Transcript WHO WAS ISAIAH?

ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
PROPHET - DATE
JONAH
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JOEL
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HOSEA
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MICAH
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AMOS
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ISAIAH
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NAHUM
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ZEPHANIAH
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JEREMIAH
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DANIEL
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HABAKKUK
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EZEKIEL
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OBADIAH
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EZRA
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HAGGAI
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ZECHARIAH
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ESTHER
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NEHEMIAH
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MALACHI
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KING / EVENT - DATE
TIGLATH-PILESER
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HEZEKIAH (JUDAH)
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SHALMANESER
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ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?
SENNACHERIB
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR
ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH)
JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE
BELSHAZZAR
CYRUS
BABYLON DESTROYED
DARIUS
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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
FASTING WITHOUT REPENTANCE
V. 1-5
DUTIES TO FELLOW CREATURES
V. 6-7
PROMISE OF HAPPINESS & PROSPERITY V. 8-12
BLESSING OF KEEPING THE SABBATH
V. 13-14
READ:
ISAIAH 58:1-2
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
1
"Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a
trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the
house of Jacob their sins.
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:1-2
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
1
"Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a
trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the
house of Jacob their sins.
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THE PROPHETS TO DO?
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE’S TRANSGRESSIONS?
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:1
1
"Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a
trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the
house of Jacob their sins.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THE PROPHETS TO DO?
WHAT DID THE PEOPLE WANT MOSES TO DO?
READ:
EXODUS 20:18-19
18
Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the
lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the
mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they
trembled and stood afar off.
19
Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and
we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die."
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:1
1
"Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a
trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the
house of Jacob their sins.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THE PROPHETS TO DO?
HOW DID ISAIAH RESPOND?
READ:
ISAIAH 40:6
6
The voice said, "Cry out!“ And he said, "What shall
I cry?“ NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 40:9
9
O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into
the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good
tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not
afraid; Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:1
1
"Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a
trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the
house of Jacob their sins.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT PROPHETS TO DO?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
READ:
EZEKIEL 3:17-18
17
"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the
house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth,
and give them warning from Me:
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:1
1
"Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a
trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the
house of Jacob their sins.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE’S TRANSGRESSIONS?
WHAT WERE THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES DOING?
READ:
MATTHEW 23:1-3
(Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47)
1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His
disciples,
2
saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in
Moses' seat.
3
Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that
observe and do, but do not do according to their works;
for they say, and do not do.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:1
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
WHAT WAS THIS PHARISEE DOING?
READ:
LUKE 18:10-14
10
"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a
Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself,
'God, I thank You that I am not like other men —
extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax
collector.
12
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I
possess.‘
13
And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not
so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast,
saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!‘
14
I tell you, this man went down to his house
justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will
be exalted."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:2
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 32:15
15
"But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat,
you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who
made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his
salvation.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:2
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
READ:
ISAIAH 29:13-14
13
Therefore the Lord said: "Inasmuch as these
people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with
their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment
of men,
14
Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work
Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For
the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the
understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden."
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:2
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
READ:
ISAIAH 48:1
1
"Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by
the name of Israel, And have come forth from the
wellsprings of Judah; Who swear by the name of the
LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel, But not in
truth or in righteousness;
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:2
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
HEARING AND NOT DOING
READ:
EZEKIEL 33:30-31
30
"As for you, son of man, the children of your
people are talking about you beside the walls and in the
doors of the houses; and they speak to one another,
everyone saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear
what the word is that comes from the LORD.‘
31
So they come to you as people do, they sit before
you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do
not do them; for with their mouth they show much love,
but their hearts pursue their own gain.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:2
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
READ:
MALCHAI 2:17
17
You have wearied the LORD with your words; Yet
you say, "In what way have we wearied Him?“ In that you
say, "Everyone who does evil Is good in the sight of the
LORD, And He delights in them,“ Or, "Where is the God
of justice?" NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:2
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
READ:
TITUS 1:15-16
15
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who
are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even
their mind and conscience are defiled.
16
They profess to know God, but in works they deny
Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for
every good work.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:2
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My
ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not
forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the
ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching
God.
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE OF GOD DOING?
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO?
READ:
JAMES 4:8-10
8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts,
you double-minded.
