ISAIAH CHAPTER TEN. ASSYRIAN EMPIRE TIGLATH-PILESER(745-727BC)? SHALMANESER(727-722BC)? SAMARIA...

ISAIAH CHAPTER TEN

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?

BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE

CYRUS (539-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?

AHASUERUS (486-464BC)?

ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)?

NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (800-750BC)?

AMOS (786-746BC)?

JOEL (770BC)?

MICAH (750-686BC)?

HOSEA (748-690BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (663-612BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (640-609BC)?

HABAKKUK (627BC)?

JEREMIAH (626-586BC)?

OBADIAH (605BC)?

DANIEL (604-555BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

MALACHI (542-516BC)?

HAGGAI (538-520BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-480BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

CYRUS (539-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TEN

JUDGMENTS AGAINST OPPRESSIVE RULERS V. 1-4

ASSYRIA IS THE ROD OF GOD’S ANGER AGAINST AN UNGODLY NATION (JUDAH? ISRAEL?)V. 5-11

THE LORD HOLDS KING OF ASSYRIA ACCOUNTABLE V. 12-14

HIS ARMIES WILL BE DESTROYED V. 15-19

JUDAH FINDS FAVOUR IN THE LORD V. 20-27

THE LORD OF HOSTS WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE V. 28-33

READ: ISAIAH 10:1-5

1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed

2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless.

3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?

4 Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.“ For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 10:1-3

1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless. 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory? 4 Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.“ For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

TO WHOM ARE THESE WOES ADDRESSED?WHAT WERE THEY DOING?

DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?

WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?WHY DOES THE LORD STILL HOLD OUT HIS HAND?


1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed

2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless.

TO WHOM ARE THESE WOES ADDRESSED?

WHAT WERE THEY DOING?

DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?

DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?

READ: EXODUS 22:21-27

21 "You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

22 "You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry;

24 and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

25 "If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

26 If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.

27 For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious. NKJV


1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless.


READ: JEREMIAH 22:15-1715 "Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then it was well.Was not this knowing Me?" says the LORD. 17 "Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence." NKJV


1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless.


READ: JOB 6:2727 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you undermine your friend. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 58:1-21 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? 2 No, in heart you work wickedness; You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?

WHAT DID JOB SAY?READ: JOB 31:14

14 What shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?READ: PSALMS 35:8

8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?READ: PSALMS 49:17

17 When he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 59:55 O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. NKJV



WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?WILL THEY CALL ON THE LORD?

HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM?READ: PROVERBS 1:27-30

27 When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. 28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD, 30 They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke. NKJV


WHY WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:2121 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation. NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 19:22-2422 'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high?Against the Holy One of Israel. 23 By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest. 24 I have dug and drunk strange water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense." NKJV



WHAT WILL THE LORD DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?

READ: JEREMIAH 5:99 Shall I not punish them for these things?" says the LORD."And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 50:1515 Shout against her all around; She has given her hand, Her foundations have fallen, Her walls are thrown down; For it is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so do to her. NKJV



WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?

READ: HOSEA 9:77 The days of punishment have come; The days of recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity. NKJV

READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:1515 That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, NKJV




READ: LUKE 19:43-4443 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,44 And level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation." NKJV


4 Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.“ For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.


READ: JEREMIAH 39:66 The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes in Riblah; the king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon. NKJV

READ: NAHUM 3:33 Horsemen charge with bright sword and glittering spear.There is a multitude of slain, A great number of bodies, Countless corpses — They stumble over the corpses — NKJV

WHY DOES THE LORD STILL HOLD OUT HIS HAND?

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.


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.

WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA?

WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA?WHO WAS THE ROD OF THE LORD’S ANGER?

AND THE STAFF OF HIS INDIGNATION?

WHO DID THE LORD SEND? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

WHY WILL THE LORD DESTROY ASSYRIA?



WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SENNACHERIB?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:20-2120 Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel:'Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.‘



WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST THE KING OF ASSYRIA? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: JEREMIAH 27:88 It shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,' says the LORD, 'with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. NKJV



WHY IS HE CALLED THE ROD OF THE LORD’S ANGER?AND THE STAFF OF HIS INDIGNATION?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:20-2320 "You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms; 21 "Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Waste and utterly destroy them," says the LORD, "And do according to all that I have commanded you. 22 A sound of battle is in the land, And of great destruction. 23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!I have laid a snare for you; NKJV



WHY WILL THE LORD DESTROY ASSYRIA?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28:99 A prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them: "Look, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand; but you have killed them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. NKJV

READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:1313 He will stretch out His hand against the north, Destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a desolation, As dry as the wilderness.

READ: ISAIAH 10:7-11

7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart think so; But it is in his heart to destroy, And cut off not a few nations.

8 For he says,‘ Are not my princes altogether kings?

9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"


7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart think so; But it is in his heart to destroy, And cut off not a few nations.8 For he says, ‘Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"

DID GOD MEAN TO UTTERLY DESTROY HIS PEOPLE?WHO DID GOD RAISE UP AGAINST ISRAEL AND JUDAH?

WHO SAID: ARE NOT MY PRINCES KINGS?WHAT WAS CALNO? CARCHEMISH? HAMATH? ARPAD?

IN WHAT DID THEY EXCELL JERUSALEM AND SAMARIA?HOW IS SAMARIA LIKE DAMASCUS?

WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?


7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart think so; But it is in his heart to destroy, And cut off not a few nations.

DID GOD MEAN TO UTTERLY DESTROY HIS PEOPLE?WHAT DID JOSEPH SAY TO HIS BRETHREN?

READ: GENESIS 50:2020 As for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. NKJV

WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP TO DO THESE THINGS?READ: PROVERBS 16:4

4 The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom. NKJV

DOES MAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE LORD DOES THESE THINGS?READ: MICAH 4:12

12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, Nor do they understand His counsel; For He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor. NKJV


7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart think so; But it is in his heart to destroy, And cut off not a few nations.8 For he says, ‘Are not my princes altogether kings?

DID GOD MEAN TO UTTERLY DESTROY HIS PEOPLE?

WHO DID THE LORD GOD SEND AGAINST THEM?READ: EZEKIEL 26:7

7 “Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. NKJV

WHO DID THE LORD GOD RAISE UP AGAINST THEM? READ: DANIEL 2:37

37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; NKJV


7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart think so; But it is in his heart to destroy, And cut off not a few nations.8 For he says, ‘Are not my princes altogether kings?

WHO SAID: ARE NOT MY PRINCES KINGS?

WHO IS THIS king of kings? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: DANIEL 2:3737 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; NKJV

WHO IS THIS king of kings? ARTAXERXES?

READ: EZRA 7:1212 Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Perfect peace, and so forth. NKJV


9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?CALNO? CARCHEMISH? HAMATH? ARPAD?

WHAT DID THE LORD FIND IN THESE CITIES?IN WHAT DID THEY EXCELL JERUSALEM AND SAMARIA?

HOW WAS SAMARIA LIKE DAMASCUS?WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?


9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?CALNO? CARCHEMISH? HAMATH? ARPAD?

CALNEH WAS PART OF THE KINGDOM OF NIMRODREAD: GENESIS 10:10

10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. NKJV

CARCHEMISH WAS IN THE LAND OF THE HITTITESREAD: 2 CHRONICLES 35:20

20 When Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. NKJV


10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"

IN WHAT DID THEY EXCELL JERUSALEM AND SAMARIA?WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?

WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA DO?READ: 2 KINGS 17:5

5 The king of Assyria went throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years. NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 17:2424 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities. NKJV


10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"

WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?READ: 2 KINGS 18:33-35

33 Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad ? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'" NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR IDOLS?



WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?READ: 2 KINGS 19:12-13

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?'" NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 19:17-1817 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,18 And have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands — wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. NKJV





READ: AMOS 6:1-21 Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes! 2 Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?


12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."

13 For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent; Also I have removed the boundaries of the people, And have robbed their treasuries; So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.


