Transcript WHO WAS ISAIAH? - South Walton Church of Christ

ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
PROPHET - DATE
JONAH
(825-785BC)?
JOEL
(800BC)?
HOSEA
(785-725BC)?
MICAH
(785-710BC)?
AMOS
(784BC)?
ISAIAH
(701-681BC)?
NAHUM
(700BC)?
ZEPHANIAH
(630BC)?
JEREMIAH
(629-588BC)?
DANIEL
(606-534BC)?
HABAKKUK
(598BC)?
EZEKIEL
(597-573BC)?
OBADIAH
(588-562BC)?
EZRA
(536-456BC)?
HAGGAI
(532-512BC)?
ZECHARIAH
(520-475BC)?
NEHEMIAH
(465-424BC)?
MALACHI
(420-397BC)?
KING / EVENT - DATE
TIGLATH-PILESER
(745-727BC)?
HEZEKIAH (JUDAH)
(726-698BC)?
SHALMANESER
(727-722BC)?
ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE
(722BC)?
SENNACHERIB
(705-681BC)?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
(605-562BC)?
ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH)
(597-586BC)?
JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE
(586BC)?
BELSHAZZAR
(541-523BC)?
CYRUS
(559-529BC)?
BABYLON DESTROYED
(536BC)?
DARIUS
(511-475BC)?
OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
ISRAEL DELIVERANCE FROM BABYLON V. 1-7
THE LORD’S PROMISE TO ABRAHAMV. 8-16
BRING THEM WAY BACK TO JERUSALEM V. 17-20
GLAD TIDINGS OF DELIVERANCE
V. 21-27
ACCURSEDNESS OF IDOLATRY
V. 28-29
READ:
ISAIAH 41:1
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
1
"Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the
people renew their strength! Let them come near, then
let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:1
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
1
"Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the
people renew their strength! Let them come near, then
let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.
WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
WHY KEEP SILENCE?
WHY ARE THE PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:1
1
"Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the
people renew their strength! Let them come near, then
let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.
WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
WHY KEEP SILENCE?
READ:
ZECHARIAH 2:13
13
Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD, for He is
aroused from His holy habitation!"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:1
1
"Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the
people renew their strength! Let them come near, then
let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.
WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
WHY KEEP SILENCE?
READ:
ZEPNANIAH 1:7
7
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; For the
day of the LORD is at hand, For the LORD has prepared
a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
2
"Who raised up one from the east? Who in
righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the
nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who
gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to
his bow?
3
Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
that he had not gone with his feet?
4
Who has performed and done it, Calling the
generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the
first; And with the last I am He.'"
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
2
"Who raised up one from the east? Who in
righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the
nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who
gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to
his bow?
3
Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
that he had not gone with his feet?
4
Who has performed and done it, Calling the
generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the
first; And with the last I am He.'“
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? CYRUS?
WHO PASSED BY SAFELY?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
2
"Who raised up one from the east? Who in
righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the
nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who
gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to
his bow?
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
CYRUS?
READ:
GENESIS 15:6-7
6
And he believed in the LORD, and He accounted it
to him for righteousness.
7
Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought
you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to
inherit it." NKJV
(NEHEMIAH 9:7
ACTS 7:2)
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
CYRUS?
READ:
ACTS 7:2-5
2
And he said, "Brethren and fathers, listen: The
God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he
was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3
and said to him, 'Get out of your country and from
your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.‘
4
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans
and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was
dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
2
"Who raised up one from the east? Who in
righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the
nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who
gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to
his bow?
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
CYRUS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 25:8-9
8
"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Because
you have not heard My words,
9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the
north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this
land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations
all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them
an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
CYRUS?
READ:
2 CHRONICLES 36:22-23
22
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that
the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of
Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all
his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
23
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms
of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And
He has commanded me to build Him a house at
Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all
His people? May the LORD his God be with him, and let
him go up!
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
2
"Who raised up one from the east? Who in
righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the
nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who
gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to
his bow?
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
CYRUS?
READ:
EZRA 1:2
2
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms
of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And
He has commanded me to build Him a house at
Jerusalem which is in Judah. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
2
"Who raised up one from the east? Who in
righteousness called him to His feet? Who gave the
nations before him, And made him rule over kings? Who
gave them as the dust to his sword, As driven stubble to
his bow?
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
CYRUS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 1:14-15
14
Then the LORD said to me: "Out of the north
calamity shall break forth On all the inhabitants of the
land.
15
For behold, I am calling All the families of the
kingdoms of the north," says the LORD; NKJV
(JEREMIAH 4:6; 6:1)
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP THE EAST? NORTH?
