OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

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• OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (825-785BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA (785-725BC)? MICAH (785-710BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH (629-588BC)? DANIEL (606-534BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? OBADIAH (588-562BC)? EZRA (536-456BC)? HAGGAI (532-512BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)? NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)? MALACHI (420-397BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)? CYRUS (559-529BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (511-475BC)?
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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

• JEWS REPROVED FOR THEIR IDOLATRY V. 1-8
• THE LORD PROMISES DELIVERANCE V. 9-11
• JUDGEMENT AGAINST BABYLON V. 12-16
• THE LORDS MERCY ON THE JEWS V. 17-19
• JEWS COMMANDED TO FLEE BABYLON V. 20-22

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READ ISAIAH 481-2

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 1 "Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by
  the name of Israel, And have come forth from the
  wellsprings of Judah Who swear by the name of
  the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel,
  But not in truth or in righteousness
• 2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
  And lean on the God of Israel The LORD of hosts
  is His name

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 1 "Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by
  the name of Israel, And have come forth from the
  wellsprings of Judah Who swear by the name of
  the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel,
  But not in truth or in righteousness
• 2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
  And lean on the God of Israel The LORD of hosts
  is His name
• WHAT NAME DID THE LORD GIVE JACOB? ISRAEL?
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT NAME WAS JUDAH TO SWEAR BY?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• 1 "Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by
  the name of Israel, And have come forth from the
  wellsprings of Judah Who swear by the name of
  the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel,
  But not in truth or in righteousness
• WHAT NAME DID THE LORD GIVE JACOB? ISRAEL?
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?
• READ GENESIS 175
• 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but
  your name shall be Abraham for I have made you a
  father of many nations. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT NAME DID THE LORD GIVE JACOB? ISRAEL?
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• READ GENESIS 2930-35
• 30 Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also
  loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with
  Laban still another seven years.
• 31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He
  opened her womb but Rachel was barren.
• 32 So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she
  called his name Reuben for she said, "The LORD
  has surely looked on my affliction. Now
  therefore, my husband will love me.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT NAME DID THE LORD GIVE JACOB? ISRAEL?
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• READ GENESIS 2930-35
• 33 Then she conceived again and bore a son, and
  said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am
  unloved, He has therefore given me this son
  also." And she called his name Simeon.
• 34 She conceived again and bore a son, and said,
  "Now this time my husband will become attached to
  me, because I have borne him three sons."
  Therefore his name was called Levi.
• 35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and
  said, "Now I will praise the LORD." Therefore she
  called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• 1 "Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by
  the name of Israel, And have come forth from the
  wellsprings of Judah Who swear by the name of
  the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel,
  But not in truth or in righteousness
• WHAT NAME DID THE LORD GIVE JACOB? ISRAEL?
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• READ GENESIS 4910
• 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a
  lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh
  comes And to Him shall be the obedience of the
  people. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• 1 "Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by
  the name of Israel, And have come forth from the
  wellsprings of Judah Who swear by the name of
  the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel,
  But not in truth or in righteousness
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT NAME WAS JUDAH TO SWEAR BY?
• swear by the name of the LORD
• WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 2313
• 13 "And in all that I have said to you, be
  circumspect and make no mention of the name of
  other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT NAME WAS JUDAH TO SWEAR BY?
• swear by the name of the LORD
• READ JEREMIAH 41-2
• 1 "If you will return, O Israel," says the LORD,
• "Return to Me And if you will put away your
  abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not
  be moved.
• 2 And you shall swear, 'The LORD lives, In
  truth, in judgment, and in righteousness The
  nations shall bless themselves in Him, And in Him
  they shall glory." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING THEIR OATHS?
• make mention of the God of Israel,
• But not in truth or in righteousness
• READ JEREMIAH 51-2
• 1 "Run to and fro through the streets of
  Jerusalem
• See now and know And seek in her open places If
  you can find a man, If there is anyone who
  executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I
  will pardon her.
• 2 Though they say, 'As the LORD lives, Surely
  they swear falsely." NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 78-11
• 8 "Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot
  profit.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING THEIR OATHS?
• READ JEREMIAH 4424-29
• 24 Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people and
  to all the women, "Hear the word of the LORD, all
  Judah who are in the land of Egypt!
• 25 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel, saying 'You and your wives have spoken
  with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands,
  saying, "We will surely keep our vows that we
  have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven
  and pour out drink offerings to her." You will
  surely keep your vows and perform your vows!
• 26 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all Judah
  who dwell in the land of Egypt 'Behold, I have
  sworn by My great name,' says the LORD, 'that My
  name shall no more be named in the mouth of any
  man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying,
  "The Lord GOD lives.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING THEIR OATHS?
• READ JEREMIAH 4424-29
• 27 Behold, I will watch over them for adversity
  and not for good. And all the men of Judah who
  are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the
  sword and by famine, until there is an end to
  them.
• 28 Yet a small number who escape the sword shall
  return from the land of Egypt to the land of
  Judah and all the remnant of Judah, who have
  gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall
  know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.
• 29 And this shall be a sign to you,' says the
  LORD, 'that I will punish you in this place, that
  you may know that My words will surely stand
  against you for adversity.' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN?
• READ JOHN 422-24
• 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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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• 2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
  And lean on the God of Israel The LORD of hosts
  is His name
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• they call themselves after the holy city
• And lean on the God of Israel
• WHAT IS the holy city? JERUSALEM?
• READ NEHEMIAH 111
• 1 Now the leaders of the people dwelt at
  Jerusalem the rest of the people cast lots to
  bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the
  holy city, and nine-tenths were to dwell in other
  cities. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• 2 For they call themselves after the holy city,
  And lean on the God of Israel The LORD of hosts
  is His name
• WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? JUDAH?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• they call themselves after the holy city
• And lean on the God of Israel
• WHAT IS the holy city? JERUSALEM?
• READ ZECHARIAH 83
• 3 "Thus says the LORD 'I will return to Zion,
  And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem
  shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain
  of the LORD of hosts, The Holy Mountain.'
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• they call themselves after the holy city
• And lean on the God of Israel
• WHAT IS the holy city? JERUSALEM?
• READ MATTHEW 45-7
• 5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city,
  set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,
• 6 and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God,
  throw Yourself down. For it is written 'He shall
  give His angels charge over you, and, 'In their
  hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your
  foot against a stone.'"
• 7 Jesus said to him, "It is written again, 'You
  shall not tempt the LORD your God.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• they call themselves after the holy city
• And lean on the God of Israel
• WHAT IS the holy city? JERUSALEM?
• READ MATTHEW 2751-53
• 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn
  in two from top to bottom and the earth quaked,
  and the rocks were split,
• 52 and the graves were opened and many bodies of
  the saints who had fallen asleep were raised
• 53 and coming out of the graves after His
  resurrection, they went into the holy city and
  appeared to many. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• they call themselves after the holy city
• And lean on the God of Israel
• WHAT IS the holy city? JERUSALEM?
• READ REVELATION 212-4
• 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city , New
  Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
  prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying,
  "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and
  He will dwell with them, and they shall be His
  people. God Himself will be with them and be
  their God.
• 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their
  eyes there shall be no more death, nor sorrow,
  nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the
  former things have passed away." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 481-2

• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING JUDAH?
• they call themselves after the holy city
• And lean on the God of Israel
• WHAT IS the holy city? JERUSALEM?
• READ REVELATION 2218-19
• 18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words
  of the prophecy of this book If anyone adds to
  these things, God will add to him the plagues
  that are written in this book
• 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the
  book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
  part from the Book of Life, from the holy city ,
  and from the things which are written in this
  book. NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 483-5

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 3 "I have declared the former things from the
  beginning They went forth from My mouth, and I
  caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and
  they came to pass.
• 4 Because I knew that you were obstinate, And
  your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow
  bronze,
• 5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to
  you Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to
  you, Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them,
  And my carved image and my molded image Have
  commanded them.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• 3 "I have declared the former things from the
  beginning They went forth from My mouth, and I
  caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and
  they came to pass.
• 4 Because I knew that you were obstinate, And
  your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow
  bronze,
• 5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to
  you Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to
  you, Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them,
  And my carved image and my molded image Have
  commanded them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DECLARE TO ISRAEL?
• HOW OFTEN DID ISAIAH REMIND THEM?
• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• WHEN WAS THIS DECLARED TO THEM? WHY?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• 3 "I have declared the former things from the
  beginning They went forth from My mouth, and I
  caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and
  they came to pass.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DECLARE TO ISRAEL?
• HOW OFTEN DID ISAIAH REMIND THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 4021-23
• 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it
  not been told you from the beginning? Have you
  not understood from the foundations of the earth?
  
