Transcript WHO WAS ISAIAH? - South Walton Church of Christ

ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY
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)?
OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
V. 1-7
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
V. 8-17
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
V. 18-26
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
FALL OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY
V.27-33
READ:
ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD,
"Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans,
but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin;
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not
asked My advice, To strengthen themselves in the
strength of Pharaoh, And to trust in the shadow of
Egypt!
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take
counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHO IS THE LORD WARNING?
REBELLIOUS CHILDREN?
JEWS?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take
counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;
WHO IS THE LORD WARNING? JEWS?
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
READ: EXODUS 23:32-33
32
You shall make no covenant with them Nor with their gods.
33
They shall not dwell in your land Lest they make you sin
against Me. For If you serve their gods, It will surely be a snare to
you.
NKJV
HOW DID ISRAEL RESPOND TO MOSES?
READ: EXODUS 24:7-8
7
Moses took the Book of the Covenant and read in the
hearing of the people. They said: “All that the LORD has said we will
do and be obedient.”
8
Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said,
“This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with
you according to all these words.“
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take
counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;
WHO IS THE LORD WARNING? JEWS?
WHAT AUTHORITY DID THE LORD GIVE JOSHUA?
READ: NUMBERS 27:21-23
21
Joshua shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall
inquire before the LORD for him by the judgment of the Urim. At his
word they shall go out and At his word they shall come in, He and all
the children of Israel with him - All the congregation.
22
Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua
and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the
congregation.
23
He laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, Just as the
LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take
counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;
WHO IS THE LORD WARNING? JEWS?
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:1-2
1
When The LORD your God brings you into the land which
you go to possess and has cast out many nations before you (the
Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites - Seven nations greater and mightier than you)
2
When the LORD your God delivers them over to you, You
shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make no
covenant with them Nor Show mercy to them. NKJV
(EXODUS 34:10-16)
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take
counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;
WHO IS THE LORD WARNING?
JEWS?
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL
CONCERNING THE REBELLIOUS SON?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 21:19-21
19
Then His father and his mother shall take hold of him and
Bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city.
20
They shall say to the elders of his city, This son of ours is
stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton
and a drunkard.
21
All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones.
So You shall put away the evil from among you. And All Israel shall
hear and fear. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take
counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;
WHO IS THE LORD WARNING?
JEWS?
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL
CONCERNING THE REBELLIOUS SON?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 29:19
19
When he hears the words of this curse and he blesses
himself in his heart, Saying, ‘” shall have peace, Even though I
follow the dictates of my heart: As though the drunkard could be
included with the sober.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
1
"Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "Who take
counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
That they may add sin to sin;
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHO IS THE LORD WARNING?
REBELLIOUS CHILDREN?
JEWS?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
READ: GENESIS 12:10-13
10
There was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to
Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
READ: GENESIS 42:3-5
3
Joseph's brothers went to buy grain in Egypt.
4
Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his
brothers, Lest Some calamity befall him.
5
The sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who
journeyed For the famine was in the land of Canaan.
READ: GENESIS 43:15
15
They took the present and Benjamin. They took double
money in their hand, arose and went down to Egypt. And They
stood before Joseph.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
READ: NUMBERS 11:5-6
5
We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the
cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.
6
But now Our whole being is dried up. There is nothing at all
except this manna before our eyes! NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO KING OF EDOM?
READ: NUMBERS 20:14-17
14
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom.
Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has
befallen us,
15
How our fathers went down to Egypt and We dwelt in Egypt
a long time. And the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.
16
When We cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and
sent the Angel and brought us up out of Egypt. Now Here we are in
Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
17
Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass
through fields or vineyards nor Will we drink water from wells. We
will go along the King's Highway. We will not turn aside to the right
hand or to the left Until we have passed through your territory.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 10:19-22
Love the stranger For You were strangers in the land of
19
Egypt.
20
You shall fear the LORD your God; You shall serve Him, and
to Him you shall hold fast, and take oaths in His name.
21
He is your praise and He is your God. He has done for you
these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
22
Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons. And
now The LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven in
multitude.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHAT DID DAVID SAY CONCERNING THE LORD?
READ: PSALMS 121:5-8
5
The LORD is your keeper. The LORD is your shade at your
right hand.
6
The sun shall not strike you by day Nor the moon by night.
7
The LORD shall preserve you from all evil. He shall preserve
your soul.
8
The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in
From this time forth and even forevermore.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY DID THEY GO TO EGYPT?
READ: 2 KINGS 25:25-26
25
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the
royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the
Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26
All the people, small and great, and the captains of the
armies, arose and went to Egypt. They were afraid of the Chaldeans.
READ: JEREMIAH 2:18-19
18
“Why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor?
Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River? “
19
“Your own wickedness will correct you And Your
backslidings will rebuke you. Know and see that it is an evil and
bitter thing That you have forsaken the LORD your God And the fear
of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord GOD of hosts.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY GO TO EGYPT?
READ: JEREMIAH 42:13-17
13
If You say, “We will not dwell in this land, Disobeying the
voice of the LORD your God,”
14
Saying, ‘No, We will go to the land of Egypt Where We shall
see no war Nor Hear the sound of the trumpet, Nor be hungry for
bread and There we will dwell’
15
”Then Hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! Thus
says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If You wholly set your
faces to enter Egypt and Go to dwell there,’”
16
“Then it shall be that the sword which you feared shall
overtake you there in the land of Egypt. The famine of which you
were afraid shall follow close after you there in Egypt and there you
shall die.”
17
“So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go to
Egypt to dwell there. They shall die by the sword, by famine and by
pestilence. None of them shall remain or escape from the disaster
that I will bring upon them.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
REJECTING THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD?
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST EGYPT?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?
READ: JEREMIAH 46:25-26
25
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Says: “Behold, I will
bring punishment on Amon of No and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their
gods and their kings: Pharaoh and those who trust in him.”
26
“I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their
lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the
hand of his servants. Afterward It shall be inhabited as in the days
of old,” Says the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHAT DID ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH DO?
WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ZEDEKIAH?
NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY?
READ: EZEKIEL 17:11-14
11
The word of the LORD came to me, Saying,
12
“Say to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these
things mean? Tell them, Indeed the king of Babylon went to
Jerusalem and took its king and princes and led them with him to
Babylon.”
13
“He took the king's offspring, made a covenant with him and
put him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,”
14
“That the kingdom might be brought low and not lift itself up
But that By keeping his covenant it might stand.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHY DID ZEDEKIAH SEND ABMASSADORS TO EGPYT?
READ: EZEKIEL 17:15-18
15
But He rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to
Egypt That They might give him horses and many people. Will he
prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a
covenant and still be delivered?
16
“As I live,” Says the Lord GOD, “Surely in the place where
the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and
whose covenant he broke with him, in the midst of Babylon he shall
die.”
17
“Nor Will Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company
do anything in the war When They heap up a siege mound and build
a wall to cut off many persons.”
18
“Since He despised the oath by breaking the covenant and
in fact gave his hand and still did all these things, He shall not
escape.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:1-2
2
Who walk to go down to Egypt, And have not asked My
advice, To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, And to
trust in the shadow of Egypt!
WHY WOULD THEY GO TO EGYPT?
WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EGYPTIANS? WHY?
READ: EZEKIEL 29:13-16
13
Thus says the Lord GOD: “At the end of forty years I will
gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were
scattered.
14
“I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to
return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin and There
they shall be a lowly kingdom.
15
“It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms. It shall never again
exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish them so that they
will not rule over the nations anymore.
16
“No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel
But It will remind them of their iniquity When they turned to follow
them. Then They shall know that I am the Lord GOD.”
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:3-5
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your
shame, And trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your
humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his
ambassadors came to Hanes.
5
They were all ashamed of a people who could not
benefit them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also
a reproach."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
5
They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit
them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach."
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY TRUST IN PHARAOH?
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S PRINCES?
ZOAN?
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S AMBASSADORS? HANES?
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN & HANES?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S PRINCES?
ZOAN?
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S AMBASSADORS? HANES?
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
READ: NUMBERS 13:21-23
21
They went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of
Zin as far as Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
22
They went up through the South and came to Hebron.
Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there.
(Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23
They came to the Valley of Eshcol. And There cut down a
branch with one cluster of grapes. They carried it between two of
them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and
figs.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S PRINCES?
ZOAN?
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S AMBASSADORS? HANES?
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
READ: PSALMS 78:12-13
12
Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the
land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13
He divided the sea and caused them to pass through. He
made the waters stand up like a heap. NKJV
READ: PSALMS 78:42-43
42
They did not remember His power. The day when He
redeemed them from the enemy,
43
When He worked His signs in Egypt And His wonders in the
field of Zoan. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S PRINCES?
ZOAN?
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S AMBASSADORS? HANES?
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?
READ: ISAIAH 19:11 - 13
11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools. Pharaoh's wise
counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, ‘I am
the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?’
NKJV
13
The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of
Noph are deceived. They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are
the mainstay of its tribes. NKJV
READ: EZEKIEL 30:14
14
I will make Pathros desolate. I will Set fire to Zoan
And Execute judgments in No. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S PRINCES?
ZOAN?
WHERE WERE PHAROAH’S AMBASSADORS? HANES?
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HANES?
HANES IS TAHPANHES?