9
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be
turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He
will lift you up.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 58:3-4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
3
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not
seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no
notice?‘ "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And exploit all your laborers.
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day, To make your voice heard on high.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:3-4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
3
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not
seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no
notice?‘ "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And exploit all your laborers.
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day, To make your voice heard on high.
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY?
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:3
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
3
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not
seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no
notice?‘ "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And exploit all your laborers.
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY?
WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE COMMANDED TO DO?
you shall afflict your souls
READ:
LEVITICUS 16:29
29
"This shall be a statute forever for you: In the
seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall
afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native
of your own country or a stranger who dwells among
you. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:3
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
3
'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and You have not
seen? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no
notice?‘ "In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And exploit all your laborers.
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY?
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND?
READ:
ISAIAH 22:12-13
12
And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for
weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding
with sackcloth.
13
But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and
killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat
and drink, for tomorrow we die!"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day, To make your voice heard on high.
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
WHAT DID JEZEBEL DO?
READ:
1 KINGS 21:9-10
9
She wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast,
and seat Naboth with high honor among the people;
10
and seat two men, scoundrels, before him to bear
witness against him, saying, You have blasphemed God
and the king. Then take him out, and stone him, that he
may die.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day, To make your voice heard on high.
WHAT DID JEZEBEL DO?
READ:
1 KINGS 21:12-13
12
They proclaimed a fast, and seated Naboth with
high honor among the people.
13
And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before
him; and the scoundrels witnessed against him, against
Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth
has blasphemed God and the king!" Then they took him
outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he
died.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:4
WHY DID AHAB FAST?
READ:
1 KINGS 21:25-27
25
But there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to
do wickedness in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel
his wife stirred him up.
25
And he behaved very abominably in following
idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom
the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
27
So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he
tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and
fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day,
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
READ:
JEREMIAH 6:6-7
6
For thus has the LORD of hosts said: "Cut down
trees, And build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the
city to be punished. She is full of oppression in her
midst.
7
As a fountain wells up with water, So she wells up
with her wickedness. Violence and plundering are heard
in her. Before Me continually are grief and wounds. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day,
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
READ:
LAMENTATIONS 3:43-45
43
You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued
us; You have slain and not pitied.
44
You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That
prayer should not pass through.
45
You have made us an off-scouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day,
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
READ:
EZEKIEL 8:17-18
17
And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of
man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit
the abominations which they commit here? For they have
filled the land with violence; then they have returned to
provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their
nose.
18
Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not
spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears
with a loud voice, I will not hear them."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:4
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
4
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike
with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do
this day,
HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?
READ:
MICAH 3:2-4
2
You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the
skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;
3
Who also eat the flesh of My people, Flay their skin
from them, Break their bones, And chop them in pieces
Like meat for the pot, Like flesh in the caldron."
4
Then they will cry to the LORD, But He will not hear
them; He will even hide His face from them at that time,
Because they have been evil in their deeds. NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 58:5-7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
5
Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to
afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call
this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD?
6
"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose
the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To
let the oppressed go free, And that you break every
yoke?
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:5-7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
5
Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to
afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call
this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD?
6
"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose
the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To
let the oppressed go free, And that you break every
yoke?
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
WHAT FAST HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:5
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
WHY WERE MORDECAI & THE JEWS FASTING?
READ:
ESTHER 4:1-3
1
When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he
tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and
went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a
loud and bitter cry.
2
He went as far as the front of the king's gate, for no
one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
3
And in every province where the king's command
and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the
Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in
sackcloth and ashes.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:5
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
5
Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to
afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call
this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD
WHY WAS JOB FASTING?
READ:
JOB 2:7-9
7
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD,
and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot
to the crown of his head.
8
And he took for himself a potsherd with which to
scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
9
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to
your integrity? Curse God and die!" NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:5
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
WHY WAS DANIEL FASTING?
READ:
DANIEL 9:3-5
3
Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make
request by prayer and supplications, with fasting,
sackcloth, and ashes.
4
And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made
confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God,
who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love
Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
5
we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have
done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your
precepts and Your judgments.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:5
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
5
Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to
afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call
this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD
WHY WERE THE PEOPLE OF NINEVEH FASTING?
