ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

• SENNACHERIB RIDICULES THE LORD V. 1
• MESSAGE TO HEZEKIAH JUDAH V. 2-20
• JUDAH JERUSALEM AFFLICTED V. 21-22

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READ ISAIAH 361-3

• SENNACHERIB BOASTS AGAINST THE LORD
• 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of
  King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria
  came up against all the fortified cities of Judah
  and took them.
• 2 Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh
  with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah
  at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from
  the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's
  Field.
• 3 And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 361-3

• SENNACHERIB BOASTS AGAINST THE LORD
• 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of
  King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria
  came up against all the fortified cities of Judah
  and took them.
• 2 Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh
  with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah
  at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from
  the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's
  Field.
• 3 And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.
• WHO WAS HEZEKIAH? KING OF JUDAH?
• WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SENNACHERIB?
• WHAT DID SENNACHERIB DO? WHEN?
• WHO CAME OUT TO MEET THE RABSHAKEN?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 361-3

• 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of
  King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria
  came up against all the fortified cities of Judah
  and took them.
• WHO WAS HEZEKIAH? KING OF JUDAH?
• READ 2 KINGS 185-7
• 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that
  after him was none like him among all the kings
  of Judah, nor who were before him.
• 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. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 361-3

• 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of
  King Hezekiah that Sennacherib king of Assyria
  came up against all the fortified cities of Judah
  and took them.
• WHO WAS SENNACHERIB ? KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHAT DID SENNACHERIB DO? WHEN? 709 BC?
• READ 2 KINGS 1813
• 13 And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah,
  Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all
  the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 321
• 1 After these deeds of faithfulness, Sennacherib
  king of Assyria came and entered Judah he
  encamped against the fortified cities, thinking
  to win them over to himself.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 361-3

• 2 Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh
  with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah
  at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from
  the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's
  Field.
• WHO DID SENNACHERIB SEND TO HEZEKIAH?
• THE RABSHAKEN?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 329-10
• 9 After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his
  servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces
  with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah
  king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in
  Jerusalem, saying,
• 10 "Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria In
  what do you trust, that you remain under siege in
  Jerusalem? NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 361-3

• 2 Then the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh
  with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah
  at Jerusalem. And he stood by the aqueduct from
  the upper pool, on the highway to the Fuller's
  Field.
• WHO DID SENNACHERIB SEND TO HEZEKIAH?
• THE RABSHAKEN?
• READ 2 KINGS 1817
• 17 Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the
  Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a
  great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah.
  They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had
  come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from
  the upper pool, which was on the highway to the
  Fuller's Field. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 361-3

• 3 And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.
• WHO CAME OUT TO MEET THE RABSHAKEN?
• ELIAKIM - SHEBNA - JOAH
• READ 2 KINGS 1818
• 18 And when they called to the king, Eliakim the
  son of Hilkiah, who was over the household,
  Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the
  recorder, came out to them. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 364-6

• 4 Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to
  Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of
  Assyria "What confidence is this in which you
  trust?
• 5 I say you speak of having plans and power for
  war but they are mere words. Now in whom do you
  trust, that you rebel against me?
• 6 Look! You are trusting in the staff of this
  broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it
  will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
  Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 364-6

• 4 Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to
  Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of
  Assyria "What confidence is this in which you
  trust?
• 5 I say you speak of having plans and power for
  war but they are mere words. Now in whom do you
  trust, that you rebel against me?
• 6 Look! You are trusting in the staff of this
  broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it
  will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
  Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• WHAT DID THE RABSHAKEH SAY TO THEM?
• WHEN DID THE JEWS REBEL AGAINST ASSYRIA?
• WHO DID JUDAH TRUST? PHAROAH?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 364-6

• 4 Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to
  Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of
  Assyria "What confidence is this in which you
  trust?
• 5 I say you speak of having plans and power for
  war but they are mere words. Now in whom do you
  trust, that you rebel against me?
• WHAT DID THE RABSHAKEH SAY TO THEM?
• WHEN DID ISRAEL REBEL AGAINST ASSYRIA?
• READ 2 KINGS 171-4
• 1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah,
  Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in
  Samaria, and he reigned nine years.
• 2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but
  not as the kings of Israel who were before him.
• 3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against
  him and Hoshea became his vassal, and paid him
  tribute money.
• 4 And the king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy
  by Hoshea for he had sent messengers to So, king
  of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of
  Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore
  the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in
  prison.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 364-6