ABRAHAM?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
CYRUS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 23:7-8
7
"Therefore, behold, the days are coming," says
the LORD, "that they shall no longer say, 'As the LORD
lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land
of Egypt,‘
8
but, 'As the LORD lives who brought up and led
the descendants of the house of Israel from the north
country and from all the countries where I had driven
them.' And they shall dwell in their own land."
NKJV
(JEREMIAH 31:8)
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
3
Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
that he had not gone with his feet?
4
Who has performed and done it, Calling the
generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the
first; And with the last I am He.'“
WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE BEGINNING?
‘HE SEPARATED THE SONS OF ADAM?’
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 32:8
8
When the Most High divided their inheritance to
the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He
set the boundaries of the peoples According to the
number of the children of Israel.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:2-4
3
Who pursued them, and passed safely By the way
that he had not gone with his feet?
4
Who has performed and done it, Calling the
generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the
first; And with the last I am He.'“
WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE BEGINNING?
‘HE MADE FROM ONE BLOOD EVERY NATION OF MEN’
READ:
ACTS 17:26
26
And He has made from one blood every nation of
men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has
determined their pre-appointed times and the
boundaries of their dwellings,
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:5-7
5
The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the
earth were afraid; They drew near and came.
6
Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his
brother, "Be of good courage!“
7
So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He
who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes
the anvil, Saying, "It is ready for the soldering"; Then he
fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:5-7
5
The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the
earth were afraid; They drew near and came.
6
Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his
brother, "Be of good courage!“
7
So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He
who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes
the anvil, Saying, "It is ready for the soldering"; Then he
fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.
WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF THE COASTLAND SEE?
WHY WERE THEY AFRAID?
WHAT DID THEY SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?
HOW DID THE CRAFTSMEN SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:5-7
5
The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the
earth were afraid; They drew near and came.
WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF THE COASTLAND SEE?
THE DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 30:4-5
4
If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts
under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather
you, and from there He will bring you.
5
Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land
which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it.
He will prosper you and multiply you more than your
fathers. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:5-7
WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF THE COASTLAND SEE?
THE FALL OF TYRE & SIDON?
READ:
EZEKIEL 26:16-18
16
Then all the princes of the sea will come down
from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off
their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves
with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every
moment, and be astonished at you.
17
And they will take up a lamentation for you, and
say to you: "How you have perished, O one inhabited by
seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea,
She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be
on all her inhabitants!
18
Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your
fall; Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your
departure."'
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:5-7
6
Everyone helped his neighbor, And said to his
brother, "Be of good courage!“
WHAT DID THEY SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?
‘BE OF GOOD COURAGE’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?
‘BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE’
READ:
JOSHUA 1:5-6
5
No man shall be able to stand before you all the
days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with
you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.
6
Be strong and of good courage, for to this people
you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore
to their fathers to give them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:5-7
7
So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith; He
who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes
the anvil, Saying, "It is ready for the soldering"; Then he
fastened it with pegs, That it might not totter.
WHAT DID THE CRAFTSMEN SAY TO ONE ANOTHER?
WHAT IS READY FOR THE SOLDERING?
AN IDOL?
READ:
JEREMIAH 10:3-5
3
For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one
cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the
workman, with the ax.
4
They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten
it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.
5
They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot
speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by
themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do
evil, Nor can they do any good."
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
8
“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
9
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its farthest regions, And said to you,
'You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not
cast you away:
10
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I
am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you,I
will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
8
“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
9
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its farthest regions, And said to you,
'You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not
cast you away:
10
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I
am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I
will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO ISRAEL & JACOB?
‘THE DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM MY FRIEND’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
‘YOUR ARE MY SERVANT’
‘I HAVE CHOSEN YOU’
HOW DID THE LORD ENCOURAGE THEM?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
8
“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO ISRAEL & JACOB?
‘THE DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM MY FRIEND’
READ:
2 CHRONCILES 20:7
7
Are You not our God, who drove out the
inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and
gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend
forever?
NKJV
READ:
PSALMS 136:21-22
21
And gave their land as a heritage, For His mercy
endures forever;
22
A heritage to Israel His servant, For His mercy
endures forever.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
8
“But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I
have chosen, The descendants of Abraham My friend.
HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO ISRAEL & JACOB?
‘THE DESCENDENTS OF ABRAHAM MY FRIEND’
READ:
JAMES 2:23
23
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says,
"Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for
righteousness." And he was called the friend of God.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
9
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth,
And called from its farthest regions, And said to you,
'You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not
cast you away:
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
‘YOUR ARE MY SERVANT’
‘I HAVE CHOSEN YOU’
WHY DID THE LORD CHOOSE THEM?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 4:37-38
37
And because He loved your fathers, therefore He
chose their descendants after them; and He brought you
out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,
38
driving out from before you nations greater and
mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land
as an inheritance, as it is this day.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?
