Transcript WHO WAS ISAIAH? - South Walton Church of Christ

ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
TIGLATH-PILESER
(745-727BC)?
SHALMANESER
(727-722BC)?
SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?
SENNACHERIB
(705-681BC)?
NINEVEH DESTROYED
(606BC)?
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?
TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?
BELSHAZZAR
(562-539BC)?
MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE
CYRUS
(539-530BC)?
BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?
ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?
DARIUS
(521-486BC)?
AHASUERUS (486-464BC)?
ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)?
NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?
JONAH
JOEL
HOSEA
MICAH
AMOS
ISAIAH
NAHUM
PROPHET - DATE
(825-785BC)?
(800BC)?
(785-725BC)?
(785-710BC)?
(784BC)?
(701-681BC)?
(700BC)?
ZEPHANIAH
JEREMIAH
DANIEL
HABAKKUK
EZEKIEL
OBADIAH
EZRA
HAGGAI
ZECHARIAH
MALACHI
(630BC)?
(629-588BC)?
(606-534BC)?
(598BC)?
(597-573BC)?
(588-562BC)?
(536-456BC)?
(532-512BC)?
(532-512BC)?
(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)?
ASSYRIANS - BABYLONIANS - CHALDEANS
EZEKIEL PROPHESIED THAT THE LORD WOULD BRING
THE ASSYRIANS, THE BABYLONIANS AND THE CHALDEANS
AGAINST ISRAEL AND JUDAH
EZEKIEL 23:22-24
ALSO PROPHESIED BY DANIEL
DANIEL 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
ASSYRIANS?
SHALMANESER
SENNACHERIB
727-722BC?
705-681BC?
BABYLONIANS?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
BELSHAZZAR
605-562BC
562-539BC?
CHALDEANS?
CYRUS
539-530BC?
REMEMBER: ABRAHAM
FROM UR OF CHALDEA
ASSYRIANS - BABYLONIANS - CHALDEANS
TIGLATH-PELSER KING OF ASSYRIA (745-727BC?)
TOOK THE SYRIAN CAPTIVES TO KIR
2 KINGS 16:5-6
AMOS 1:5-7
SHALMANESER KING OF ASSYRIA (727-722BC?)
TOOK ISRAEL CAPTIVE TO THE CITIES OF THE MEDES
2 KINGS 17:5-6
JEHOIAKIM WAS KING OF JUDAH (608-598BC?)
NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS KING OF BABYLON (605-562BC?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR DESTROYED JERUSALEM
AND TOOK ALL THE BEST OF JUDAH CAPTIVE TO BABYLON
2 KINGS 24:11-16
DANIEL 1:1-2
CYRUS WAS KING OF THE CHALDEANS
(539-529BC?)
THE LORD SENT THE CHALDEANS AGAINST BABYLON
JEREMIAH 51:54-56?
OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM
V.1-14
PROPHECY AGAINST HOUSE OF SHEBNA V. 15-19
PROPHECY AGAINST ELIAKIM
V. 20-21
PROPHECY CONCERNING THE MESSIAH
V. 20-24
SENTENCE AGAINST SHEBNA
V. 25
READ:
ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails
you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a
joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword,
Nor dead in battle.
3
All your rulers have fled together; They are
captured by the archers. All who are found in you are
bound together; They have fled from afar.
4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep
bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the
plundering of the daughter of my people."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
3
All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the
archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have
fled from afar.
4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do
not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter
of my people."
WHERE IS THIS ‘VALLEY OF VISION’?
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?
WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
WHO ARE THE ARCHERS?
WHY DID IASIAH TELL THEM NOT TO LOOK AT HIM?
OR TRY TO COMFORT HIM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
WHERE IS THIS ‘VALLEY OF VISION’? VALLEY OF DECISION?
VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT? VALLEY OF BERACHAH?
JEHOSHAPHAT, KING OF JUDAH
871-849BC?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 20:26-27
26
On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah,
for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place
was called The Valley of Berachah until this day.
27
They returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with
Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for
the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
NKJV
JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS:
JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
WHERE IS THIS ‘VALLEY OF VISION’? VALLEY OF DECISION?
VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT? VALLEY OF BERACHAH?
READ: JOEL 3:2
2
I will gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of
Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment with them there On account
of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among
the nations. They have divided up My land. NKJV
READ: JOEL 3:12-14
12
Let the nations be wakened and come up to the Valley of
Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down. For
the winepress is full, The vats overflow — Their wickedness is great.
14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! The day of
the LORD is near in the valley of decision. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
WHERE IS THIS ‘VALLEY OF VISION’? VALLEY OF DECISION?
VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT? VALLEY OF BERACHAH?
VALLEY OF DECISION?
JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE
READ: PSALMS 125:2-3
2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD
surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.
3
The scepter of wickedness shall not rest On the land allotted
to the righteous Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?
WHAT DID GOD COMMAND ISRAEL TO BUILD ON THEIR ROOF?
WHY?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 22:8
8
When you build a new house, You shall make a parapet for
your roof That you may not bring guilt of bloodshed on your
household if anyone falls from it.
NKJV
WHAT IS A PARAPET?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?
WHERE DID RAHAB HIDE THE SPIES?
WHY?
READ: JOSHUA 2:6-9
6
Rahab brought them up to the roof and hid them with the
stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.
7
The men pursued them by the road to the Jordan, to the
fords. As those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate.
8
Before they lay down, Rahab came up to them on the roof,
9
She said to the men: I know that the LORD has given you the
land, That the terror of you has fallen on us, and That all the
inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?
