ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

• THE MESSIAH IS DECLARED TO BE SAVIOUR
• THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL AMONG
• THE JEWS AND THE GENTILES V. 1-12
• ISRAEL'S RESTORATION V. 13
• PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH AND
• THE OVERTHROW OF ALL ITS ENEMIES V. 14-26

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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?
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READ ISAIAH 491-2

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 1 "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed,
  you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me
  from the womb From the matrix of My mother He
  has made mention of My name.
• 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword In
  the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made
  Me a polished shaft In His quiver He has hidden
  Me."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 491-2

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 1 "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed,
  you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me
  from the womb From the matrix of My mother He
  has made mention of My name.
• 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword In
  the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made
  Me a polished shaft In His quiver He has hidden
  Me."
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO?
• ISRAEL? ALL NATIONS?
• WHO DID THE LORD CALLED FROM THE WOMB?
• JESUS?
• HOW IS JESUS MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD?
• WHERE DID THE LORD HIDE HIM? WHY?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 491-2

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 1 "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed,
  you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me
  from the womb From the matrix of My mother He
  has made mention of My name.
• WHO DID THE LORD CALL FROM THE WOMB?
• READ LUKE 130-33
• 30 Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid,
  Mary, for you have found favor with God.
• 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and
  bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS.
  NKJV
• READ MATTHEW 11
• 21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall
  call His name JESUS, for He will save His people
  from their sins." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 491-2

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword In
  the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made
  Me a polished shaft In His quiver He has hidden
  Me."
• WHO DID THE LORD CALL FROM THE WOMB?
• JESUS?
• HOW IS JESUS MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD?
• READ REVELATION 116
• 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of
  His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His
  countenance was like the sun shining in its
  strength.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 491-2

• 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword In
  the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made
  Me a polished shaft In His quiver He has hidden
  Me."
• HOW IS JESUS MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD?
• READ EPHESIANS 617
• 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the
  sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
  God NKJV
• READ HEBREWS 412
• 12 For the word of God is living and powerful,
  and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
  even to the division of soul and spirit, and of
  joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
  thoughts and intents of the heart.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 491-2

• 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword In
  the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made
  Me a polished shaft In His quiver He has hidden
  Me."
• HOW IS JESUS MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD?
• READ ECCLESIASTES 1211
• 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the
  words of scholars are like well-driven nails,
  given by one Shepherd. NKJV
• READ JOHN 1248
• 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My
  words, has that which judges him the word that
  I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
  NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 493-4

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O
  Israel, In whom I will be glorified.
• 4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have
  spent my strength for nothing and in vain Yet
  surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my
  work with my God.'"

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O
  Israel, In whom I will be glorified.
• 4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have
  spent my strength for nothing and in vain Yet
  surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my
  work with my God.'
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING HIS SERVANT?
• ISRAEL? CHRIST?
• HOW IS THE LORD GLORIFIED?
• WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY TO THE LORD? WHY?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O
  Israel, In whom I will be glorified.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING HIS SERVANT?
• ISRAEL? CHRIST?
• READ GENESIS 3228
• 28 And He said, "Your name shall no longer be
  called Jacob, but Israel for you have struggled
  with God and with men, and have prevailed."
  NKJV
• READ HOSEA 111
• GOD'S CONTINUING LOVE FOR ISRAEL
• 1 "When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out
  of Egypt I called My son. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O
  Israel, In whom I will be glorified.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING HIS SERVANT?
• ISRAEL? CHRIST?
• READ HOSEA 123-4
• 3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb,
  And in his strength he struggled with God.
• 4 Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed
• He wept, and sought favor from Him. He found Him
  in Bethel, And there He spoke to us NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O
  Israel, In whom I will be glorified.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING HIS SERVANT?
• ISRAEL? CHRIST?
• READ ZECHARIAH 38
• 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. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O
  Israel, In whom I will be glorified.
• HOW IS THE LORD GLORIFIED?
• READ LEVITICUS 103
• 3 And 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