NAMED AFTER QUEEN TAHPENES?
READ: 1 KINGS 11:19-20
19
Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, So that He
gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, That is, The sister of
Queen Tahpenes.
20
The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom
Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house. And Genubath was in
Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HANES?
HANES IS TAHPANHES?
NAMED AFTER QUEEN TAHPENES?
READ: JEREMIAH 43:7-11
7
They went to the land of Egypt For They did not obey the
voice of the LORD. And They went as far as Tahpanhes.
8
The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes,
Saying,
9
“Take large stones in your hand and hide them in the sight
of the men of Judah, in the clay in the brick courtyard which is at the
entrance to Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes;”
10
“Say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
Israel: ‘Behold, I will bring Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My
servant. And I will set his throne above these stones that I have
hidden. And He will spread his royal pavilion over them.’
11
“When he comes, he shall strike the land of Egypt and
deliver to death those appointed for death and to captivity those
appointed for captivity and to the sword those appointed for the
sword.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HANES?
HANES IS TAHPANHES?
NAMED AFTER QUEEN TAHPENES?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE ISRAELITES IN EGYPT ?
READ: JEREMIAH 44:1-3
1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews
who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes,
at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, Saying,
2
“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: You have
seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the
cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation and No one
dwells in them,
3
‘Because of their wickedness which they have committed to
provoke Me to anger, in that They went to burn incense and to serve
other gods whom they did not know, They nor You nor Your
fathers.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HANES?
HANES IS TAHPANHES?
NAMED AFTER QUEEN TAHPENES?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN TAHPANHES?
READ: JEREMIAH 46:14
14
Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol. Proclaim in Noph
and in Tahpanhes. Say, Stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the
sword devours all around you.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HANES?
HANES IS TAHPANHES? - TEHAPHNEHES?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN TEHAPHNEHES?
READ: EZEKIEL 30:18-19
18
At Tehaphnehes the day shall be darkened When I break
the yokes of Egypt there And Her arrogant strength shall cease in
her. As for her, A cloud shall cover her And Her daughters shall go
into captivity.
19
Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt Then They shall
know that I am the LORD.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
JEWS FUTILE CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT
3
Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Shall be your shame, And
trust in the shadow of Egypt Shall be your humiliation.
4
For his princes were at Zoan, And his ambassadors came to
Hanes.
5
They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit
them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach."
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY TRUST IN PHARAOH?
WHY WILL THE JEWS BE SHAMED AND REPROACHED?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
SENNACHARIB TELLS THEM NOT TO TRUST IN THE PHAROAH
READ: 2 KINGS 18:19-25
19
Say to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of
Assyria: What confidence is this in which you trust?
20
You speak of having plans and power for war. But they are
mere words. In whom do you trust that you rebel against me?
21
You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on
which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
22
If you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ Is it not He
whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away. And
said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in
Jerusalem?
23
I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria
and I will give you two thousand horses. If you are able on your part
to put riders on them!
24
How then will you repel one captain of the least of my
master's servants and Put your trust in Egypt for chariots and
horsemen?
25
Have I now come up without the LORD against this place to
destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and
destroy it.”
(2 CHRONICLES 32:9-15)
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
5
They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit
them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach."
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY TRUST IN PHARAOH?
WHY WILL THE JEWS BE SHAMED AND REPROACHED?
WHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOIACHIN KING OF JUDAH ?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:9-10
9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and
he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil
in the sight of the LORD.
10
At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him
and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of
the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over
Judah and Jerusalem.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
5
They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit
them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach."
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY TRUST IN PHARAOH?
WHY WILL THE JEWS BE SHAMED AND REPROACHED?
READ: JEREMIAH 2:36-37
36
Why do you gad about so much to change your way? You
shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37
Indeed you will go forth from him with your hands on your
head. For the LORD has rejected your trusted allies And You will not
prosper by them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:3-5
5
They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit
them, Or be help or benefit, But a shame and also a reproach."
WHY WILL THE JEWS BE SHAMED AND REPROACHED?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY TRUST IN PHARAOH?
READ: JEREMIAH 37:1-5
1
King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah
the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made
king in the land of Judah.
2
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land
gave heed to the words of the LORD which He spoke by the prophet
Jeremiah.
3
Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah,
saying, Pray now to the LORD our God for us.
4
Jeremiah was coming and going among the people For they
had not yet put him in prison.
5
Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt. When the Chaldeans
who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, They departed
from Jerusalem.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South.
Through a land of trouble and anguish, From which
came the lioness and lion, The viper and fiery flying
serpent, They will carry their riches on the backs of
young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no
purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab-HemShebeth.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH?
WHAT ANIMALS CAME FROM THIS LAND?
WHAT DID THEY CARRY BACK TO THIS LAND?
WHO WILL THE LORD CALL? RAHAB-HEM-SHEBETH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH?
EGYPT?
WHY DID JOSEPH’S BRETHREN GO TO EGYPT?
READ: GENESIS 42:25-28
25
Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to
restore every man's money to his sack, and to give them provisions
for the journey. Thus he did for them.
26
They loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from
there.
27
As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at
the encampment, He saw his money. There it was, in the mouth of
his sack.
28
He said to his brothers, “My money has been restored and
there it is, in my sack!” Their hearts failed them and they were
afraid, Saying to one another, “What is this that God has done to
us?” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEBREW CHILDREN?
READ: EXODUS 1:8-11
8
There arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know
Joseph.
9
He said to his people, “Look, the people of the children of
Israel are more and mightier than we;
10
“Come, let us deal shrewdly with them Lest they multiply
and it happen, in the event of war, That they join our enemies and
fight against us and go up out of the land.”
11
They set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their
burdens. They built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEBREW CHILDREN?
READ: EXODUS 5:10-14
10
The taskmasters of the people and their officers went out
and spoke to the people, Saying, “Thus says Pharaoh: ‘I will not
give you straw.”’
11
“Go, get yourselves straw where you can find it. Yet none of
your work will be reduced.”
12
The people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of
Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
13
The taskmasters forced them to hurry, Saying, “Fulfill your
work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”
14
The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's
taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why
have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and
today, as before?”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
HOW DID THE LORD DESCRIBE THE WILDERNESS?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 8:14-17
14
When your heart is lifted up and you forget the LORD your
God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage;
15
Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in
which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where
there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;
16
Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your
fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might
test you, to do you good in the end –
17
Then you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my
hand have gained me this wealth.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHO DID JUDAH FIGHT AGAINST IN THE SOUTH?
READ: JUDGES 1:8-10
8
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it.
They struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
9
Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against
the Canaanites who dwelt in the mountains, in the South and in the
lowland.
10
Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron.
(The name of Hebron was formerly Kirjath Arba.) And they killed
Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT DID KING ASA OF JUDAH DO?
READ: 1 KINGS 15:16-19
16
There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all
their days.
17
Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and built
Ramah That He might let none go out or come in to Asa king of
Judah.
18
Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries
of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house and
delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent
them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king
of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, Saying,
19
“Let there be a treaty between you and me As there was
between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a present of
silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of
Israel So that He will withdraw from me.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT DID AHAZ KING OF JUDAH DO?
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, carried its people captive to
Kir and killed Rezin. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT DID HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH DO?
READ: 2 KINGS 18:13-16
13
In the 14th year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of
Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took
them.
14
Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at
Lachish, Saying, “I have done wrong. Turn away from me. Whatever
you impose on me I will pay.” The king of Assyria assessed
Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty
talents of gold.
15
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house
of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.
16
Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of
the LORD and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had
overlaid and gave it to the king of Assyria.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT WERE THE NATIONS OF THE NORTH & SOUTH?
READ: ISAIAH 14:29
29
Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia Because the rod that
struck you is broken. For Out of the serpent's roots will come forth a
viper And Its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent. NKJV
WHO DO THE SERPENTS & VIPERS REPRESENT?
UZZIAH?
OR
AHAZ?
WHAT IS THE FIERY FLYING SERPENT?
HEZEKIEH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
HOW DID THE LORD BRING ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT?
READ: JEREMIAH 2:4-7
4
Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob and All the
families of the house of Israel.
5
Thus says the LORD: “What injustice have your fathers
found in Me That They have gone far from Me,
Have followed idols And have become idolaters?”
6
“Neither did they say, Where is the LORD, Who brought us
up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and
the shadow of death,
Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt?”
7
“I brought you into a bountiful country, To eat its fruit and its
goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land And made My
heritage an abomination.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT WERE THE NATIONS OF THE NORTH & SOUTH?
READ: DANIEL 11:5-8
5
The king of the South shall become strong, as well as one of
his princes. He shall gain power over him and have dominion. His
dominion shall be a great dominion.
6
At the end of some years they shall join forces, For the
daughter of the king of the South shall go to the king of the North to
make an agreement. But she shall not retain the power of her
authority. Neither he nor his authority shall stand. She shall be
given up, with those who brought her and with him who begot her
and with him who strengthened her in those times.
7
From a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, Who
shall come with an army, Enter the fortress of the king of the North
and Deal with them and prevail.
8
He shall carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their princes
and their precious articles of silver and gold. He shall continue more
years than the king of the North.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land
of trouble and anguish, From which came the lioness and lion, The
viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry their riches on the
backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on the humps of
camels, To a people who shall not profit;
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT DID THEY CARRY BACK TO THIS LAND?