READ:
JONAH 3:5-6
5
So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed
a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the
least of them.
6
Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he
arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered
himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:5
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
5
Is it a fast that I have chosen, A day for a man to
afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Would you call
this a fast, And an acceptable day to the LORD
WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THE JEWS?
READ:
ZECHARIAH 7:4-5
4
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me,
saying,
5
"Say to all the people of the land, and to the
priests: 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and
seventh months during those seventy years, did you
really fast for Me — for Me?
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:5
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
HOW SHOULD WE FASTING? WHY?
FASTING TO BE SEEN ONLY BY GOD
READ:
MATTHEW 6:16-18
16
"Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the
hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure
their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting.
Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
17
But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash
your face,
18
so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but
to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father
who sees in secret will reward you openly. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
6
"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose
the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To
let the oppressed go free, And that you break every
yoke?
WHAT FAST HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
READ:
EXODUS 21:5-6
5
But if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master,
my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,‘
6
then his master shall bring him to the judges. He
shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and
his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall
serve him forever.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
WHAT FAST HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
READ:
LEVITICUS 25:47-49
47
'Now if a sojourner or stranger close to you
becomes rich, and one of your brethren who dwells by
him becomes poor, and sells himself to the stranger or
sojourner close to you, or to a member of the stranger's
family,
48
after he is sold he may be redeemed again. One of
his brothers may redeem him;
49
or his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him; or
anyone who is near of kin to him in his family may
redeem him; or if he is able he may redeem himself.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
WHAT FAST HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
READ:
LEVITICUS 25:53-55
53
He shall be with him as a yearly hired servant, and
he shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight.
54
And if he is not redeemed in these years, then he
shall be released in the Year of Jubilee — he and his
children with him.
55
For the children of Israel are servants to Me; they
are My servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt:
I am the LORD your God.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
WHAT FAST HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
THE LAW CONCERNING BONDSERVANTS
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 15:12-14
12
"If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew
woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in
the seventh year you shall let him go free from you
13
And when you send him away free from you, you
shall not let him go away empty-handed;
14
you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from
your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From
what the LORD has blessed you with, you shall give to
him.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
THE LAW CONCERNING BONDSERVANTS
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 15:15-18
15
You shall remember that you were a slave in the
land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you;
therefore I command you this thing today.
16
And if it happens that he says to you, 'I will not go
away from you,' because he loves you and your house,
since he prospers with you,
17
then you shall take an awl and thrust it through his
ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also
to your female servant you shall do likewise.
18
It shall not seem hard to you when you send him
away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired
servant in serving you six years. Then the LORD your
God will bless you in all that you do.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
WHAT FAST HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 34:8-16
8
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the
LORD, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all
the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to
them:
9
that every man should set free his male and female
slave — a Hebrew man or woman — that no one should
keep a Jewish brother in bondage.
10
Now when all the princes and all the people, who
had entered into the covenant, heard that everyone
should set free his male and female slaves, that no one
should keep them in bondage anymore, they obeyed and
let them go.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 34:8-16
11
But afterward they changed their minds and made
the male and female slaves return, whom they had set
free, and brought them into subjection as male and
female slaves.
12
Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah
from the LORD, saying,
13
"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'I made a
covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,
saying,
14
"At the end of seven years let every man set free
his Hebrew brother, who has been sold to him; and when
he has served you six years, you shall let him go free
from you." But your fathers did not obey Me nor incline
their ear.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 34:8-16
15
Then you recently turned and did what was right in
My sight — every man proclaiming liberty to his
neighbor; and you made a covenant before Me in the
house which is called by My name.
16
Then you turned around and profaned My name,
and every one of you brought back his male and female
slaves, whom he had set at liberty, at their pleasure, and
brought them back into subjection, to be your male and
female slaves.'
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
WHAT FAST HAS THE LORD CHOSEN?
let the oppressed go free
WHAT DID NEHEMIAH TELL THE JEWS?
READ:
NEHEMIAH 5:9-12
9
Then I said, "What you are doing is not good.
Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of
the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
10
I also, with my brethren and my servants, am
lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this
usury!
11
Restore now to them, even this day, their lands,
their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also
a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine
and the oil, that you have charged them."