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 3 "And He said to me, 'You are My servant, O
  Israel, In whom I will be glorified.
• HOW IS THE LORD GLORIFIED?
• READ LEVITICUS 103
• 3 And 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 JOHN 1413
• 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will
  do, that the Father may be glorified in the
  Son. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 491-2

• HOW IS THE LORD GLORIFIED?
• READ JOHN 171-5
• 1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to
  heaven, and said "Father, the hour has come.
  Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify
  You,
• 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh,
  that He should give eternal life to as many as
  You have given Him.
• 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know
  You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You
  have sent.
• 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have
  finished the work which You have given Me to do.
• 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with
  Yourself, with the glory which I had with You
  before the world was. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• 4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have
  spent my strength for nothing and in vain Yet
  surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my
  work with my God.'
• WHY DID ISAIAH SAY I HAVE LABORED IN VAIN?
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT JESUS LABOR?
• READ JOHN 110-11
• 10 He was in the world, and the world was made
  through Him, and the world did not know Him.
• 11 He came to His own, and His own did not
  receive Him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• 4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have
  spent my strength for nothing and in vain Yet
  surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my
  work with my God.'
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT JESUS LABOR?
• READ JOHN 73-5
• 3 His brothers therefore said to Him, "Depart
  from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples
  also may see the works that You are doing.
• 4 For no one does anything in secret while he
  himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these
  things, show Yourself to the world.
• 5 For even His brothers did not believe in
  Him.NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• 4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have
  spent my strength for nothing and in vain Yet
  surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my
  work with my God.'
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT JESUS LABOR?
• READ 1 PETER 223-24
• 23 Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in
  return when He suffered, He did not threaten,
  but committed Himself to Him who judges
  righteously
• 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on
  the tree, that we, having died to sins, might
  live for righteousness by whose stripes you
  were healed.
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 493-4

• 4 Then I said, 'I have labored in vain, I have
  spent my strength for nothing and in vain Yet
  surely my just reward is with the LORD, And my
  work with my God.'
• WHAT IS SAID ABOUT JESUS LABOR?
• READ 1 PETER 418-19
• 18 Now "If the righteous one is scarcely saved,
• Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
• 19 Therefore let those who suffer according to
  the will of God commit their souls to Him in
  doing good, as to a faithful Creator. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 5 "And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the
  womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to
  Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I
  shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, And My
  God shall be My strength),
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 5 "And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the
  womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to
  Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I
  shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, And My
  God shall be My strength),
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"
• WHO IS THIS SERVANT? JESUS?
• WHY DID THE LORD SEND JESUS?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 5 "And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the
  womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to
  Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him (For I
  shall be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, And My
  God shall be My strength),
• WHO IS THIS SERVANT? JESUS?
• WHEN DID THE LORD FORM JESUS?
• READ PSALMS 13913
• 13 For You formed my inward parts You covered me
  in my mother's womb. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"
• WHY DID THE LORD SEND JESUS?
• READ ISAIAH 426
• 6 "I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness,
• And will hold Your hand I will keep You and give
  You as a covenant to the people, As a light to
  the Gentiles,
• READ ISAIAH 603
• 3 The Gentiles shall come to your light, And
  kings to the brightness of your rising. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"
• WHY DID THE LORD SEND JESUS?
• READ ZECHARIAH 822
• 22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations Shall
  come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, And
  to pray before the LORD.' NKJV
• READ MATTHEW 1524
• 24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent
  except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"
• WHY DID THE LORD SEND JESUS?
• READ LUKE 229-32
• 29 "Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart
  in peace, According to Your word
• 30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation
• 31 Which You have prepared before the face of all
  peoples,
• 32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
  And the glory of Your people Israel." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"
• WHY DID THE LORD SEND JESUS?
• READ JOHN 16-9
• 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was
  John.
• 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of
  the Light, that all through him might believe.
• 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear
  witness of that Light.
• 9 That was the true Light which gives light to
  every man coming into the world. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"
• WHY DID THE LORD SEND JESUS?
• READ MATTHEW 2818-20
• 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All
  authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
  earth.
• 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the
  nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
  and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
• 20 teaching them to observe all things that I
  have commanded you and lo, I am with you always,
  even to the end of the age." Amen. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 495-6