‘YOUR ARE MY SERVANT’
‘I HAVE CHOSEN YOU’
WHY DID THE LORD CHOOSE THEM?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 7:6-8
6
"For you are a holy people to the LORD your God;
the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for
Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the
face of the earth.
7
The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any other
people, for you were the least of all peoples;
8
but because the LORD loves you, and because He
would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the
LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and
redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand
of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
10
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I
am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I
will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
‘I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU’
‘I WILL HELP YOU’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ABRAM?
‘DO NOT BE AFRAID’ ‘ I AM YOUR SHIELD’
READ:
GENESIS 15:1
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."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
10
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I
am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I
will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
‘I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU’
‘I WILL HELP YOU’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
‘I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND AND STRIKE EGYPT’
READ:
EXODUS 3:20
20
So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with
all My wonders which I will do in its midst; and after that
he will let you go.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
10
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I
am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I
will uphold you with My righteous right hand.'
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
‘I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU’
‘I WILL HELP YOU’
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?
‘YOU MUST NOT FEAR THEM’
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 3:21-22
21
"And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying,
'Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has
done to these two kings; so will the LORD do to all the
kingdoms through which you pass.
22
You must not fear them, for the LORD your God
Himself fights for you.'
(JOSHUA 1:9)
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
‘I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU’
‘I WILL HELP YOU’
HOW WILL THE LORD SAVE THEM?
WHY WILL HE NOT LET THEM GO UNPUNISHED?
READ:
JEREMIAH 30:10-11
10
'Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,' says
the LORD, 'Nor be dismayed, O Israel; For behold, I will
save you from afar, And your seed from the land of their
captivity. Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, And
no one shall make him afraid.
11
For I am with you,' says the LORD, 'to save you;
Though I make a full end of all nations where I have
scattered you, Yet I will not make a complete end of you.
But I will correct you in justice, And will not let you go
altogether unpunished.' NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:8-10
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM? FEAR NOT?
‘I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU’
‘I WILL HELP YOU’
HOW WILL THE LORD SAVE THEM?
WHY WILL HE NOT LET THEM GO UNPUNISHED?
READ:
JEREMIAH 46:27-28
27
'But do not fear, O My servant Jacob, And do not
be dismayed, O Israel! For behold, I will save you from
afar, And your offspring from the land of their captivity;
Jacob shall return, have rest and be at ease; No one
shall make him afraid.
28
Do not fear, O Jacob My servant," says the LORD,
"For I am with you; For I will make a complete end of all
the nations To which I have driven you, But I will not
make a complete end of you. I will rightly correct you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished."
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
11
"Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as
nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.
12
You shall seek them and not find them — Those
who contended with you. Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
13
For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right
hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
11
"Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as
nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.
12
You shall seek them and not find them — Those
who contended with you. Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
13
For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right
hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.‘
WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES?
CHALDEANS?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
WHY?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
‘I WILL HOLD YOUR RIGHT HAND’
‘FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU’
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
11
"Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as
nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.
WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES?
CHALDEANS?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
WHY?
READ:
EXODUS 23:22
22
But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I
speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an
adversary to your adversaries.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
11
"Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as
nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish.
WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES?
CHALDEANS?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
WHY?
READ:
JEREMIAH 2:3
3
Israel was holiness to the LORD, The first-fruits of
His increase. All that devour him will offend; Disaster will
come upon them," says the LORD.'"
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
12
You shall seek them and not find them — Those
who contended with you. Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES?
CHALDEANS?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
WHY?
READ:
JOB 7:7-10
7
Oh, remember that my life is a breath! My eye will
never again see good.
8
The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
9
As the cloud disappears and vanishes away, So he
who goes down to the grave does not come up.
10
He shall never return to his house, Nor shall his
place know him anymore. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
12
You shall seek them and not find them — Those
who contended with you. Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing.
WHO ARE THEIR ENEMIES?
CHALDEANS?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
WHY?
READ:
PSALMS 37:34-36
34
Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall
exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off,
you shall see it.
35
I have seen the wicked in great power, And
spreading himself like a native green tree.
36
Yet he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
13
For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right
hand, Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.‘
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
‘I WILL HOLD YOUR RIGHT HAND’
FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU’
WHAT DID DAVID SAY TO THE LORD?
‘YOU HOLD ME BY MY RIGHT HAND’
READ:
PSALMS 73:22-24
22
I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast
before You.
23
Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold
me by my right hand.
24
You will guide me with Your counsel, And
afterward receive me to glory. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:11-13
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
‘FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU’
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 33:26-29
26
"There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who
rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on
the clouds.
