ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE

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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE SEPARATED FROM GOD V. 1-8 SINS CONFESSED V. 9-15 THE REDEEMER OF ZION V. 16-21

READ: ISAIAH 59:1-3 SEPARATED FROM GOD 1 Behold, the LORD‘S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity.

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:1-3 SEPARATED FROM GOD 1 Behold, the LORD‘S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD?

WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM? GOD'S DISAPPOINTING VINEYARD QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:1 SEPARATED FROM GOD 1 Behold, the LORD‘S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR THEM? READ: ISAIAH 5:1-2 GOD'S DISAPPOINTING VINEYARD 1 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill. 2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But it brought forth wild grapes. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:1 SEPARATED FROM GOD 1 Behold, the LORD‘S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 6:10 10 "Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed." NKJV READ: ISAIAH 41:20 20 That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:1 SEPARATED FROM GOD 1 Behold, the LORD‘S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 50:2 2 Why, when I came, was there no man? Why, when I called, was there none to answer? Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Indeed with My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink because there is no water, And die of thirst. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:1 1 Behold, the LORD‘S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? READ: ISAIAH 30:19 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry; When He hears it, He will answer you. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 58:9 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.‘ NKJV READ: ISAIAH 65:24 24 "It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:1 SEPARATED FROM GOD 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: PSALMS 18:41 41 They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 1:15 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:1 SEPARATED FROM GOD 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: JEREMIAH 5:24-25 24 They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest." 25 Your iniquities have turned these things away, And your sins have withheld good from you. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:2 SEPARATED FROM GOD 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: JEREMIAH 11:11-12 11 Therefore thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will surely bring calamity on them which they will not be able to escape; and though they cry out to Me, I will not listen to them. 12 Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they will not save them at all in the time of their trouble. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:2 SEPARATED FROM GOD 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: LAMENTATIONS 3:43-45 43 You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied. 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through. 45 You have made us an off-scouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:2 SEPARATED FROM GOD 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: EZEKIEL 39:22-24 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day forward. 23 The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me, therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from them."' NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:2 SEPARATED FROM GOD 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: JOHN 9:31-32 31 Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does His will, He hears him. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:3 SEPARATED FROM GOD 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: 2 KINGS 21:16 16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:3 SEPARATED FROM GOD 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: ISAIAH 2:8-9 8 Their land is also full of idols; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made. 9 People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:3 SEPARATED FROM GOD 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: ISAIAH 3:8-9 8 For Jerusalem stumbled, And Judah is fallen, Because their tongue and their doings Are against the LORD, To provoke the eyes of His glory. 9 The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:3 SEPARATED FROM GOD 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: JEREMIAH 9:4-5 4 "Everyone take heed to his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; For every brother will utterly supplant, And every neighbor will walk with slanderers. 5 Everyone will deceive his neighbor, And will not speak the truth; They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves to commit iniquity. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:3 SEPARATED FROM GOD 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity. DID THE LORD HEAR THEM? WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: EZEKIEL 22:8-9 8 You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. 9 In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness. NKJV

WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:3 WHY WERE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? READ: ROMANS 3:10-18 10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one." 13 "Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit"; "The poison of asps is under their lips"; 14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness." 15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17 And the way of peace they have not known." 18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes." NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 59:4-5 SEPARATED FROM GOD 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.

WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:4-5 SEPARATED FROM GOD 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:4 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? WHAT WERE THEY DOING? READ: JOB 4:7-8 7 "Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off? 8 Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same. NKJV READ: JOB 15:35 35 They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit." NKJV

WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:4 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? WHAT WERE THEY DOING? READ: PSALMS 7:14-16 14 Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.

WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:4 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? WHAT WERE THEY DOING? READ: ISAIAH 29:20-21 20 For the terrible one is brought to nothing, The scornful one is consumed, And all who watch for iniquity are cut off — 21 Who make a man an offender by a word, And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, And turn aside the just by empty words. NKJV

WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:4 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. WHY ARE THEY SEPARATED FROM GOD? WHAT WERE THEY DOING? READ: JAMES 1:13-15 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

WHY COMPARE THEM TO VIPERS & SPIDERS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:5 5 They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. WHAT WERE THEY DOING? WHY COMPARE THEM TO VIPERS & SPIDERS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: PROVERBS 11:18 18 The wicked man does deceptive work, But he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward. NKJV

WHY COMPARE THEM TO VIPERS & SPIDERS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:5 5 They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. WHAT WERE THEY DOING? WHY COMPARE THEM TO VIPERS & SPIDERS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: JOB 8:11-14 11 "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water? 12 While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant. 13 So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish, 14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, And whose trust is a spider's web. NKJV

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHAT DID JOHN SAY TO THE PHARISEES? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:5 5 They hatch vipers' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. WHAT WERE THEY DOING? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHAT DID JOHN SAY TO THE PHARISEES? READ: MATTHEW 3:7-10 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, 9 and do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

READ: ISAIAH 59:6-8 SEPARATED FROM GOD 6 Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:6-8 SEPARATED FROM GOD 6 Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:6 6 Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands. WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: PSALMS 55:9-11 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go around it on its walls; Iniquity and trouble are also in the midst of it. 11 Destruction is in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:6 6 Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands. WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: PROVERBS 4:14-17 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil. 15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; Turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:6 6 Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands. WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? READ: ROMANS 13:12-13 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:6 WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? READ: 1 TIMOTHY 6:3-5 3 If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, 5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:6 WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? READ: 2 TIMOTHY 2:16-19 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness. 17 And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, 18 who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity." NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:6 WHAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE WICKED? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? READ: 2 TIMOTHY 2:22-23 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:7 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT DID MANASSEH DO? READ: 2 KINGS 21:16 16 Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:7 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: ISAIAH 1:15 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 1:21 21 How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:7 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT DOES THE LORD HATE? READ: PROVERBS 6:16-19 16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him: 17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil, 19 A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:7 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT US TO DO? READ: PROVERBS 24:1-2 1 Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; 2 For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of troublemaking. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:7 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:11 11 My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city. READ: LAMENTATIONS 3:47-48 47 Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction. 48 My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:7 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? READ: MICAH 3:9-10 9 Now hear this, You heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice And pervert all equity, 10 Who build up Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with iniquity: NKJV

WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT PROCEEDS FROM THEIR HEART? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:7 7 Their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; Wasting and destruction are in their paths. WHAT ARE THE WICKED DOING? WHAT PROCEEDS FROM THEIR HEART? READ: MARK 7:20-23 20 And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile a man." NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:8 8 The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? READ: JUDGES 5:6-7 6 "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways. 7 Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel. NKJV READ: PSALMS 125:5 5 As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD shall lead them away With the workers of iniquity. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:8 8 The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: PROVERBS 2:12-15 12 To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things, 13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice in doing evil, And delight in the perversity of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths; NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:8 8 The way of peace they have not known, And there is no justice in their ways; They have made themselves crooked paths; Whoever takes that way shall not know peace. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? READ: PROVERBS 28:18 18 Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved, But he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 57:20-21 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 "There is no peace,“ Says my God, "for the wicked." NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 59:9-11 SIN CONFESSED 9 Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness! 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us.

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING FOR? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:9-11 SIN CONFESSED 9 Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness! 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING FOR? READ: JEREMAIH 8:15 15 "We looked for peace, but no good came; And for a time of health, and there was trouble! NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO JOB? WHY? WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:9 9 Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness! WHAT HAPPENED TO JOB? WHY? READ: JOB 19:8 8 He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths. NKJV WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: ISAIAH 5:30 30 In that day they will roar against them Like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, Behold, darkness and sorrow; And the light is darkened by the clouds. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? WHY? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:9 9 Therefore justice is far from us, Nor does righteousness overtake us; We look for light, but there is darkness! For brightness, but we walk in blackness! WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 8:19-20 19 And when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM? READ: PSALMS 107:14 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:9 WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR THEM? READ: PSALMS 107:14 14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their chains in pieces. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 46:13 13 I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off; My salvation shall not linger. And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory. NKJV WHAT DID THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY ABOUT JESUS? READ: LUKE 1:79 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace." NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:10 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:27-29 28 The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart. 29 And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you. NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:10 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? READ: ISAIAH 6:9-10 9 And He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' 10 "Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed." NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:10 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? READ: ISAIAH 8:15 15 And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken." NKJV READ: ISAIAH 56:10 10 His watchmen are blind, They are all ignorant; They are all dumb dogs, They cannot bark; Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:10 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:14 14 They wandered blind in the streets; They have defiled themselves with blood, So that no one would touch their garments. NKJV READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:17 17 "I will bring distress upon men, And they shall walk like blind men, Because they have sinned against the LORD; Their blood shall be poured out like dust, And their flesh like refuse." NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:10 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight; We are as dead men in desolate places. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY DO THEY GROPE & STUMBLE? READ: JOHN 11:9-10 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:11 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY ARE THEY GROWLING & MOANING? READ: EZEKIEL 7:16 16 Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity. NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:11 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY ARE THEY GROWLING & MOANING? READ: PSALMS 59:15 15 They wander up and down for food, And howl if they are not satisfied. NKJV READ: PSALMS 74:19 19 Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:11 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? WHY ARE THEY GROWLING & MOANING? READ: ISAIAH 38:14 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail from looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me! NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:11 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR WICKEDNESS? READ: JEREMIAH 48:28 28 You who dwell in Moab, Leave the cities and dwell in the rock, And be like the dove which makes her nest In the sides of the cave's mouth. NKJV READ: NAHUM 2:7 7 It is decreed: She shall be led away captive, She shall be brought up; And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves, Beating their breasts.

WHY DID NOAH SEND OUT A DOVE? READ: GENESIS 8:8-12 8 He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground. 9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself. 10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. 11 Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. 13 So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:11 11 We all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far from us. WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? READ: PSALMS 46:4 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. NKJV READ: PSALMS 46:7 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 51:15 15 But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared — The LORD of hosts is His name.

READ: ISAIAH 59:12-13 SIN CONFESSED 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And as for our iniquities, we know them: 13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, And departing from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:12-13 SIN CONFESSED 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And as for our iniquities, we know them: 13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, And departing from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:12-13 READ: GENESIS 4:6-7 6 So the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it." NKJV READ: EZRA 9:6-7 6 And I said: "O my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to humiliation, as it is this day. NKJV READ: PSALMS 51:3-4 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight — That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 3:9 9 The look on their countenance witnesses against them, And they declare their sin as Sodom; They do not hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought evil upon themselves. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 2:19 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 READ: DANIEL 9:5-6 5 We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6 Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.

READ: ISAIAH 59:14-15 SIN CONFESSED 14 Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. 15 So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:14-15 SIN CONFESSED 14 Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. 15 So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice.

READ: ISAIAH 59:16-18 THE REDEEMER OF ZION 16 He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. 17 For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:16-18 THE REDEEMER OF ZION 16 He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. 17 For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay.

READ: ISAIAH 59:19-20 THE REDEEMER OF ZION 19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. 20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,“ Says the LORD.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:19-20 THE REDEEMER OF ZION 19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. 20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,“ Says the LORD.

READ: ISAIAH 59:21 THE REDEEMER OF ZION 21 "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 59:21 THE REDEEMER OF ZION 21 "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore." NKJV