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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. ENEMIES OF GOD DESTROYED V. 1-4 FALL OF THE EDOMITES V. 4-15 NEBUCHADNEZZAR? DIVINE JUSTICE V. 16-17. READ: ISAIAH 34:1-2. JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS

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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

  2. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR ENEMIES OF GOD DESTROYED V. 1-4 FALL OF THE EDOMITES V. 4-15 NEBUCHADNEZZAR? DIVINE JUSTICE V. 16-17

  3. READ: ISAIAH 34:1-2 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter.

  4. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:1-2 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter. WHO IS THE LORD ADDRESSING HERE? HEAVEN & EARTH? WHY HEAVEN AND EARTH? WHO IS THE INDIGNATION OF THE LORD AGAINST? ALL NATIONS?

  5. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:1-2 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. WHO IS THE LORD ADDRESSING HERE? HEAVEN & EARTH? WHY HEAVEN AND EARTH? READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:26-27 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess. You will not prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you. NKJV READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:1 1 "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak. And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. NKJV

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:1-2 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. WHO IS THE LORD ADDRESSING HERE? HEAVEN & EARTH? WHY HEAVEN AND EARTH? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:1-4 1 "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak. And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. NKJV 2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. 3 For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. 4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. “ NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:1-2 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. WHO IS THE LORD ADDRESSING HERE? HEAVEN & EARTH? ALL ITS PEOPLE? WHY ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD? READ: PSALMS 49:1-2 1 Hear this, all peoples. Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, 2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together. NKJV WHO WILL THE LORD JUDGE? READ: PSALMS 50:4 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people: NKJV 5 "Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." 6 Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:1-2 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. WHO IS THE LORD ADDRESSING HERE? HEAVEN & EARTH? ALL ITS PEOPLE? WHY IS THE LORD ANGRY WITH ISRAEL? READ: EZEKIEL 6:1-5 1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 2 "Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3 And say, 'Omountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, to the hills, to the ravines, and to the valleys: "IndeedI, even I, will bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. 4 Then your altars shall be desolate, your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. 5 And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones all around your altars. NKJV

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:1-2 1 Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it. WHO IS THE LORD ADDRESSING HERE? HEAVEN & EARTH? ALL ITS PEOPLE? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT HEAVEN & EARTH TO KNOW? READ: MICAH 6:1-2 1 Hear now what the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, O you mountains, the LORD‘S complaint, And you strong foundations of the earth; For the LORD has a complaint against His people, And He will contend with Israel.” NKJV

  10. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:1-2 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 2 For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter. WHO IS THE INDIGNATION OF THE LORD AGAINST? HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS INDIGNATION? WHY A FLYING SCROLL? READ: ZECHARIAH 5:1-3 1 Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll. 2 And he said to me, "What do you see?“ So I answered, "I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits." 3 Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: 'Every thief shall be expelled,' according to this side of the scroll; and, 'Every perjurer shall be expelled,' according to that side of it." 4 "I will send out the curse," says the LORD of hosts; "It shall enter the house of the thief And the house of the one who swears falsely by My name. It shall remain in the midst of his house And consume it, with its timber and stones." NKJV

  11. READ: ISAIAH 34:3-4 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree.

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOST HEAVEN?

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHO IS THE LORD HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE? READ: PSALMS 110:5-6 5 The Lord is at Your right hand: He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath. 6 He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries. NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JUDAH & JERUSALM? READ: EZEKIEL 5:15-17 15 ‘So it shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson, and an astonishment to the nations that are all around you, when I execute judgments among you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken. 16 When I send against them the terrible arrows of famine which shall be for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut off your supply of bread. 17 So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.'" NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHO ARE THESE THREE MEN? WHY ARE THEY ONLY ABLE TO SAVE THEMSELVES? READ: EZEKIEL 14:15-20 15 "If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts, 16 even though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate. 17 "Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, 'Sword, go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it, 18 even though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered. 19 “Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast, 20 Even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness." NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO PHARAOH AND EGYPT? READ: EZEKIEL 32:3-6 2 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: 'You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers.' 3 "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'I will therefore spread My net over you with a company of many people, And they will draw you up in My net. 4 Then I will leave you on the land; I will cast you out on the open fields, And cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens, And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth. 5 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, And I fill the valleys with your carcass. 6 'I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you.’ NKJV

  17. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO GOG & MAGOG? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 38:18-23 18 “And It will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "that My fury will show in My face. 19 For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: 'Surely in that daythere shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, 20 So that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.‘ 21 I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains," says the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother. 22 And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the LORD."' NKJV

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHY DID IT TAKES SO LONG TO BURY GOG? READ: EZEKIEL 39:11-16 11 "It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog. 12 For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land. 13 Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified," says the Lord GOD. 14 "They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. 15 The search party will pass through the land. And when anyone sees a man's bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. 16 The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land."' NKJV