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that
  You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes
  of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of
  Israel I will also give You as a light to the
  Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the
  ends of the earth.'"
• WHY DID THE LORD SEND JESUS?
• READ ACTS 1347-48
• 47 For so the Lord has commanded us 'I have set
  you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should
  be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
• 48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were
  glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as
  many as had been appointed to eternal life
  believed. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 497

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel,
  their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him
  whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers
  "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall
  worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The
  Holy One of Israel And He has chosen You."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel,
  their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him
  whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers
  "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall
  worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The
  Holy One of Israel And He has chosen You."
• WHO DID MAN NATIONS DESPISE? WHY?
• WHO IS THIS SERVANT?
• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel,
  their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him
  whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers
  "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall
  worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The
  Holy One of Israel And He has chosen You."
• WHO DID MAN NATIONS DESPISE? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 21-3
• 1 Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a
  vain thing?
• 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the
  rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD
  and against His Anointed, saying,
• 3 "Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast
  away Their cords from us." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ ACTS 424-26
• 24 So when they heard that, they raised their
  voice to God with one accord and said "Lord, You
  are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea,
  and all that is in them,
• 25 who by the mouth of Your servant David have
  said 'Why did the nations rage, And the people
  plot vain things?
• 26 The kings of the earth took their stand, And
  the rulers were gathered together Against the
  LORD and against His Christ.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel,
  their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him
  whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers
  "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall
  worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The
  Holy One of Israel And He has chosen You."
• WHO DID MAN NATIONS DESPISE? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 697-9
• 7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach
• Shame has covered my face.
• 8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an
  alien to my mother's children
• 9 Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
• And the reproaches of those who reproach You have
  fallen on me. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHO DID MAN NATIONS DESPISE? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 14
• 4 Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with
  iniquity,
• A brood of evildoers, Children who are
  corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They
  have provoked to anger
• The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away
  backward. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 106
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge,
• To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And to
  tread them down like the mire of the streets.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ LUKE 2318-21
• 18 And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away
  with this Man, and release to us Barabbas
• 19 who had been thrown into prison for a certain
  rebellion made in the city, and for murder.
• 20 Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus,
  again called out to them.
• 21 But they shouted, saying, "Crucify Him,
  crucify Him!" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel,
  their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him
  whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers
  "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall
  worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The
  Holy One of Israel And He has chosen You."
• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 2229
• 29 All the prosperous of the earth Shall eat and
  worship All those who go down to the dust Shall
  bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep himself
  alive.
• READ PSALMS 7211
• 11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him All
  nations shall serve Him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 869
• 9 All nations whom You have made Shall come and
  worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify
  Your name. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 421
• 1 "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One
  in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit
  upon Him
• He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
  NKJV
• READ EZRA 11-2
• 1 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia
• 2 All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of
  heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to
  build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ MATTHEW 211
• 11 And when they had come into the house, they
  saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and
  fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had
  opened their treasures, they presented gifts to
  Him gold, frankincense, and myrrh. NKJV
• READ MATTHEW 1433
• 33 Then those who were in the boat came and
  worshiped Him, saying, "Truly You are the Son of
  God."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ MATTHEW 1524-28
• 24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent
  except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
  