WHO IS EPHRAIM? WHAT DID EPHRAIM DO?
READ: HOSEA 12:1
1
Ephraim feeds on the wind, And pursues the east wind. He
daily increases lies and desolation. They make a covenant with the
Assyrians and oil is carried to Egypt.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
6
The burden against the beasts of the South.
Through a land of trouble and anguish, From which came the
lioness and lion, The viper and fiery flying serpent, They will carry
their riches on the backs of young donkeys, And their treasures on
the humps of camels, To a people who shall not profit;
7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
WHAT IS THIS LAND OF TROUBLE & ANGUISH? EGYPT?
WHAT DID THEY CARRY BACK TO THIS LAND?
WHO WILL THE LORD CALL? RAHAB-HEM-SHEBETH?
WHY DID THE LORD CALL HER? RAHAB-HEM-SHEBETH?
RAHAB-HEM-SHEBETH MEANS
EGPYT IS UNABLE TO HELP JUDAH
RAHAB – EGYPT?
SHEBETH – TO SIT STILL?
RAHAB THE INACTIVE?
EGYPT IS TO SIT STILL & WAIT?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:6-7
7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose.
Therefore I have called her Rahab-Hem-Shebeth.
RAHAB-HEM-SHEBETH MEANS
EGYPT IS TO SIT STILL & WAIT
READ: 2 KINGS 18:21
21
Look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt,
on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 2:36
36
Why do you gad about so much to change your way? You
shall be ashamed of Egypt as you were ashamed of Assyria.
NKJV
READ: JOB 9:13
13
God will not withdraw His anger. The allies of the proud lie
prostrate beneath Him. NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:8-11
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note
it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever
and ever:
9
That this is a rebellious people, Lying children,
Children who will not hear the law of the LORD;
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the
prophets, "Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to
us smooth things, prophesy deceits.
11
Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path,
Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
9
That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who
will not hear the law of the LORD;
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
11
Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy
One of Israel To cease from before us.“
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHY CALL ISRAEL A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE?
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS AND PROPHETS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHAT DID THE LORD WRITE ON TABLETS OF STONE?
TEN COMMANDMENTS?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 9:10-11
10
The LORD delivered to me two tablets of stone written with
the finger of God And on them were all the words which the LORD
had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire in the
day of the assembly.
11
At the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me
the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHAT DID MOSES WRITE ON THESE STONES?
TEN COMMANDMENTS?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 27:4-8
4
When you have crossed over the Jordan on Mount Ebal you
shall set up these stones, which I command you today. You shall
whitewash them with lime.
5
You shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of
stones. You shall not use an iron tool on them.
6
You shall build with whole stones the altar of the LORD your
God and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.
7
You shall offer peace offerings and shall eat there, and
rejoice before the LORD your God.
8
You shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of
this law.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHAT SONG DID THE LORD WANT MOSES TO WRITE DOWN?
SONG OF DELIVERANCE?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 31:19 & 21
19
Write down this song for yourselves. Teach it to the children
of Israel; Put it in their mouths. That this song may be a witness for
Me against the children of Israel.
NKJV
21
When many evils and troubles have come upon them this
song will testify against them as a witness. It will not be forgotten in
the mouths of their descendants. For I know the inclination of their
behavior today, even before I have brought them to the land of
which I swore to give them. NKJV
WHY?
READ: EXODUS 15:1
1
Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the
LORD, and spoke, saying: "I will sing to the LORD, For He has
triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the
sea!
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHY DID MOSES COMMAND THE LEVITES TO PUT
THE BOOK OF THE LAW BESIDE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 31:25-26
25
Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, saying:
26
“Take this Book of the Law and put it beside the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there as a witness
against you.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHAT DID JOSHUA WRITE ON A LARGE STONE?
WHY?
READ: JOSHUA 24:26-27
26
Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. He
took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the
sanctuary of the LORD.
27
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a
witness to us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He
spoke to us. It shall therefore be a witness to you, lest you deny
your God.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHAT DID JEREMIAH WRITE IN A BOOK? WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 25:12-13
12
It will come to pass when seventy years are completed, That
I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the
Chaldeans, for their iniquity, Says the LORD. And I will make it a
perpetual desolation.
13
I will bring on that land all My words which I have
pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which
Jeremiah has prophesied concerning all the nations. NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 30:2-3
2
Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, Saying: “Write in a
book for yourself all the words that I have spoken to you.”
3
“Behold, the days are coming,” Says the LORD, “that I will
bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,” Says the
LORD. “I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their
fathers and they shall possess it.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
WHAT DID JEREMIAH WRITE IN A BOOK? WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 36:1-8
1
It came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah, King of Judah, That This word came to Jeremiah from the
LORD, Saying:
2
“Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words that I
have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah and against all the
nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even
to this day.”
3
“It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the
adversities which I purpose to bring upon them, That everyone may
turn from his evil way, That I may forgive their iniquity and their
sin.”
4
Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah. Baruch wrote on a
scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the
LORD which He had spoken to him.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
WHAT DID JEREMIAH WRITE IN A BOOK? WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 36:1-8
5
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am confined; I
cannot go into the house of the LORD.”
6
“You go and read from the scroll which you have written at
my instruction, the words of the LORD, in the hearing of the people
in the LORD‘S house on the day of fasting. You shall also read them
in the hearing of all Judah who come from their cities.”
7
“It may be that they will present their supplication before the
LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way. For great is the
anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this
people.”
8
Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah
the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of
the LORD in the LORD‘S house.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
HOW DID THE KING RESPOND TO THIS WRITING?
READ: JEREMIAH 36:21-26
21
The king sent Jehudi to bring the scroll and he took it from
Elishama the scribe's chamber. Jehudi read it in the hearing of the
king and in the hearing of all the princes who stood beside the king.
22
The king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month,
with a fire burning on the hearth before him.
23
When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it
with the scribe's knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth,
Until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
24
They were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the
king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
25
Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah implored the king not to
burn the scroll. But he would not listen to them.
26
The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, Seraiah the
son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, But the LORD hid them.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL JEREMIAH TO DO? WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 36:27-31
27
After the king had burned the scroll with the words which
Baruch had written at the instruction of Jeremiah, the word of the
LORD came to Jeremiah, saying:
28
“Take yet another scroll and write on it all the former words
that were in the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has
burned.”
29
You shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, “Thus says the
LORD: ‘You have burned this scroll, Saying, Why have you written
in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this
land and cause man and beast to cease from here?’”
30
Thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah:
“He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead
body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the
night.”
31
“I will punish him, his family and his servants for their
iniquity. I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
on the men of Judah all the doom that I have pronounced against
them.” But they did not heed.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
8
Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a
scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever:
WHAT IS ISAIAH TO WRITE ON? TABLET? SCROLL?
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL HABAKKUK TO DO? WHY?
READ: HABAKKUK 2:2-3
2
The LORD said: “Write the vision And make it plain on
tablets, That he may run who reads it.“
3
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time. But at the end it
will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it
will surely come, It will not tarry.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
9
That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who
will not hear the law of the LORD;
WHY CALL THEM A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE?
READ: PSALMS 78:5-8
5
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in
Israel Which He commanded our fathers That they should make
them known to their children.
6
That the generation to come might know them, The children
who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their
children,
7
That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the
works of God, But keep His commandments;
8
And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious
generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose
spirit was not faithful to God.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
9
That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who
will not hear the law of the LORD;
WHY CALL THEM A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 2:6-8
6
Son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their
words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among
scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their
looks, though they are a rebellious house.
7
You shall speak My words to them, whether they hear or
whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.
8
Son of man, hear what I say to you. ‘Do not be rebellious like
that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you.’
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
11
Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy
One of Israel To cease from before us.“
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHY DID AHAB HATE THE PROPHET MICAIAH?
READ: 1 KINGS 22:6-9
6
The king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four
hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead
to fight, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Go up, for the Lord will
deliver it into the hand of the king.”
7
Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD
here, that we may inquire of Him?”
8
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one
man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the
LORD; but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good
concerning me, but evil.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say
such things!”
9
The king of Israel called an officer and said, “Bring Micaiah
the son of Imlah quickly!”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHAT DID THE MESSENGER WANT MICAIAH TO DO?
SPEAK ENCOURAGEMENT?
READ: 1 KINGS 22:13-18
13
The messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him,
saying, “Listen, the words of the prophets with one accord
encourage the king. Please, let your word be like the word of one
of them and Speak encouragement.”
14
Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, Whatever the LORD says
to me, That I will speak.”
15
He came to the king; and the king said to him, “Micaiah,
Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall we refrain?” He
answered him, “Go and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into
the hand of the king!”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
HOW DID AHAB RESPOND TO MICAIAH?
READ: 1 KINGS 22:13-18
16
The king said to him, “How many times shall I make you
swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the
LORD?”
17
Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as
sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, These have no
master. Let each return to his house in peace.”
18
The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you he
would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHO DID JEREMIAH SAY DECEIVED THE PEOPLE?
READ: JEREMIAH 4:9-10
9
“It shall come to pass in that day,” says the LORD, “That the
heart of the king shall perish, And the heart of the princes; The
priests shall be astonished, And the prophets shall wonder.”