27
The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath
are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy
from before you, And will say, 'Destroy!'
28
Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of
Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His
heavens shall also drop dew.
29
Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people
saved by the LORD, The shield of your help And the
sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to
you, And you shall tread down their high places." NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
14
"Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I
will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel.
15
"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains
and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
14
"Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I
will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel.
15
"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains
and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO JACOB (ISRAEL)?
‘FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU’
WHAT WILL THE LORD MAKE THEM INTO?
A THRESHING SLEDGE?
WHAT IS THRESHING & WINNOWING?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
14
"Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I
will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel.
WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
READ:
JOB 25:4-6
4
How then can man be righteous before God? Or
how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
5
If even the moon does not shine, And the stars are
not pure in His sight,
6
How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son
of man, who is a worm?" NKJV
READ:
PSALMS 22:6
6
But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men,
and despised by the people.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MANNA? WHY?
READ:
EXODUS 16:19-21
19
And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it till
morning.“
20
Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But
some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred
worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR VINEYARDS? WHY?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 28:38-39
38
"You shall carry much seed out to the field but
gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.
39
You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you
shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for
the worms shall eat them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
WHY DOES THE LORD REFER TO JACOB AS A WORM?
WHY REFER TO MAN AS A MAGGOT OR WORM?
WHY DID THE TREE THAT SHADED JONAH WHITHER?
READ:
JONAH 4:6-9
6
And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it
come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head
to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very
grateful for the plant.
7
But as morning dawned the next day God
prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it
withered. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
14
"Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I
will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO JACOB (ISRAEL)?
‘FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU’
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
READ:
EXODUS 15:12-13
12
You stretched out Your right hand; The earth
swallowed them.
13
You in Your mercy have led forth The people
whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in
Your strength To Your holy habitation.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
14
"Fear not, you worm Jacob, You men of Israel! I
will help you," says the LORD And your Redeemer, the
Holy One of Israel.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO JACOB (ISRAEL)?
‘FEAR NOT, I WILL HELP YOU’
WHAT DID JOD SAY ABOUT THE LORD?
‘I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES’
READ:
JOB 19:23-25
23
"Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they
were inscribed in a book!
24
That they were engraved on a rock With an iron
pen and lead, forever!
25
For I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall
stand at last on the earth; NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
15
"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains
and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
WHAT DID BEN-HADAD DO TO ISRAEL?
WHY?
‘MADE THEM LIKE DUST AT THRESHING’
READ:
2 KINGS 13:5-7
5
Then the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that they
escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the
children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before.
6
Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of
the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but
walked in them; and the wooden image also remained in
Samaria.
7
For He left of the army of Jehoahaz only fifty
horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers;
for the king of Syria had destroyed them and made them
like the dust at threshing.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
15
"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains
and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
‘MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT’
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO BEN-HADAD?
READ:
AMOS 1:3-4
3
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of
Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its
punishment, Because they have threshed Gilead with
implements of iron.
4
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
Which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?
WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
READ:
JEREMIAH 9:10
10
I will take up a weeping and wailing for the
mountains, And for the dwelling places of the wilderness
a lamentation, Because they are burned up, So that no
one can pass through; Nor can men hear the voice of the
cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have
fled; They are gone.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL?
WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
READ:
EZEKIEL 33:27-29
27
"Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "As I
live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the
sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to
the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the
strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence.
28
For I will make the land most desolate, her
arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of
Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.
29
Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I
have made the land most desolate because of all their
abominations which they have committed."'
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
WHAT DID NEBUCHANEZZAR DO TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN?
‘FOR THE WICKEDNESS OF THOSE WHO DWELL IN IT’
READ:
PSALMS 107:33-34
33
He turns rivers into a wilderness, And the watersprings into dry ground;
34
A fruitful land into barrenness, For the wickedness
of those who dwell in it. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
15
"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains
and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
‘MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT’
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO NEBUCHANEZZAR?
READ:
PSALMS 149:6-9
6
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And
a two-edged sword in their hand,
7
To execute vengeance on the nations, And
punishments on the peoples;
8
To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles
with fetters of iron;
9
To execute on them the written judgment — This
honor have all His saints. Praise the LORD! NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
15
"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains
and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
‘MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT’
WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO BABYLON?
‘BABYLON IS LIKE A THRESHING FLOOR’
READ:
JEREMIAH 51:33
33
For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor
When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the
time of her harvest will come." NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
15
"Behold, I will make you into a new threshing
sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains
and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL?
‘MAKE THEM INTO A THRESHING INSTRUMENT’
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE DAUGHTER OF ZION?