• 25 Then she came and worshiped Him, saying,
  "Lord, help me!"
• 26 But He answered and said, "It is not good to
  take the children's bread and throw it to the
  little dogs."
• 27 And she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little
  dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their
  masters' table."
• 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman,
  great is your faith! Let it be to you as you
  desire." And her daughter was healed from that
  very hour. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ MARK 56-10
• 6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and
  worshiped Him.
• 7 And he cried out with a loud voice and said,
  "What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the
  Most High God? I implore You by God that You do
  not torment me."
• 8 For He said to him, "Come out of the man,
  unclean spirit!
• 9 Then He asked him, "What is your name?"
• And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion for
  we are many.
• 10 Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not
  send them out of the country. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHAT WILL THE KINGS PRINCES DO? WHY?
• READ ACTS 424-26
• 24 So when they heard that, they raised their
  voice to God with one accord and said "Lord, You
  are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea,
  and all that is in them,
• 25 who by the mouth of Your servant David have
  said 'Why did the nations rage, And the people
  plot vain things?
• 26 The kings of the earth took their stand, And
  the rulers were gathered together Against the
  LORD and against His Christ.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel,
  their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him
  whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers
  "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall
  worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The
  Holy One of Israel And He has chosen You."
• WHO IS THIS SERVANT?
• READ MATTHEW 1727
• 27 Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the
  sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes
  up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you
  will find a piece of money take that and give it
  to them for Me and you."
• NKJV

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• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 7 Thus says the LORD, The Redeemer of Israel,
  their Holy One, To Him whom man despises, To Him
  whom the nation abhors, To the Servant of rulers
  "Kings shall see and arise, Princes also shall
  worship, Because of the LORD who is faithful, The
  Holy One of Israel And He has chosen You."
• WHO IS THIS SERVANT?
• READ MATTHEW 2652-54
• 52 But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword in its
  place, for all who take the sword will perish by
  the sword.
• 53 Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My
  Father, and He will provide Me with more than
  twelve legions of angels?
• 54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled,
  that it must happen thus?" NKJV

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHO IS THIS SERVANT?
• READ ROMANS 925-29
• 25 As He says also in Hosea "I will call them My
  people, who were not My people, And her beloved,
  who was not beloved."
• 26 "And it shall come to pass in the place where
  it was said to them, 'You are not My people,
  There they shall be called sons of the living
  God."
• 27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel
  "Though the number of the children of Israel be
  as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be
  saved.
• 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short
  in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a
  short work upon the earth."
• 29 And as Isaiah said before "Unless the LORD of
  Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become
  like Sodom, And we would have been made like
  Gomorrah."

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHO IS THIS SERVANT?
• READ ROMANS 925-29
• 25 As He says also in Hosea "I will call them My
  people, who were not My people, And her beloved,
  who was not beloved."
• 26 "And it shall come to pass in the place where
  it was said to them, 'You are not My people,
  There they shall be called sons of the living
  God."
• 27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel
  "Though the number of the children of Israel be
  as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be
  saved.
• 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short
  in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a
  short work upon the earth."
• 29 And as Isaiah said before "Unless the LORD of
  Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become
  like Sodom, And we would have been made like
  Gomorrah."

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 497

• WHO IS THIS SERVANT?
• READ PHILIPPIANS 25-11
• 5 Let this mind be in you which was also in
  Christ Jesus,
• 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider
  it robbery to be equal with God,
• 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the
  form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness
  of men.
• 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He
  humbled Himself and became obedient to the point
  of death, even the death of the cross.
• 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and
  given Him the name which is above every name,
• 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should
  bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth,
  and of those under the earth,
• 11 and that every tongue should confess that
  Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
  Father. NKJV

49
READ ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• 9 That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,
  'To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.
  "They shall feed along the roads, And their
  pastures shall be on all desolate heights.

