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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

Isaiah 31:1-3 warns of the folly of seeking help from Egypt and not relying on God. This passage emphasizes the consequences of placing trust in earthly powers rather than the Holy One of Israel.

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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

  2. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE JEWS REPROVED FOR TRUSTING IN EGYPT V. 1-3 DELIVERANCE AND PROTECTION PROMISED V. 4-5 EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE: V. 6-7 PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF SENNACHERIB: V. 8-9

  3. READ: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together.

  4. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together. WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHY GO TO EGYPT FOR HELP? WHY NOT TRUST IN THE LORD?

  5. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT DID THE EGYPTIANS DO TO THE HEBREW CHILDREN? READ: EXODUS 14:5-13 5 It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people. They said, “Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” 6 So He made ready his chariot and took his people with him. 7 Also he took six hundred choice chariots and all the chariots of Egypt with captains over every one of them. 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt and he pursued the children of Israel. The children of Israel went out with boldness. 9 So The Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army. And they overtook them camping by the sea beside Pi Hahiroth, before Baal Zephon.

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHAROAH’S ARMY? READ: EXODUS 14:5-13 10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes and Behold, the Egyptians marched after them. They were very afraid and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. 11 They said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? 12 Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, Saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptiansthan that we should die in the wilderness.” 13 And 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. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. “ NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KINGS OF THE NORTH? READ: JOSHUA 11:4-9 4 So they (the kings of the North) went out, they and all theirarmies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. 5 And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel. 6 But the LORD said to Joshua: “Do not be afraid of them. For tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” 7 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom and attacked them. 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel,who defeated them and chased them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining. 9 So Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHY WAS JUDAH UNABLE TO DRIVE OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE LOWLANDS? READ: JUDGES 1:18-19 18 Judah took Gaza with its territory, Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. 19 The LORD was with Judah and they drove out the mountaineers. They could not drive out the inhabitants of the lowland, because they had chariots of iron.

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHY WERE THE MEN OF ISRAEL DISTRESSED? WHY DID SAUL OFFER A BURNT OFFERING? READ: 1 SAMUEL 13:5-10 5 Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth Aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger (for the people were distressed), then the people hid in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in holes and in pits. 7 As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal and all the people followed him trembling. 8 Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 Saul said, “Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me.” And he offered the burnt offering. 10 Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. NKJV

  10. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHY WAS DAVID ABLE TO DEFEAT HADADEZER’S ARMY? WHY DID HE SPARE ONE HUNDRED OF THE HORSES? READ: 2 SAMUEL 8:3-4 3 David defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the River Euphrates. 4 David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots. NKJV

  11. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHERE DID SOLOMON GET THE HORSES & CHARIOTS WHICH HE SENT TO THE KINGS OF SYRIA? READ: 1 KINGS 10:28-29 28 Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king's merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price. 29 Now a chariot that was imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria. NKJV

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT THOSE WHO TRUSTED IN HORSES & CHARIOTS? READ: PSALMS 20:7-8 7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses. But we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They have bowed down and fallen. But we have risen and stand upright.

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHO DID DAVID TRUST? READ: PSALMS 56:4 4 In God(I will praise His word),In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me? NKJV READ: PSALMS 146:3-5 3 Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; In that very day his plans perish. 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO TO JERUSALEM? READ: JEREMIAH 52:4-6 4 Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 5 So the city was besieged untilthe eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO PHAROAH & EGPYT? READ: EZEKIEL 30:20-26 20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, Saying, 21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken. And I will make the sword fall out of his hand. 23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING GOD 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong, But Who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! WHAT IS THE FOLLY OF NOT TRUSTING IN GOD? WHO DID THE LORD BRING AGAINST PHAROAH? READ: EZEKIEL 30:20-26 24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man. 25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.’” NKJV

  17. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EVIL DOERS AND THOSE WHO HELP THEM? WHY REFER TO THE EGYPTIANS AS MERE MEN AND THEIR HORSES AS FLESH NOT SPIRIT? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EVIL DOERS AND THOSE WHO HELP THEM?

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EVIL DOERS? AND THOSE WHO HELP THEM? WHY WILL THE LORD NOT CALL BACK HIS WORDS? READ: NUMBERS 23:19-20 19 “God is not a man that He should lie. Nor a son of man that He should repent. Has He said and will He not do? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good?”

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EVIL DOERS? AND THOSE WHO HELP THEM? WHO IS THE LORD REFERING TO? SENNACHERIB? READ: 2 KINGS 19:22-23 22 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.” NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:1-3 2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE EVIL DOERS? AND THOSE WHO HELP THEM? WHAT ABOUT ISRAEL & JUDAH? FORGIVENESS? READ: JEREMIAH 50:18-20 18 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. 19 But I will bring back Israel to his home And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan; His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead. 20 In those days and in that time”, Says the LORD, “The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, But there shall be none. And the sins of Judah, But they shall not be found; For I will pardon those whom I preserve.” NKJV

  21. READ: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 4 For thus the LORD has spoken to me: As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. 5 Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." 6 Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 4 For thus the LORD has spoken to me: As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. 5 Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." 6 Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. WHY DOES THE LORD SPEAK AS A LION? WHAT SHEPHERDS ARE SUMMONED AGAINST HIM? HOW WILL THE LORD DEFEND JERUSALEM? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT JERUSALEM TO DO?