READ:
MICAH 4:12-13
12
But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD,
Nor do they understand His counsel; For He will gather
them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13
"Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; For I will
make your horn iron, And I will make your hooves
bronze; You shall beat in pieces many peoples; I will
consecrate their gain to the LORD, And their substance
to the Lord of the whole earth." NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON?
READ:
JEREMIAH 51:1-5
1
Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will raise up
against Babylon, Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai,
A destroying wind.
2
And I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall
winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom
They shall be against her all around.
3
Against her let the archer bend his bow, And lift
himself up against her in his armor. Do not spare her
young men; Utterly destroy all her army.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO BABYLON?
READ:
JEREMIAH 51:1-5
4
Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the
Chaldeans, And those thrust through in her streets.
5
For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, By his God,
the LORD of hosts, Though their land was filled with sin
against the Holy One of Israel." NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM
READ:
DANIEL 2:31-35
31
"You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great
image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent,
stood before you; and its form was awesome.
32
This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and
arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,
33
its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of
clay.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
WHAT IS THIS WHIRLWIND?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THEM?
REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM
READ:
DANIEL 2:31-35
34
You watched while a stone was cut out without
hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and
clay, and broke them in pieces.
35
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and
the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff
from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them
away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone
that struck the image became a great mountain and filled
the whole earth. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
WHY WILL ISRAEL & JUDAH REJOICE?
WHO IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL? JESUS?
WHAT DID JOHN SAY ABOUT JESUS?
‘HIS WINNOWING FAN IS IN HIS HAND’
READ:
MATTHEW 3:12
12
His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will
thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His
wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire." NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:14-16
16
You shall winnow them, the wind shall carry them
away, And the whirlwind shall scatter them; You shall
rejoice in the LORD, And glory in the Holy One of Israel.
WHY WILL ISRAEL & JUDAH REJOICE?
WHO IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL? JESUS?
WHAT DID THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT SAY ABOUT JESUS?
READ:
MARK 1:23-24
23
Now there was a man in their synagogue with an
unclean spirit. And he cried out,
24
saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with
You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I
know who You are — the Holy One of God!" NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
17
"The poor and needy seek water, but there is
none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear
them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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.
19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the
acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the
desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree
together,
20
That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has
done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
17
"The poor and needy seek water, but there is
none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear
them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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.
19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the
acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the
desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree
together,
20
That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has
done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
17
"The poor and needy seek water, but there is
none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear
them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
READ:
EXODUS 15:22-25
22
So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea; then
they went out into the Wilderness of Shur. And they went
three days in the wilderness and found no water.
23
Now when they came to Marah, they could not
drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore
the name of it was called Marah.
24
And the people complained against Moses,
saying, "What shall we drink?“
25
So he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD
showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the
waters were made sweet.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
17
"The poor and needy seek water, but there is
none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear
them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
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 41:17-20
17
"The poor and needy seek water, but there is
none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear
them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
READ:
JOHN 7:37-39
37
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him
come to Me and drink.
38
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said,
out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.“
39
But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom
those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit
was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
17
"The poor and needy seek water, but there is
none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear
them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
READ:
DEUTERONOMY 31:6
6
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be
afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One
who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake
you."
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
17
"The poor and needy seek water, but there is
none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear
them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR NEED?
READ:
PSALMS 27:9-10
9
Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your
servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not
leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10
When my father and my mother forsake me, Then
the LORD will take care of me. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
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.
HOW WILL THE LORD PROVIDE WATER?
READ:
JOB 38:25-30
25
"Who has divided a channel for the overflowing
water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
26
To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;
27
To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring
forth the growth of tender grass?
28
Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the
drops of dew?
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
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.
HOW WILL THE LORD PROVIDE WATER?
READ:
JOB 38:25-30
25
"Who has divided a channel for the overflowing
water, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
26
To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one,
A wilderness in which there is no man;
27
To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring
forth the growth of tender grass?
28
Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the
drops of dew?
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
WHY?
READ:
2 KINGS 3:6-20
6
So King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time
and mustered all Israel.
7
Then he went and sent to Jehoshaphat king of
Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against
me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?“ And he
said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your
people, my horses as your horses.“
8
Then he said, "Which way shall we go up?“ And
he answered, "By way of the Wilderness of Edom."
9
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah
and the king of Edom, and they marched on that
roundabout route seven days; and there was no water
for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
WHY?
READ:
2 KINGS 3:6-20
10
And the king of Israel said, "Alas! For the LORD
has called these three kings together to deliver them into
the hand of Moab."
11
But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there no prophet of the
LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?"
So one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and
said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured
water on the hands of Elijah."
12
And Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is
with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the
king of Edom went down to him.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
WHY?