50
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• 9 That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,
  'To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.
  "They shall feed along the roads, And their
  pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
• WHAT WAS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME?
• WHO DID THE LORD HEAR? WHEN? WHY?
• WHO ARE THOSE IMPRISONED?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHAT WAS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME?
• READ LEVITICUS 2510-12
• 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year,
  and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to
  all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for
  you and each of you shall return to his
  possession, and each of you shall return to his
  family.
• 11 That fiftieth year shall be a Jubilee to you
  in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows
  of its own accord, nor gather the grapes of your
  untended vine.
• 12 For it is the Jubilee it shall be holy to
  you you shall eat its produce from the field.
  NKJV

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• WHAT WAS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME?
• READ ISAIAH 51-2
• GOD'S DISAPPOINTING VINEYARD
• 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. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHO DID THE LORD HEAR? WHEN? WHY?
• READ ESTHER 81-2
• ESTHER SAVES THE JEWS
• 1 On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther
  the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And
  Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had
  told how he was related to her.
• 2 So the king took off his signet ring, which he
  had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai
  and Esther appointed Mordecai over the house of
  Haman. NKJV

54
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHO DID THE LORD HEAR? WHEN? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 379
• 9 For evildoers shall be cut off But those who
  wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth.
  NKJV
• READ PSALMS 6913
• 13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in
  the acceptable time O God, in the multitude of
  Your mercy,
• Hear me in the truth of Your salvation. NKJV

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHO DID THE LORD HEAR? WHEN? WHY?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 261-3
• A SONG OF SALVATION
• 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land
  of Judah "We have a strong city God will
  appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.
• 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which
  keeps the truth may enter in.
• 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind
  is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
  NKJV

56
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 426
• 6 "I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness,
• And will hold Your hand I will keep You and give
  You as a covenant to the people, As a light to
  the Gentiles,

57
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM? WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 3610-12
• 10 I will multiply men upon you, all the house of
  Israel, all of it and the cities shall be
  inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.
• 11 I will multiply upon you man and beast and
  they shall increase and bear young I will make
  you inhabited as in former times, and do better
  for you than at your beginnings. Then you shall
  know that I am the LORD.
• 12 Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, My
  people Israel they shall take possession of you,
  and you shall be their inheritance no more shall
  you bereave them of children." NKJV

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM? WHY?
• READ AMOS 911-15
• ISRAEL WILL BE RESTORED
• 11 "On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of
  David, which has fallen down, And repair its
  damages
• I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in
  the days of old
• 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And
  all the Gentiles who are called by My name, Says
  the LORD who does this thing.
• 14 I will bring back the captives of My people
  Israel
• They shall build the waste cities and inhabit
  them They shall plant vineyards and drink wine
  from them They shall also make gardens and eat
  fruit from them.
• 15 I will plant them in their land, And no longer
  shall they be pulled up From the land I have
  given them, Says the LORD your God. NKJV

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM? WHY?
• READ ACTS 1514-17
• 14 Simon has declared how God at the first
  visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people
  for His name.
• 15 And with this the words of the prophets agree,
  just as it is written
• 16 'After! this I will return And will rebuild
  the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down I
  will rebuild its ruins, And I will set it up
• 17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the LORD,
• Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
  Says the LORD who does all these things.'
  NKJV

60
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
• READ ROMANS 228-29
• 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor
  is circumcision that which is outward in the
  flesh
• 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly and
  circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit,
  not in the letter whose praise is not from men
  but from God.
• NKJV

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHAT IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 61-2
• 1 We then, as workers together with Him also
  plead with you not to receive the grace of God in
  vain.
• 2 For He says "In an acceptable time I have
  heard you, And in the day of salvation I have
  helped you."
• Behold, now is the accepted time behold, now is
  the day of salvation. NKJV

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• WHO DID THE LORD HEAR? WHEN? WHY?
• READ HEBREWS 55-8
• A PRIEST FOREVER
• 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to
  become High Priest, but it was He who said to
  Him "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You."
  