10
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have greatly
deceived this people and Jerusalem, Saying, ‘You shall have
peace, Whereas the sword reaches to the heart.’”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHY DID THEY SEEK TO KILL JEREMIAH?
BECAUSE HE SPOKE THE TRUTH?
READ: JEREMIAH 11:21-23
21
Thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth who
seek your life, saying, “Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD,
lest you die by our hand”
22
Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Behold, I will punish them.
The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their
daughters shall die by famine;”
23
“There shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring
catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their
punishment.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PROPHETS?
THEY PROPHESIED LIES?
READ: JEREMIAH 23:25-27
25
I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies
in My name, saying, “I have dreamed, I have dreamed!”
26
How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who
prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own
heart,
27
Who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams
which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name
for Baal.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST THEM?
NEBUCADNEZZAAR? WHY?
READ: JEREMIAH 25:8-9
8
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.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
HOW DID THEY RESPOND TO JEREMIAH?
YOU WILL SURELY DIE?
READ: JEREMIAH 26:7-11
7
The priests and the prophets and all the people heard
Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
8
When Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the
LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the
priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying,
“You will surely die!”
9
“Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying,
This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate,
without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against
Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.”
10
When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up
from the king's house to the house of the LORD and sat down in
the entry of the New Gate of the LORD‘S house.
11
The priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and all the
people, saying, “This man deserves to die! For he has prophesied
against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHY DID ZEDEKIAH PUT JEREMIAH IN PRISON?
READ: JEREMIAH 32:1-5
1
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth
year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of
Nebuchadnezzar.
2
The king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem, and
Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which
was in the king of Judah's house.
3
Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do
you prophesy and say,” ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will give
this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;’”
4
“Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of
the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the
king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and see
him eye to eye;”
5
“He shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be
until I visit him,” says the LORD; “though you fight with the
Chaldeans, you shall not succeed?”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
READ: EZEKIEL 13:3-7
3
Thus says the Lord GOD: “Woe to the foolish prophets, who
follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!’
4
“O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts.”
5
“You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the
house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD.”
6
“They have envisioned futility and false divination,” saying,
‘Thus says the LORD!’ But the LORD has not sent them; yet they
hope that the word may be confirmed.”
7
“Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken
false divination? You say, ‘The LORD says,’ but I have not
spoken.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THEIR PROPHETS?
READ: MICAH 3:5-7
5
Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets Who make my
people stray; “Who chant Peace While they chew with their teeth,
But who prepare war against him Who puts nothing into their
mouths:”
6
“Therefore you shall have night without vision, And you
shall have darkness without divination; The sun shall go down on
the prophets, And the day shall be dark for them.”
7
“The seers shall be ashamed, And the diviners abashed;
Indeed they shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from
God.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHAT IS PAUL’S ADMONISHMENT TO US?
READ: ROMANS 16:17-20
17
I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and
offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid
them.
18
For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ,
but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech
deceive the hearts of the simple.
19
For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am
glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and
simple concerning evil.
20
And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet
shortly.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:8-11
10
Who say to the seers, "Do not see, "And to the prophets,
"Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things,
prophesy deceits.
WHAT DO THEY SAY TO THE SEERS & PROPHETS?
DO NOT PROPHESY TRUTH?
WHAT IS PAUL’S ADMONISHMENT TO US?
READ: 2 TIMOTHY 4:1-4
1
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and
His kingdom:
2
Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season.
Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound
doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have
itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
4
They will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned
aside to fables.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:12-14
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
"Because you despise this word, And trust in
oppression and perversity, And rely on them,
13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a
breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose
breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.
14
And He shall break it like the breaking of the
potter's vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not
spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments
A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water
from the cistern."
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: "Because you
despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely
on them,
13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to
fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an
instant.
14
And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter's vessel,
Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be
found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or
to take water from the cistern."
WHO IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL? THE LORD?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY?
HOW DID THE LORD ENTREAT THEM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: "Because you
despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely
on them,
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY?
HOW DID THE LORD ENTREAT THEM?
PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT LINE UPON LINE
HERE A LITTLE THERE A LITTLE
READ: ISAIAH 28:13-14
13
The word of the LORD was to them, Precept upon precept,
precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little,
there a little, That they might go and fall backward, and be broken
And snared and caught.
14
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men,
Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem, NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: "Because you
despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely
on them,
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY?
HOW DID THE LORD ENTREAT THEM?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE WICKED?
READ: PSALMS 10:3-7
3
The wicked boasts of his heart's desire. He blesses the
greedy and renounces the LORD.
4
The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God.
God is in none of his thoughts.
5
His ways are always prospering; Your judgments are far
above, out of his sight; As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.
6
He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; I shall never
be in adversity.
7
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: "Because you
despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely
on them,
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY?
HOW DID THE LORD ENTREAT THEM?
WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THE WICKED?
READ: PSALMS 12:1-5
1
Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful
disappear from among the sons of men.
2
They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering
lips and a double heart they speak.
3
May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that
speaks proud things,
4
Who have said, ‘With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; Who is lord over us?’
5
“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for
which he yearns.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: "Because you
despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely
on them,
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY?
HOW DID THE LORD ENTREAT THEM?
WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY?
READ: ECCLESIASTES 5:6-7
6
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin Nor say before
the messenger of God that it was an error. Why should God be
angry at your excuse and destroy the work of your hands?
7
In the multitude of dreams and many words there is also
vanity. But Fear God. NKJV
READ: ECCLESIASTES 7:7
7
Surely oppression destroys a wise man's reason. And a
bribe debases the heart. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
12
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: "Because you
despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely
on them,
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? WHY?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?
HOW DID THE LORD ENTREAT THEM?
READ: EZEKIEL 22:6-12
6
“Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to
shed blood in you.”
7
“In you they have made light of father and mother; in your
midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have
mistreated the fatherless and the widow.”
12
“In you they take bribes to shed blood. You take usury and
increase. You have made profit from your neighbors by extortion
and have forgotten Me,” Says the Lord GOD. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to
fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an
instant.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO BEN-HADAD’S ARMY?
READ: 1 KINGS 20:28-30
28
A man of God came and spoke to the king of Israel and said,
“Thus says the LORD: ‘Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is
God of the hills But He is not God of the valleys. Therefore I will
deliver all this great multitude into your hand and you shall know
that I am the LORD.’”
29
They encamped opposite each other for seven days. On the
seventh day the battle was joined And the children of Israel killed
one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians in one day.
30
The rest fled to Aphek, into the city. Then a wall fell on
twenty-seven thousand of the men who were left. Ben-Hadad fled
and went into the city, into an inner chamber.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to
fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an
instant.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM?
WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY WOULD HAPPEN
TO THEIR WALLS AND HEDGES?
READ: PSALMS 62:3-4
3
How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of
you, Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.
4
They only consult to cast him down from his high position.
They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, But they curse
inwardly. NKJV
READ: PSALMS 80:12-13
12
Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who
pass by the way pluck her fruit?
13
The boar out of the woods uproots it And the wild beast of
the field devours it.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to
fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an
instant.
WHAT DID NEHEMIAH SAY ABOUT THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM?
READ: NEHEMIAH 2:17-18
17
I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in. How
Jerusalem lies waste and its gates are burned with fire. Come and
Let us build the wall of Jerusalem that we may no longer be a
reproach.”
18
“I told them of the hand of my God which had been good
upon me and Also of the king's words that he had spoken to me.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:12-14
14
And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter's vessel,
Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be
found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or
to take water from the cistern."
HOW GREAT WAS THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CITY OF JERUSALEM?
READ: JEREMIAH 19:10-13
You shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with
10
you,
11
“Say to them,” Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Even so I will
break this people and this city, As one breaks a potter's vessel,
Which cannot be made whole again. They shall bury them in Tophet
till there is no place to bury.”
12
“Thus I will do to this place, says the LORD, and to its
inhabitants and make this city like Tophet.”
13
“The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of
Judah shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, Because of all the
houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of
heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:15-17
THE JEWS ARE A REBELLIOUS PEOPLE
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of
Israel: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; In
quietness and confidence shall be your strength. "But
you would not,
16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" —
Therefore you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift
horses" — Therefore those who pursue you shall be
swift!
17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, At the
threat of five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on
top of a mountain And as a banner on a hill.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" — Therefore
you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses" — Therefore those
who pursue you shall be swift!
17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, At the threat of
five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
WHO DID THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ: EXODUS 14:13-14
13
Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still and
See the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you
today. The Egyptians whom you see today, You shall see again no
more forever.”
14
“The LORD will fight for you and you shall hold your peace.”
WHAT DID JOSHUA SAY TO ISRAEL?
READ: JOSHUA 1:13
13
Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, saying, “The LORD your God is giving you rest
and is giving you this land.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
WHAT DID JEHOSHAPHAT KING OF JUDAH SAY?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 20:12
12
O our God, will You not judge them? We have no power
against this great multitude that is coming against us. Nor do we
know what to do. Our eyes are upon You.
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH?
READ: JEREMIAH 7:20
20
Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, My anger and My fury will
be poured out on this place: on man and on beast, on the trees of
the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be
quenched.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 3:10-11
10
He said to me: “Son of man, Receive into your heart all My
words that I speak to you and hear with your ears.”