WHERE WAS SAMUEL WHEN HE SPOKE WITH SAUL?
ON THE TOP OF THE HOUSE?
READ: 1 SAMUEL 9:25-26
25
When they had come down from the high place into the city,
Samuel spoke with Saul on the top of the house.
26
They arose early. It was about the dawning of the day that
Samuel called to Saul on the top of the house, saying: “Get up, that
I may send you on your way.” Saul arose and both of them went
outside, he and Samuel.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?
WHERE WAS DAVID WHEN HE SAW BATHSHEBA?
ON THE ROOF OF THE KING’S HOUSE?
READ: 2 SAMUEL 11:2
2
It happened one evening that David arose from his bed and
walked on the roof of the king's house. From the roof he saw a
woman bathing and the woman was very beautiful to behold. NKJV
WHY WAS DAVID ON THE ROOF?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?
WHY WERE THEY ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?
WHY WERE THE MOABITES ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?
READ: JEREMIAH 48:37-38
37
“Every head shall be bald and every beard clipped. On all the
hands shall be cuts and on the loins sackcloth”
38
“A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab And in
its streets. For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no
pleasure,” says the LORD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?
WHY WERE THEY ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?
WHAT DID JESUS TELL HIS DISCIPLES TO DO?
READ: MATTHEW 10:27
27
Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. And What
you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. NKJV
WHY FROM THE HOUSETOPS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?
WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?
WHY WERE THEY ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?
WHEN DID PETER GO UP ON THE HOUSETOP?
WHY?
READ: ACTS 10:9
9
As they went on their journey and drew near the city, About
the sixth hour Peter went up on the housetop to pray. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
READ: 2 KINGS 25:1-3
1
It came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth
month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped
against it. And they built a siege wall against it all around.
2
The city was besieged until the eleventh year of King
Zedekiah.
3
By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become
so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the
land. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:15-16
15
The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His
messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had
compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.
16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His
words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD
arose against His people, till there was no remedy. NKJV
READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:9
9
Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die
of hunger. For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the
field. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
READ: JEREMIAH 14:18
18
If I go out to the field, Behold, those slain with the sword!
If I enter the city, Behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet
and priest go about in a land they do not know.
NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 38:2-3
2
Thus says the LORD: “He who remains in this city shall die
by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. But he who goes over to
the Chaldeans shall live. His life shall be as a prize to him, and he
shall live.”
3
Thus says the LORD: “This city shall surely be given into the
hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
READ: JEREMIAH 39:1-8
1
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth
month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came
against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
2
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the
ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.
3
All the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the
Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris,
Nergal-Sarezer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of
Babylon.
4
When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw
them, they fled. They went out of the city by night, by way of the
king's garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out
by way of the plain.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
1
The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now,
that you have all gone up to the housetops,
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
READ: JEREMIAH 39:1-8
5
But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah
in the plains of Jericho. They had captured him and brought him up
to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath,
where he pronounced judgment on him.
6
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his
eyes in Riblah. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of
Judah.
7
He put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze
fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
8
The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of
the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
READ: JEREMIAH 52:1-11
1
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king,
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that
Jehoiakim had done.
3
Because of the anger of the LORD this happened in
Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His
presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4
In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth
day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his
army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it. And they
built a siege wall against it all around.
5
The city was besieged until the eleventh year of King
Zedekiah.
6
By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the
famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for
the people of the land.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
READ: JEREMIAH 52:1-11
7
The city wall was broken through. All the men of war fled
and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two
walls, which was by the king's garden, even though the Chaldeans
were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain.
8
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and they
overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. All his army was
scattered from him.
9
They took the king and brought him up to the king of
Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he pronounced
judgment on him.
10
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his
eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11
He put out the eyes of Zedekiah. The king of Babylon bound
him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till
the day of his death. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
3
All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the
archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have
fled from afar.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
WHAT DID JOSHUA DO TO THE AMORITE KINGS?
READ: JOSHUA 10:24-26
24
When they brought out those kings to Joshua, Joshua called
for all the men of Israel and said to the captains of the men of war
who went with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these
kings. And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.”
25
Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be
strong and of good courage, for thus the LORD will do to all your
enemies against whom you fight.”
26
Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on
five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
3
All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the
archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have
fled from afar.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
WHAT DID ELISHA SAY TO JEHORAM KING OF ISRAEL?
READ: 2 KINGS 6:22-23
22
Elisha said to Jehoram, “You shall not kill them. Would you
kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your
bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink
and go to their master.”
23
Jehoram prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and
drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the
bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
2
You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city?
Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.
3
All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the
archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have
fled from afar.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?
WHAT DID THE CHALDEANS DO TO ZEDEKIAH & HIS SONS?
READ: 2 KINGS 25:5-7
5
The army of the Chaldeans pursued Zedekiah and overtook
him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
6
They took the king and brought him up to the king of
Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
7
They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. They put
out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters and took
him to Babylon.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do
not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter
of my people."
WHY DID IASIAH TELL THEM NOT TO LOOK AT HIM?
OR TRY TO COMFORT HIM?
WHY DID JOSEPH TURN AWAY FROM HIS BRETHREN?
READ: GENESIS 42:22-24
22
Reuben said to his brethren, “Did I not speak to you, saying,
Do not sin against the boy; and you would not listen? Therefore
behold, his blood is now required of us.”
23
They did not know that Joseph understood them, for he
spoke to them through an interpreter.
24
Joseph he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he
returned to them again and talked with them. And he took Simeon
from them and bound him before their eyes. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do
not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter
of my people."
WHY DID IASIAH TELL THEM NOT TO LOOK AT HIM?