• 6 As He also says in another place "You are a
  priest forever According to the order of
  Melchizedek"
• 7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had
  offered up prayers and supplications, with
  vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to
  save Him from death, and was heard because of His
  godly fear,
• 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience
  by the things which He suffered. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHAT WAS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
• READ GALATIANS 43-5
• 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God
  sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under
  the law,
• 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we
  might receive the adoption as sons. NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 8 Thus says the LORD "In an acceptable time I
  have heard You, And in the day of salvation I
  have helped You I will preserve You and give You
  As a covenant to the people, To restore the
  earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate
  heritages
• WHAT WAS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
• READ HEBREWS 46-7
• 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter
  it, and those to whom it was first preached did
  not enter because of disobedience,
• 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in
  David, "Today," after such a long time, as it has
  been said "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do
  not harden your hearts." NKJV

65
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 9 That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,
  'To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.
  "They shall feed along the roads, And their
  pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
• WHO ARE THOSE IMPRISONED?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 426-7
• 6 "I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness,
• And will hold Your hand I will keep You and give
  You as a covenant to the people, As a light to
  the Gentiles,
• 7 To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from
  the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the
  prison house. NKJV

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 9 That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,
  'To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.
  "They shall feed along the roads, And their
  pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
• WHO ARE THOSE IMPRISONED? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 10710-15
• 10 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of
  death, Bound in affliction and irons
• 11 Because they rebelled against the words of
  God,
• And despised the counsel of the Most High,
• 12 Therefore He brought down their heart with
  labor
• They fell down, and there was none to help.

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 9 That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,
  'To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.
  "They shall feed along the roads, And their
  pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
• WHO ARE THOSE IMPRISONED? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 10710-15
• 13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their
  trouble,
• And He saved them out of their distresses.
• 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow
  of death, And broke their chains in pieces.
• 15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for
  His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the
  children of men! NKJV

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
• READ LUKE 416-21
• 16 So He came to Nazareth, where He had been
  brought up. And as His custom was, He went into
  the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to
  read.
• 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet
  Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found
  the place where it was written
• 18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He
  has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor
  He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To
  proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of
  sight to the blind,
• To set at liberty those who are oppressed
• 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
• READ LUKE 416-21
• 20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to
  the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all
  who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
• 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this
  Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 498-9

• 9 That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,
  'To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.
  "They shall feed along the roads, And their
  pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
• WHO ARE THOSE IMPRISONED?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
• READ MARK 518-20
• 18 And when He got into the boat, he who had been
  demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with
  Him.
• 19 However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to
  him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them what
  great things the Lord has done for you, and how
  He has had compassion on you.
• 20 And he departed and began to proclaim in
  Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him and
  all marveled. NKJV

71
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither
  heat nor sun shall strike them For He who has
  mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs
  of water He will guide them.
• 11 I will make each of My mountains a road, And
  My highways shall be elevated.
• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."

72
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither
  heat nor sun shall strike them For He who has
  mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs
  of water He will guide them.
• 11 I will make each of My mountains a road, And
  My highways shall be elevated.
• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WILL COME FROM AFAR?
• WHAT IS THE LAND OF SINIM?

73
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither
  heat nor sun shall strike them For He who has
  mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs
  of water He will guide them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ PSALMS 4814
• 14 For this is God, Our God forever and ever He
  will be our guide Even to death. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 1215-6
• 5 The LORD is your keeper The LORD is your shade
  at your right hand.
• 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the
  moon by night. NKJV

74
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither
  heat nor sun shall strike them For He who has
  mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs
  of water He will guide them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ ISAIAH 1116
• 16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His
  people Who will be left from Assyria, As it was
  for Israel
• In the day that he came up from the land of
  Egypt. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 141
• 1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will
  still choose Israel, and settle them in their own
  land. The strangers will be joined with them, and
  they will cling to the house of Jacob. NKJV