• 5 I say you speak of having plans and power for
  war but they are mere words. Now in whom do you
  trust, that you rebel against me?
• WHY DID HEZEKIAH REBEL AGAINST ASSYRIA?
• READ 2 KINGS 187
• 7 The LORD was with him he prospered wherever he
  went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria
  and did not serve him. NKJV
• READ 2 KINGS 1819-20
• 19 Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to
  Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of
  Assyria "What confidence is this in which you
  trust?
• 20 You speak of having plans and power for war
  but they are mere words. And in whom do you
  trust, that you rebel against me?
• NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 364-6

• 6 Look! You are trusting in the staff of this
  broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it
  will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
  Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• IN WHOM DID ISRAEL TRUST? PHAROAH?
• READ EZEKIEL 1716-18
• 16 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'surely in the
  place where the king dwells who made him king,
  whose oath he despised and whose covenant he
  broke with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
  die.
• 17 Nor will Pharaoh with his mighty army and
  great company do anything in the war, when they
  heap up a siege mound and build a wall to cut off
  many persons.
• 18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the
  covenant, and in fact gave his hand and still did
  all these things, he shall not escape.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 364-6

• 6 Look! You are trusting in the staff of this
  broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it
  will go into his hand and pierce it. So is
  Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• WHY DID ISRAEL JUDAH TRUST EGYPT
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE PHAROAH OF EGYPT?
  WHY?
• READ EZEKIEL 296-7
• 6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know
  that I am the LORD, Because they have been a
  staff of reed to the house of Israel.
• 7 When they took hold of you with the hand, You
  broke and tore all their shoulders When they
  leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs
  quiver." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHERE DID HEZEKIAH TELL JUDAH TO WORSHIP?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHERE DID HEZEKIAH TELL JUDAH TO WORSHIP?
• WHERE DID THE LORD TELL ISRAEL TO WORSHIP?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 125-7
• 5 But you shall seek the place where the LORD
  your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put
  His name for His dwelling place and there you
  shall go.
• 6 There you shall take your burnt offerings, your
  sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of
  your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill
  offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and
  flocks.
• 7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your
  God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you
  have put your hand, you and your households, in
  which the LORD your God has blessed you. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• WHERE DID HEZEKIAH TELL JUDAH TO WORSHIP?
• WHERE DID THE LORD TELL ISRAEL TO WORSHIP?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 1210-14
• 10 But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell
  in the land which the LORD your God is giving you
  to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your
  enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety,
• 11 Then there will be the place where the LORD
  your God chooses to make His name abide. There
  you shall bring all that I command you your
  burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes,
  the heave offerings of your hand, and all your
  choice offerings which you vow to the LORD.
• 13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer
  your burnt offerings in every place that you see
• 14 But in the place which the LORD chooses, in
  one of your tribes, there you shall offer your
  burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that
  I command you. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHERE DID SOLOMON WORSHIP? WHY?
• KING OF ISRAEL 1015975 BC?
• READ 1 KINGS 31-3
• 1 Now Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of
  Egypt, and married Pharaoh's daughter then he
  brought her to the City of David until he had
  finished building his own house, and the house of
  the LORD, and the wall all around Jerusalem.
• 2 Meanwhile the people sacrificed at the high
  places, because there was no house built for the
  name of the LORD until those days.
• 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the
  statutes of his father David, except that he
  sacrificed and burned incense at the high places.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHERE DID JEROBOAM TELL ISRAEL TO WORSHIP?
• KING OF ISRAEL 975-954 BC?
• READ 1 KINGS 1232-33
• 32 Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day
  of the eighth month, like the feast that was in
  Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he
  did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he
  had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests
  of the high places which he had made.
• 33 So he made offerings on the altar which he had
  made at Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth
  month, in the month which he had devised in his
  own heart. And he ordained a feast for the
  children of Israel, and offered sacrifices on the
  altar and burned incense. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHAT DID ASA DO? NOT DO?
• KING OF JUDAH 55-914 BC?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 1516-17
• 16 Also he removed Maachah, the mother of Asa the
  king, from being queen mother, because she had
  made an obscene image of Asherah And Asa cut
  down her obscene image, then crushed and burned
  it by the Brook Kidron.
• 17 But the high places were not removed from
  Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal
  all his days.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHAT DID JEHOSHAPHAT DO? NOT DO?
• KING OF JUDAH 914-889 BC?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 2031-33
• 31 So Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was
  thirty-five years old when he became king, and he
  reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His
  mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
• 32 And he walked in the way of his father Asa,
  and did not turn aside from it, doing what was
  right in the sight of the LORD.
• 33 Nevertheless the high places were not taken
  away, for as yet the people had not directed
  their hearts to the God of their fathers.
• (1 KINGS 2241-50)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHAT DID AMAZIAH DO? NOT DO?
• KING OF JUDAH 839-810 BC?
• READ 2 KINGS 141-4
• 1 In the second year of Joash the son of
  Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of
  Joash, king of Judah, became king.
• 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became
  king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in
  Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of
  Jerusalem.
• 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the
  LORD, yet not like his father David he did
  everything as his father Joash had done.
• 4 However the high places were not taken away,
  and the people still sacrificed and burned
  incense on the high places. NKJV
• (2 CHRONICLES 251-262)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHAT DID AZARIAH (UZZIAH) DO? NOT DO?
• KING OF JUDAH 810-758 BC?
• READ 2 KINGS 151-5
• 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of
  Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of
  Judah, became king.
• 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king,
  and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His
  mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
• 3 And he did what was right in the sight of the
  LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah
  had done,
• 4 Except that the high places were not removed
  the people still sacrificed and burned incense on
  the high places.
• 5 Then the LORD struck the king, so that he was a
  leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an
  isolated house. And Jotham the king's son was
  over the royal house, judging the people of the
  land.
• (2 CHRONICLES 263-23)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHAT DID JOTHAM DO? NOT DO?
• KING OF JUDAH 758-742 BC?
• READ 2 KINGS 1532-35
• 32 In the second year of Pekah the son of
  Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of
  Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
• 33 He was twenty-five years old when he became
  king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
  His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of
  Zadok.
• 34 And he did what was right in the sight of the
  LORD he did according to all that his father
  Uzziah had done.
• 35 However the high places were not removed the
  people still sacrificed and burned incense on the
  high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house
  of the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• ISRAEL IN CAPTIVITY 721 BC?
• WHAT DID ISRAEL WORSHIP IN SAMARIA? WHY?
• READ 2 KINGS 1729-33
• 29 Every nation continued to make gods of its
  own, and put them in the shrines on the high
  places which the Samaritans had made, every
  nation in the cities where they dwelt.
• 30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the
  men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made
  Ashima,
• 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak and the
  Sepharvites burned their children in fire to
  Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of
  Sepharvaim.
• 32 So they feared the LORD, and from every class
  they appointed for themselves priests of the high
  places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of
  the high places.
• 33 They feared the LORD, yet served their own
  gods according to the rituals of the nations
  from among whom they were carried away. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH 726-698 BC?
• WHAT DID HEZEKIAH DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 184-7
• 4 He removed the high places and broke the sacred
  pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke in
  pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made
  for until those days the children of Israel
  burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.
• 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that
  after him was none like him among all the kings
  of Judah, nor who were before him.
• 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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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• 7 "But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD
  our God,' is it not He whose high places and
  whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
  Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before
  this altar'?"
• WHAT HIGH PLACES DID HEZEKIAH TAKE AWAY?
• WHERE DID HEZEKIAH TELL JUDAH TO WORSHIP?
• HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH 726-698 BC?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3211-12
• 11 Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give
  yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst,
  saying, "The LORD our God will deliver us from
  the hand of the king of Assyria"?
• 12 Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high
  places and His altars, and commanded Judah and
  Jerusalem, saying, "You shall worship before one
  altar and burn incense on it"? NKJV
• (2 KINGS 1822-24)