• 22 It is He who sits above the circle of the
  earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
  Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And
  spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
• 23 He brings the princes to nothing He makes the
  judges of the earth useless. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHAT DID THE LORD DECLARE TO ISRAEL?
• HOW OFTEN DID ISAIAH REMIND THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 429
• 9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
  And new things I declare Before they spring
  forth I tell you of them." NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 447-8
• 7 And who can proclaim as I do? Then let him
  declare it and set it in order for Me, Since I
  appointed the ancient people. And the things that
  are coming and shall come, Let them show these to
  them.
• 8 Do not fear, nor be afraid Have I not told you
  from that time, and declared it? You are My
  witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed
  there is no other Rock
• I know not one.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHAT DID THE LORD DECLARE TO ISRAEL?
• HOW OFTEN DID ISAIAH REMIND THEM?
• READ ISAIAH 4521
• 21 Tell and bring forth your case Yes, let them
  take counsel together. Who has declared this from
  ancient time? Who has told it from that time?
  Have not I, the LORD? And there is no other God
  besides Me, A just God and a Savior There is
  none besides Me. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 4610
• 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from
  ancient times things that are not yet done,
  Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do
  all My pleasure,' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHAT DID THE LORD DECLARE TO ISRAEL?
• HOW OFTEN DID ISAIAH REMIND THEM?
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEIR IDOLS?
• READ ISAIAH 4122-24
• 22 "Let them bring forth and show us what will
  happen Let them show the former things, what
  they were, That we may consider them, And know
  the latter end of them Or declare to us things
  to come.
• 23 Show the things that are to come hereafter,
  That we may know that you are gods Yes, do good
  or do evil,
• That we may be dismayed and see it together.
• 24 Indeed you are nothing, And your work is
  nothing
• He who chooses you is an abomination. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• 4 Because I knew that you were obstinate, And
  your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow
  bronze,
• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
• READ EXODUS 329-10
• 9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this
  people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!
• 10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may
  burn hot against them and I may consume them. And
  I will make of you a great nation." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ EXODUS 333-6
• 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey
  for I will not go up in your midst, lest I
  consume you on the way, for you are a
  stiff-necked people."
• 4 And when the people heard this bad news, they
  mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.
• 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the
  children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked
  people. I could come up into your midst in one
  moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off
  your ornaments, that I may know what to do to
  you.'
• 6 So the children of Israel stripped themselves
  of their ornaments by Mount Horeb. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO THE LORD?
• READ EXODUS 348-9
• 8 So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward
  the earth, and worshiped.
• 9 Then he said, "If now I have found grace in
  Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among
  us, even though we are a stiff-necked people and
  pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as
  Your inheritance." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 96-7
• 6 Therefore understand that the LORD your God is
  not giving you this good land to possess because
  of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked
  people.
• 7 "Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the
  LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From
  the day that you departed from the land of Egypt
  until you came to this place, you have been
  rebellious against the LORD.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 912-14
• 12 "Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down
  quickly from here, for your people whom you
  brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly they
  have quickly turned aside from the way which I
  commanded them they have made themselves a
  molded image.'
• 13 "Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, 'I
  have seen this people, and indeed they are a
  stiff-necked people.
• 14 Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot
  out their name from under heaven and I will make
  of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 926-28
• 26 Therefore I prayed to the LORD, and said 'O
  Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people and Your
  inheritance whom You have redeemed through Your
  greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt
  with a mighty hand.
• 27 Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and
  Jacob do not look on the stubbornness of this
  people, or on their wickedness or their sin,
• 28 lest the land from which You brought us should
  say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them
  to the land which He promised them, and because
  He hated them, He has brought them out to kill
  them in the wilderness. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3126-29
• 26 "Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside
  the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God,
  that it may be there as a witness against you
• 27 for I know your rebellion and your stiff neck.
  If today, while I am yet alive with you, you have
  been rebellious against the LORD, then how much
  more after my death?
• 29 For I know that after my death you will become
  utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way
  which I have commanded you. And evil will befall
  you in the latter days, because you will do evil
  in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger
  through the work of your hands." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY TO ISRAEL JUDAH?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 308-9
• 8 Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers
  were, but yield yourselves to the LORD and enter
  His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever,
  and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness
  of His wrath may turn away from you.
• 9 For if you return to the LORD, your brethren
  and your children will be treated with compassion
  by those who lead them captive, so that they may
  come back to this land for the LORD your God is
  gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face
  from you if you return to Him." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO EZEKIEL?
• READ EZEKIEL 23-5
• 3 And He said to me "Son of man, I am sending
  you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious
  nation that has rebelled against Me they and
  their fathers have transgressed against Me to
  this very day.
• 4 For they are impudent and stubborn children. I
  am sending you to them, and you shall say to
  them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.
• 5 As for them, whether they hear or whether they
  refuse for they are a rebellious house yet
  they will know that a prophet has been among
  them. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• WHAT DID STEPHEN SAY?
• READ ACTS 751-53
• 51 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart
  and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit as
  your fathers did, so do you.
• 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not
  persecute? And they killed those who foretold the
  coming of the Just One, of whom you now have
  become the betrayers and murderers,
• 53 who have received the law by the direction of
  angels and have not kept it." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• 4 Because I knew that you were obstinate, And
  your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow
  bronze,
• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• And your neck was an iron sinew And your brow
  bronze
• HOW DID JEREMIAH DESCRIBE THEM?
• READ JEREMIAH 628-30
• 28 They are all stubborn rebels, walking as
  slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are
  all corrupters
• 29 The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is
  consumed by the fire The smelter refines in
  vain, For the wicked are not drawn off.
• 30 People will call them rejected silver, Because
  the LORD has rejected them." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• And your neck was an iron sinew And your brow
  bronze
• READ EZEKIEL 34-9
• 4 Then He said to me "Son of man, go to the
  house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
• 5 For you are not sent to a people of unfamiliar
  speech and of hard language, but to the house of
  Israel,
• 6 not to many people of unfamiliar speech and of
  hard language, whose words you cannot understand.
  Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have
  listened to you.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• WHY DID THE LORD CONTINUE TO REMIND THEM?
• Because I knew that you were obstinate
• And your neck was an iron sinew And your brow
  bronze
• READ EZEKIEL 34-9
• 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you,
  because they will not listen to Me for all the
  house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.
• 8 Behold, I have made your face strong against
  their faces, and your forehead strong against
  their foreheads.
• 9 Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have
  made your forehead do not be afraid of them, nor
  be dismayed at their looks, though they are a
  rebellious house." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 483-5