12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks." 13 For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent; Also I have removed the boundaries of the people, And have robbed their treasuries; So I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man.

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?

WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY?



WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?READ: 2 KINGS 19:6-7

6 Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD: "Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.7 Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land."'" NKJV




WHY? WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY?READ: PSALMS 18:27

27 You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks. NKJV

READ: PROVERBS 1:3131 They shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies. NKJV



WHY? WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY?

READ: JEREMIAH 5:2929 Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the LORD.'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?' NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 50:1818 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria. NKJV

READ: ZECHARIAH 1:1515 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; For I was a little angry, And they helped — but with evil intent." NKJV


14 My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people, And as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; And there was no one who moved his wing, Nor opened his mouth with even a peep."

15 Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!

16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will send leanness among his fat ones; And under his glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning of a fire.


14 My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people, And as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; And there was no one who moved his wing, Nor opened his mouth with even a peep." 15 Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it? As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as if a staff could liftup, as if it were not wood!16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will send leanness among his fat ones; And under his glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning of a fire.

WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?HOW DID THEY RESPOND?

WHAT IS THE RESULT OF THEIR BOASTING?



WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?READ: JOB 26:2-3

2 "How have you helped him who is without power? How have you saved the arm that has no strength? 3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared sound advice to many? NKJV

HOW DID HE RESPOND?READ: 2 KINGS 18:35

35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'" NKJV



WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR BOASTING?READ: JEREMIAH 49:16

16 Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart,O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there," says the LORD. NKJV

READ: OBADIAH 44 Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," says the LORD. NKJV



WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR BOASTING?

READ: EZEKIEL 28:1717 "Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.

READ: ZECHARIAH 12:66 In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place: Jerusalem.


17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame; It will burn and devour His thorns and his briers in one day.

18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body; And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.

19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.


17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame; It will burn and devour His thorns and his briers in one day.18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body; And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.

WHO IS THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL? HIS HOLY ONE?

WHO WILL BE DEVOURED AND BURNED?

WHY WILL THEY BE AS A SICK MAN?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST?



WHO IS THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL? HIS HOLY ONE?

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE LORD’S ANGER WAS AROUSED?

READ: NUMBERS 11:1-31 When the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.2 The people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched.3 He called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them. NKJV



WHO WILL BE DEVOURED AND BURNED?READ: DEUTERONOMY 9:3

3 Understand today that the LORD your God is He who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and bring them down before you; so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the LORD has said to you. NKJV

READ: 2 SAMUEL 23:6-76 The sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away,Because they cannot be taken with hands. 7 But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place." NKJV

READ: AMOS 4:1111 "I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;Yet you have not returned to Me,“ Says the LORD. NKJV



WHY WILL THEY BE AS A SICK MAN?

READ: JOSHUA 5:11 When all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, that their heart melted; and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel. NKJV

READ: JOSHUA 7:55 The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent; therefore the hearts of the people melted and became like water. NKJV



WHY WILL THEY BE AS A SICK MAN?READ: PSALMS 22:14

14 I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint;My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 68:22 As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

READ: PSALMS 97:55 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD,At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 112:1010 The wicked will see it and be grieved; He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked shall perish. NKJV


18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body; And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST?READ: 2 KINGS 19:23

23 By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 20:4747 Say to the forest of the South, 'Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it. NKJV


18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body; And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST?HOW MANY WILL BE LEFT?

IS ISAIAH TALKING ABOUT TREES? PEOPLE?

READ: JEREMIAH 44:2828 Yet a small number who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs NKJV


20 And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God.

22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a determined end In the midst of all the land.


20 And it shall come to pass in that day That the remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on him who defeated them, But will depend on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God.22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a determined end In the midst of all the land.

WHO DID THEY CALL ON TO HELP THEM?WHO CAN THE REMNANT DEPEND ON?WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?

WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?WHAT ‘END’ WILL THE LORD GOD DETERMINE?


