NAME IS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING?
• WHO IS KEEPING A RECORD OF THE NAMES?
• READ EZEKIEL 138-9
• 9 "My hand will be against the prophets who
  envision futility and who divine lies they shall
  not be in the assembly of My people, nor be
  written in the record of the house of Israel, nor
  shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then
  you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. NKJV
• READ DANIEL 121
• 1 "At that time Michael shall stand up, The great
  prince who stands watch over the sons of your
  people And there shall be a time of trouble,
  Such as never was since there was a nation, Even
  to that time. And at that time your people shall
  be delivered, Every one who is found written in
  the book. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• WHO NAME IS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING?
• WHO IS KEEPING A RECORD OF THE NAMES?
• WHAT IS THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE?
• READ PHILIPPIANS 43
• 3 And I urge you also, true companion, help these
  women who labored with me in the gospel, with
  Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers,
  whose names are in the Book of Life. NKJV
• READ REVELATION 35
• 5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white
  garments, and I will not blot out his name from
  the Book of Life but I will confess his name
  before My Father and before His angels. NKJV
• WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN THERE?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 41-3

• WHO NAME IS RECORDED AMONG THE LIVING?
• WHO IS KEEPING A RECORD OF THE NAMES?
• WHAT IS THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE?
• READ REVELATION 178
• 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and
  will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to
  perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will
  marvel, whose names are not written in the Book
  of Life from the foundation of the world, when
  they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet
  is. NKJV
• READ REVELATION 2127
• 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything
  that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie,
  but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book
  of Life. NKJV
• WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN THERE?