12
So they said, "We will restore it, and will require
nothing from them; we will do as you say.“ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:6
6
"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose
the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To
let the oppressed go free, And that you break every
yoke?
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND THE JEWS?
READ:
JOEL 2:12-14
12
"Now, therefore," says the LORD, "Turn to Me with
all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with
mourning."
13
So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return
to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents
from doing harm.
14
Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a
blessing behind Him — A grain offering and a drink
offering For the LORD your God?
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
And not hide yourself from your own flesh?
READ:
GENESIS 2:23
23
And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
And not hide yourself from your own flesh?
READ:
GENESIS 29:13-14
13
Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report
about Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and
embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his
house. So he told Laban all these things.
14
And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone
and my flesh." And he stayed with him for a month.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
And not hide yourself from your own flesh?
READ:
GENESIS 37:26-28
26
So Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there
if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
27
Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let
not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our
flesh." And his brothers listened.
28
Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers
pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold
him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And
they took Joseph to Egypt.
NKJV
READ:
JOB 31:16-23
16
"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or
caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17
Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the
fatherless could not eat of it
18
(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And
from my mother's womb I guided the widow);
19
If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or
any poor man without covering;
20
If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not
warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21
If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
22
Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm
be torn from the socket.
23
For destruction from God is a terror to me, And
because of His magnificence I cannot endure. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
WHO IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?
THE PERSON WHO:
READ:
EZEKIEL 18:16-17
16
Has not oppressed anyone, Nor withheld a pledge,
Nor robbed by violence, But has given his bread to the
hungry And covered the naked with clothing;
17
Who has withdrawn his hand from the poor And
not received usury or increase, But has executed My
judgments And walked in My statutes — He shall not die
for the iniquity of his father; He shall surely live!
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?
WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO HIS DISCIPLES?
READ:
LUKE 3:10-11
10
So the people asked him, saying, "What shall we
do then?"
11
He answered and said to them, "He who has two
tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has
food, let him do likewise."
NKJV
WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO HIS DISCIPLES?
READ:
MATTHEW 25:35-40
35
for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was
thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you
took Me in;
36
I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and
you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.'
37
"Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord,
when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and
give You drink?
38
When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or
naked and clothe You?
39
Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and
come to You?‘
40
And the King will answer and say to them,
'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of
the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?
READ:
LUKE 10:30-37
30
Then Jesus answered and said: "A certain man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among
thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him,
and departed, leaving him half dead.
31
Now by chance a certain priest came down that
road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other
side.
32
Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place,
came and looked, and passed by on the other side.
33
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
where he was. And when he saw him, he had
compassion.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?
READ:
LUKE 10:30-37
34
So he went to him and bandaged his wounds,
pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own
animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35
On the next day, when he departed, he took out two
denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him,
'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I
come again, I will repay you.‘
36
So which of these three do you think was neighbor
to him who fell among the thieves?"
37
And he said, "He who showed mercy on him.“
Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?
READ:
JAMES 2:15-16
If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily
15
food,
16
and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be
warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things
which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:7
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
7
Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And
that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;
When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not
hide yourself from your own flesh?
WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?
READ:
HEBREWS 13:1-3
1
Let brotherly love continue.
2
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so
doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
3
Remember the prisoners as if chained with them —
those who are mistreated — since you yourselves are in
the body also.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 58:8-10
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
8
Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your
righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the
LORD shall be your rear guard.
9
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You
shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘ "If you take away
the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness,
10
If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy
the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the
darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8-10
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
8
Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your
righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the
LORD shall be your rear guard.
9
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You
shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘ "If you take away
the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness,
10
If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy
the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the
darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
IS THE LORD’S RESPONSE CONDITIONAL?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
8
Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your
righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the
LORD shall be your rear guard.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE WILDERNESS?
READ:
EXODUS 13:21-22
21
And 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
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
8
Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your
righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the
LORD shall be your rear guard.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE WILDERNESS?
READ:
EXODUS 14:19-20
19
And 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
So 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
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
8
Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your
righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the
LORD shall be your rear guard.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE WILDERNESS?
READ:
EXODUS 14:19-20
19
And 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
So 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
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
8
Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your
righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the
LORD shall be your rear guard.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
your light shall break forth like the morning
READ:
PSALMS 27:1
1
The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom
shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of
whom shall I be afraid?