WHO DID KING AHAZ CALL ON TO HELP HIM?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 So 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

COULD AHAZ DEPEND ON TIGLATH-PILESER?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28:20-21

20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him, and did not assist him.21 Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house of the LORD, from the house of the king, and from the leaders, and he gave it to the king of Assyria; but he did not help him. NKJV


WHO CAN THE REMNANT DEPEND ON?WHO DID THEY CRY OUT TO FOR HELP?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 14:1111 Asa cried out to the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!" NKJV

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:2222 The LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.



READ: JEREMIAH 21:1-21 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,2 "Please inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that the king may go away from us." NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 7:1616 Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity. NKJV



READ: MICAH 3:55 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days. NKJV

READ: MICAH 6:11 Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. NKJV

READ: MICAH 7:77 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me. NKJV



READ: ZECHARIAH 9:1616 The LORD their God will save them in that day, As the flock of His people. For they shall be like the jewels of a crown, Lifted like a banner over His land — NKJV

READ: ZECHARIAH 14:2-32 I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the LORD will go forth And fight against those nations,As He fights in the day of battle. NKJV


21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God.

WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?

READ: GENESIS 45:77 God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. NKJV

READ: ZEPHANIAH 3:12-1312 I will leave in your midst A meek and humble people, And they shall trust in the name of the LORD.13 The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth;For they shall feed their flocks and lie down, And no one shall make them afraid." NKJV


22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a determined end In the midst of all the land.

WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?

READ: GENESIS 12:1-31 Promises to Abram: The LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house,To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?

READ: GENESIS 22:15-19

15 The Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven,

16 And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son —

17 Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.

18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." NKJV


21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, To the Mighty God.22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a determined end In the midst of all the land.

WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?WHAT WILL THE LORD GOD DETERMINE?

READ: ROMANS 9:27-2927 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved. 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth." 29 As Isaiah said before: "Unless the LORD of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And we would have been made like Gomorrah." NKJV


24 Therefore 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 For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.“

26 And 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.


24 Therefore 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 For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.“26 And 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.

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE PEOPLE OF ZION?WHY SHOULD THEY NOT BE AFRAID OF THE ASSYRIAN?

WHAT WILL THE ASSYRIAN DO?HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ROCK OF OREB?WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT?


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.

WHAT HAPPENED IN EGYPT?WHAT DID PHARAOH DO THE TO HEBREW CHILDREN?

READ: EXODUS 5:1414 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?" NKJV


25 For yet a very little while and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.“26 And 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.

HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?

READ: PSALMS 30:55 His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. NKJV

READ: DANIEL 8:1919 He said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be. NKJV



HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?

READ: DANIEL 11:3636 "The king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done. NKJV

READ: MICAH 5:66 They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances; Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders. NKJV



HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?WHY DID THE LORD DO THIS?

READ: AMOS 4:1010 “I sent among you a plague after the manner of Egypt; Your young men I killed with a sword, Along with your captive horses;I made the stench of your camps come up into your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,“ Says the LORD. NKJV

READ: HEBREWS 12:4-11


READ: HEBREWS 12:4-115 You have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives." 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. NKJV


27 It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.

28 He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron; At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.

29 They have gone along the ridge, They have taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah of Saul has fled.


27 It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil. 28 He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron; At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.19 They have gone along the ridge, They have taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah of Saul has fled.

WHO PLACED THIS BURDEN ON THEM?WHEN DID THE LORD DELIVER THEM FROM BONDAGE?

WHAT HAPPENED TO JESHURUN? ISRAEL?WHO WILL AGAIN TAKE AWAY THE BURDEN AND THE YOKE?

WHO ARE THESE ANONTED ONES?WHO HAS COME TO AIATH? SENNACHERIB?

WHERE IS AIATH? MIGRON? MICHMASH?WHERE WERE THEY GOING?

WHERE IS GEBA? RAMAH? GIBEAH?



WHO PLACED THIS BURDEN ON THEM? WHEN?

WHEN DID THE LORD DELIVER THEM FROM THIS BONDAGE?READ: LEVITICUS 26:13

13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO JESHURUN? ISRAEL?READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:15

15 "But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation. NKJV



WHO PLACED THIS BURDEN ON THEM THIS TIME? WHEN?