• 4 Because I knew that you were obstinate, And
  your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow
  bronze,
• 5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to
  you Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to
  you, Lest you should say, 'My idol has done them,
  And my carved image and my molded image Have
  commanded them.
• WHEN WAS THIS DECLARED TO THEM?
• from the beginning I have declared it to you
• Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you
• WHY?
• Lest you should say 'My idol has done them and
  my carved image And my molded image Have
  commanded them.
• READ JEREMIAH 4415-18

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• READ JEREMIAH 4415-18
• 15 Then all the men who knew that their wives had
  burned incense to other gods, with all the women
  who stood by, a great multitude, and all the
  people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in
  Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying
• 16 "As for the word that you have spoken to us in
  the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
• 17 But we will certainly do whatever has gone out
  of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of
  heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we
  have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our
  princes, in the cities of Judah and in the
  streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of
  food, were well-off, and saw no trouble.
• 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the
  queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings
  to her, we have lacked everything and have been
  consumed by the sword and by famine." NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 486-8

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 6 "You have heard See all this. And will you not
  declare it? I have made you hear new things from
  this time, Even hidden things, and you did not
  know them.
• 7 They are created now and not from the
  beginning And before this day you have not heard
  them, Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew
  them.
• 8 Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not
  know Surely from long ago your ear was not
  opened. For I knew that you would deal very
  treacherously, And were called a transgressor
  from the womb.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• 6 "You have heard See all this. And will you not
  declare it? I have made you hear new things from
  this time, Even hidden things, and you did not
  know them.
• 7 They are created now and not from the
  beginning And before this day you have not heard
  them, Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew
  them.
• 8 Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not
  know Surely from long ago your ear was not
  opened. For I knew that you would deal very
  treacherously, And were called a transgressor
  from the womb.
• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• WHY DOES THE LORD KEEP THINGS HIDDEN?

45
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• 6 "You have heard See all this. And will you not
  declare it? I have made you hear new things from
  this time, Even hidden things, and you did not
  know them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• I have made you hear new things from this time,
• Even hidden things and you did not know them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO DANIEL?
• READ DANIEL 222-23
• 22 He reveals deep and secret things He knows
  what is in the darkness, And light dwells with
  Him.
• 23 "I thank You and praise You, O God of my
  fathers
• You have given me wisdom and might, And have now
  made known to me what we asked of You, For You
  have made known to us the king's demand."
  NKJV

46
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• I have made you hear new things from this time,
• Even hidden things and you did not know them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO DANIEL?
• WHAT DID DANIEL SAY TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ DANIEL 229-30
• 29 As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind
  while on your bed, about what would come to pass
  after this and He who reveals secrets has made
  known to you what will be.
• 30 But as for me, this secret has not been
  revealed to me because I have more wisdom than
  anyone living, but for our sakes who make known
  the interpretation to the king, and that you may
  know the thoughts of your heart.

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• I have made you hear new things from this time,
• Even hidden things and you did not know them.
• READ ISAIAH 429
• 9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
  And new things I declare Before they spring
  forth I tell you of them." NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 4310
• 10 "You are My witnesses," says the LORD, "And My
  servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and
  believe Me, And understand that I am He. Before
  Me there was no God formed, Nor shall there be
  after Me.