11
“Go, Get to the captives, To the children of your people and
Speak to them and tell them, Thus says the Lord GOD, Whether they
hear, Or Whether they refuse.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" — Therefore
you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses" — Therefore those
who pursue you shall be swift!
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND? WE WILL FLEE ON HORSES?
WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
DO NOT MULTIPLY HORSES FOR YOURSELVES?
WHY?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 17:15-16
15
You shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your
God chooses. One from among your brethren you shall set as king
over you. You may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your
brother.
16
But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the
people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, For the LORD has said
to you, “You shall not return that way again.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" — Therefore
you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses" — Therefore those
who pursue you shall be swift!
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND? WE WILL FLEE ON HORSES?
WHAT DID THE LORD SOLOMON DO?
IMPORTED HORSES & CHARIOTS FROM EGYPT?
WHY?
READ: 1 KINGS 10:28-29
28
Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh. The
king's merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.
29
A chariot that was imported from Egypt cost six hundred
shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty. Thus, through
their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and
the kings of Syria. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" — Therefore
you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses" — Therefore those
who pursue you shall be swift!
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND? WE WILL FLEE ON HORSES?
WHO DID THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN?
WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
READ: PSALMS 20:7
7
Some trust in chariots and some in horses. But we will
remember the name of the LORD our God.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" — Therefore
you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses" — Therefore those
who pursue you shall be swift!
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND? WE WILL FLEE ON HORSES?
WHO DID THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM?
WHAT DID HOSEA SAY?
READ: HOSEA 14:3
3
Assyria shall not save us. We will not ride on horses. Nor
will we say anymore to the work of our hands, You are our gods. For
in You the fatherless finds mercy.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
15
For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In
returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence
shall be your strength. "But you would not,
16
And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" — Therefore
you shall flee! And, "We will ride on swift horses" — Therefore those
who pursue you shall be swift!
WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO JUDAH?
HOW DID THEY RESPOND? WE WILL FLEE ON HORSES?
WHO DID THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN?
WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO THEM?
READ: JEREMIAH 46:3-6
3
“Order the buckler and shield! Draw near to battle!
4
“Harness the horses! Mount up, You horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets! Polish the spears! Put on the armor!”
5
“Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? Their
mighty ones are beaten down. They have speedily fled and did not
look back. For fear was all around,” Says the LORD.
6
“Do not let the swift flee away Nor the mighty man escape.
They will stumble and fall toward the north, by the River Euphrates.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, At the threat of
five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
HOW CAN ONE CHASE ONE THOUSAND?
REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD TOLD ISRAEL
WHO WILL CAUSE THEM TO FLEE? THE LORD?
READ: LEVITICUS 26:7-8
7
You will chase your enemies and They shall fall by the sword
before you.
8
Five of you shall chase a hundred and A hundred of you
shall put ten thousand to flight. Your enemies shall fall by the sword
before you.
NKJV
READ: LEVITICUS 26:36
36
As for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into
their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a shaken leaf
shall cause them to flee. They shall flee as though fleeing from a
sword and They shall fall when no one pursues.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, At the threat of
five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
HOW CAN ONE CHASE ONE THOUSAND?
REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD TOLD ISRAEL
WHO WILL CAUSE THEM TO BE DEFEATED? THE LORD?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:25
25
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your
enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven
ways before them. And You shall become troublesome to all the
kingdoms of the earth.NKJV
READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:29-30
29
Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they
would consider their latter end!
30
How could one chase a thousand And Two put ten thousand
to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them And the LORD had
surrendered them?
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, At the threat of
five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
HOW CAN ONE CHASE ONE THOUSAND?
REMEMBER WHAT THE LORD TOLD ISRAEL
WHO CAUSED THE SYRAINS TO FLEE? THE LORD?
READ: 2 KINGS 7:6-7
6
The LORD had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the
noise of chariots and the noise of horses — the noise of a great
army. They said to one another, Look, the king of Israel has hired
against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to
attack us!
7
Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp
intact — their tents, their horses, and their donkeys — and they fled
for their lives. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:15-17
17
One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, At the threat of
five you shall flee, Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain
And as a banner on a hill.
HOW CAN ONE CHASE ONE THOUSAND?
WHO SHALL SET A BANNER ON A HILL?
IN WHOSE NAME WILL THEY SET UP THEIR BANNERS?
READ: PSALMS 20:5
5
We will rejoice in your salvation And in the name of our God
we will set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:18-19
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
18
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be
gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that
He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of
justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem;
You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you
at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will
answer you.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
18
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to
you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on
you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who
wait for Him.
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall
weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your
cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
WHY WILL THE LORD WAIT?
WHY IS THE LORD TO BE EXHALTED?
HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS JUSTICE?
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
18
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to
you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on
you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who
wait for Him.
WHY WILL THE LORD WAIT?
READ: PSALMS 11:5-7
5
The LORD tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one
who loves violence His soul hates.
7
The LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. His
countenance beholds the upright. NKJV
READ: PSALMS 27:14
14
Wait on the LORD. Be of good courage And He shall
strengthen your heart. Wait, I say, on the LORD!
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
18
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to
you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on
you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who
wait for Him.
WHY WILL THE LORD WAIT?
READ: PSALMS 78:34-39
34
When He slew them, then they sought Him. And they
returned and sought earnestly for God.
35
They remembered that God was their rock, And the Most
High God their Redeemer.
36
Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouth,
And they lied to Him with their tongue;
37
For their heart was not steadfast with Him, Nor were they
faithful in His covenant.
38
But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And
did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away,
And did not stir up all His wrath;
39
For He remembered that they were but flesh,
A breath
that passes away and does not come again.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
WHY WILL THE LORD WAIT?
READ: JONAH 3:5-10
5
The people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast and
put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
6
Word came to the king of Nineveh. He arose from his throne
and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in
ashes.
7
He caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout
Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, Saying, “Let
neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Do not let
them eat or drink water.”
8
Let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry
mightily to God. Yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from
the violence that is in his hands.
9
Who can tell if God will turn and relent and turn away from
His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
10
God saw their works that they turned from their evil way.
And God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring
upon them and He did not do it.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
HOW LONG WILL THE LORD WAIT?
READ: 2 PETER 3:8-9
8
Beloved, Do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one
day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.
9
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some
count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any
should perish but that all should come to repentance.
NKJV
READ: 2 PETER 3:14-16
14
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be
diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
15
Consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation —
As also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to
him, has written to you,
16
As also in all his epistles, Speaking in them of these things,
in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and
unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the
rest of the Scriptures. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
18
Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to
you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on
you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who
wait for Him.
HOW LONG WILL THE LORD WAIT?
WHY SHOULD WE WAIT FOR HIM?
READ: LAMENTATIONS 3:25-27
25
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul
who seeks Him.
26
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the
salvation of the LORD.
27
It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall
weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your
cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
IS THIS PROMISE OF THE LORD CONDITIONAL?
READ: JOB 22:23-27
23
If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up. You will
remove iniquity far from your tents.
24
You will lay your gold in the dust And the gold of Ophir
among the stones of the brooks.
25
Yes, the Almighty will be your gold And your precious silver.
26
Then you will have your delight in the Almighty And lift up
your face to God.
27
You will make your prayer to Him. He will hear you And you
will pay your vows.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall
weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your
cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
IS THIS PROMISE OF THE LORD CONDITIONAL?
READ: PSALMS 50:14-15
Offer to God thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most
14
High.
15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you and you
shall glorify Me.
NKJV
READ: PSALMS 86:5-7
5
You, Lord, are good, ready to forgive, And abundant in
mercy to all those who call upon You.
6
Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer And attend to the voice of
my supplications.
7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will
answer me.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall
weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your
cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
READ: JEREMIAH 29:10-14
10
Thus says the LORD: “After seventy years are completed at
Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you and
cause you to return to this place.”
11
“I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” Says the
LORD, “thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a
hope.”
12
“You will call upon Me and go and pray to Me And I will
listen to you.”
13
“You will seek Me and find Me When you search for Me with
all your heart.”
14
“I will be found by you,” Says the LORD. “I will bring you
back from your captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and
from all the places where I have driven you,” Says the LORD. “And I
will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away
captive.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall
weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your
cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
WHAT MUST HAPPEN FIRST?
READ: ZECHARIAH 13:8-9
8
“It shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the LORD, “That
two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in
it. “
9
“I will bring the one-third through the fire. I will refine them
as silver is refined And test them as gold is tested. They will call on
My name And I will answer them. I will say, This is My people. And
each one will say, The LORD is my God.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:18-19
19
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall
weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your
cry; When He hears it, He will answer you.
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE HIS PEOPLE?
WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HIS DISCIPLES?
ARE THESE PROMISES CONDITIONAL?
READ: MATTHEW 7:7-8
7
“Ask and it will be given to you. Seek and you will find.
Knock and it will be opened to you.
8
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
READ: LUKE 11:9-10
9
"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you. Seek and
you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you.
10
For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.” NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:20-22
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
20
And though the Lord gives you The bread of
adversity and the water of affliction, Yet your teachers
will not be moved into a corner anymore, But your eyes
shall see your teachers.
21
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying,
"This is the way, walk in it, "Whenever you turn to the
right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.
22
You will also defile the covering of your images of
silver, And the ornament of your molded images of gold.
You will throw them away as an unclean thing; You will
say to them, "Get away!"