OR TRY TO COMFORT HIM?
WHY IS JEREMIAH CALLED ‘THE WEEPING PROPHET’?
READ: JEREMIAH 8:19-22
19
Listen! The voice, The cry of the daughter of my people from
a far country. Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her King in her? Why
have they provoked Me to anger With their carved images —
With foreign idols?
20
The harvest is past, The summer is ended And we are not
saved!
21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am
mourning and Astonishment has taken hold of me.
22
Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why
is there no recovery for the health of the daughter of my people?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
WHY IS JEREMIAH CALLED ‘THE WEEPING PROPHET’?
READ: JEREMIAH 9:1
1
Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of
tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter
of my people! NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 13:17
17
If you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your
pride. My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears, Because
the LORD‘S flock has been taken captive. NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 14:17-18
17
You shall say this word to them: “Let my eyes flow with tears
night and day And let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my
people has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe
blow.”
18
“If I go out to the field, Behold, those slain with the sword!
If I enter the city, Behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet
and priest go about in a land they do not know.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
WHY IS JEREMIAH CALLED ‘THE WEEPING PROPHET’?
READ: LAMENTATIONS 1:16
16
For these things I weep: My eye overflows with water;
Because the comforter, who should restore my life, is far from me.
My children are desolate Because the enemy prevailed.
READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:11
11
My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled. My bile is
poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of
my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets
of the city. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
WHY IS JEREMIAH CALLED ‘THE WEEPING PROPHET’?
READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:3-6
3
Even the jackals present their breasts To nurse their young.
But the daughter of my people is cruel, Like ostriches in the
wilderness.
4
The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for
thirst. The young children ask for bread; No one breaks it for them.
5
Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets. Those
who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.
6
The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was
overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her! NKJV
READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:10
10
The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their
own children. They became food for them In the destruction of the
daughter of my people. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM ASK EZEKIEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 21:1-7
1
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2
“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach
against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel”
3
“Say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I am
against you. I will draw My sword out of its sheath and I will cut off
both righteous and wicked from you.’”
4
”Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you,
My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to
north,”
5
“That all flesh may know that I, the LORD, have drawn My
sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore.”
6
“Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart. Sigh with
bitterness before their eyes.”
7
“It shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’
That you shall answer, ‘Because of the news. When it comes, every
heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all
knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be
brought to pass,’” says the Lord GOD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM
588-586BC?
4
Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do
not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter
of my people."
WHY DID IASIAH TELL THEM NOT TO LOOK AT HIM?
OR TRY TO COMFORT HIM?
HOW DID MICAH DESCRIBE HIS MOURNING FOR JERUSALEM?
READ: MICAH 1:8-9
8
I will wail and howl. I will go stripped and naked. I will make a
wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches,
9
For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah.
It has come to the gate of My people — To Jerusalem. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
HOW DID THE LORD JESUS MOURN FOR JERUSALEM?
READ: MATTHEW 23:37-39
37
“O Jerusalem , Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets
and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather
your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,
but you were not willing!”
38
“See! Your house is left to you desolate;”
39
“I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, Blessed
is He who comes in the name of the LORD!” (LUKE 13:34-35)
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4
HOW DID THE LORD JESUS MOURN FOR JERUSALEM?
READ: LUKE 19:41-44
41
As Jesus drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,
42
Saying,” If you had known, even you, especially in this your
day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden
from your eyes.”
43
“For days will come upon you when your enemies will build
an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on
every side,”
44
“And level you and your children within you, to the ground.
They will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did
not know the time of your visitation.” NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and
perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of
Vision — Breaking down the walls And of crying to the
mountain.
6
Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and
horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.
7
It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set
themselves in array at the gate.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
6
Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
7
It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full
of chariots And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the
gate.
WHERE IS THE VALLEY OF VISION? JERUSALEM?
VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT?
JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
WHAT DID THEY SEE?DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHERE IS THE VALLEY OF VISION? JERUSALEM?
VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT?
JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
WHAT DID THEY SEE? DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: JEREMIAH 30:7
7
Alas! For That day is great, So that None is like it. It is the
time of Jacob's trouble. But He shall be saved out of it. NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 39:8
8
The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of
the people with fire And They broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
WHAT DID THEY SEE?
JUDGMENT?
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
READ: EZEKIEL 8:17-18
17
The LORD 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? They have filled the land with violence.
And They have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed They put
the branch to their nose.”
18
“I will act in fury. My eye will not spare Nor will I have pity.
Though They cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
HOW DID HEZEKIAH PREPARE FOR THIS DAY?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:5-8
5
Hezekiah strengthened himself. He built up all the wall that
was broken and raised it up to the towers and built another wall
outside. He repaired the Millo in the City of David and made
weapons and shields in abundance.
6
He set military captains over the people. He gathered them
together to him in the open square of the city gate and gave them
encouragement, Saying:
7
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid Nor dismayed
before the king of Assyria Nor before all the multitude that is with
him. For There are more with us than with him.
8
With him is an arm of flesh. But With us is the LORD our
God, to help us and to fight our battles. And The people were
strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
WHAT DID THEY SEE? DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: EZEKIEL 13:13-16
13
Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will cause a stormy wind to
break forth in My fury. There shall be a flooding rain in My anger and
great hailstones in fury to consume it.”
14
“I will break down the wall you plastered with un-tempered
mortar and bring it down to the ground. Its foundation will be
uncovered. It will fall and you shall be consumed in the midst of it.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD.”
15
“Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those
who have plastered it with un-tempered mortar. Then I will say to
you, ‘The wall is no more Nor those who plastered it.’”