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• I have made you hear new things from this time,
• Even hidden things and you did not know them.
• READ ISAIAH 4319
• 19 Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall
  spring forth Shall you not know it? I will even
  make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the
  desert. NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 448
• 8 Do not fear, nor be afraid Have I not told you
  from that time, and declared it? You are My
  witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed
  there is no other Rock
• I know not one.'" NKJV

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• 6 "You have heard See all this. And will you not
  declare it? I have made you hear new things from
  this time, Even hidden things, and you did not
  know them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• I have made you hear new things from this time,
• Even hidden things and you did not know them.
• WHAT HAS THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO US?
• READ 1 CORINTHIANS 29-10
• 9 But as it is written "Eye has not seen, nor
  ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man
  The things which God has prepared for those who
  love Him."
• 10 But God has revealed them to us through His
  Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes,
  the deep things of God. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• 6 "You have heard See all this. And will you not
  declare it? I have made you hear new things from
  this time, Even hidden things, and you did not
  know them.
• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• I have made you hear new things from this time,
• Even hidden things and you did not know them.
• WHAT HAS THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO US?
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 517
• 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
  creation old things have passed away behold,
  all things have become new. NKJV
• READ REVELATION 215
• 5 Then He who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I
  make all things new." And He said to me, "Write,
  for these words are true and faithful." NKJV

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHAT DID THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO THEM?
• I have made you hear new things from this time,
• Even hidden things and you did not know them.
• WHAT HAS THE LORD MAKE KNOWN TO US?
• READ ROMANS 1625-27
• 25 Now to Him who is able to establish you
  according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus
  Christ, according to the revelation of the
  mystery kept secret since the world began
• 26 but now made manifest, and by the prophetic
  Scriptures made known to all nations, according
  to the commandment of the everlasting God, for
  obedience to the faith
• 27 to God, alone wise, be glory through Jesus
  Christ forever. Amen. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• 7 They are created now and not from the
  beginning And before this day you have not heard
  them, Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew
  them.
• WHY DOES THE LORD KEEP THINGS HIDDEN?
• Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew them.
• READ EXODUS 66-9
• 6 Therefore say to the children of Israel 'I am
  the LORD I will bring you out from under the
  burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from
  their bondage, and I will redeem you with an
  outstretched arm and with great judgments.
• 7 I will take you as My people, and I will be
  your God. Then you shall know that I am the LORD
  your God who brings you out from under the
  burdens of the Egyptians.

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• 7 They are created now and not from the
  beginning And before this day you have not heard
  them, Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew
  them.
• WHY DOES THE LORD KEEP THINGS HIDDEN?
• Lest you should say, 'Of course I knew them.
• READ EXODUS 66-9
• 8 And I will bring you into the land which I
  swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and I
  will give it to you as a heritage I am the
  LORD.'
• 9 So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel
  but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish
  of spirit and cruel bondage. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• 8 Surely you did not hear, Surely you did not
  know Surely from long ago your ear was not
  opened. For I knew that you would deal very
  treacherously, And were called a transgressor
  from the womb.
• WHY WERE THEIR EYES NOT OPENED?
• For I knew that you would deal very treacherously
• WHEN WERE THEY CALLED TRANSGRESSORS?
• called a transgressor from the womb
• READ PSALMS 581-3
• 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent
  ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
• 2 No, in heart you work wickedness You weigh out
  the violence of your hands in the earth.
• 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb They go
  astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
  NKJV

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHY WERE THEIR EYES NOT OPENED?
• For I knew that you would deal very treacherously
• WHEN DID THEY DEAL TREACHEROUSLY?
• READ EXODUS 321-4
• 1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed
  coming down from the mountain, the people
  gathered together to Aaron, and said to him,
  "Come, make us gods that shall go before us for
  as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out
  of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has
  become of him."
• 2 And Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden
  earrings which are in the ears of your wives,
  your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to
  me.
• 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings
  which were in their ears, and brought them to
  Aaron.
• 4 And he received the gold from their hand, and
  he fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made
  a molded calf. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHY WERE THEIR EYES NOT OPENED?
• For I knew that you would deal very treacherously
• WHEN DID THEY DEAL TREACHEROUSLY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 97 23-24
• 7 "Remember! Do not forget how you provoked the
  LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness. From
  the day that you departed from the land of Egypt
  until you came to this place, you have been
  rebellious against the LORD. NKJV
• 23 Likewise, when the LORD sent you from Kadesh
  Barnea, saying, 'Go up and possess the land which
  I have given you,' then you rebelled against the
  commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not
  believe Him nor obey His voice.
• 24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from
  the day that I knew you. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHY WERE THEIR EYES NOT OPENED?
• For I knew that you would deal very treacherously
• READ DEUTERONOMY 292-4
• 2 Now Moses called all Israel and said to them
  You have seen all that the LORD did before your
  eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all
  his servants and to all his land
• 3 the great trials which your eyes have seen, the
  signs, and those great wonders.
• 4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to
  perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to
  this very day. NKJV

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 486-8

• WHY WERE THEIR EYES NOT OPENED?
• For I knew that you would deal very treacherously
• WHEN DID THEY DEAL TREACHEROUSLY?
• READ MALACHI 211-14
• 11 Judah has dealt treacherously, And an
  abomination has been committed in Israel and in
  Jerusalem, For Judah has profaned The LORDS holy
  institution which He loves He has married the
  daughter of a foreign god.
• 14 Yet you say, "For what reason? Because the
  LORD has been witness Between you and the wife of
  your youth, With whom you have dealt
  treacherously
• Yet she is your companion And your wife by
  covenant.
• NKJV

59
READ ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 9 "For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And
  for My praise I will restrain it from you, So
  that I do not cut you off.
• 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver
  I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do
  it For how should My name be profaned? And I
  will not give My glory to another.