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 367

• WHAT DID THE SAMARITAN WOMAN SAY TO JESUS?
• WHERE DID HER FATHERS WORSHIP?
• WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO HER?
• HOW WILL THE TRUE WORSHIPERS WORSHIP THE FATHER?
• READ JOHN 419-24
• 19 The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that
  You are a prophet.
• 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and
  you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where
  one ought to worship."
• 21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the
  hour is coming when you will neither on this
  mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
• 22 You worship what you do not know we know what
  we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.
• 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the
  true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit
  and truth for the Father is seeking such to
  worship Him.
• 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must
  worship in spirit and truth." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 368-10

• 8 Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my
  master the king of Assyria, and I will give you
  two thousand horses if you are able on your
  part to put riders on them!
• 9 How then will you repel one captain of the
  least of my master's servants, and put your trust
  in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• 10 Have I now come up without the LORD against
  this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go
  up against this land, and destroy it.'"

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 368-10

• 8 Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my
  master the king of Assyria, and I will give you
  two thousand horses if you are able on your
  part to put riders on them!
• 9 How then will you repel one captain of the
  least of my master's servants, and put your trust
  in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• 10 Have I now come up without the LORD against
  this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go
  up against this land, and destroy it.'"
• WHAT DID THE RABSHAKEH ASK JUDAH TO DO?
• WHAT WOULD HE GIVE THEM IN RETURN?
• WHY WOULD THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN EGYPT?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 368-10