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHAT ARMY WILL THE LORD DESTROY? SENNACHERIB – NEBUCHADNEZZAR READ: JOEL 2:18-20 18 Then the LORD will be zealous for His land, And pity His people. 19 The LORD will answer and say to His people, "Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations. 20 “But I will remove far from you the northern army, And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, With his face toward the eastern sea And his back toward the western sea; His stench will come up, And his foul odor will rise, Because he has done monstrous things." NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 3 Also their slain shall be thrown out; Their stench shall rise from their corpses, And the mountains shall be melted with their blood. WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ISRAEL? WHY? BEN-HADAD OF SYRIA? READ: AMOS 4:10-12 10 "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. 11 "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. 12 "Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!" NKJV

  21. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ISRAEL? BEN-HADAD OF SYRIA? WHAT WILL BE THE EXTENT OF THIS JUDGMENT? READ: 2 KINGS 6:24-29 24 And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver. 26 Then, As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!" 27 And he said, "If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the winepress?“ 28 Then the king said to her, "What is troubling you?“ She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son, that we may eat him today and we will eat my son tomorrow.‘ 29 So we boiled my son and ate him. And I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son." NKJV

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOST HEAVEN? WHO COMMANDS THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN? READ: JOB 9:4-10 4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered? 5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger; 6 He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble; 7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars. 8 He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea. 9 He made the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south. 10 He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOST HEAVEN? READ: JOEL 2:30-31 30 "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.’ NKJV READ: JOEL 3:14-16 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness. 16 The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel. NKJV

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOST HEAVEN? WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN? AT THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN READ: MATTHEW 24:29-31 29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. NKJV (MARK 13:24-27 LUKE 21:25-28)

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOST HEAVEN? THE HOST OF HEAVEN SHALL BE DISSOLVED WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE DAY OF THE LORD? THE HEAVENS WILL BE DISSOLVED READ: 2 PETER 3:10-13 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. NKJV

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOST HEAVEN? THE HEAVENS SHALL BE ROLLED UP LIKE A SCROLL WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE DAY OF THE LORD? THE HEAVENS WILL BE FOLDED UP READ: HEBREWS 1:8-12 8 But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions." 10 And: "You, LORD, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 11 They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment; 12 Like a cloak You will fold them up, And they will be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will not fail." NKJV

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:3-4 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE HOST HEAVEN? THE HEAVENS SHALL BE ROLLED UP LIKE A SCROLL WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE DAY OF THE LORD? THE SKY RECEDED AS A SCROLL WHEN IT IS ROLLED UP READ: REVELATION 6:12-14 12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; The sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.

  28. READ: ISAIAH 34:5-7 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 5 "For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment. 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7 The wild oxen shall come down with them, And the young bulls with the mighty bulls; Their land shall be soaked with blood, And their dust saturated with fatness."

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 5 "For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment. 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7 The wild oxen shall come down with them, And the young bulls with the mighty bulls; Their land shall be soaked with blood, And their dust saturated with fatness." HOW DOES THE LORD EXECUTE HIS JUDGMENT? WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? JUSTICE? JUDGMENT? WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM AND BOZRAH?

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 JUDGMENT ON THE NATIONS 5 "For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment. HOW DOES THE LORD EXECUTE HIS JUDGMENT? WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? JUSTICE? JUDGMENT? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:39-42 39 'Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. 40 For I raise My hand to heaven, And say, "As I live forever, 41 If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword shall devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the heads of the leaders of the enemy."' NKJV

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM AND BOZRAH? WHO WERE THE EDOMITES? EDOM – DESCENDENTS OF ESAU WHAT DID DAVID DO TO THE EDOMITES? READ: 2 SAMUEL 8:13-14 13 David made himself a name whenhe returned from killing 18,000 Syrians in the Valley of Salt. 14 He put garrisons in Edom: Throughout all Edom he put garrisons and All the Edomites became David's servants. The LORD preserved David wherever he went. (2 KINGS 14:7)

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM AND BOZRAH? WHAT DID THE EDOMITES DO? THEY ATTACKED JUDAH? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 21:8-9 8 Edom revolted against Judah's authority and made a king over themselves. NKJV READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28:16-17 16 King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For the Edomites had come, attacked Judah, and carried away captives. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM AND BOZRAH? WHAT DID THE EDOMITES DO? THEY ATTACKED JUDAH? READ: OBADIAH 8 8 "Will I not in that day," says the LORD, "Even destroy the wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountains of Esau?“ NKJV READ: OBADIAH 10 10 "For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you and you shall be cut off forever. NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM AND BOZRAH? WHAT DID THE EDOMITES DO? THEY ATTACKED JUDAH? READ: EZEKIEL 25:12-14 12 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,“ 13 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword. 14 I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury. And they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord GOD. NKJV