75
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ ISAIAH 357
• 7 The parched ground shall become a pool, And the
  thirsty land springs of water In the habitation
  of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass
  with reeds and rushes. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 4216
• 16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not
  know
• I will lead them in paths they have not known. I
  will make darkness light before them, And crooked
  places straight.
• These things I will do for them, And not forsake
  them.
• NKJV

76
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ ISAIAH 4817-18
• 17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy
  One of Israel "I am the LORD your God, Who
  teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way
  you should go.
• 18 Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
• Then your peace would have been like a river, And
  your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
  NKJV

77
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither
  heat nor sun shall strike them For He who has
  mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs
  of water He will guide them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ ISAIAH 6513-14
• 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, My
  servants shall eat, But you shall be hungry
  Behold, My servants shall drink, But you shall be
  thirsty Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But
  you shall be ashamed
• 14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of
  heart, But you shall cry for sorrow of heart, And
  wail for grief of spirit. NKJV

78
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 10 They shall neither hunger nor thirst, Neither
  heat nor sun shall strike them For He who has
  mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs
  of water He will guide them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ MATTHEW 56
• 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
  righteousness, For they shall be filled.
  NKJV
• READ REVELATION 716-17
• 16 They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst
  anymore the sun shall not strike them, nor any
  heat
• 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne
  will shepherd them and lead them to living
  fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every
  tear from their eyes." NKJV

79
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 11 I will make each of My mountains a road, And
  My highways shall be elevated.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ ISAIAH 358-10
• 8 A highway shall be there, and a road, And it
  shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The
  unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be
  for others. Whoever walks the road, although a
  fool, Shall not go astray. NKJV

80
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 11 I will make each of My mountains a road, And
  My highways shall be elevated.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ ISAIAH 404-5
• 4 Every valley shall be exalted And every
  mountain and hill brought low The crooked places
  shall be made straight And the rough places
  smooth
• 5 The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And
  all flesh shall see it together For the mouth of
  the LORD has spoken." NKJV

81
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 11 I will make each of My mountains a road, And
  My highways shall be elevated.
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• READ JEREMIAH 319
• 9 They shall come with weeping, And with
  supplications I will lead them. I will cause them
  to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight
  way in which they shall not stumble For I am a
  Father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.
  NKJV

82
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WILL COME FROM AFAR?
• READ ISAIAH 23
• 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let
  us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the
  house of the God of Jacob He will teach us His
  ways, And we shall walk in His paths. For out of
  Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the
  LORD from Jerusalem. NKJV

83
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WILL COME FROM AFAR?
• READ ISAIAH 1111
• 11 It shall come to pass in that day That the
  Lord shall set His hand again the second time To
  recover the remnant of His people who are left,
  From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush,
  From Elam and Shinar,
• From Hamath and the islands of the sea. NKJV

84
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WILL COME FROM AFAR?
• READ ISAIAH 435-7
• 5 Fear not, for I am with you I will bring your
  descendants from the east, And gather you from
  the west
• 6 I will say to the north, 'Give them up! And to
  the south, 'Do not keep them back! Bring My sons
  from afar,
• And My daughters from the ends of the earth
• 7 Everyone who is called by My name, Whom I have
  created for My glory I have formed him, yes, I
  have made him." NKJV

85
READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WILL COME FROM AFAR?
• READ ISAIAH 5919-20
• 19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from
  the west, And His glory from the rising of the
  sun When the enemy comes in like a flood, The
  Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard
  against him. NKJV
• 20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those
  who turn from transgression in Jacob, Says the
  LORD.
• NKJV

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• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WILL COME FROM AFAR?
• READ MATTHEW 811-13
• 11 And I say to you that many will come from east
  and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and
  Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
• 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out
  into outer darkness. There will be weeping and
  gnashing of teeth. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4910-11