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
20
And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and
the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a
corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers.
21
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the
way, walk in it, "Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever
you turn to the left.
22
You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw
them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, "Get away!“
WHAT IS THIS BREAD & WATER OF AFFLICTION?
WHAT TEACHERS WILL THE LORD SEND?
WHO IS GUIDING THEM?
HOW?
WHEN DID THEY START WORSHIPPING IDOLS?
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
20
And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and
the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a
corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers.
WHAT IS THIS BREAD & WATER OF AFFLICTION?
READ: 1 KINGS 22:26-27
26
The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and return him to
Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son
27
Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in prison, and feed him
with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace.”
NKJV
READ: PSALMS 127:2
2
It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the
bread of sorrows. For He gives His beloved sleep.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
20
And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and
the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a
corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers.
WHAT IS THIS BREAD & WATER OF AFFLICTION?
WHAT FAMINE DID THE LORD SEND?
READ: AMOS 8:11-12
11
“Behold, the days are coming,” Says the Lord GOD, “That I
will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for
water, But of hearing the words of the LORD. “
12
“They shall wander from sea to sea And from north to east.
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD But shall
not find it.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
20
And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and
the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a
corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers.
WHAT TEACHERS WILL THE LORD SEND? PROPHETS?
READ: DANIEL 12:3
3
Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the
firmament And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars
forever and ever. NKJV
READ: MALACHI 4:4-6
4
Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I
commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and
judgments.
5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming
of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
6
He will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children And the
hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the
earth with a curse.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
20
And though the Lord gives you The bread of adversity and
the water of affliction, Yet your teachers will not be moved into a
corner anymore, But your eyes shall see your teachers.
21
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the
way, walk in it, "Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever
you turn to the left.
WHAT TEACHERS WILL THE LORD SEND?
WHO IS GUIDING THEM? HOLY SPIRIT?
READ: JOHN 16:12-13
12
I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear
them now.
13
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will
guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority,
but whatever He hears He will speak. And He will tell you things to
come. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
22
You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw
them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, "Get away!“
WHEN DID THEY START WORSHIPPING IDOLS?
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
WHAT DID AARON DO?
READ: EXODUS 32:1-6
1
When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from
the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron and said to
him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us. As for this
Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do
not know what has become of him.”
2
Aaron said to them, “Break off the golden earrings which are
in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring
them to me”.
3
All the people broke off the golden earrings which were in
their ears and brought them to Aaron.
4
He received the gold from their hand and he fashioned it
with an engraving tool and made a molded calf. Then they said,
“This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of
Egypt! “
5
When Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it. Aaron made a
proclamation and said, “Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD.”
6
They rose early on the next day, offered burnt offerings, and
brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink
and rose up to play. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
22
You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw
them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, "Get away!“
WHEN DID THEY START WORSHIPPING IDOLS?
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS?
WHAT DID MOSES COMMAND THEM TO DO?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:25-26
25
You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire. You
shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them Nor take it for
yourselves Lest You be snared by it. For It is an abomination to the
LORD your God.
26
Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house Lest
You be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and
utterly abhor it, For It is an accursed thing. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
22
You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw
them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, "Get away!“
WHEN DID THEY START WORSHIPPING IDOLS?
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS?
WHAT DID JOSIAH DO?
READ: 2 KINGS 23:6-7
6
Josiah brought out the wooden image from the house of the
LORD, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the
Brook Kidron and ground it to ashes, and threw its ashes on the
graves of the common people.
6
He tore down the ritual booths of the perverted persons that
were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings
for the wooden image.
7
He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and
defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from
Geba to Beersheba. He broke down the high places at the gates
which were at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua the governor of
the city, which were to the left of the city gate.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:20-22
22
You will also defile the covering of your images of silver,
And the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw
them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, "Get away!“
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR IDOLS?
THROW THEM AWAY?
READ: EZEKIEL 7:19-20
19
They will throw their silver into the streets and their gold will
be like refuse. Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver
them In the day of the wrath of the LORD. They will not satisfy their
souls Nor fill their stomachs Because It became their stumbling
block of iniquity.
20
As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it in majesty; But
They made from it the images of their abominations — Their
detestable things. Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
READ:
ISAIAH 30:23-24
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
23
Then He will give the rain for your seed With which
you sow the ground, And bread of the increase of the
earth; It will be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle
will feed In large pastures.
24
Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that
work the ground Will eat cured fodder, Which has been
winnowed with the shovel and fan.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:23-24
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
23
Then He will give the rain for your seed With which you sow
the ground, And bread of the increase of the earth; It will be fat and
plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed In large pastures.
24
Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the
ground Will eat cured fodder, Which has been winnowed with the
shovel and fan.
HOW WILL THE LORD BLESS THEM?
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL IN CANAAN?
BLESSING?
CURSING?
WERE THESE PROMISES CONDITIONAL?
HOW WOULD THE LORD MANIFEST HIS BLESSINGS?
HOW WOULD THE LORD MANIFEST HIS ANGER?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:23-24
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL IN CANAAN?
BLESSING?
CURSING?
WERE THESE PROMISES CONDITIONAL?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:9-13
9
The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself,
Just as He has sworn to you, If you keep the commandments of the
LORD your God and walk in His ways.
10
All peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the
name of the LORD. And They shall be afraid of you.
11
The LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your
body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your
ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give
you.
12
The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens,
To give the rain to your land in its season and To bless all the work
of your hand. You shall lend to many nations But You shall not
borrow.
13
The LORD will make you the head and not the tail. You shall
be above only and not be beneath, If you heed the commandments
of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful
to observe them.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:23-24
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL IN CANAAN?
BLESSING?
CURSING?
WERE THESE PROMISES CONDITIONAL?
HOW WOULD THE LORD MANIFEST HIS ANGER?
READ: DUETERONOMY 28:15-19
15
If you do not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to
observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I
command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and
overtake you.
16
Cursed shall you be in the city and cursed shall you be in
the country.
17
Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
18
Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of
your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your
flocks.
19
Cursed shall you be when you come in And cursed shall you
be when you go out.
24
The LORD will change the rain of your land to powder and
dust. From the heaven it shall come down on you until you are
destroyed.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:23-24
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL IN CANAAN?
BLESSING?
CURSING?
WERE THESE PROMISES CONDITIONAL?
HOW WOULD THE LORD MANIFEST HIS ANGER?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:38-44
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.
40
You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, But
You shall not anoint yourself with the oil; For your olives shall drop
off.
42
Locusts shall consume all your trees and the produce of
your land.
43
The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher
above you and You shall come down lower and lower.
44
He shall lend to you But You shall not lend to him; He shall
be the head and You shall be the tail. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:23-24
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL IN CANAAN?
BLESSING?
CURSING?
WERE THESE PROMISES CONDITIONAL?
HOW WOULD THE LORD MANIFEST HIS ANGER?
READ: LEVITICUS 26:18-20
18
If you do not obey Me, Then I will punish you seven times
more for your sins.
19
I will break the pride of your power. I will make your heavens
like iron and your earth like bronze.
20
Your strength shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not
yield its produce, Nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
READ: LEVITICUS 26:29
29
You shall eat the flesh of your sons. And you shall eat the
flesh of your daughters.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:23-24
WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ISRAEL IN CANAAN?
BLESSING?
CURSING?
WERE THESE PROMISES CONDITIONAL?
HOW WILL THE LORD AGAIN BLESS ISRAEL?
READ: JEREMIAH 31:10-14
10
Hear the word of the LORD, O nations. Declare it in the isles
afar off and Say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him And keep
him as a shepherd does his flock.”
11
The LORD has redeemed Jacob And ransomed him from the
hand of one stronger than he.
12
They shall come and sing in the height of Zion, Streaming to
the goodness of the LORD: For wheat and new wine and oil, For the
young of the flock and the herd. Their souls shall be like a wellwatered garden, And They shall sorrow no more at all.
14
“I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance And My
people shall be satisfied with My goodness,” Says the LORD. NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:25-26
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
25
There will be on every high mountain And on
every high hill Rivers and streams of waters, In the day
of the great slaughter, When the towers fall.
26
Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light
of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As
the light of seven days, In the day that the LORD binds
up the bruise of His people And heals the stroke of their
wound.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:25-26
THE LORD WILL BE GRACIOUS
25
There will be on every high mountain And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters, In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
26
Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days,
In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people And
heals the stroke of their wound.
WHAT WILL GOD PROVIDE? RIVERS OF WATERS?
WHAT TOWERS WILL FALL? TOWERS OF BABYLON?
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LIGHT OF THE MOON?
THE LORD WILL HEAL HIS PEOPLE?
IS THIS PROMISE CONDITIONAL?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:25-26
25
There will be on every high mountain And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters, In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
WHAT WILL GOD PROVIDE? RIVERS OF WATERS?
READ: JOEL 3:18
18
It will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip
with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk. 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
WHAT SHALL FLOW FROM JERUSALEM? LIVING WATERS?
READ: ZECHARIAH 14:8-9
8
In that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from
Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them
toward the western sea. In both summer and winter it shall occur.
9
The LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall
be: The LORD is one And His name one. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:25-26
25
There will be on every high mountain And on every high hill
Rivers and streams of waters, In the day of the great slaughter,
When the towers fall.