  35. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY MOUNT SEIR? MOUNT SEIR – LAND OF THE EDOMITES READ: EZEKIEL 35:3-7 5 "Because you have had an ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when their iniquity came to an end, 6 “Therefore, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "I will prepare you for blood and blood shall pursue you. Since you have not hated blood therefore blood shall pursue you. 7 Thus I will make Mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it the one who leaves and the one who returns. 8 And I will fill its mountains with the slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those who are slain by the sword shall fall. 9 I will make you perpetually desolate, and your cities shall be uninhabited; then you shall know that I am the LORD. NKJV

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY BOZRAH? BOZRAH WAS ROYAL CITY OF EDOM READ: AMOS 1:11-12 11 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword a cast off all pity. His anger tore perpetually and he kept his wrath forever. 12 I will send a fire upon Teman Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah." NKJV

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM & BOZRAH? READ: OBADIAH 12-18 12 “But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of JudahIn the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity, Nor laid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress.

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM & BOZRAH? READ: OBADIAH 12-18 15 “For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. 16 For as you drank on My holy mountain, So shall all the nations drink continually; Yes, they shall drink and swallow, And They shall be as though they had never been. 17 “But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau, "For the LORD has spoken. NKJV

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY EDOM AND BOZRAH? READ: MALACHI 1:2-5 2 "I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?‘ Was not Esau Jacob's brother?“ Says the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved; 3 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness." 4 Even though Edom has said, "We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places,“ Thus says the LORD of hosts: "They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever. 5 Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, 'The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.' NKJV

  40. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? JUSTICE? JUDGMENT? WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT JERUSALEM TO BE DESTROYED? READ: EZEKIEL 21:1-5 1 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel; 3 And say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am against you. I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you. 4 Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north, 5 That all flesh may know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; It shall not return anymore."‘ NKJV

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHO WILL THE LORD SEND AGAINST ISRAEL? NEBUCHADNEZZAR - KING OF BABYLON? READ: JEREMIAH 25:8-11 8 "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Because you have not heard My words, 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. NKJV

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? WHO WILL THE LORD SEND AGAINST BABYLON? WHY? ALEXANDER THE GREAT? 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; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.)'" NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? JUSTICE? JUDGMENT? WHY WILL THE LORD DESTROY EGYPT & EDOM? READ: JOEL 3:19-21 19 "Egypt shall be a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For They have shed innocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall abide forever and Jerusalem from generation to generation. NKJV 21 For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the LORD dwells in Zion.“ NKJV

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? JUSTICE? JUDGMENT? WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST EGYPT? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 46:10-13 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates. 11 "Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured. 12 The nations have heard of your shame, And your cry has filled the land; For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty; They both have fallen together." 13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and strike the land of Egypt. NKJV

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? JUSTICE? JUDGMENT? WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ASHKELON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY? ASHKELON – CAPITAL OF THE PHILISTINES READ: JEREMIAH 47:6-7 6 “Sword of the LORD, how long until you are quiet? Put yourself up into your scabbard, Rest and be still! 7 How can it be quiet, Seeing the LORD has given it a charge Against Ashkelon and against the seashore? There He has appointed it." NKJV

  46. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHAT DOES THE SWORD OF THE LORD REPRESENT? JUSTICE? JUDGMENT? WHY DID THE LORD PERMIT THIS TO HAPPEN? TO TEST AND REFINE THE RIGHTEOUS READ: ZECHARIAH 13:7-9 7 "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion,“ Says the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. Then I will turn My hand against the little ones. 8 It shall come to pass in all the land,“ Says the LORD, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it. 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire. I Will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name and I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people‘. And each one will say, 'The LORD is my God.'" NKJV

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY IS THE SWORD FILLED WITH BLOOD? WHO IS THE LORD GATHERING FOR THIS FEAST? WHAT IS THIS SACRIFICIAL MEAL? READ: EZEKIEL 39:17-20 17 ‘And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field: "Assemble yourselves and come; Gather together from all sides to My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrificial meal on the mountains of Israel, That you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, Drink the blood of the princes of the earth, Of rams and lambs, Of goats and bulls, All of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 You shall eat fat till you are full, And drink blood till you are drunk, At My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you. 20 You shall be filled at My table With horses and riders, With mighty men And with all the men of war," says the Lord GOD.

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY IS THE SWORD FILLED WITH BLOOD? THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD ARE DESTROYED WHO IS THE LORD GATHERING FOR THIS FEAST? WHAT IS THIS SUPPER THAT THE LORD HAS PREPARED? READ: REVELATION 19:17-18 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great." NKJV

  49. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 34:5-7 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. WHY IS THE SWORD FILLED WITH BLOOD? THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD ARE DESTROYED WHO IS THE LORD GATHERING FOR THIS FEAST? WHAT IS THIS SACRIFICE THAT THE LORD HAS PREPARED? WHO HAS THE LORD INVITED AS GUESTS? READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:7 7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; For the day of the LORD is at hand, For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests. NKJV

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