16
“That is, The prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning
Jerusalem and who see visions of peace for her When there is no
peace,” says the Lord GOD. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
WHAT DID THEY SEE?
JUDGMENT?
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
READ: PSALMS 89:38-40
38
You have cast off and abhorred. You have been furious with
Your anointed.
39
You have renounced the covenant of Your servant. You have
profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40
You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his
strongholds to ruin.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
WHAT DID THEY SEE? DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?
READ: LAMENTATIONS 1:3-5
3
Judah has gone into captivity, Under affliction and hard
servitude. She dwells among the nations and She finds no rest. All
her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.
4
The roads to Zion mourn Because no one comes to the set
feasts. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh and Her virgins
are afflicted. She is in bitterness.
5
Her adversaries have become their master and Her enemies
prosper. The LORD has afflicted her Because of the multitude of her
transgressions. Her children have gone into captivity before the
enemy. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: AMOS 5:18-20
18
Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For What good
is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness, and Not light.
19
It will be as though a man fled from a lion And A bear met
him! Or As though he went into the house, Leaned his hand on the
wall And A serpent bit him!
20
Is not the day of the LORD darkness and not light? Is it not
very dark, with no brightness in it? NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:15
15
That day is a day of wrath: A day of trouble and distress.
A day of devastation and desolation. A day of darkness and
gloominess. A day of clouds and thick darkness. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: JOEL 2:31-32
31
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into
blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the
LORD.
22
It shall come to pass That Whoever calls on the name of the
LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there
shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant
whom the LORD calls. NKJV
WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
WHAT DID THEY SEE? DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?
READ: NEHEMIAH 6:15-16
15
The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fiftytwo days.
16
When all our enemies heard of it and all the nations around
us saw these things, They were very disheartened in their own eyes.
For They perceived that this work was done by our God. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: LUKE 21:20-24
20
When You see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, Then You
will know that its desolation is near.
21
Then Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let
those who are in the midst of her depart and Let not those who are
in the country enter her.
22
For These are the days of vengeance That All things which
are written may be fulfilled.
23
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are
nursing babies in those days! For There will be great distress in the
land and wrath upon this people.
24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away
captive into all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles Until
the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
5
For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity
By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down
the walls And of crying to the mountain.
WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE?
JUDGMENT?
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: MARK 13:14
14
When You see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, Standing where it ought not. Let the reader
understand. Then Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
(MATTHEW 24:15-16)
WHAT WAS SPOKEN BY DANIEL THE PROPHET?
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: DANIEL 9:27 DANIEL 11:31 DANIEL 12:11
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHAT WAS SPOKEN BY DANIEL THE PROPHET?
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: DANIEL 9:27
27
He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in
the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and
offering. On the wing of abominations shall be one who makes
desolate Until the consummation, Which is determined, Is poured
out on the desolate. NKJV
READ: DANIEL 11:31
31
Forces shall be mustered by him and they shall defile the
sanctuary fortress. Then they shall take away the daily sacrifices
and place there the abomination of desolation.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHAT WAS SPOKEN BY DANIEL THE PROPHET?
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
READ: DANIEL 12:8-13
8
Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord,
what shall be the end of these things?”
9
He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up
and sealed till the time of the end.”
10
“Many shall be purified, made white and refined But the
wicked shall do wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand But
the wise shall understand.”
11
“From the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away and The
abomination of desolation is set up, There shall be one thousand
two hundred and ninety days.”
12
“Blessed is he who waits and Comes to the one thousand
three hundred and thirty-five days.”
13
“But You, Go your way till the end. For you shall rest and will
arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
6
Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
THE LORD WILL BRING ELAM & KIR AGAINST JERUSALEM
KIR WAS A WALLED CITY OF THE MEDES
ELAM ( MEDO-PERSIANS) WERE DESCENDANTS OF SHEM
GENESIS 10:22
KING OF ELAM TOOK LOT CAPTIVE
GENESIS 14:8-12
ZEDEKIAH WAS KING OF JUDAH
599-588BC?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS KING OF PERSIA 605-562BC?
EZEKIEL PROPHESIED THAT PERSIA WOULD DESTROY ELAM
EZEKIEL 32:24
WHAT DID JEREMIAH PROPHESY ABOUT ELAM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHAT DID JEREMIAH PROPHESY ABOUT ELAM?
WHEN?
605-562BC?
READ: JEREMIAH 49:34-39
34
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet
against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of
Judah, saying,
35
Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Behold, I will break the bow
of Elam, The foremost of their might.”
36
“Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four
quarters of heaven And Scatter them toward all those winds. There
shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.”
37
“I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And
before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them,
My fierce anger,” says the LORD. “I will send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.”
38
“I will set My throne in Elam And I will destroy from there the
king and the princes,” says the LORD.
39
“But it shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring back
the captives of Elam,” says the LORD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
6
Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
WHERE WAS KIR?
KIR WAS A WALLED CITY OF THE MEDES
WHO DID AHAZ, KING OF JUDAH, ASK TO HELP HIM?
WHO WAS KING OF SYRIA? REZIN? 734-32BC?
WHERE DID TIGLATH-PELSER TAKE THE SYRIANS? KIR?
READ: 2 KINGS 16:7-9
7
Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria,
saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me
from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of
Israel, who rise up against me.”
8
Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of
the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a
present to the king of Assyria.
9
The king of Assyria heeded him. For the king of Assyria went
up against Damascus and took it. He carried its people captive to
Kir and killed Rezin. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
6
Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
WHERE WAS KIR?