WHAT TOWERS WILL FALL? TOWERS OF BABYLON?
READ: JEREMIAH 50:27-30
27
“Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their
punishment.
28
“The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of
Babylon Declares in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, The
vengeance of His temple.
29
“Call together the archers against Babylon. All you who
bend the bow, encamp against it all around. Let none of them
escape. Repay her according to her work. According to all she has
done, do to her. She has been proud against the LORD, Against the
Holy One of Israel.
30
“Her young men shall fall in the streets. All her men of war
shall be cut off in that day,” Says the LORD. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:25-26
26
Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days,
In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people And
heals the stroke of their wound.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LIGHT OF THE MOON?
THE LORD WILL HEAL HIS PEOPLE?
IS THIS PROMISE CONDITIONAL?
READ: 2 CHRONICLES 7:14
14
If My people who are called by My name will humble
themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked
ways, Then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and
heal their land. NKJV
READ: JEREMIAH 3:22
22
Return, you backsliding children And I will heal your
backslidings. NKJV
READ: HOSEA 14:4
4
I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from him.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:25-26
26
Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun,
And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days,
In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people And
heals the stroke of their wound.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LIGHT OF THE MOON?
WHY?
READ: REVELATION 21:23
23
The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it,
for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.
NKJV
READ: REVEALTION 22:5
5
There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of
the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign
forever and ever.
NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:27-28
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
27
Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar,
Burning with His anger, And His burden is heavy; His
lips are full of indignation, And His tongue like a
devouring fire.
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which
reaches up to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve
of futility; And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the
people, Causing them to err.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:27-28
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
27
Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, Burning
with His anger, And His burden is heavy; His lips are full of
indignation, And His tongue like a devouring fire.
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up
to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there
shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err.
WHY IS THE LORD TAKING VENGEANCE ON ASSYRIA?
HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS VENGEANCE?
DEVOURING FIRE?
WHY SIFT THE NATIONS?
WHO WILL THE LORD PUT A BRIDLE ON?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BRIDLE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:27-28
HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS VENGEANCE?
DEVOURING FIRE?
WHAT DID ELIJAH CALL UPON THE LORD TO DO?
READ: 1 KINGS 18:20-24
20
Ahab sent for all the children of Israel. And gathered the
prophets together on Mount Carmel.
21
Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you
falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But If
Baal, follow him. But the people answered him not a word.”
22
Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of
the LORD. But Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.”
23
Therefore Let them give us two bulls. And Let them choose
one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and Lay it on the wood. But
Put no fire under it. And I will prepare the other bull and Lay it on the
wood. But Put no fire under it.
24
You call on the name of your gods. And I will call on the
name of the LORD. And the God who answers by fire, He is God.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:27-28
HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS VENGEANCE?
READ: PSALMS 18:7-15
7
The earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the hills a
quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
8
Smoke went up from His nostrils And devouring fire from
His mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
9
He bowed the heavens and came down with darkness under
His feet.
10
He rode upon a cherub and flew. He flew upon the wings of
the wind.
11
He made darkness His secret place. His canopy around Him
was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12
From the brightness before Him, His thick clouds passed
with hailstones and coals of fire.
13
The LORD thundered from heaven and the Most High uttered
His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
14
He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe,
Lightning in abundance and He vanquished them.
15
The channels of the sea were seen and the foundations of
the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of
the breath of Your nostrils.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:27-28
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
27
Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, Burning
with His anger, And His burden is heavy; His lips are full of
indignation, And His tongue like a devouring fire.
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up
to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there
shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err.
HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS VENGEANCE?
DEVOURING FIRE?
WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE BENJAMITES TO DO? FLEE?
WHY? WHAT IS COMING FROM THE NORTH?
READ: JEREMIAH 6:1
1
You children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the
midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa and set up a signalfire in Beth Haccerem. For Disaster appears out of the north And
great destruction.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:27-28
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
27
Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, Burning
with His anger, And His burden is heavy; His lips are full of
indignation, And His tongue like a devouring fire.
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up
to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there
shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err.
HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS VENGEANCE?
DEVOURING FIRE?
HOW DID THE LORD TAKE VENGEANCE ON ISRAEL?
READ: EZEKIEL 22:23-31
30
“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.”
31
“Therefore 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 30:27-28
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up
to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there
shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err.
WHO DID THE LORD PUT A BRIDLE ON?
SENNACHERIB?
WHY?
READ: 2 KINGS 19:27-28
27
I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming
in, And your rage against Me.
28
Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which
you came.
(ISAIAH 37:28-29)
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:27-28
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up
to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there
shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err.
WHY SIFT THE NATIONS?
WHY SIFT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
SEPARATE THE RIGHTEOUS FROM THE SINNERS?
READ: AMOS 9:8-10
8
“Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful
kingdom. I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not
utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” Says the LORD.
9
“Surely I will command, And I will sift the house of Israel
among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve. Yet not the smallest
grain shall fall to the ground.”
10
“All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword.” Those
who say: ‘The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.’” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:27-28
28
His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up
to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there
shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err.
WHO IS CAUSING THEM TO ERR?
THE LAWLESS ONES?
READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:8-12
8
The lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will
consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the
brightness of His coming.
9
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of
Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
10
And with all unrighteous deception among those who
perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they
might be saved.
11
For this reason God will send them strong delusion that they
should believe the lie,
12
That they all may be condemned who did not believe the
truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
READ:
ISAIAH 30:29-30
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
29
You shall have a song As in the night when a holy
festival is kept, And gladness of heart as when one goes
with a flute, To come into the mountain of the LORD, To
the Mighty One of Israel.
30
The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be
heard, And show the descent of His arm, With the
indignation of His anger And the flame of a devouring
fire, With scattering, tempest, and hailstones.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:29-30
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
29
You shall have a song As in the night when a holy festival is
kept, And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, To come
into the mountain of the LORD, To the Mighty One of Israel.
30
The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, And
show the descent of His arm, With the indignation of His anger And
the flame of a devouring fire, With scattering, tempest, and
hailstones.
WHAT SONG & HOLY FESTIVAL IS THIS?
WHERE IS THIS FEAST TO BE KEPT?
WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:29-30
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
29
You shall have a song As in the night when a holy festival is
kept, And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, To come
into the mountain of the LORD, To the Mighty One of Israel.
WHAT SONG & HOLY FESTIVAL IS THIS?
SONG OF REDEMPTION?
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER?
HOW LONG WERE THEY IN EGYPT?
READ: EXODUS 12:41-42
41
At the end of 430 years (on that very same day) it came to
pass that all the armies of the LORD went out from the land of
Egypt.
42
It is a night of solemn observance to the LORD for bringing
them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, a
solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their
generations. NKJV
WHAT SONG & HOLY FESTIVAL IS THIS?
SONG OF REDEMPTION?
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER?
WHERE IS THIS FEAST TO BE KEPT?
WHY?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 16:1-6
1
Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the
LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God
brought you out of Egypt by night.
2
You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, from
the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to put
His name.
3
You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you
shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for
you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may remember
the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of
your life.
4
No leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for
seven days, Nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first
day at twilight remain overnight until morning.
5
You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates
which the LORD your God gives you;
6
But at the place where the LORD your God chooses to make
His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at twilight, at
the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:29-30
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
29
You shall have a song As in the night when a holy festival is
kept, And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, To come
into the mountain of the LORD, To the Mighty One of Israel.
WHAT SONG & HOLY FESTIVAL IS THIS?
SONG OF REDEMPTION?
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER?
WHO SHALL KEEP THESE FEASTS? WHY?
READ: DEUTERONOMY 16:16-17
16
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the
LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of
Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of
Tabernacles. And they shall not appear before the LORD emptyhanded.
17
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing
of the LORD your God which He has given you.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:29-30
29
You shall have a song As in the night when a holy festival is
kept, And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, To come
into the mountain of the LORD, To the Mighty One of Israel.
WHAT SONG & HOLY FESTIVAL IS THIS?
SONG OF REDEMPTION?
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER?
WHO SHALL KEEP THESE FEASTS? WHY?
WHAT DID DAVID REMEMBER?
READ: PSALMS 42:4
4
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me.
I used to go with the multitude. I went with them to the house of
God, With the voice of joy and praise, With a multitude that kept a
pilgrim feast. NKJV
WHY DID JESUS GO UP TO JERUSALEM?
READ: JOHN 5:1
1
There was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to
Jerusalem.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:29-30
WHAT SONG & HOLY FESTIVAL IS THIS?
SONG OF REDEMPTION?
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER?
WHO SHALL KEEP THESE FEASTS? WHY?
WHAT FEAST DID JESUS GIVE US? WHY?
WHAT DID THEY DO AFTERWARDS? SING?
READ: MATTHEW 26:26-30
26
As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it,
and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
27
Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,
saying, ‘Drink from it, all of you.”
28
“For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.”
29
“But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from
now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's
kingdom.”
30
When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of
Olives. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:29-30
30
The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, And
show the descent of His arm, With the indignation of His anger And
the flame of a devouring fire, With scattering, tempest, and
hailstones.
HOW DOES GOD CAUSE HIS VOICE TO BE HEARD?
READ: EXODUS 20:18-20
18
All the people witnessed the thundering, the lightning
flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When
the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.
19
They said to Moses, “You speak with us and we will hear.