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READ ISAIAH 44-6

• 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the
  daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of
  Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of
  judgment and by the spirit of burning,
• 5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling
  place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, a
  cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a
  flaming fire by night. For over all the glory
  there will be a covering.
• 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the
  daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and
  for a shelter from storm and rain. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the
  daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of
  Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of
  judgment and by the spirit of burning,
• 5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling
  place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, A
  cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a
  flaming fire by night. For over all the glory
  there will be a covering.
• 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the
  daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and
  for a shelter from storm and rain.
• WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO PURGE? HOW? WHY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD CREATE IN MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT DID THE CLOUD, SMOKE FLAMING FIRE
  REPRESENT?
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TABERNACLE?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the
  daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of
  Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of
  judgment and by the spirit of burning,
• WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO PURGE? HOW? WHY?
• HOW DID THE LORD CREATE THE HEAVENS AND THE
  EARTH?
• HOW DID THE LORD PURGE THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY?
• HOW IS THE LORD GOING TO PURGE JERUSALEM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• HOW DID THE LORD CREATE THE HEAVENS?
• READ PSALMS 336
• 6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made
  And all the host of them by the breath of His
  mouth. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 10430
• 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created.
  And You renew the face of the earth. NKJV
• HOW DID THE LORD PURGE THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY?
• READ GENESIS 81-2
• 1 God remembered Noah and every living thing and
  all the animals that were with him in the ark.
  And God made a wind to pass over the earth and
  the waters subsided. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• HOW IS THE LORD GOING TO PURGE JERUSALEM?
• WHY?
• READ ZECHARIAH 131
• 1 In that day a fountain shall be opened for the
  house of David and for the inhabitants of
  Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
• READ ZECHARIAH 139
• 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire. I
  Will refine them as silver is refined And test
  them as gold is tested. They will call on My name
  And I will answer them. I will say, This is My
  people And each one will say, The LORD is my
  God. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• HOW IS THE LORD GOING TO PURGE JERUSALEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 2218-22
• 18 Son of man, the house of Israel has become
  dross to Me. They are all bronze, tin, iron, and
  lead, in the midst of a furnace. They have become
  dross from silver.
• 19 Thus says the Lord GOD Because you have all
  become dross, Behold, I will gather you into the
  midst of Jerusalem.
• 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and
  tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on
  it, to melt it. So I will gather you in My anger
  and in My fury. And I will leave you there and
  melt you.
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace,
  so shall you be melted in its midst. Then you
  shall know that I, the LORD, have poured out My
  fury on you. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the
  daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of
  Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of
  judgment and by the spirit of burning,
• HOW IS THE LORD GOING TO PURGE JERUSALEM? WHY?
• READ MALACHI 32-3
• 2 Who can endure the day of His coming? Who can
  stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's
  fire And like launderers' soap.
• 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of
  silver. He will purify the sons of Levi And purge
  them as gold and silver That they may offer to
  the LORD An offering in righteousness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• 5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling
  place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, A
  cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a
  flaming fire by night. For over all the glory
  there will be a covering.
• 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the
  daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and
  for a shelter from storm and rain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD CREATE IN MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT DID THE CLOUD, SMOKE FLAMING FIRE
  REPRESENT?
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TABERNACLE?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• 5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling
  place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, A
  cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a
  flaming fire by night. For over all the glory
  there will be a covering.
• 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the
  daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and
  for a shelter from storm and rain.
• WHAT DID THE CLOUD, SMOKE FLAMING FIRE
  REPRESENT?
• READ EXODUS 1321-22
• 21 The LORD went before them By day in a pillar
  of cloud to lead the way and By night in a pillar
  of fire to give them light So as to go by day and
  night.
• 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by
  day or the pillar of fire by night from before
  the people. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• WHAT DID THE CLOUD, SMOKE FLAMING FIRE
  REPRESENT?
• READ EXODUS 1419-20
• 19 The Angel of God Who went before the camp of
  Israel Moved and went behind them. And The pillar
  of cloud went from before them and stood behind
  them.
• 20 It came between the camp of the Egyptians and
  the camp of Israel. Thus It was a cloud and
  darkness to the one and It gave light by night to
  the other. So that the one did not come near the
  other all that night. NKJV
• READ EXODUS 4038
• 38 The cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle
  by day and fire was over it by night In the sight
  of all the house of Israel throughout all their
  journeys. NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 25
• 5 The LORD says I will be a wall of fire all
  around her and I will be the glory in her
  midst. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• 5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling
  place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, A
  cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a
  flaming fire by night. For over all the glory
  there will be a covering.
• 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the
  daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and
  for a shelter from storm and rain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD CREATE IN MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TABERNACLE?
• READ EXODUS 258-9
• 8 Let them make Me a Sanctuary that I may dwell
  among them.
• 9 According to all that I show you that is The
  pattern of the Tabernacle and The pattern of all
  its furnishings Just so you shall make it. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• WHAT DID THE LORD CREATE IN MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TABERNACLE?
• READ HEBREWS 81-2
• 1 This is the main point of the things we are
  saying We have such a High Priest, who is seated
  at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in
  the heavens,
• 2 A Minister of the Sanctuary and of the True
  Tabernacle which the Lord erected and not man.
  NKJV
• READ HEBREWS 911
• 11 Christ came as High Priest of the good things
  to come With the greater and more Perfect
  Tabernacle not made with hands That is Not of
  this creation. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 43-6

• 5 then the LORD will create above every dwelling
  place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, A
  cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a
  flaming fire by night. For over all the glory
  there will be a covering.
• 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the
  daytime from the heat, for a place of refuge, and
  for a shelter from storm and rain.
• WHAT DID THE LORD CREATE IN MOUNT ZION?
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE TABERNACLE?
• READ HEBREWS 1222-24
• 22 You have come to Mount Zion and To the city of
  the living God The Heavenly Jerusalem to an
  innumerable company of angels,
• 23 To the General Assembly and Church of the
  Firstborn Who are registered in heaven To God the
  Judge of all To the spirits of just men made
  perfect,
• 24 To Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant and
  To the blood of sprinkling that speaks better
  things than that of Abel. NKJV

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