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 9:2
2
The people who walked in darkness Have seen a
great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of
death, Upon them a light has shined.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
Your healing shall spring forth speedily
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?
READ:
ISAIAH 1:6
6
From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is
no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and
putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound
up, Or soothed with ointment.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 57:18
18
I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will also
lead him, And restore comforts to him And to his
mourners.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
And your righteousness shall go before you;
The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
READ:
ISAIAH 4:3-6
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.
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
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
And your righteousness shall go before you;
The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
READ:
ISAIAH 42:9
9
Behold, the former things have come to pass, And
new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of
them."
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 52:12
12
For you shall not go out with haste, Nor go by
flight; For the LORD will go before you, And the God of
Israel will be your rear guard.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:8
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
And your righteousness shall go before you;
The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
READ:
ISAIAH 26:2
2
Open the gates, That the righteous nation which
keeps the truth may enter in. NKJV
READ:
REVELATION 14:13
13
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying to me,
"Write: 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from
now on.'“ "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from
their labors, and their works follow them."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:9
9
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You
shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘ "If you take away
the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness,
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
PSALMS 50:15
15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver
you, and you shall glorify Me. NKJV
BUT
READ:
PSALMS 66:18
18
If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not
hear.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:9
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
you shall call and the LORD will answer;
You shall cry and He will say, 'Here I am.‘
READ:
PROVERBS 15:29
29
The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the
prayer of the righteous.
READ:
PROVERBS 28:9
9
One who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:9
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
you shall call and the LORD will answer;
You shall cry and He will say, 'Here I am.‘
READ:
ISAIAH 30:19
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you
at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will
answer you.
NKJV
READ:
ZECHARIAH 10:6
6
"I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will
save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back,
Because I have mercy on them. They shall be as though I
had not cast them aside; For I am the LORD their God,
And I will hear them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:9
WHEN DID THE LORD RESPOND TO DANIEL’S PRAYER?
READ:
DANIEL 9:20-23
20
Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing
my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting
my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy
mountain of my God,
21
yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of
the evening offering.
22
And he informed me, and talked with me, and said,
"O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to
understand.
23
At the beginning of your supplications the
command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you
are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and
understand the vision:
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:9
9
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You
shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘ "If you take away
the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness,
IS THE LORD’S RESPONSE CONDITIONAL?
READ:
PROVERBS 1:27-29
27
When your terror comes like a storm, And your
destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and
anguish come upon you.
28
"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29
Because they hated knowledge And did not choose
the fear of the LORD,
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:9
9
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You
shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘ "If you take away
the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness,
IS THE LORD’S RESPONSE CONDITIONAL?
READ:
ISAIAH 1:15
15
When you spread out your hands, I will hide My
eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I
will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:9
9
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You
shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘ "If you take away
the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and
speaking wickedness,
IS THE LORD’S RESPONSE CONDITIONAL?
READ:
ISAIAH 59:12-13
12
For our transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions
are with us, And as for our iniquities, we know them:
13
In transgressing and lying against the LORD, And
departing from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of
falsehood. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:10
10
If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy
the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the
darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
IS THE LORD’S RESPONSE CONDITIONAL?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 15:7-8
7
"If there is among you a poor man of your
brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the
LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your
heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,
8
but you shall open your hand wide to him and
willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he
needs.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:10
10
If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy
the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the
darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
IS THE LORD’S RESPONSE CONDITIONAL?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
JOB 11:17
17
And your life would be brighter than noonday.
Though you were dark, you would be like the morning.
READ:
PSALMS 112:4
4
Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness;
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:10
10
If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy
the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the
darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday.
IS THE LORD’S RESPONSE CONDITIONAL?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
ISAIAH 42:16
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
READ:
ISAIAH 58:11-12
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
11
The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy
your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You
shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
12
Those from among you Shall build the old waste
places; You shall raise up the foundations of many
generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the
Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:11-12
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
11
The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy
your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You
shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
12
Those from among you Shall build the old waste
places; You shall raise up the foundations of many
generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the
Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO? WHY?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:11
11
The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy
your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You
shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
PSALMS 48:14
14
For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will
be our guide Even to death.