READ:
2 KINGS 3:6-20
13
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I
to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and the
prophets of your mother.“ But the king of Israel said to
him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings
together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
14
And Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives,
before whom I stand, surely were it not that I regard the
presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look
at you, nor see you.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
WHY?
READ:
2 KINGS 3:6-20
15
But now bring me a musician.“ Then it happened,
when the musician played, that the hand of the LORD
came upon him.
16
And he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'Make this
valley full of ditches.‘
17
For thus says the LORD: 'You shall not see wind,
nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with
water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may
drink.‘
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR JEHOSHAPHAT?
WHY?
READ:
2 KINGS 3:6-20
18
And this is a simple matter in the sight of the
LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
19
Also you shall attack every fortified city and every
choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop
up every spring of water, and ruin every good piece of
land with stones."
20
Now it happened in the morning, when the grain
offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way
of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the
acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the
desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree
together,
WHAT WILL THE LORD PLANT IN THE WILDERNESS?
WHY?
WHAT WAS BUILT OF CEDAR & ACACIA WOOD?
THE ARK OF THE TESTIMONTY
THE TABERNACLE
THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING
THE TEMPLE
EXODUS 25:10-16
EXODUS 26:15-36
EXODUS 27:1-8
1 KINGS 5 & 6
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the
acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the
desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree
together,
WHAT WILL THE LORD PLANT IN THE WILDERNESS?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TREES IN LEBANON?
READ:
ZECHARIAH 11:1-2
1
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may
devour your cedars.
2
Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because
the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For
the thick forest has come down.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
19
I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the
acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the
desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree
together,
WHAT WILL THE LORD PLANT IN THE WILDERNESS?
READ:
JOEL 3:18
18
And it will come to pass in that day That the
mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow
with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded
with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the
LORD And water the Valley of Acacias.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
20
That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has
done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE & KNOW?
WHAT DID GOD SAY TO THE HEBREW CHILDREN?
READ:
EXODUS 6:7
7
I will take you as My people, and I will be your
God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God
who brings you out from under the burdens of the
Egyptians. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
20
That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has
done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE & KNOW?
HOW WOULD THIS EFFECT THE MEN OF THE WORLD?
READ:
PSALMS 64:9
9
All men shall fear, And shall declare the work of
God; For they shall wisely consider His doing. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
20
That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has
done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE & KNOW?
WHAT DID THE KING OF BABYLON DO FOR EZRA?
WHY?
READ:
EZRA 7:6
6
Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled
scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of
Israel had given. The king granted him all his request,
according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
ISRAEL ASSURED OF GOD'S HELP
20
That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has
done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE SEE & KNOW?
HOW DID THE LORD GUIDE EZRA TO JERUSALEM?
READ:
EZRA 8:31-32
31
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the
twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And
the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us
from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the
road.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:17-20
20
That they may see and know, And consider and
understand together, That the hand of the LORD has
done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.
WHAT WILL THE WORLDLY PEOPLE SEE & KNOW?
READ:
ZECHARIAH 8:21-23
21
The inhabitants of one city shall go to another,
saying, "Let us continue to go and pray before the
LORD, And seek the LORD of hosts. I myself will go
also."
22
Yes, many peoples and strong nations Shall come
to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, And to pray
before the LORD.'
23
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'In those days ten
men from every language of the nations shall grasp the
sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for
we have heard that God is with you."'"
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:21-24
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
21
"Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring forth
your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
22
"Let them bring forth and show us what will
happen; Let them show the former things, what they
were, That we may consider them, And know the latter
end of them; Or declare to us things to come.
23
Show the things that are to come hereafter, That
we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.
24
Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:21-24
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
21
"Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring forth
your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
22
"Let them bring forth and show us what will
happen; Let them show the former things, what they
were, That we may consider them, And know the latter
end of them; Or declare to us things to come.
23
Show the things that are to come hereafter, That
we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.
24
Indeed you are nothing, And your work is nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THE NATIONS TO DO?
CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:21-24
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
21
"Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring forth
your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THE NATIONS TO DO?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SENNACHERIB?
READ:
2 KINGS 19:25-26
25
'Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From
ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to
pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities
into heaps of ruins.
26
Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They
were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass
of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the
housetops And grain blighted before it is grown. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:21-24
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
21
"Present your case," says the LORD. "Bring forth
your strong reasons," says the King of Jacob.
22
"Let them bring forth and show us what will
happen; Let them show the former things, what they
were, That we may consider them, And know the latter
end of them; Or declare to us things to come.
23
Show the things that are to come hereafter, That
we may know that you are gods; Yes, do good or do evil,
That we may be dismayed and see it together.
CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?
READ:
PSALMS 115:2-8
CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?