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 4 For thus the LORD has spoken to me: As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. WHY DOES THE LORD SPEAK AS A LION? WHAT DID JOB SAY THE LORD WOULD DO? WHY AS A LION? READ: JOB 10:16 16 If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, Again You show Yourself awesome against me. HOW DOES THE LORD SPEAK? WHY AS A LION? READ: AMOS 3:7-8 7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. 8 A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? NKJV

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 4 For thus the LORD has spoken to me: As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. WHY DOES THE LORD SPEAK AS A LION? WHAT DID HOSEA SAY THE LORD WOULD DO? READ: HOSEA 11:10-11 10 “They shall walk after the LORD. He will roar like a lion. When He roars, Then His sons shall come trembling from the west. 11 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, Like a dove from the land of Assyria. And I will let them dwell in their houses,” Says the LORD. NKJV

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 4 For thus the LORD has spoken to me: As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. WHAT DID DAVID SAY TO SAUL? WHO DELIVERED DAVID FROM THE LION & THE BEAR? READ: 1 SAMUEL 17:34-37 34 But David said to Saul: “Your servant used to keep his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. When it arose against me, I caught it by its beard and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear. And This uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, Seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” 37 Moreover David said, “The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!" NKJV

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 4 For thus the LORD has spoken to me: As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. WHAT SHEPHERDS ARE SUMMONED AGAINST HIM? ASSYRIANS? WHAT DID GOD SAY ABOUT ASSYRIA’S SHEPHERDS? WHY IS THERE NO CURE FOR ASSYRIA? READ: NAHUM 3:18-19 18 Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria. Your nobles rest in the dust. Your people are scattered on the mountains and no one gathers them. 19 Your injury has no healing.Your wound is severe. All who hear news of you Will clap their hands over you, For upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually? NKJV

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 4 For thus the LORD has spoken to me: As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him, He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight for Mount Zion and for its hill. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT JERUSALEM TO DO? REPENT? WHAT SHEPHERDS DID THE LORD SEND? PROPHETS? WHAT WOULD THE SHEPHERDS FEED THEM? KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING? READ: JEREMIAH 3:14-15 14 “Return, O backsliding children,” Says the LORD; “For I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion. 15 I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM WHO WERE THESE SHEPHERDS? SPIRITUAL LEADERS? WHAT DID THEY DO? DESTROYED THE FLOCK? WHAT SHEPHERDS WILL THE LORD SEND? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 23:1-4 1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the LORD. 2 Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the LORD. 3 “But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their folds. And they shall be fruitful and increase. 4 I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. They shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the LORD. NKJV

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM WHY WILL THE LORD JUDGE THE SHEPHERDS? HOW WILL THE LORD SAVE HIS FLOCK? WHO IS THIS SERVANT? DAVID? CHRIST? READ: EZEKIEL 34:20-24 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them: “Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. 21 Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad, 22 Therefore I will save My flock. They shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. 23 I will establish one shepherd over them. He shall feed them -My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And I, the LORD, will be their God; And My servant David a prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken. “

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 5 Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." 6 Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. HOW WILL THE LORD DEFEND JERUSALEM? LIKE BIRDS FLYING? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT JERUSALEM TO DO? RETURN? REPENT?

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 5 Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER ISRAEL FROM BONDAGE? WHAT WAS THE LORD’S PASSOVER? READ: EXODUS 12:12-13 12 “For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night. And I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. And the plague shall not be on you to destroy you When I strike the land of Egypt.” READ: EXODUS 12:26-27 26 And it shall be when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 That you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, Who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt When He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’” NKJV

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 5 Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." HOW DID THE LORD PROTECT THE ISRAELITES? AS AN EAGLE? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:10-12 10 “He found him in a desert land, in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. 11 As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up and Carrying them on its wings, 12 So the LORD alone led him And there was no foreign god with him. “ NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 5 Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." HOW DID GOD PROTECT THE ISRAELITES? AS AN EAGLE? READ: PSALMS 91:4-6 4 He shall cover you with His feathers And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. NKJV HOW DID JESUS REFER TO THE LORD’S PROTECTION? AS A HEN GATHERS HER CHICKS? READ: MATTHEW 23:37 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, But you were not willing!” NKJV (LUKE 13:34,35)

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 5 Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it." HOW WILL THE LORD DELIVER ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: ZECHARIAH 9:14-15 14 Then the LORD will be seen over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south. 15 The LORD of hosts will defend them; They shall devour and subdue with sling-stones. They shall drink and roar as if with wine; They shall be filled with blood like basins, Like the corners of the altar. NKJV