WHO WILL AGAIN TAKE AWAY THEIR BURDEN AND THEIR YOKE?

READ: JEREMIAH 30:8

8 “It shall come to pass in that day,‘ Says the LORD of hosts, 'That I will break his yoke from your neck, And will burst your bonds; Foreigners shall no more enslave them. NKJV



WHO ARE THESE ANOINTED ONES?PROPHETS? PRIESTS?

READ: PSALMS 2:22 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed,

READ: PSALMS 105:1515 Do not touch My anointed ones. Do My prophets no harm.


WHO ARE THESE ANOINTED ONES?

JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST & ZURUBBABEL THE GOVERNOR

READ: ZECHARIAH 4:1414 He said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth NKJV

JESUS CHRIST - PROPHET, PRIEST AND KINGREAD: DANIEL 9:24

24 "Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. NKJV



WHAT DAY IS ISAIAH SPEAKING OF?

READ: LUKE 4:18-2218 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD." 20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." NKJV



WHO ARE THESE ANOINTED ONES?

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:21-2221 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,22 Who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. NKJV

READ: 1 JOHN 2:20-2720 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.27 But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. NKJV



28 He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron; At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.

29 They have gone along the ridge, They have taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah of Saul has fled.

WHO HAS COME TO AIATH? SENNACHERIB?

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?

AIATH? MIGRON? MICHMASH?

GEBA? RAMAH? GIBEAH?

WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE DOING? WHY?


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT AIATH? AI?

READ: JOSHUA 7:21 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the country." So the men went up and spied out Ai.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MIGRON?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 14:22 Saul was sitting in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men. NKJV


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT GIBEAH OF SAUL?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 11:44 The messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept. NKJV

READ: 1 SAMUEL 15:3434 Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul. NKJV

READ: 2 SAMUEL 21:66 Let seven men of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose.“ NKJV


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MICHMASH?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 14:4-54 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.5 The front of one faced northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Gibeah. NKJV

READ: 1 SAMUEL 13:2323 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. NKJV


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT RAMAH?

READ: 1 KINGS 15:2222 King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. NKJV

READ: HOSEA 5:88 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you, O Benjamin!' NKJV

READ: MATTHEW 2:1818 "A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more." NKJV


30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Cause it to be heard as far as Laish — O poor Anathoth!

31 Madmenah has fled,The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.

32 As yet he will remain at Nob that day; He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.


30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Cause it to be heard as far as Laish — O poor Anathoth!31 Madmenah has fled, The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.32 As yet he will remain at Nob that day; He will shake his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.

WHO DOES ISAIAH SAY TO LIFT UP HER VOICE?WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE DOING?

WHERE ARE THESE CITIES?GALLIM? LAISH? ANATHOTH?MADMENAH? GEBIM? NOB?

WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE CITIES?

WHO IS HE WHO WILL REMAIN IN NOB? SENNACHERIB?WHAT IS HE DOING?


WHERE ARE THESE CITIES?WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE CITIES?

GALLIM - HEAPS OR SPRINGSA CITY OF BENJAMIN (1/2 MILE WEST OF ANATHOTH)

LAISH - LIONA CANAANITE CITY (LATER CALLED DAN)

ANATHOTH - ECHOES OR ANSWERED PRAYERSA CITY OF BENJAMIN (3 MILES FROM JERUSALEM)

MADMENAH - DUNGHILLA CITY OF BENJAMIN NORTH OF JERUSALEM

NOB - CITY OF PRIESTSA CITY OF BENJAMIN (2 MILES FROM JERUSALEM)

GEBIM - DITCHES, TRENCHESA CITY OF BENJAMIN, NORTH OF JERUSALEMNEAR MICHMASH BETWEEN ANATHOTH AND NOB


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MADMANNAH?

READ: JOSHUA 15:21-3221 The cities at the limits of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the South, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor, Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (which is Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah,27 Hazar Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth Pelet, 28 Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, Ijim, Ezem,30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, 31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages. NKJV

ONE OF THE CITIES GIVEN TO THE TRIBE OF JUDAH


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LAISH?