• 9 How then will you repel one captain of the
  least of my master's servants, and put your trust
  in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• 10 Have I now come up without the LORD against
  this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go
  up against this land, and destroy it.'"
• WHY WOULD THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN EGYPT?
• WOULD EGYPT GIVE THEM CHARIOTS HORSEMEN?
• WHO DID DAVID TRUST?
• READ PSALMS 207-8
• 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. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 368-10

• 9 How then will you repel one captain of the
  least of my master's servants, and put your trust
  in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• 10 Have I now come up without the LORD against
  this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go
  up against this land, and destroy it.'"
• DID THE LORD SEND SENNACHERIB TO DESTROY JUDAH?
• READ 2 KINGS 1823-25
• 23 Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my
  master the king of Assyria, and I will give you
  two thousand horses if you are able on your
  part to put riders on them!
• 24 How then will you repel one captain of the
  least of my master's servants, and put your trust
  in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• 25 Have I now come up without the LORD against
  this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me,
  'Go up against this land, and destroy it.'" NKJV

36
READ ISAIAH 3611-12

• 11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the
  Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in
  Aramaic, for we understand it and do not speak
  to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people who
  are on the wall."
• 12 But the Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me
  to your master and to you to speak these words,
  and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will
  eat and drink their own waste with you?"

37
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3611-12

• 11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the
  Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in
  Aramaic, for we understand it and do not speak
  to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people who
  are on the wall."
• 12 But the Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me
  to your master and to you to speak these words,
  and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will
  eat and drink their own waste with you?"
• WHO CAME OUT TO MEET THE RABSHAKEN?
• ELIAKIM - SHEBNA - JOAH
• WHY ASK HIM TO SPEAK IN ARAMAIC?
• DID THE JEWS UNDERSTAND ARAMAIC?
• WHY NOT LET HIM SPEAK TO THEM IN HEBREW?
• WHAT DID THE RABSHAKEN WANT THE PEOPLE TO HEAR?

38
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3611-12

• 11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the
  Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in
  Aramaic, for we understand it and do not speak
  to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people who
  are on the wall."
• WHY ASK HIM TO SPEAK IN ARAMAIC?
• DID THE JEWS UNDERSTAND ARAMAIC?
• READ EZRA 47-8
• 7 In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath,
  Tabel, and their companions wrote to Artaxerxes
  king of Persia and the letter was written in
  Aramaic script, and translated into the Aramaic
  language. NKJV

39
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3611-12

• 12 But the Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me
  to your master and to you to speak these words,
  and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will
  eat and drink their own waste with you?"
• WHAT DID THE RABSHAKEN WANT THE PEOPLE TO HEAR?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3211-13
• 11 Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give
  yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst,
  saying, "The LORD our God will deliver us from
  the hand of the king of Assyria"?
• 13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have
  done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the
  gods of the nations of those lands in any way
  able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
  NKJV
• READ 2 KINGS 624-25
• 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. NKJV

40
READ ISAIAH 3613-15

• 13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a
  loud voice in Hebrew, and said, "Hear the words
  of the great king, the king of Assyria!
• 14 Thus says the king 'Do not let Hezekiah
  deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver
  you
• 15 Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,
  saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us this
  city will not be given into the hand of the king
  of Assyria."

41
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3613-15

• 13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a
  loud voice in Hebrew, and said, "Hear the words
  of the great king, the king of Assyria!
• 14 Thus says the king 'Do not let Hezekiah
  deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver
  you
• 15 Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,
  saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us this
  city will not be given into the hand of the king
  of Assyria."
• HOW DID THE RABSHAKEH SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID HE SAY CONCERNING HEZEKIAH?
• WHO DID HEZEKIAH WANT JUDAH TO TRUST?
• WHO WOULD DELIVER THEM FROM THE ASSYRIANS?

42
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3613-15

• 13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a
  loud voice in Hebrew, and said, "Hear the words
  of the great king, the king of Assyria!
• HOW DID THE RABSHAKEH SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3217-19
• 17 He also wrote letters to revile the LORD God
  of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, "As
  the gods of the nations of other lands have not
  delivered their people from my hand, so the God
  of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my
  hand.
• 18 Then they called out with a loud voice in
  Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the
  wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that
  they might take the city.
• 19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem,
  as against the gods of the people of the earth
  the work of men's hands. NKJV

43
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3613-15

• 14 Thus says the king 'Do not let Hezekiah
  deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver
  you
• 15 Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,
  saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us this
  city will not be given into the hand of the king
  of Assyria."
• WHAT DID SENNACHERIB SAY?
• WHO DID HEZEKIAH WANT JUDAH TO TRUST?
• WHO WOULD DELIVER THEM FROM THE ASSYRIANS?
• READ 2 KINGS 1829-30
• 29 Thus says the king Do not let Hezekiah
  deceive you. He shall not be able to deliver you
  from his hand.
• 30 Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,
  saying, The LORD will surely deliver us This
  city shall not be given into the hand of the king
  of Assyria. NKJV