NKJV
READ:
PSALMS 68:6
6
God sets the solitary in families; He brings out
those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious
dwell in a dry land.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:11
11
The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy
your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You
shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
PSALMS 72:16
16
There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains; Its fruit shall wave like
Lebanon; And those of the city shall flourish like grass of
the earth. NKJV
READ:
PSALMS 104:28
28
What You give them they gather in; You open Your
hand, they are filled with good.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:11
11
The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy
your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You
shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
PSALMS 107:9
9
For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the
hungry soul with goodness.
NKJV
READ:
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:15
15
A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And
streams from Lebanon.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:11
11
The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy
your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You
shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
ISAIAH 35:7
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 41:18
18
I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains
in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a
pool of water, And the dry land springs of water. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:11
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
READ:
ISAIAH 48:17
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.
READ:
JOHN 4:13-14
13
Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks
of this water will thirst again,
14
but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give
him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him
will become in him a fountain of water springing up into
everlasting life." NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:12
12
Those from among you Shall build the old waste
places; You shall raise up the foundations of many
generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the
Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO? WHY?
READ:
ISAIAH 44:28
28
Who says of Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd, And he
shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, "You
shall be built,“ And to the temple, "Your foundation shall
be laid."'
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:12
12
Those from among you Shall build the old waste
places; You shall raise up the foundations of many
generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the
Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO? WHY?
READ:
ISAIAH 49:8-9
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;
9
That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,‘ To
those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.‘ NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:12
WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO? WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 36:33-36
33
'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On the day that I
cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will also enable you
to dwell in the cities, and the ruins shall be rebuilt.
34
The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying
desolate in the sight of all who pass by.
35
So they will say, 'This land that was desolate has
become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted,
desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and
inhabited.‘
36
Then the nations which are left all around you shall
know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and
planted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken it,
and I will do it."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:12
WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO? WHY?
READ:
NEHEMIAH 2:17-18
17
Then I said to them, "You see the distress that we
are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are
burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of
Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.“
18
And I told them of the hand of my God which had
been good upon me, and also of the king's words that he
had spoken to me. So they said, "Let us rise up and
build." Then they set their hands to this good work.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:12
WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO? WHY?
READ:
AMOS 9:11-12
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.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:12
WHAT WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO? WHY?
READ:
ACTS 15:16-17
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
READ:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD
13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From
doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath
a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall
honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your
own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
14
Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I
will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And
feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From
doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath
a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall
honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your
own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
14
Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I
will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And
feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
NKJV
HOW SHOULD THEY KEEP THE SABBATH?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
HOW SHOULD THEY KEEP THE SABBATH?
WHY?
READ:
EXODUS 20:8-11
8
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD
your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son,
nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your
female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is
within your gates.
11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and
the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the
seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath
day and hallowed it.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From
doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath
a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall
honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your
own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
WHAT DID THEY DO ON THE SABBATH?
READ:
AMOS 8:5-6
5
"When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell
grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat?
Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying
the scales by deceit,
6
That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy
for a pair of sandals — Even sell the bad wheat?" NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From
doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath
a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall
honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your
own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
WHAT DID THEY DO ON THE SABBATH?
READ:
MALACHI 1:13-14
13
You also say, 'Oh, what a weariness!‘ And you
sneer at it,“ Says the LORD of hosts. "And you bring the
stolen, the lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an
offering! Should I accept this from your hand?“ Says the
LORD.
14
"But cursed be the deceiver Who has in his flock a
male, And takes a vow, But sacrifices to the Lord what is
blemished — For I am a great King,“ Says the LORD of
hosts, "And My name is to be feared among the nations.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
WHAT DID THEY DO ON THE SABBATH?
READ:
NEHEMIAH 13:15-22
15
In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine
presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and
loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of
burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the
Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day on which
they were selling provisions.
16
Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish
and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to
the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
WHAT DID THEY DO ON THE SABBATH?
WHAT DID NEHEMIAH DO?
READ:
NEHEMIAH 13:15-22
17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and
said to them, "What evil thing is this that you do, by
which you profane the Sabbath day?
18
Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God
bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you
bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath."