But let not God speak with us, lest we die”
20
Moses said to the people, “Do not fear. For God has come to
test you that His fear may be before you, So that you may not sin.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:29-30
30
The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, And
show the descent of His arm, With the indignation of His anger And
the flame of a devouring fire, With scattering, tempest, and
hailstones.
HOW DOES GOD CAUSE HIS VOICE TO BE HEARD?
READ: PSALMS 29:3-4
3
The voice of the LORD is over the waters. The God of glory
thunders. The LORD is over many waters.
4
The voice of the LORD is powerful. The voice of the LORD is
full of majesty.
NKJV
READ: PSALMS 68:33
33
To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of
old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice. NKJV
READ:
ISAIAH 30:31-33
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
31
For through the voice of the LORD Assyria will be
beaten down, As He strikes with the rod.
32
And in every place where the staff of punishment
passes, Which the LORD lays on him, It will be with
tambourines and harps; And in battles of brandishing He
will fight with it.
33
For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the
king it is prepared. He has made it deep and large; Its
pyre is fire with much wood; The breath of the LORD,
like a stream of brimstone, Kindles it.
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
DIVINE VENGEANCE AGAINST ASSYRIA
31
For through the voice of the LORD Assyria will be beaten
down, As He strikes with the rod.
32
And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the LORD lays on him, It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.
33
For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the king it is
prepared. He has made it deep and large; Its pyre is fire with much
wood; The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles
it.
NKJV
HOW WILL THE LORD STRIKE ASSYRIA?
WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
31
For through the voice of the LORD Assyria will be beaten
down, As He strikes with the rod.
HOW WILL THE LORD STRIKE ASSYRIA?
WHY?
READ: ISAIAH 10:5-6
5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger and the staff in whose
hand is My indignation.
6
I will send him against an ungodly nation and against the
people of My wrath I will give him charge, To seize the spoil, to take
the prey And to tread them down like the mire of the streets. NKJV
READ: ISAIAH 10:12
12
When the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion
and on Jerusalem, He will say: “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant
heart of the king of Assyria and the glory of his haughty looks.”
NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
31
For through the voice of the LORD Assyria will be beaten
down, As He strikes with the rod.
HOW WILL THE LORD STRIKE ASSYRIA?
WHY?
READ: ISAIAH 10:24-26
24
Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: “O My people who dwell
in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a
rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of Egypt.”
25
“Yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will
My anger in their destruction.”
26
“The LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge for him like the
slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. As His rod was on the sea,
So will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
32
And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the LORD lays on him, It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.
HOW WILL THE LORD STRIKE ASSYRIA?
WHY WITH TAMBERINES & HARPS?
WHAT DID AARON’S SISTER DO?
READ: EXODUS 15:20-21
20
Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel
in her hand. And all the women went out after her with timbrels and
with dances.
21
Miriam answered them: “Sing to the LORD, For He has
triumphed gloriously! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the
sea!” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
32
And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the LORD lays on him, It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.
WHY WILL THE LORD STRIKE ASSYRIA?
READ: PSALMS 104:7-9
7
At Your rebuke they fled. At the voice of Your thunder they
hastened away.
8
They went up over the mountains. They went down into the
valleys, To the place which You founded for them.
9
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That
they may not return to cover the earth. NKJV
READ: PROVERBS 22:15-16
15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. The rod of
correction will drive it far from him.
16
He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he
who gives to the rich, ill surely come to poverty.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
32
And in every place where the staff of punishment passes,
Which the LORD lays on him, It will be with tambourines and harps;
And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.
HOW WILL THE LORD STRIKE ASSYRIA?
WHY? JUDGMENT & CORRECTION?
READ: HABAKKUK 1:12
12
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy
One? We shall not die. O LORD, You have appointed them for
judgment. O Rock, You have marked them for correction. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
33
For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the king it is
prepared. He has made it deep and large; Its pyre is fire with much
wood; The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles
it.
NKJV
HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY TOPHET?
FIRE & BRIMSTONE?
HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY SODOM & GOMARRAH?
FIRE & BRIMSTONE?
READ: GENESIS 19:24-25
24
The LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and
Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
25
He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of
the cities, and what grew on the ground.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
33
For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the king it is
prepared. He has made it deep and large; Its pyre is fire with much
wood; The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles
it.
NKJV
HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY TOPHET?
THE BREATH OF THE LORD?
HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY PHAROAH’S ARMIY?
YOU BLEW WITH YOUR WIND?
READ; EXODUS 15:9-10
9
The enemy said: “I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide
the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword.
My hand shall destroy them.”
10
You blew with Your wind. The sea covered them. They sank
like lead in the mighty waters. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
33
For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the king it is
prepared. He has made it deep and large; Its pyre is fire with much
wood; The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles
it.
NKJV
HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY TOPHET?
THE BREATH OF THE LORD?
HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY HIS ENEMIES?
BREATH OF HIS NOSTRILS?
READ: 2 SAMUEL 22:14-16
14
The LORD thundered from heaven And the Most High
uttered His voice.
15
He sent out arrows and scattered them. He sent Lightning
bolts and He vanquished them.
16
The channels of the sea were seen And The foundations of
the world were uncovered, At the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of
the breath of His nostrils.
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
33
For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the king it is
prepared. He has made it deep and large; Its pyre is fire with much
wood; The breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles
it.
NKJV
WHAT DID AHAZ DO TO PROVOKE THE LORD?
WORSHIPPED THE IDOL TOPHET &
MADE HIS SON PASS THROUGH THE FIRE?
READ: 2 KINGS 16:2-4
2
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king. He
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in
the sight of the LORD his God, as his father David had done.
3
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel. Indeed he made
his son pass through the fire, According to the abominations of the
nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of
Israel.
4
He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the
hills and under every green tree. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
WHAT DID MANASSEH DO TO PROVOKE THE LORD?
BROUGHT THE IDOL OF TOPHET IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD?
READ: 2 KINGS 21:1-9
1
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king and
he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Hephzibah.
2
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the
abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before
the children of Israel.
3
He rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had
destroyed. He raised up altars for Baal and made a wooden image,
as Ahab king of Israel had done. He worshiped all the host of
heaven and served them.
4
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD
had said, In Jerusalem I will put My name.
5
He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of
the house of the LORD. before the children of Israel. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
WHAT DID MANASSEH DO TO PROVOKE THE LORD?
MADE HIS SON PASS THROUGH THE FIRE?
READ: 2 KINGS 21:1-9
6
He made his son pass through the fire, practiced
soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums.
He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.
7
He even set a carved image of Asherah that he had made in
the house of which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his
son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever;”
8
“I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the
land which I gave their fathers: Only if they are careful to do
according to all that I have commanded them and according to all
the law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
9
They paid no attention. And Manasseh seduced them to do
more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before
the children of Israel. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
WHAT DID JOSIAH DO THAT PLEASED THE LORD?
DESTROYED THE IDOLS OF TOPHET?
READ: 2 KINGS 23:10-14
10
Josiah defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of
Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass
through the fire to Molech.
11
He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had
dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by
the chamber of Nathan-Melech, the officer who was in the court and
he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
12
The altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz,
which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh
had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king
broke down and pulverized there and threw their dust into the Brook
Kidron.
13
Josiah defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem,
which were on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon
king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the
Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for
Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.
14
He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the
wooden images and filled their places with the bones of men. NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
WHAT DID JUDAH DO TO PROVOKE THE LORD?
BURNED THEIR SONS & DAUGHTERS IN THE FIRE?
READ: JEREMIAH 7:30-34
30
“The children of Judah have done evil in My sight,” Says the
LORD. “They have set their abominations in the house which is
called by My name, to pollute it.”
31
“They have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the
Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters
in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.“
32
“Therefore Behold, the days are coming,” Says the LORD,
“when it will no more be called Tophet, Or the Valley of the Son of
Hinnom, But the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury in Tophet
until there is no room.”
33
“The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the
heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten
them away.”
34
“I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the
streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land
shall be desolate.” NKJV
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
WHAT DID JUDAH DO TO PROVOKE THE LORD?
BURNED THEIR CHILDREN & WORSHIPPED TOPHET?
READ: JEREMIAH 19:4-13
4
“They have forsaken Me and made this an alien place. They
have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their
fathers, Nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this
place with the blood of the innocents”
5
“They have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons
with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or
speak, Nor did it come into My mind
6
“Behold, the days are coming,” Says the LORD, “that this
place shall no more be called Tophet Or the Valley of the Son of
Hinnom, But the Valley of Slaughter.”
7
“I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this
place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and
by the hands of those who seek their lives. Their corpses I will give
as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth.”
8
“I will make this city desolate and a hissing. Everyone who
passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.”
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 30:31-33
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JUDAH?
JERUSALEM WILL BE DESTROYED LIKE TOPHET?
READ: JEREMIAH 19:4-13
9
“I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh
of their daughters. Everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the
siege and in the desperation with which their enemies. And those
who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.”
10
“You shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go
with you,
11
Say to them, “Thus says the LORD of hosts: Even so I will
break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel,
which cannot be made whole again. They shall bury them in Tophet
till there is no place to bury.”
12
“Thus I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its
inhabitants and make this city like Tophet.”
13
“The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of
Judah shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, Because of all the
houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of
heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
NKJV