44
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3613-15

• WHO DID DAVID SAY WOULD DELIVER HIM?
• READ PSALMS 31-8
• 1 LORD, how they have increased who trouble me!
  Many are they who rise up against me.
• 2 Many are they who say of me, There is no help
  for him in God.
• 3 You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and
  the One who lifts up my head.
• 4 I cried to the LORD with my voice. And He heard
  me from His holy hill.
• 5 I lay down and slept. I awoke, the LORD
  sustained me.
• 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
  Who have set themselves against me all around.
• 7 Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! You have
  struck all my enemies on the cheekbone. You have
  broken the teeth of the ungodly.
• 8 Salvation belongs to the LORD. Your blessing is
  upon Your people. NKJV

45
READ ISAIAH 3616-17

• 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah for thus says the
  king of Assyria 'Make peace with me by a present
  and come out to me and every one of you eat from
  his own vine and every one from his own fig tree,
  and every one of you drink the waters of his own
  cistern
• 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like
  your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a
  land of bread and vineyards.

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3616-17

• 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah for thus says the
  king of Assyria 'Make peace with me by a present
  and come out to me and every one of you eat from
  his own vine and every one from his own fig tree,
  and every one of you drink the waters of his own
  cistern
• 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like
  your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a
  land of bread and vineyards.
• WHAT DID THE KING PROMISE THEM?
• WHERE WOULD HE TAKE THEM?

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3616-17

• 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah for thus says the
  king of Assyria 'Make peace with me by a present
  and come out to me and every one of you eat from
  his own vine and every one from his own fig tree,
  and every one of you drink the waters of his own
  cistern
• 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like
  your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a
  land of bread and vineyards.
• WHAT DID THE KING PROMISE THEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 1831-33
• 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah for thus says the
  king of Assyria 'Make peace with me by a present
  and come out to me and every one of you eat from
  his own vine and every one from his own fig tree,
  and every one of you drink the waters of his own
  cistern
• 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like
  your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a
  land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive
  groves and honey, that you may live and not die.
  But do not listen to Hezekiah, lest he persuade
  you, saying, "The LORD will deliver us."
• 33 Has any of the gods of the nations at all
  delivered its land from the hand of the king of
  Assyria? NKJV

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3616-17

• 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah for thus says the
  king of Assyria 'Make peace with me by a present
  and come out to me and every one of you eat from
  his own vine and every one from his own fig tree,
  and every one of you drink the waters of his own
  cistern
• WHAT DID THE KING PROMISE THEM? PEACE?
• WHY DID ISRAEL DWELL IN PEACE UNDER SOLOMON?
• READ 1 KINGS 424-25
• 22 Now Solomon's provision for one day was
  thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,
• 23 ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the
  pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer,
  gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.
• 24 For he had dominion over all the region on
  this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza,
  namely over all the kings on this side of the
  River and he had peace on every side all around
  him.
• 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man
  under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far
  as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. NKJV

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3616-17

• 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah for thus says the
  king of Assyria 'Make peace with me by a present
  and come out to me and every one of you eat from
  his own vine and every one from his own fig tree,
  and every one of you drink the waters of his own
  cistern
• WHAT DID THE KING PROMISE THEM? PEACE?
• WHAT DID THE LORD WANT FOR HIS PEOPLE?
• READ PROVERBS 515-18
• 15 Drink water from your own cistern And running
  water from your own well.
• 16 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad,
  Streams of water in the streets?
• 17 Let them be only your own And not for
  strangers with you.
• 18 Let your fountain be blessed And rejoice with
  the wife of your youth. NKJV

50
READ ISAIAH 3618-20

• 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying,
  "The LORD will deliver us." Has any one of the
  gods of the nations delivered its land from the
  hand of the king of Assyria?
• 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where
  are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they
  delivered Samaria from my hand?
• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying,
  "The LORD will deliver us." Has any one of the
  gods of the nations delivered its land from the
  hand of the king of Assyria?
• 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where
  are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they
  delivered Samaria from my hand?
• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• WHO ARE THESE GODS?
• HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM?
• WHY WAS ASSYRIA ABLE TO OVERCOME THEM?