60
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 9 "For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And
  for My praise I will restrain it from you, So
  that I do not cut you off.
• 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver
  I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do
  it For how should My name be profaned? And I
  will not give My glory to another.
• WHY WILL THE LORD DEFER HIS ANGER?
• HOW DID THE LORD REFINE THEM?
• WHY WILL THE LORD DO THIS?

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 9 "For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And
  for My praise I will restrain it from you, So
  that I do not cut you off.
• WHY WILL THE LORD DEFER HIS ANGER?
• READ PSALMS 7838-39
• 38 But He, being full of compassion, forgave
  their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes,
  many a time He turned His anger away, And did not
  stir up all His wrath
• 39 For He remembered that they were but flesh, A
  breath that passes away and does not come again.
  NKJV

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• 9 "For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And
  for My praise I will restrain it from you, So
  that I do not cut you off.
• WHY WILL THE LORD DEFER HIS ANGER?
• READ NEHEMIAH 930-31
• 30 Yet for many years You had patience with them,
• And testified against them by Your Spirit in Your
  prophets. Yet they would not listen Therefore
  You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the
  lands.
• 31 Nevertheless in Your great mercy You did not
  utterly consume them nor forsake them For You
  are God, gracious and merciful. NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• WHY WILL THE LORD DEFER HIS ANGER?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 1220-23
• 2O Then Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear.
  You have done all this wickedness yet do not
  turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the
  LORD with all your heart.
• 21 And do not turn aside for then you would go
  after empty things which cannot profit or
  deliver, for they are nothing.
• 22 For the LORD will not forsake His people, for
  His great name's sake, because it has pleased the
  LORD to make you His people.
• 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I
  should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray
  for you but I will teach you the good and the
  right way. NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 9 "For My name's sake I will defer My anger, And
  for My praise I will restrain it from you, So
  that I do not cut you off.
• WHY WILL THE LORD DEFER HIS ANGER?
• READ ISAIAH 3018
• 18 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be
  gracious to you And therefore He will be
  exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the
  LORD is a God of justice Blessed are all those
  who wait for Him. NKJV

65
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver
  I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• HOW DID THE LORD REFINE TEST THEM?
• READ ZECHARIAH 139
• 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire,
  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

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• HOW DID THE LORD REFINE TEST THEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 2218-22
• 18 "Son of man, the house of Israel has become
  dross to Me they are all bronze, tin, iron, and
  lead, in the midst of a furnace they have become
  dross from silver.
• 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD 'Because you
  have all become dross, therefore behold, I will
  gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
• 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and
  tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on
  it, to melt it so I will gather you in My anger
  and in My fury, and I will leave you there and
  melt you.
• 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with
  the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in
  its midst.
• 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace,
  so shall you be melted in its midst then you
  shall know that I, the LORD, have poured out My
  fury on you.'" NKJV

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver
  I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• HOW DID THE LORD REFINE TEST THEM?
• READ MALACHI 32-3
• 2 "But who can endure the day of His coming? And
  who can stand when He appears? For He is like a
  refiner's fire And like launderers' soap.
• 3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of
  silver He will purify the sons of Levi, And
  purge them as gold and silver, That they may
  offer to the LORD An offering in righteousness.
  NKJV

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver
  I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
• HOW ARE WE REFINED TESTED?
• READ 1 PETER 16-8
• 6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a
  little while, if need be, you have been grieved
  by various trials,
• 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much
  more precious than gold that perishes, though it
  is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor,
  and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
• 8 whom having not seen you love. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do
  it For how should My name be profaned? And I
  will not give My glory to another.
• WHY WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
• For My name's sake
• READ LEVITICUS 1821
• 21 And you shall not let any of your descendants
  pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you
  profane the name of your God I am the LORD.
  NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 428
• 8 I am the LORD, that is My name And My glory I
  will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved
  images.
• NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• ISRAEL REFINED FOR GOD'S GLORY
• 11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do
  it For how should My name be profaned? And I
  will not give My glory to another.
• WHY WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
• For My name's sake
• READ JEREMIAH 147
• 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against
  us,
• Do it for Your name's sake For our backslidings
  are many, We have sinned against You NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 1421
• 21 Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake Do not
  disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do
  not break Your covenant with us. NKJV

71
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• WHY WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
• For My name's sake
• READ EZEKIEL 205-9
• 5 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD "On the
  day when I chose Israel and raised My hand in an
  oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob,
  and made Myself known to them in the land of
  Egypt, I raised My hand in an oath to them,
  saying, 'I am the LORD your God.
• 6 On that day I raised My hand in an oath to
  them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into
  a land that I had searched out for them, 'flowing
  with milk and honey,' the glory of all lands.
• 7 Then I said to them, 'Each of you, throw away
  the abominations which are before his eyes, and
  do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.
  I am the LORD your God.