• 12 Surely these shall come from afar Look! Those
  from the north and the west, And these from the
  land of Sinim."
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS SERVANTS?
• WHO WILL COME FROM AFAR?
• WHAT IS THE LAND OF SINIM? SIN?
• READ EZEKIEL 3015-16
• 15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of
  Egypt
• I will cut off the multitude of No,
• 16 And set a fire in Egypt Sin shall have great
  pain,
• No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in
  distress daily. NKJV

88
READ ISAIAH 4913

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 13 Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break
  out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has
  comforted His people, And will have mercy on His
  afflicted.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4913

• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 13 Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break
  out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has
  comforted His people, And will have mercy on His
  afflicted.
• WHO SHOULD SING BE JOYFUL? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 911-12
• 11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion!
• Declare His deeds among the people.
• 12 When He avenges blood, He remembers them He
  does not forget the cry of the humble. NKJV

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• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 13 Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break
  out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has
  comforted His people, And will have mercy on His
  afflicted.
• WHO SHOULD SING BE JOYFUL? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 6511-13
• 11 You crown the year with Your goodness, And
  Your paths drip with abundance.
• 12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
  And the little hills rejoice on every side.
• 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks The
  valleys also are covered with grain They shout
  for joy, they also sing. NKJV

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• WHO SHOULD SING BE JOYFUL? WHY?
• READ PSALMS 9611-13
• 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be
  glad
• Let the sea roar, and all its fullness
• 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in
  it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice
  before the LORD.
• 13 For He is coming, for He is coming to judge
  the earth. He shall judge the world with
  righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.
  NKJV
• READ PSALMS 984
• 4 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth
  Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.
  NKJV

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• WHO SHOULD SING BE JOYFUL? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 141
• 1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will
  still choose Israel, and settle them in their own
  land. The strangers will be joined with them, and
  they will cling to the house of Jacob. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 4210-11
• PRAISE TO THE LORD
• 10 Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise
  from the ends of the earth, You who go down to
  the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands
  and you inhabitants of them!
• 11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up
  their voice,
• The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the
  inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the
  top of the mountains.

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• 13 Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break
  out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has
  comforted His people, And will have mercy on His
  afflicted.
• WHO SHOULD SING BE JOYFUL? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 4423
• 23 Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it!
  Shout, you lower parts of the earth Break forth
  into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every
  tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And
  glorified Himself in Israel. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 4820
• 20 Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the
  Chaldeans!
• With a voice of singing, Declare, proclaim this,
  Utter it to the end of the earth Say, "The LORD
  has redeemed
• His servant Jacob!" NKJV

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• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 13 Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break
  out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has
  comforted His people, And will have mercy on His
  afflicted.
• WHO SHOULD SING BE JOYFUL? WHY?
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 13-4
• 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
  Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all
  comfort,
• 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we
  may be able to comfort those who are in any
  trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves
  are comforted by God.

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• THE SERVANT, THE LIGHT TO THE GENTILES
• 13 Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break
  out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has
  comforted His people, And will have mercy on His
  afflicted.
• WHO SHOULD SING BE JOYFUL? WHY?
• READ REVELATION 1212
• 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who
  dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the
  earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to
  you, having great wrath, because he knows that he
  has a short time." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4914-16

• GOD WILL REMEMBER ZION
• 14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And
  my Lord has forgotten me."
• 15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not
  have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely
  they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.
• 16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My
  hands Your walls are continually before Me.

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• GOD WILL REMEMBER ZION
• 14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And
  my Lord has forgotten me."
• 15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not
  have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely
  they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.
• 16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My
  hands Your walls are continually before Me.
• WHO IS ZION? WHAT DID ZION SAY?
• HAS THE LORD FORSAKEN AND FORGOTTEN ZION?
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
• WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT THE WALLS OF ZION?

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• GOD WILL REMEMBER ZION
• 14 But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And
  my Lord has forgotten me."
• WHAT DID ZION SAY?
• HAS THE LORD FORSAKEN AND FORGOTTEN ZION?
• READ PSALMS 99-10
• 9 The LORD also will be a refuge for th