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying,
  "The LORD will deliver us." Has any one of the
  gods of the nations delivered its land from the
  hand of the king of Assyria?
• WHO ARE THESE GODS?
• HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM?
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• WHY WAS ASSYRIA ABLE TO OVERCOME THEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 1527-29
• 27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of
  Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over
  Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
• 28 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD he
  did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son
  of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.
• 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel,
  Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took
  Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor,
  Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali
  and he carried them captive to Assyria. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying,
  "The LORD will deliver us." Has any one of the
  gods of the nations delivered its land from the
  hand of the king of Assyria?
• WHO ARE THESE GODS?
• HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM?
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• READ 2 KINGS 1724-25
• 24 Then the king of Assyria brought people from
  Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from
  Sepharvaim, and he placed them in the cities of
  Samaria instead of the children of Israel and
  they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its
  cities.
• 25 And it was so, at the beginning of their
  dwelling there, they did not fear the LORD
  therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which
  killed some of them.

54
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying,
  "The LORD will deliver us." Has any one of the
  gods of the nations delivered its land from the
  hand of the king of Assyria?
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM?
• WHO DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL NOT KNOW?
• WHO WAS THE GOD OF THE LAND?
• READ 2 KINGS 1726-28
• 26 So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying,
  "The nations whom you have removed and placed in
  the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of
  the God of the land therefore He has sent lions
  among them, and Indeed, they are killing them
  because they do not know the rituals of the God
  of the land.
• 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying,
  "Send there one of the priests whom you brought
  from there let him go and dwell there, and let
  him teach them the rituals of the God of the
  land.
• 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried
  away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and
  taught them how they should fear the LORD.

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where
  are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they
  delivered Samaria from my hand?
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• WHAT DID THE MEN OF BABYLON WORSHIP?
• READ 2 KINGS 1729-31
• 29 However every nation continued to make gods of
  its own , and put them in the shrines on the high
  places which the Samaritans had made, every
  nation in the cities where they dwelt.
• 30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the
  men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made
  Ashima,
• 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak. The
  Sepharvites burned their children in fire to
  Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of
  Sepharvaim.
• 32 So they feared the LORD, and from every class
  they appointed for themselves priests of the high
  places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of
  the high places.
• 33 They feared the LORD, yet served their own
  gods according to the rituals of the nations
  from among whom they were carried away. NKJV

56
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where
  are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they
  delivered Samaria from my hand?
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM?
• WERE THESE GODS ABLE TO DELIVERED THEM?
• READ 2 KINGS 1833-35
• 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

57
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM?
• WHY WERE THESE GODS UNABLE TO DELIVERED THEM?
• DID PHAROAH KNOW ABOUT THE GOD OF ISRAEL?
• DID THE LORD DELIVER ISREAL?
• READ EXODUS 51-2
• 1 Afterward Moses and Aaron went in and told
  Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel 'Let
  My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in
  the wilderness.'"
• 2 And Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I
  should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not
  know the LORD, nor will I let Israel go." NKJV

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM?
• WHY WERE THESE GODS UNABLE TO DELIVERED THEM?
• WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT THE GOD OF ISRAEL?
• WILL THE GOD OF ISRAEL DELIVER THEM?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3217-19
• 17 He also wrote letters to revile the LORD God
  of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, "As
  the gods of the nations of other lands have not
  delivered their people from my hand, so the God
  of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my
  hand."
• 18 Then they called out with a loud voice in
  Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the
  wall, to frighten them, and trouble them that
  they might take the city.
• 19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem,
  as against the gods of the people of the earth
  the work of men's hands. NKJV

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• WHY WERE THESE GODS UNABLE TO DELIVERED THEM?
• WHAT DID BEN-HADAD SAY ABOUT THE GODS OF ISRAEL?
• READ 1 KINGS 2023-25
• 23 Then the servants of the king of Syria said to
  him, Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore
  they were stronger than we but if we fight
  against them in the plain, surely we will be
  stronger than they. NKJV
• 24 So do this thing Dismiss the kings, each from
  his position, and put captains in their places
• 25 and you shall muster an army like the army
  that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot
  for chariot. Then we will fight against them in
  the plain surely we will be stronger than they.
  And he listened to their voice and did so. NKJV

60
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• WHY WERE THESE GODS UNABLE TO DELIVERED THEM?
• HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THE WORDS OF
  BEN-HADAD?
• READ 1 KINGS 2028-30
• 28 Then a man of God came and spoke to the king
  of Israel, and said, "Thus says the LORD
  'Because the Syrians have said, "The LORD is God
  of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys,"
  therefore I will deliver all this great multitude
  into your hand, and you shall know that I am the
  LORD.'
• 29 And they encamped opposite each other for
  seven days. So it was that on the seventh day the
  battle was joined and the children of Israel
  killed one hundred thousand foot soldiers of the
  Syrians in one day.
• 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city
  then a wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the
  men who were left. And Ben-Hadad fled and went
  into the city, into an inner chamber. NKJV

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• WHY WAS NEBUCHADNEZZAR ANGRY WITH DANIEL?
• READ DANIEL 313-18
• 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave
  the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and
  Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the
  king.
• 14 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, "Is it
  true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you
  do not serve my gods or worship the gold image
  which I have set up?
• 15 Now if you are ready at the time you hear the
  sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and
  psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music,
  and you fall down and worship the image which I
  have made, good! But if you do not worship, you
  shall be cast immediately into the midst of a
  burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who
  will deliver you from my hands?"