  35. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 6 Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT JERUSALEM TO DO? RETURN? REPENT? READ: JOB 22:21-23 21 Now acquaint yourself with Him;and be at peace; Thereby good will come to you. 22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart. 23 If you return to the Almighty, You will be built up; You will remove iniquity far from your tents. NKJV READ: HOSEA 6:1 1 Come! Let us return to the LORD; He has torn, But He will heal us; He has stricken, But He will bind us up. NKJV

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:4-6 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 6 Return to Him against whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT JERUSALEM TO DO? RETURN? REPENT? WHAT WILL THE LORD REMEMBER? WHAT WILL ISRAEL & JUDAH REMEMBER? READ: EZEKIEL 16:60-63 60 “Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, And I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, When you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for daughters, but not because of My covenant with you. 62 And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, 63 That you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done,” Says the Lord GOD. NKJV

  37. READ: ISAIAH 31:7-9 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 7 For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. 8 "Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become forced labor. 9 He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear, And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,“ Says the LORD, Whose fire is in Zion And whose furnace is in Jerusalem. NKJV

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 7 For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. 8 "Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become forced labor. 9 He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear, And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,“ Says the LORD, Whose fire is in Zion And whose furnace is in Jerusalem. NKJV WHAT DAY IS ISAIAH REFERING TO? WHAT WILL MAN THROW AWAY? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ASYRIA? CAPTIVITY? FORCED LABOR?

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 7 For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. WHAT DAY IS ISAIAH REFERING TO? WHAT WILL THE LORD POUR OUT ON THE HOUSE OF DAVID? READ: ZECHARIAH 12:9-10 9 “It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalemthe Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.”

  40. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 GOD WILL DELIVER JERUSALEM 7 For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. WHAT DAY IS ISAIAH REFERING TO? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO IN JERUSALEM? READ: ZECHARIAH 13:1-2 1 “In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 2 “It shall be in that day,” says the LORD of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.”

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 7 For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. WHAT WILL MAN THROW AWAY? WHY? WHAT DID JEROBOAM DO? WHY DID HE SET UP A GOLDEN CALF IN DAN AND BETHEL? READ: 1 KINGS 12:28-31 28 Therefore the king asked advice, and made two calves of gold, and said to the people, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt!” 29 And he set up one in Bethel, and the other in Dan. 30 Now this became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. 31 He made shrines on the high places, and priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. NKJV

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 7 For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold — sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. WHAT WILL MAN THROW AWAY? WHY? WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT IDOLS? READ: PSALMS 135:15-18 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths But they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; 17 They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 8 "Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become forced labor. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ASYRIA? CAPTIVITY? FORCED LABOR? WHAT DID ISRAEL OFFER THE CANAANITES? READ: DEUTERONOMY 20:10-11 10 “When you go near a city to fight against it, then proclaim an offer of peace to it. 11 And it shall be that if they accept your offer of peace and open to you, then all the people who are found in it shall be placed under tribute to you, and serve you. NKJV

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 8 "Then Assyria shall fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of mankind shall devour him. But he shall flee from the sword, And his young men shall become forced labor. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ASYRIA? CAPTIVITY? FORCED LABOR? WHAT DID ISRAEL OFFER THE CANAANITES? READ: JOSHUA 16:10 10 And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers. NKJV

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ASYRIA? CAPTIVITY? FORCED LABOR? READ: 1 KINGS 5:13-16 13 Then King Solomon raised up a labor force out of all Israel; and the labor force was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the labor force. 15 Solomon had seventy thousand who carried burdens, and eighty thousand who quarried stone in the mountains, 16 Besides three thousand three hundred from the chiefs of Solomon's deputies, who supervised the people who labored in the work. NKJV

  46. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ASYRIA? CAPTIVITY? FORCED LABOR? READ: JEREMIAH 25:12-14 12 ‘Then 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 So 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. 14 (For many nations and great kings shall be served by them also; I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)’” NKJV

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ASYRIA? CAPTIVITY? FORCED LABOR? READ: HABAKKUK 2:6-8 6 “Will not all these take up a proverb against him, And a taunting riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases What is not his — how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges’? 7 Will not your creditors rise up suddenly? Will they not awaken who oppress you? And you will become their booty. 8 Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the people shall plunder you Because of men's blood And the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it.” NKJV

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 9 He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear, And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,“ Says the LORD, Whose fire is in Zion And whose furnace is in Jerusalem. NKJV WHO IS THIS KING OF ASYRIA? SENNACHERIB? WHO DID GOD RAISE UP IN JUDAH? HEZEKIAH? WHO CAME UP AGAINST HEZEKIAH? SENNACHERIB? WHAT HAPPENED TO SENNACHERIB? WHAT DID ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH DO? WHO DID GOD BRING AGAINST NEBUCHADNEZZAR? ALEXANDER THE GREAT? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL THESE NATIONS?

  49. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 31:7-9 WHO DID GOD RAISE UP IN JUDAH? HEZEKIAH? READ: 2 KINGS 18:1-7 1 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done. 6 For he held fast to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses. 7 The LORD was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

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