READ:
PSALMS 115:2-7
2
Why should the Gentiles say, "So where is their
God?"
3
But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He
pleases.
4
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's
hands.
5
They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes
they have, but they do not see;
6
They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they
have, but they do not smell;
7
They have hands, but they do not handle; Feet
they have, but they do not walk; Nor do they mutter
through their throat.
NKJV
CAN THEIR GODS REASON WITH THE LORD?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ:
JEREMIAH 10:2-5
2
"Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be
dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are
dismayed at them.
3
For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one
cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the
workman, with the ax.
4
They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten
it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.
5
They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot
speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by
themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do
evil, Nor can they do any good." NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
26
Who has declared from the beginning, that we may
know? And former times, that we may say, 'He is
righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely
there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who
hears your words.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
26
Who has declared from the beginning, that we may
know? And former times, that we may say, 'He is
righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely
there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who
hears your words.
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
SHALMANESAR?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
SHALMANESAR?
READ:
2 KINGS 17:5-6
ISRAEL CARRIED CAPTIVE TO ASSYRIA
5
Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the
land, and 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, and
placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of
Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
WHY? THEY SERVED THEIR OWN GODS?
READ:
2 KINGS 17:32-33
32
So they feared the LORD, and from every class
they appointed for themselves priests of the high places,
who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places.
33
They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods
— according to the rituals of the nations from among
whom they were carried away.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
WHY? THEY SERVED THEIR CARVED IMAGES?
READ:
2 KINGS 17:38-41
38
And the covenant that I have made with you, you
shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods.
39
But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will
deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.“
40
However they did not obey, but they followed their
former rituals.
41
So these nations feared the LORD, yet served their
carved images; also their children and their children's
children have continued doing as their fathers did, even
to this day.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
CYRUS KING OF PERSIA?
WHY?
READ:
EZRA 1:2
2
Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms
of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And
He has commanded me to build Him a house at
Jerusalem which is in Judah.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL?
WHY?
READ:
EZRA 9:1-2
1
When these things were done, the leaders came to
me, saying, "The people of Israel and the priests and the
Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples
of the lands, with respect to the abominations of the
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the
Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the
Amorites.
2
For they have taken some of their daughters as
wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy
seed is mixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed,
the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in
this trespass.“
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THEIR IDOLS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 10:8
8
But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish;
A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.
NKJV
READ:
JEREMIAH 10:15
15
They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of
their punishment they shall perish. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHY SHOULD ISRAEL LEAVE CHALDEA?
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP AGAINST CHALDEA?
READ:
JEREMIAH 50:8-10
8
"Move from the midst of Babylon, Go out of the
land of the Chaldeans; And be like the rams before the
flocks.
9
For behold, I will raise and cause to come up
against Babylon An assembly of great nations from the
north country, And they shall array themselves against
her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall
be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in
vain.
10
And Chaldea shall become plunder; All who
plunder her shall be satisfied," says the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHY SHOULD ISRAEL LEAVE CHALDEA?
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP AGAINST CHALDEA?
READ:
JEREMIAH 50:41-42
41
"Behold, a people shall come from the north, And
a great nation and many kings Shall be raised up from
the ends of the earth.
42
They shall hold the bow and the lance; They are
cruel and shall not show mercy. Their voice shall roar
like the sea; They shall ride on horses, Set in array, like a
man for the battle, Against you, O daughter of Babylon.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHY SHOULD ISRAEL LEAVE CHALDEA?
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP AGAINST CHALDEA?
WHY WILL THE LORD DESTROY BABYLON?
READ:
JEREMIAH 51:47-48
47
Therefore behold, the days are coming That I will
bring judgment on the carved images of Babylon; Her
whole land shall be ashamed, And all her slain shall fall
in her midst.
48
Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in
them Shall sing joyously over Babylon; For the
plunderers shall come to her from the north," says the
LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP AGAINST ISRAEL?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 23:5-6
THE OLDER SISTER, SAMARIA
5
"Oholah played the harlot even though she was
Mine; And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring
Assyrians,
6
Who were clothed in purple, Captains and rulers,
All of them desirable young men, Horsemen riding on
horses.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP AGAINST JUDAH?
WHY?
READ:
EZEKIEL 23:11-12
THE YOUNGER SISTER, JERUSALEM
11
"Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she
became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her
harlotry more corrupt than her sister's harlotry.
12
"She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
Captains and rulers, Clothed most gorgeously,
Horsemen riding on horses, All of them desirable young
men.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
25
"I have raised up one from the north, And he shall
come; From the rising of the sun he shall call on My
name; And he shall come against princes as though
mortar, As the potter treads clay.