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• HOW DID DANIEL RESPOND TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ DANIEL 313-18
• 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and
  said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no
  need to answer you in this matter.
• 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is
  able to deliver us from the burning fiery
  furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O
  king.
• 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king,
  that we do not serve your gods, nor will we
  worship the gold image which you have set up."
  NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• WHY WERE THESE GODS UNABLE TO DELIVERED THEM?
• WHY WAS THE LORD ANGRY WITH AMAZIAH?
• WERE THEIR GODS ABLE TO DELIVER THEM?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 2514-16
• 14 Now it was so, after Amaziah came from the
  slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the
  gods of the people of Seir, set them up to be his
  gods, and bowed down before them and burned
  incense to them.
• 15 Therefore the anger of the LORD was aroused
  against Amaziah and He sent him a prophet who
  said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of the
  people, which could not rescue their own people
  from your hand?"
• 16 So it was, as he talked with him, the king
  said to him, "Have we made you the king's
  counselor? Cease! Why should you be killed? then
  the prophet ceased, and said, "I know that God
  has determined to destroy you, because you have
  done this and have not heeded my advice." NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3618-20

• 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'
• WHO ARE THESE GODS? GODS OF ASSYRIA?
• WHY WERE THESE GODS UNABLE TO DELIVERED THEM?
• WILL THE GOD OF ISRAEL DELIVER THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 217-19
• 17 Have you not brought this on yourself, In that
  you have forsaken the LORD your God When He led
  you in the way?
• 18 And now why take the road to Egypt, To drink
  the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to
  Assyria, To drink the waters of the River?
• 19 Your own wickedness will correct you, And your
  backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and
  see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you
  have forsaken the LORD your God,
• And the fear of Me is not in you, Says the Lord
  GOD of hosts.
• NKJV

65
READ ISAIAH 3621-22

• 21 But they held their peace and answered him not
  a word for the king's commandment was, "Do not
  answer him.
• 22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with
  their clothes torn, and told him the words of the
  Rabshakeh. NKJV

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• 21 But they held their peace and answered him not
  a word for the king's commandment was, "Do not
  answer him.
• 22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with
  their clothes torn, and told him the words of the
  Rabshakeh. NKJV
• WHY DID THEY TEAR THEIR CLOTHES?
• WHY DID THEY HOLD THEIR PEACE?
• READ ECCLESIASTES 31
• 1 To everything there is a season, A time for
  every purpose under heaven NKJV
• READ ECCLESIASTES 37
• 7 A time to tear, And a time to sew
• A time to keep silence, And a time to speak
  NKJV

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• 21 But they held their peace and answered him not
  a word for the king's commandment was, "Do not
  answer him.
• WHY DID THEY HOLD THEIR PEACE?
• READ EXODUS 1410-14
• 10 And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of
  Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the
  Egyptians marched after them. So they were very
  afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to
  the LORD.
• 11 Then 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'? For it would have been better for
  us to serve the Egyptians than 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.
• 14 The LORD will fight for you. And you shall
  hold your peace."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• WHY DID THEY HOLD THEIR PEACE?
• READ ECCLESIASTES 37
• 7 A time to keep silence, And a time to speak
  NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 97-9
• 7 "He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for
  himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only
  harms himself.
• 8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you
  Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
• 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be
  still wiser Teach a just man, and he will
  increase in learning. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 264-6
• 4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
  Lest you also be like him.
• 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he
  be wise in his own eyes.
• 6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
  Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• 21 But they held their peace and answered him not
  a word for the king's commandment was, "Do not
  answer him.
• WHY DID THEY HOLD THEIR PEACE?
• HOW DID MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL RESPOND?
• READ JUDE 8-9
• 8 Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh,
  reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries.
• 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with
  the devil, when he disputed about the body of
  Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling
  accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
  NKJV
• 10 But these speak evil of whatever they do not
  know and whatever they know naturally, like
  brute beasts, in these things they corrupt
  themselves.
• 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of
  Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam
  for profit, and perished in the rebellion of
  Korah. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• 22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with
  their clothes torn, and told him the words of the
  Rabshakeh. NKJV
• WHY DID THEY TEAR THEIR CLOTHES?
• WHY DID REUBEN TEAR HIS CLOTHES?
• READ GENESIS 3729-30
• 29 Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed
  Joseph was not in the pit and he tore his
  clothes.
• 30 And he returned to his brothers and said, "The
  lad is no more and I, where shall I go?" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• 22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with
  their clothes torn, and told him the words of the
  Rabshakeh. NKJV
• WHY DID THEY TEAR THEIR CLOTHES?
• WHAT HAPPENED AT AI?
• WHY DID JOSHUA TEAR HIS CLOTHES?
• READ JOSHUA 75-7
• 5 And 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.
• 6 Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the
  earth on his face before the ark of the LORD
  until evening, he and the elders of Israel and
  they put dust on their heads.
• 7 And Joshua said, Alas, Lord GOD, why have You
  brought this people over the Jordan at all to
  deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to
  destroy us? Oh, that we had been content, and
  dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• 22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
  the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the
  son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with
  their clothes torn, and told him the words of the
  Rabshakeh. NKJV
• WHY DID THEY TEAR THEIR CLOTHES?
• WHY DID AHAB TEAR HIS CLOTHES?
• READ 1 KINGS 2125-27
• 25 But there was no one like Ahab who sold
  himself to do wickedness in the sight of the
  LORD, because Jezebel his wife stirred him up.
• 26 And he behaved very abominably in following
  idols, according to all that the Amorites had
  done, whom the LORD had cast out before the
  children of Israel.
• 27 So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that
  he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his
  body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went
  about mourning. NKJV
• 28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the
  Tishbite, saying,
• 29 "See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me?
  Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will
  not bring the calamity in his days. In the days
  of his son I will bring the calamity on his
  house."