KIR WAS A WALLED CITY OF THE MEDES
WHERE DID TIGLATH-PELSER TAKE THE SYRIANS?
KIR?
READ: AMOS 1:5
5
I will break the gate bar of Damascus And cut off the
inhabitant from the Valley of Aven And the one who holds the
scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,
Says the LORD. NKJV
READ: AMOS 9:7
7
“Are you not like the people of Ethiopia to Me, O children of
Israel?” says the LORD. “Did I not bring up Israel from the land of
Egypt, The Philistines from Caphtor And the Syrians from Kir?”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHO DID THE LORD BRING UP AGAINST ISRAEL AND JUDAH?
ASSYRIANS?
BABYLONIANS?
CHALDEANS?
READ: EZEKIEL 23:22-24
22
Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will stir up your lovers
against you, From whom you have alienated yourself. And I will
bring them against you from every side:”
23
“The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa,
All the Assyrians with them, All of them desirable young men,
Governors and rulers, Captains and men of renown, All of them
riding on horses.”
24
“They shall come against you With chariots, wagons, and
war-horses, With a horde of people. They shall array against you
Buckler, shield, and helmet all around. I will delegate judgment to
them And they shall judge you according to their judgments.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHO DID THE LORD BRING UP AGAINST ISREAL & JUDAH?
READ: EZEKIEL 23:22-24
ASSYRIANS?
SHALMANESER
SENNACHERIB?
727-722BC?
705-681BC?
BABYLONIANS?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
BELSHAZZAR
605-562BC
562-539BC?
CHALDEANS?
CYRUS
539-530BC?
REMEMBER: ABRAHAM
FROM UR OF CHALDEA
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?
SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?
SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?
SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?
HEZEKIAH - KING OF JUDAH (728-686BC)?
NINEVEH DESTROYED (612BC)?
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
(605-562BC)?
ZEDEKIAH - KING OF JUDAH
(597-586BC)?
TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?
BELSHAZZAR
(562-539BC)?
MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE
CYRUS (539-530BC)?
BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?
ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?
DARIUS (521-486BC)?
AHASUERUS (486-464BC)?
ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)?
NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
6
Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen,
And Kir uncovered the shield.
WHERE WAS KIR?
CITY OF THE MEDES?
WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ISRAEL? SHALMANESER?
WHEN WAS SHALMANESER KING OF ASSYRIA? 727-722BC?
WHERE DID HE TAKE THE CAPTIVES?
CITIES OF THE MEDES?
READ: 2 KINGS 17:5-6
5
The king of Assyria went throughout all the land. He went up
to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria
and carried Israel away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and by
the Habor, the River of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHO DESTROYED JUDAH & JERUSALEM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
READ: 2 KINGS 24:11-16
11
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as
his servants were besieging it.
12
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his
princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon. And the
king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.
13
He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of
the LORD and the treasures of the king's house. He cut in pieces all
the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the
temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
14
He carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and
all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the
craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of
the land.
15
He carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king's mother,
the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried
into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16
All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and
smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the
king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHO DESTROYED JUDAH & JERUSALEM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
WHEN WAS HE KING OF BABYLON?
WHO DID HE TAKE TO BABYLON?
605-562BC?
DANIEL?
READ: DANIEL 1:1-2
1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged
it.
2
The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with
some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the
land of Shinar to the house of his god; And he brought the articles
into the treasure house of his god.
6
Among those of the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah.
7
To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: he gave
Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael,
Meshach; and to Azariah, Abed-Nego.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ISRAEL?
WHO WAS THIS PLUNDERER?
CHALDEANS?
CYRUS?
WHEN WAS CYRUS KING OF THE CHALDEANS?
539-530BC?
READ: JEREMIAH 51:54-56?
54
The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, And great
destruction from the land of the Chaldeans,
55
Because the LORD is plundering Babylon And silencing her
loud voice, Though her waves roar like great waters And the noise
of their voice is uttered.
56
Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men are taken. Every one of their bows is broken;
For the LORD is the God of recompense, He will surely repay. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
7
It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full
of chariots And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the
gate.
WHERE WERE THESE CHOICEST VALLEYS?
WHAT HAPPENED IN THEM? FILLED WITH CHARIOTS?
WHERE DID THEY ASSEMBLE?
AT THE GATE?
WHAT DID HEZEKIAH DO WHEN HE SAW THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
WHAT VALLEYS WERE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF JUDAH?
READ: JOSHUA 15:7-8
7
The border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor,
and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of
Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border
continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at En Rogel.
8
The border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to
the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The
border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley
of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim
northward.
NKJV
THE VALLEY OF ACHOR? TROUBLE?
THE VALLEY OF HINNOM?
AKELDAMA? GEHENNA?
THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM? GIANTS?
THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT?
JUDGMENT?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:5-7
7
It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full
of chariots And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the
gate.
(705-681BC)?
WHAT DID HEZEKIAH DO WHEN HE SAW SENNACHERIB?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:1-4
1
Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He
encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to
himself.
2
When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his
purpose was to make war against Jerusalem,
3
Hezekiah consulted with his leaders and commanders to
stop the water from the springs which were outside the city. And
they helped him.
4
Many people gathered together who stopped all the springs
and the brook that ran through the land, saying, Why should the
kings of Assyria come and find much water? NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in
that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9
You also saw the damage to the city of David, That
it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the
lower pool.
10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the
houses you broke down To fortify the wall.
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls
For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its
Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned
it long ago.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9
You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was
great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses
you broke down To fortify the wall.
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the
water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you
have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
WHO IS ‘HE’? THE LORD? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
WHAT DID HE REMOVE?
THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?
WHAT WAS THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?
HER WALLS? OR HER ARMORY? OR THE LORD?
WHO IS ‘YOU’?
HEZEKIAH?
WHAT DID HE LOOK INTO? THE ARMORY?
WHERE WAS THE ARMORY? IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST?
WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST? SOLOMON?
WHAT DID HE PUT IN THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
WHO IS ‘YOU’?
HEZEKIAH?
WHAT DID HE LOOK INTO? THE ARMORY?
WHERE WAS THE ARMORY? IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST?
WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST? SOLOMON?
WHAT DID HE PUT IN THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST?
READ: 1 KINGS 7:1-5
1
Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house. So he
finished all his house.
2
He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length
was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty
cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the
pillars.
3
It was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on
forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row.
4
There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and
window was opposite window in three tiers.
5
All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames And
window was opposite window in three tiers. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
WHO IS ‘YOU’?
HEZEKIAH?
WHAT DID HE LOOK INTO? THE ARMORY?
WHERE WAS THE ARMORY? IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST?
WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST? SOLOMON?
WHAT DID HE PUT IN THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST?
WAS THIS THE LORD’S ARMORY?
READ: 1 KINGS 10:16-17
16
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered
gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
17
He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold and
three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the
House of the Forest of Lebanon.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9
You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was
great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem And the houses you
broke down To fortify the wall.
WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT HEZEKIAH?
HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD
READ: 2 KINGS 18:5-7
5
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel So that after him was
none like him among all the kings of Judah Nor who were before
him.
6
He held fast to the LORD and He did not depart from
following Him. He kept His commandments which the LORD had
commanded Moses.
7
The LORD was with him. He prospered wherever he went.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
HOW DID THE LORD DESCRIBE DAVID?
A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART?
WHY DID DAVID NUMBER THE ISRAELITES?
2 SAMUEL 24
&
1CHRONICLES 21
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DAVID NUMBERED THE ISRAELITES?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
WHO IS ‘YOU’?
HEZEKIAH?
WHAT DID HE LOOK INTO? THE ARMORY?
WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SHOW THE KING OF BABYLON?
ALL HIS ARMORY?
READ: 2 KINGS 20:12-18
12
Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent
letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had
been sick.
13
Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the
house of his treasures — the silver and gold, the spices and
precious ointment, and all his armory — all that was found among
his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion
that Hezekiah did not show them.
14
Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him,
“What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?”
Hezekiah said, “They came from a far country, from Babylon.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
WHO IS ‘YOU’?
HEZEKIAH?
WHAT DID HE LOOK INTO? THE ARMORY?
WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SHOW THE KING OF BABYLON?
ALL HIS ARMORY?
READ: 2 KINGS 20:12-18
15
Isaiah said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah
answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing
among my treasures that I have not shown them.”
16
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:”
17
“Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house,
and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be
carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,” says the LORD.
18
“They shall take away some of your sons who will descend
from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the
palace of the king of Babylon.”
NKJV
WHAT DID ISAIAH TELL HEZEKIAH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
WHO IS ‘HE’? THE LORD? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
WHAT DID HE REMOVE?
THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?
WHAT WAS THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?
HER WALLS? HER ARMORY? THE LORD?
HOW DID HEZEKIAH STRENGTHEN HIMSELF?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:5-7
5
Hezekiah strengthened himself. He built up all the wall that
was broken. He raised it up to the towers and built another wall
outside. He repaired the Millo in the City of David and He made
weapons and shields in abundance.
6
He set military captains over the people. He gathered them
together to him in the open square of the city gate, and gave them
encouragement, saying,
7
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid nor dismayed
before the king of Assyria; Nor before all the multitude that is with
him. For there are more with us than with him.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9
You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was
great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem And the houses you
broke down To fortify the wall.
WHAT DID HEZEKIAH LOOK AT?
ALL THAT HE HAD DONE TO PREPARE FOR A SEIGE?
READ: 2 KINGS 20:20
20
The rest of the acts of Hezekiah, all his might and how he
made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:30
30
Hezekiah stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon and
brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David.
Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the
water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you
have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HEZEKIAH’S PREPARATIONS?
READ: JEREMIAH 33:4-5
4
Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “concerning the
houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah which have
been pulled down to fortify against the siege mounds and the
sword.”
5
“They come to fight with the Chaldeans But only to fill their
places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and
My fury. For all whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this
city.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9
You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was
great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses
you broke down To fortify the wall.
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the
water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you
have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
WHAT DID THE LORD REMOVE? HER PROTECTION?
WHAT WAS HER PROTECTION?
HER WALLS? HER ARMORY?
OR THE LORD?
WHAT DID HEZEKIAH LOOK AT?
ALL THAT HE HAD DONE TO PREPARE FOR A SEIGE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HIS PREPARATIONS?
WHO DID HEZEKIAH NOT LOOK TO?
THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the
water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you
have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
WHO DID HEZEKIAH NOT LOOK TO?
11
THE LORD?
WHO DOES THE LORD WANT HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK?
READ: 1 CHRONICLES 16:11
Seek the LORD and His strength. Seek His face evermore!
WHY WAS EZRA ASHAMED TO ASK FOR AN ESCORT?
READ: EZRA 8:22
22
I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers
and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road. Because
we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is upon all
those for good who Seek Him. But His power and His wrath are
against all those who forsake Him.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the
water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you
have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
WHO DOES THE LORD WANT HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK?