19
So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it began to
be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates
to be shut, and charged that they must not be opened till
after the Sabbath. Then I posted some of my servants at
the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the
Sabbath day.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
WHAT DID THEY DO ON THE SABBATH?
WHAT DID NEHEMIAH DO?
READ:
NEHEMIAH 13:15-22
20
Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of
wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
21
Then I warned them, and said to them, "Why do
you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I
will lay hands on you!" From that time on they came no
more on the Sabbath.
22
And I commanded the Levites that they should
cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard
the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From
doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath
a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall
honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your
own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
HOW SHOULD THEY KEEP THE SABBATH?
WHY?
READ:
PSALMS 42:4
4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul
within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with
them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and
praise, With a multitude that kept a pilgrim feast. NKJV
READ:
PSALMS 84:2
2
My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of
the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living
God.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From
doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath
a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall
honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your
own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
HOW SHOULD THEY KEEP THE SABBATH?
WHY?
READ:
PSALMS 84:10
10
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. NKJV
READ:
PROVERBS 4:27
27
Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your
foot from evil.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
13
"If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From
doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath
a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall
honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your
own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,
HOW SHOULD THEY KEEP THE SABBATH?
WHY?
READ:
ISAIAH 56:2
2
Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of
man who lays hold on it; Who keeps from defiling the
Sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil."
READ:
ISAIAH 58:9
9
Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You
shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
14
Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I
will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And
feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
NKJV
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM?
WHAT WAS THE HERITAGE OF JACOB?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
READ:
GENESIS 15:1-6
1
After these things the word of the LORD came to
Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am
your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
2
But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me,
seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer
of Damascus?“
3
Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no
offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!"
4
And behold, the word of the LORD came to him,
saying, "This one shall not be your heir, but one who will
come from your own body shall be your heir.“
5
Then He brought him outside and said, "Look now
toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to
number them." And He said to him, "So shall your
descendants be."
6
And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it
to him for righteousness.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
READ:
GENESIS 21:1-7
1
And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and
the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken.
2
For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in
his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to
him.
3
And Abraham called the name of his son who was
born to him — whom Sarah bore to him — Isaac.
4
Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he
was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5
Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his
son Isaac was born to him.
6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh, and all
who hear will laugh with me.“
7
She also said, "Who would have said to Abraham
that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a
son in his old age."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
14
Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I
will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And
feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
NKJV
WHAT WAS THE HERITAGE OF JACOB?
READ:
HEBREWS 11:8-10
8
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go
out to the place which he would receive as an
inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was
going.
9
By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a
foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him of the same promise;
10
for he waited for the city which has foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
14
Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I
will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And
feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
NKJV
WHAT WAS THE HERITAGE OF JACOB?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JACOB?
READ:
GENESIS 27:28-29
28
Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven,
Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine.
29
Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to
you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother's
sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses
you, And blessed be those who bless you!"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
WHAT WAS THE HERITAGE OF JACOB?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JACOB?
READ:
GENESIS 28:13-15
13
Behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am
the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of
Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and
your descendants.
14
Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the
earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east,
to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed
all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
15
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever
you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not
leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
14
Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I
will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And
feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
NKJV
WHAT WAS THE HERITAGE OF JACOB?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 31:12-13
12
Gather the people together, men and women and
little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that
they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD
your God and carefully observe all the words of this law,
13
and that their children, who have not known it, may
hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you
live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess."
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
14
Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I
will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And
feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The
mouth of the LORD has spoken."
NKJV
WHAT WAS THE HERITAGE OF JACOB?
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 32:13
13
"He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That
he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw
honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock; NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO?
READ:
JOB 22:21-27
21
"Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
22
Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And
lay up His words in your heart.
23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
24
Then you will lay your gold in the dust, And the
gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25
Yes, the Almighty will be your gold And your
precious silver;
26
For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
27
You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 58:13-14
WHAT WAS THE HERITAGE OF JACOB?
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
READ:
PSALMS 37:4
4
Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall
give you the desires of your heart. NKJV
READ:
PSALMS 105:10-12
10
And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as
an everlasting covenant,
11
Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As
the allotment of your inheritance,"
12
When they were few in number, Indeed very few,
and strangers in it. NKJV