WHO WILL THE LORD RAISE UP FORM THE NORTH?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
READ:
DANIEL 2:36-39
36
"This is the dream. Now we will tell the
interpretation of it before the king.
37
You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of
heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and
glory;
28
and wherever the children of men dwell, or the
beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has
given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over
them all — you are this head of gold. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR SAY ABOUT GOD?
READ:
DANIEL 3:28-29
28
Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, "Blessed be the
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent
His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him,
and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded
their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any
god except their own God!
29
Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation,
or language which speaks anything amiss against the
God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut
in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap;
because there is no other God who can deliver like this."
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR SAY ABOUT GOD?
READ:
DANIEL 4:34-37
34
And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar,
lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding
returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised
and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is
an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom is from
generation to generation.
35
All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as
nothing; He does according to His will in the army of
heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one
can restrain His hand Or say to Him, "What have You
done?“
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR SAY ABOUT GOD?
READ:
DANIEL 4:34-37
36
At the same time my reason returned to me, and
for the glory of my kingdom, my honor and splendor
returned to me. My counselors and nobles resorted to
me, I was restored to my kingdom, and excellent majesty
was added to me.
37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and
honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth,
and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is
able to put down. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT IDOLS?
READ:
1 CORINTHIANS 8:4-6
4
Therefore concerning the eating of things offered
to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and
that there is no other God but one.
5
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in
heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many
lords),
6
yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom
are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom
we live.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
26
Who has declared from the beginning, that we may
know? And former times, that we may say, 'He is
righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely
there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who
hears your words.
WHAT ARE THEIR IDOLS UNABLE TO DO?
HEAR?
OR
DECLARE?
READ;
HABAKKUK 2:18-19
18
"What profit is the image, that its maker should
carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the
maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?
19
Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!‘ To silent
stone, 'Arise! It shall teach! ‘Behold, it is overlaid with
gold and silver, Yet in it there is no breath at all. NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:25-26
26
Who has declared from the beginning, that we may
know? And former times, that we may say, 'He is
righteous'? Surely there is no one who shows, Surely
there is no one who declares, Surely there is no one who
hears your words.
WHAT ARE THEIR IDOLS UNABLE TO DO?
HEAR?
OR
DECLARE?
READ:
1 KINGS 18:25-26
25
Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose
one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are
many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire
under it."
26
So they took the bull which was given them, and
they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from
morning even till noon, saying, "O Baal, hear us!" But
there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped
about the altar which they had made.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 41:27-29
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
27
The first time I said to Zion,‘ Look, there they are!
'And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good
tidings.
28
For I looked, and there was no man; I looked
among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I
asked of them, could answer a word.
29
Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are
nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:27-29
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
27
The first time I said to Zion, ‘Look, there they are!
'And I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good
tidings.
28
For I looked, and there was no man; I looked
among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I
asked of them, could answer a word.
29
Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are
nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.
WHO DID THE LORD SEND TO ZION? PROPHETS?
WHAT DID THE PROPHETS BRING? GOOD TIDINGS?
HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND?
READ:
JEREMIAH 25:3-7
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:27-29
28
For I looked, and there was no man; I looked
among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I
asked of them, could answer a word.
HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND?
READ:
JEREMIAH 25:3-7
3 "From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon,
king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third
year in which the word of the LORD has come to me;
and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking,
but you have not listened.
4 And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the
prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have
not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:27-29
28
For I looked, and there was no man; I looked
among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I
asked of them, could answer a word.
HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND?
READ:
JEREMIAH 25:3-7
5 They said, 'Repent now everyone of his evil way and
his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD
has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
6 Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship
them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works
of your hands; and I will not harm you.‘
7 Yet you have not listened to Me," says the LORD, "that
you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your
hands to your own hurt.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:27-29
28
For I looked, and there was no man; I looked
among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I
asked of them, could answer a word.
HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND?
READ:
EZEKIEL 22:30-31
30
So I sought for a man among them who would
make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf
of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no
one.
31Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I
have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I
have recompensed their deeds on their own heads,"
says the Lord GOD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:27-29
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
29
Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are
nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.
WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT THEIR IDOLS?
WHAT DID SAMUEL SAY TO ISREAL?
READ:
1 SAMUEL 12:20-22
21
And do not turn aside; for then you would go after
empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are
nothing.
NKJV
QUESTIONS:
ISAIAH 41:27-29
THE FUTILITY OF IDOLS
29
Indeed they are all worthless; Their works are
nothing; Their molded images are wind and confusion.
WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT THEIR IDOLS?
WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
READ:
JEREMIAH 5:12-13
12
They have lied about the LORD, And said, "It is not
He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see
sword or famine.
13
And the prophets become wind, For the word is
not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."
NKJV