73
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• WHY DID JOSIAH TEAR HIS CLOTHES?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3414-19
• 14 Now when they brought out the money that was
  brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the
  priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD
  given by Moses.
• 15 Then Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the
  scribe, "I have found the Book of the Law in the
  house of the LORD." And Hilkiah gave the book to
  Shaphan.
• 16 So Shaphan carried the book to the king,
  bringing the king word, saying, "All that was
  committed to your servants they are doing.
• 17 And they have gathered the money that was
  found in the house of the LORD, and have
  delivered it into the hand of the overseers and
  the workmen."
• 18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying,
  "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And
  Shaphan read it before the king.
• 19 Thus it happened, when the king heard the
  words of the Law, he tore his clothes. NKJV

74
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• WHY DID EZRA TEAR HIS GARMENT ROBE?
• READ EZRA 91-4
• 1 When these things were done, the leaders came
  to me, saying, "The people of Israel and the
  priests and the Levites have not separated
  themselves from the peoples of the lands, with
  respect to the abominations of the Canaanites,
  the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the
  Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the
  Amorites.
• 2 For they have taken some of their daughters as
  wives for themselves and their sons, so that the
  holy seed is mixed with the peoples of those
  lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and rulers
  has been foremost in this trespass.
• 3 So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment
  and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of
  my head and beard, and I sat down
  astonished. NKJV
• 4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the
  God of Israel assembled to me, because of the
  transgression of those who had been carried away
  captive, and I sat astonished until the evening
  sacrifice. NKJV

75
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• WHY DID JOB HIS FRIENDS TEAR THEIR ROBE?
• READ JOB 120-22
• 20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his
  head and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
• 21 And he said "Naked I came from my mother's
  womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD
  gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the
  name of the LORD."
• 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God
  with wrong. NKJV
• READ JOB 211-13
• 11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this
  adversity that had come upon him, each one came
  from his own place Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad
  the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they
  had made an appointment together to come and
  mourn with him, and to comfort him.
• 12 And when they raised their eyes from afar and
  did not recognize him, they lifted their voices
  and wept and each one tore his robe and
  sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.
• 13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven
  days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to
  him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
  NKJV

76
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• WHY DIDNT JEHOIAKIM TEAR HIS GARMENTS?
• READ JEREMIAH 3623-25
• 21 So the king sent Jehudi to bring the scroll,
  and he took it from Elishama the scribe's
  chamber. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the
  king and in the hearing of all the princes who
  stood beside the king.
• 22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house
  in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the
  hearth before him.
• 23 And it happened when Jehudi had read three or
  four columns, that the king cut it with the
  scribe's knife and cast it into the fire that was
  on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed
  in the fire that was on the hearth.
• 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear
  their garments, the king nor any of his servants
  who heard all these words.
• 25 Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah
  implored the king not to burn the scroll but he
  would not listen to them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 3621-22

• WHY DID CAIAPHAS TEAR HIS CLOTHES?
• READ MATTHEW 2662-66
• 62 And the high priest arose and said to Him, "Do
  You answer nothing? What is