72
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• WHY WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
• For My name's sake
• READ EZEKIEL 205-9
• 8 But they rebelled against Me and would not obey
  Me. They did not all cast away the abominations
  which were before their eyes, nor did they
  forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said, 'I will
  pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger
  against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
• 9 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should
  not be profaned before the Gentiles among whom
  they were, in whose sight I had made Myself known
  to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
  NKJV

73
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 489-11

• WHY WILL THE LORD DO THIS?
• For My name's sake
• READ EZEKIEL 2014
• 14 But I acted for My name's sake, that it should
  not be profaned before the Gentiles, in whose
  sight I had brought them out. NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 2022
• 22 Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for
  My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in
  the sight of the Gentiles, in whose sight I had
  brought them out.
• READ EZEKIEL 2044
• 44 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I
  have dealt with you for My name's sake, not
  according to your wicked ways nor according to
  your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the
  Lord GOD.'" NKJV

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READ ISAIAH 4812-13

• GOD'S ANCIENT PLAN TO REDEEM ISRAEL
• 12 "Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called
  I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
• 13 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the
  earth, And My right hand has stretched out the
  heavens When I call to them, They stand up
  together.

75
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• GOD'S ANCIENT PLAN TO REDEEM ISRAEL
• 12 "Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called
  I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
• 13 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the
  earth, And My right hand has stretched out the
  heavens When I call to them, They stand up
  together.
• HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO JACOB ISRAEL?
• HOW DOES THE LORD REFER TO HIMSELF?

76
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• 12 "Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called
  I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
• HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO JACOB ISRAEL?
• My called
• READ ISAIAH 426
• 6 "I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness,
• And will hold Your hand I will keep You and give
  You as a covenant to the people, As a light to
  the Gentiles,
• READ ISAIAH 431
• 1 But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O
  Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel "Fear
  not, for I have redeemed you I have called you
  by your name
• You are Mine. NKJV

77
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• 12 "Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called
  I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
• HOW DOES THE LORD REFER TO HIMSELF?
• I am the First, I am also the Last
• READ ISAIAH 414
• 4 Who has performed and done it, Calling the
  generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am
  the
• first And with the last I am He.'" NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 446
• 6 "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, And
  his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts 'I am the First
  and I am the Last Besides Me there is no God.
  NKJV

78
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• 12 "Listen to Me, O Jacob, And Israel, My called
  I am He, I am the First, I am also the Last.
• HOW DOES THE LORD REFER TO HIMSELF?
• I am the First, I am also the Last
• READ REVELATION 117-19
• 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as
  dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to
  me, "Do not be afraid I am the First and the
  Last.
• 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I
  am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys
  of Hades and of Death.
• NKJV

79
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• 13 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the
  earth, And My right hand has stretched out the
  heavens When I call to them, They stand up
  together.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• READ EXODUS 2011
• 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and
  the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and
  rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD
  blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
  NKJV

80
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• 13 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the
  earth, And My right hand has stretched out the
  heavens When I call to them, They stand up
  together.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• WHAT DID HE CALL THEM?
• READ JOB 98-9
• 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 NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• 13 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the
  earth, And My right hand has stretched out the
  heavens When I call to them, They stand up
  together.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• READ ISAIAH 4012
• 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of
  His hand, Measured heaven with a span And
  calculated the dust of the earth in a measure?
  Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in
  a balance? NKJV
• READ ISAIAH 4026
• 26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has
  created these things, Who brings out their host
  by number He calls them all by name, By the
  greatness of His might And the strength of His
  power Not one is missing. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4812-13

• 13 Indeed My hand has laid the foundation of the
  earth, And My right hand has stretched out the
  heavens When I call to them, They stand up
  together.
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO?
• READ HEBREWS 110-12
• 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

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READ ISAIAH 4814-16

• GOD'S ANCIENT PLAN TO REDEEM ISRAEL
• 14 "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
  Who among them has declared these things? The
  LORD loves him He shall do His pleasure on
  Babylon, And His arm shall be against the
  Chaldeans.
• 15 I, even I, have spoken Yes, I have called
  him, I have brought him, and his way will
  prosper.
• 16 "Come near to Me, hear this I have not spoken
  in secret from the beginning From the time that
  it was, I was there. And now the Lord GOD and His
  Spirit Have sent Me."