READ: PSALMS 9:10
10
Those who know Your name will put their trust in You. For
You, LORD, have not forsaken those who Seek You. NKJV
READ: PSALMS 53:2
2
God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there are any who understand, any who Seek God. NKJV
4
READ: PSALMS 105:4
Seek the LORD and His strength. Seek His face evermore!
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the
water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you
have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
29
HOW DOES THE LORD WANT HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK HIM?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:29
You will Seek the LORD your God and You will find Him.
IF you Seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
READ: JEREMIAH 29:13
13
You will Seek Me and find Me, WHEN you search for Me with
all your heart. NKJV
WHY?
READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:3
3
Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld
His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you
will be hidden In the day of the LORD‘S anger. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:8-11
8
He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day
to the armor of the House of the Forest;
9
You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was
great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
10
You numbered the houses of Jerusalem And the houses you
broke down To fortify the wall.
11
You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the
water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you
have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.
WHO IS ‘HE’? THE LORD?
WHAT DID HE REMOVE?
THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?
WHAT WAS THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?
HER WALLS? OR HER ARMORY? OR THE LORD?
WHO IS ‘YOU’?
HEZEKIAH? JERUSALEM?
WHAT DID HE SEE?
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!"
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY?
WHY?
WHY?
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE?
WHY?
READ: MICAH 1:16
16
Make yourself bald and cut off your hair Because of your
precious children. Enlarge your baldness like an eagle For they
shall go from you into captivity. NKJV
READ: JOB 1:20-22
20
Job arose, tore his robe and shaved his head. He fell to the
ground and worshiped.
21
He said: “Naked I came from my mother's womb And naked
shall I return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
22
In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. NKJV
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE?
WHY?
READ: JOEL 1:13
13
Gird yourselves and lament, you priests. Wail, you who
minister before the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, You who
minister to my God. For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God. NKJV
READ: JOEL 2:17
17
Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the
porch and the altar. Let them say, ‘Spare Your people, O LORD. Do
not give Your heritage to reproach That the nations should rule over
them.’ Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their
God?’
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
WHY?
WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 16:5-6
5
Thus says the LORD: “Do not enter the house of mourning,
nor go to lament or bemoan them. For I have taken away My peace
from this people, says the LORD, loving kindness and mercies.”
6
“Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They
shall not be buried. Neither shall men lament for them, Nor shall
men cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald for them.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE? WHY?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
EAT? DRINK? &
BE MERRY? WHY?
WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY ABOUT THIS?
READ: ECCLESIASTES 8:14-15
14
There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just
men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. And
there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of
the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.
15
So I commended enjoyment Because a man has nothing
better under the sun than to eat, drink and be merry. For this will
remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives
him under the sun.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND? EAT? DRINK? &
BE MERRY?
WHO WAS NABAL? CARMELITE?
NABAL MEANS FOOLISH or WICKED
WHAT DID HE DO?
READ: 1 SAMUEL 25:36-38
36
Abigail went to Nabal and there he was, Holding a feast in
his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within
him For he was very drunk. She told him nothing, little or much,
Until morning light.
37
In the morning, When the wine had gone from Nabal, His
wife had told him these things. His heart died within him and he
became like a stone.
38
After about ten days, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE? WHY?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
EAT? DRINK? &
BE MERRY? WHY?
WHAT DID THE LORD WANT JUDAH & JERUSALEM TO DO?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
READ: JEREMIAH 18:11-12
11
Speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am fashioning a
disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one
from his evil way. And Make your ways and your doings good.”
12
They said, “That is hopeless! We will walk according to our
own plans. We will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart. “
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE? WHY?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND? EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY?
WHAT DID JESUS SAY MEN WOULD CONTINUE TO DO?
READ: LUKE 17:26-30
26
As it was in the days of Noah, So it will be also in the days of
the Son of Man:
27
They ate and they drank. They married wives and they were
given in marriage. Until the day that Noah entered the ark and the
flood came and destroyed them all.
28
Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate and they
drank. They bought and they sold. They planted and they built.
29
BUT on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
30
Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
QUESTIONS: 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!"
WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR?
REPENTENCE?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
WHY?
WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CORINTHIANS?
EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY? WHY?
READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:32
32
If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, Let us
eat and drink for tomorrow we die!
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 22:14
14
Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of
hosts,"Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement
for you,
Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of
hosts.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:14
14
Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts,
"Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH?
HOW?
HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PROPHETS?
WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? NO ATONEMENT?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:14
14
Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts,
"Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH?
HOW?
HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PROPHETS?
HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO MOSES?
READ: NUMBERS 12:6-8
6
The LORD said: “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet
among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision. I
speak to him in a dream.
7
Not so with My servant Moses. He is faithful in all My house.
8
I speak with him face to face, Plainly: Not in dark sayings
And he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To
speak against My servant Moses?” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:14
14
Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts,
"Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?
HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PROPHETS?
WHY WAS THE WORD OF THE LORD RARE?
READ: 1 SAMUEL 3:1
1
Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. The word of the
LORD was rare in those days. There was no widespread revelation.
READ: 1 SAMUEL 3:7
7
Samuel did not yet know the LORD Nor was the word of the
LORD yet revealed to him.
NKJV
READ: 1 SAMUEL 3:21
21
The LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed
Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:14
14
Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts,
"Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to
your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?
HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE? PROPHETS?
READ: HEBREWS 1:1-2
1
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time
past to the fathers by the prophets,
2
Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son , whom He
has appointed heir of all things and through whom He also made the
worlds.
NKJV
HOW DID THE PROPHETS SPEAK?