READ: JUDGES 18:29-3129 They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel. However, the name of the city formerly was Laish. 30 The children of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.31 So they set up for themselves Micah's carved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. NKJV

WHAT DID THE DANITES DO?


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ANATHOTH?

READ: JOSHUA 21:13-19

13 Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land,

14 Jattir with its common-land, Eshtemoa with its common-land, 15 Holon with its common-land, Debir with its common-land,

16 Ain with its common-land, Juttah with its common-land, and Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes; 17 and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its common-land, Geba with its common-land,

18 Anathoth with its common-land, and Almon with its common-land: four cities.

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands. NKJV

ANATHOTH A CITY OF REFUGE (1 CHRONICLES 6:57-60)


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ANATHOTH AND NOB?

READ: NEHEMIAH 11:31-36

31 The children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages;

32 in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah; 33 in Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;

34 in Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat; 35 in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of Craftsmen.

36 Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.

WHERE DID THE REMNANT OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN DWELL WHILE THEY REBUILT THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM?


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ANATHOTH?

READ: JEREMIAH 1:1-3

1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. NKJV

ANATHOTH IS THE BIRTH PLACE OF JEREMIAH

WHERE HE LIVED WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO PROPHESY


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT NOB?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 21:1-61 David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid when he met David, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one is with you?" 2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, 'Do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.' And I have directed my young men to such and such a place.3 Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found."

WHAT DID DAVID ASK OF AHIMELECH?



READ: 1 SAMUEL 21:1-64 And the priest answered David and said, "There is no common bread on hand; but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women." 5 David answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in effect common, even though it was consecrated in the vessel this day." 6 So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread which had been taken from before the LORD, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away. NKJV

WHAT DID THE PRIEST SAY TO DAVID?WHAT DID THE PRIEST GIVE DAVID AND HIS MEN?



READ: 1 SAMUEL 22:16-1916 King Saul said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house!“17 The king said to the guards who stood about him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not tell it to me." But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to strike the priests of the LORD.18 The king said to Doeg, "You turn and kill the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod.19 Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep — with the edge of the sword. NKJV

WHAT DID KING SAUL DO TO THE PRIESTS OF NOB?



31 Madmenah has fled, The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.32 As yet he will remain at Nob that day; He will shake his fist at

the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 4:66 Set up the standard toward Zion. Take refuge! Do not delay!

For I will bring disaster from the north, And great destruction."

READ: JEREMIAH 6:11 "O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from

the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem; For disaster appears out of the north, And great destruction. NKJV



31 Madmenah has fled, The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.32 As yet he will remain at Nob that day; He will shake his fist at

the mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING? WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 6:2323 They will lay hold on bow and spear; They are cruel and have

no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion." NKJV

WHO IS HE WHO REMAINS IN NOB? SENNACHERIB?WHAT IS HE DOING?

HOW NEAR IS JERUSALEM?


33 Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop off the bough with terror; Those of high stature will be hewn down, And the haughty will be humbled.

34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. NKJV


33 Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop off the bough with terror; Those of high stature will be hewn down, And the haughty will be humbled.34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD OF HOSTS DO?

WHO WILL THE LORD CUT DOWN? THE KING OF ASSYRIA?

WHO IS THIS KING? SENNACHERIB?

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?


33 Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop off the bough with terror; Those of high stature will be hewn down, And the haughty will be humbled.34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. NKJV


READ: EZEKIEL 31:33 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high stature; And its top was among the thick boughs. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 31:1414 ‘No trees by the waters may ever again exalt themselves for their height, nor set their tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up to them. 'For they have all been delivered to death, To the depths of the earth, Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.'



WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:35-37

35 It came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses — all dead.

36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

37 It came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. NKJV


WHAT HAPPENED TO SENNACHERIB?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:20-2320 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven.21 The LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there. 22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.23 And many brought gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter. NKJV

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH AND ISAIAH PRAY FOR?WHAT DID THE LORD DO?

WHAT HAPPENED TO SENNACHERIB?

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