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• GOD'S ANCIENT PLAN TO REDEEM ISRAEL
• 14 "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
  Who among them has declared these things? The
  LORD loves him He shall do His pleasure on
  Babylon, And His arm shall be against the
  Chaldeans.
• 15 I, even I, have spoken Yes, I have called
  him, I have brought him, and his way will
  prosper.
• 16 "Come near to Me, hear this I have not spoken
  in secret from the beginning From the time that
  it was, I was there. And now the Lord GOD and His
  Spirit Have sent Me."
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING TO ASSEMBLE?
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING TO DO HIS PLEASURE?
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT HIM TO DO?
• WHY IS THE LORD TELLING THEM AFORETIME?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• 14 "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
  Who among them has declared these things? The
  LORD loves him He shall do His pleasure on
  Babylon, And His arm shall be against the
  Chaldeans.
• 15 I, even I, have spoken Yes, I have called
  him, I have brought him, and his way will
  prosper.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING TO ASSEMBLE? WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 439
• 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, And
  let the people be assembled. Who among them can
  declare this, And show us former things? Let them
  bring out their witnesses, that they may be
  justified Or let them hear and say, "It is
  truth." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• 14 "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
  Who among them has declared these things? The
  LORD loves him He shall do His pleasure on
  Babylon, And His arm shall be against the
  Chaldeans.
• 15 I, even I, have spoken Yes, I have called
  him, I have brought him, and his way will
  prosper.
• WHY IS THE LORD CALLING THEM TO ASSEMBLE?
• READ ISAIAH 448
• 8 Do not fear, nor be afraid Have I not told you
  from that time, and declared it? You are My
  witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed
  there is no other Rock
• I know not one.'" NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• 14 "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
  Who among them has declared these things? The
  LORD loves him He shall do His pleasure on
  Babylon, And His arm shall be against the
  Chaldeans.
• 15 I, even I, have spoken Yes, I have called
  him, I have brought him, and his way will
  prosper.
• WHY IS THE LORD CALLING THEM TO ASSEMBLE?
• READ JEREMIAH 5045-46
• 45 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He
  has taken against Babylon, And His purposes that
  He has proposed against the land of the
  Chaldeans Surely the least of the flock shall
  draw them out Surely He will make their dwelling
  place desolate with them.
• 46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon The
  earth trembles, And the cry is heard among the
  nations. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• 14 "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
  Who among them has declared these things? The
  LORD loves him He shall do His pleasure on
  Babylon, And His arm shall be against the
  Chaldeans.
• 15 I, even I, have spoken Yes, I have called
  him, I have brought him, and his way will
  prosper.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING TO DO HIS PLEASURE?
• WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 4428
• 28 Who says of Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd, And he
  shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to
  Jerusalem, "You shall be built, And to the
  temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."' NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING TO DO HIS PLEASURE?
• WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 451-4
• 1 "Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus,
  whose right hand I have held To subdue nations
  before him And loose the armor of kings, To open
  before him the double doors, So that the gates
  will not be shut
• 2 'I will go before you And make the crooked
  places straight I will break in pieces the gates
  of bronze And cut the bars of iron.
• 3 I will give you the treasures of darkness And
  hidden riches of secret places, That you may know
  that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am
  the God of Israel.
• 4 For Jacob My servant's sake, And Israel My
  elect,
• I have even called you by your name I have named
  you, though you have not known Me. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• 14 "All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
  Who among them has declared these things? The
  LORD loves him He shall do His pleasure on
  Babylon, And His arm shall be against the
  Chaldeans.
• 15 I, even I, have spoken Yes, I have called
  him, I have brought him, and his way will
  prosper.
• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING TO DO HIS PLEASURE?
• WHY?
• READ ISAIAH 4513
• 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, And I
  will direct all his ways He shall build My city
  And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor
  reward, Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• 16 "Come near to Me, hear this I have not spoken
  in secret from the beginning From the time that
  it was, I was there. And now the Lord GOD and His
  Spirit Have sent Me."
• WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO HEAR?
• WHO WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING?
• WHO IS THE LORD SENDING?
• READ ISAIAH 111-2
• 1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of
  Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
• 2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The
  Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of
  counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of
  the fear of the LORD. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• WHO WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING?
• WHO IS THE LORD SENDING?
• READ ZECHARIAH 28-13
• 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts "He sent Me
  after glory, to the nations which plunder you
  for he who touches you touches the apple of His
  eye.
• 9 For surely I will shake My hand against them,
  and they shall become spoil for their servants.
  Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has
  sent Me.
• 10 "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For
  behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your
  midst," says the LORD.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 4814-16

• WHO WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING?
• WHO IS THE LORD SENDING?
• READ ZECHARIAH 28-13
• 11 "Many nations shall be joined to the LORD in
  that day, and they shall become My people. And I
  will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that
  the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.
• 12 And the LORD will take possession of Judah as
  His inheritance in the Hol