READ: 2 PETER 1:21
21
Prophecy never came by the will of man BUT holy men of
God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:14
14
Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts,
"Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you,
Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts.
WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?
HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE? PROPHETS?
WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? NO ATONEMENT?
READ: EZEKIEL 24:13-14
13
“In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed
you, and you were not cleansed. You will not be cleansed of your
filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.
14
I, the LORD, have spoken it. It shall come to pass and I will
do it. I will not hold back, Nor will I spare, Nor will I relent. According
to your ways And according to your deeds They will judge you,”
Says the Lord GOD. NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 22:15-19
THE JUDGMENT ON SHEBNA
15
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to
this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
16
'What have you here, and whom have you here,
That you have hewn a sepulcher here, As he who hews
himself a sepulcher on high, Who carves a tomb for
himself in a rock?
17
Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O
mighty man, And will surely seize you.
18
He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball
Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your
glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master's
house.
19
So I will drive you out of your office, And from
your position he will pull you down.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:15-19
THE JUDGMENT ON SHEBNA
15
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this
steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
16
'What have you here and whom have you here That you have
hewn a sepulcher here As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?’
17
‘Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty
man, And will surely seize you.’
18
‘He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a
large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master's house.’
19
‘So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position
he will pull you down.’”
WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?
WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK HIM?
WHAT IS HE PREPARING?
A SEPULCHER?
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:15-19
15
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this
steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?
READ: 2 KINGS 18:17-18
17
The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris and the
Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to
King Hezekiah. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they
came up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool,
which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field.
18
When They had called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
who was over the household, Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of
Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.
NKJV
READ: 2 KINGS 18:36-37
36
The people held their peace and answered him not a word.
For the king's commandment was, Do not answer him.
37
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to
Hezekiah with their clothes torn. They told him the words of the
Rabshakeh.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:15-19
15
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this
steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:
WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?
READ: 2 KINGS 19:1-4
1
When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered
himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD.
2
He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
3
They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of
trouble, rebuke and blasphemy. For the children have come to birth,
BUT there is no strength to bring them forth.”
4
“It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of
the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to
reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD
your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant
that is left.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:15-19
16
'What have you here and whom have you here That you have
hewn a sepulcher here As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high
Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?
17
Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty
man, And will surely seize you.
18
He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a
large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master's house.
19
So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position
he will pull you down.
WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?
WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK SHEBNA?
WHAT IS HE PREPARING?
A SEPULCHER?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO SHEBNA?
REMEMBER: HAMON - MORDECAI & ESTHER
WHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:15-19
WHAT HAPPEN TO JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH? 598BC?
READ: JEREMIAH 10:18
18
Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will throw out at this time
the inhabitants of the land. I will distress them That they may find it
so.”
READ: JEREMIAH 13:18
18
Say to the king and the queen mother: “Humble yourselves.
Sit down. For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”
NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 22:26-27
26
“I will cast you out and your mother who bore you, into
another country where you were not born. There you shall die.”
27
“To a land from which you desire to return BUT you shall not
return.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:15-19
17
Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty
man, And will surely seize you.
18
He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a
large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots
Shall be the shame of your master's house.
19
So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position
he will pull you down.
WHAT HAPPEN TO JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH? 598BC?
READ: 2 KINGS 24:11-12
11
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as
his servants were besieging it.
12
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his
princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon. And The
king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.
(2 CHRONICLES 36:9-10)
READ:
ISAIAH 22:20-23
20
'Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My
servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
21
I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen
him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into
his hand. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem And to the house of Judah.
22
The key of the house of David I will lay on his
shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And
he shall shut, and no one shall open.
23
I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he
will become a glorious throne to his father's house.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:20-23
20
'Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My servant
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;
21
I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your
belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He shall be a
father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house of Judah.
22
The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So
he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one
shall open.
23
I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will
become a glorious throne to his father's house.
WHO WILL THE LORD APPOINT IN HIS PLACE?
ELIAKIM?
701BC?
WHAT AUTHORITY WOULD THE LORD GIVE ELIAKIM?
WHAT AUTHORITY DID THE PHARAOH GIVE JOSEPH?
READ:
ISAIAH 22:24-25
24
'They will hang on him all the glory of his father's
house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of
small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers.
25
In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'the peg that
is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be
cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be
cut off; for the LORD has spoken.'" NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:24-25
24
'They will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the
offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the
cups to all the pitchers.
25
In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'the peg that is fastened
in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and
the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.'"
NKJV
WHAT ‘GLORY’ SHALL BE GIVEN TO HIM?
WHAT IS THE PEG?
WHY?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?
WHAT IS THE BURDEN THAT WILL BE CUT OFF?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:24-25
WHAT IS THE PEG? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?
WHAT IS THE BURDEN THAT WILL BE CUT OFF?
READ: 1 SAMUEL 2:6-8
6
The LORD kills and makes alive. He brings down to the
grave and brings up.
7
The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low and
lifts up.
8
He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from
the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the
throne of glory. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:24-25
WHAT IS THE PEG?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?
WHAT IS THE BURDEN THAT WILL BE CUT OFF?
READ: EZRA 9:8-9
8
For a little while grace has been shown from the LORD our
God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His
holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a
measure of revival in our bondage.
9
We were slaves Yet our God did not forsake us in our
bondage. But He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of
Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its
ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:24-25
WHAT IS THE PEG?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?
WHAT IS THE BURDEN THAT WILL BE CUT OFF?
READ: MICAH 4:1-2
1
It shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of
the LORD‘S house Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills. And Peoples shall flow to it.
2
Many nations shall come and say, “Come, 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
the law shall go forth, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”