ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
THE LORD COMFORTS ZION THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM V. 1-3 SALVATION TO ALL NATIONS V. 4-6 CONQUEST OF THEIR ENEMIES V. 7-8 FULLFILLMENT OF THE PROMISES V. 9-11 THE FURY OF THE LORD REMOVED V GOD'S FURY REMOVED V

READ: ISAIAH 51:1-3 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION (See: Genesis 12:1-3) 1 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION (See: Genesis 12:1-3) 1 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHY LOOK TO ABRAHAM? HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION?

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 1 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? READ: PSALMS 94:14-15 14 For the LORD will not cast off His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance. 15 But judgment will return to righteousness, And all the upright in heart will follow it. NKJV READ: PROVERBS 15:9 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But He loves him who follows righteousness.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 1 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:12-16 12 "Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. 13 And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:12-16 14 You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock. 15 And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. 16 Also you shall destroy all the peoples whom the LORD your God delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 1 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? READ: DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20 18 "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. 20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God is giving you. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 1 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? READ: ISAIAH 48:1 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; NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHY LOOK TO ABRAHAM? READ: GENESIS 12:1-3 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHY LOOK TO ABRAHAM? READ: MATTHEW 3:7-9 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. NKJV

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHY LOOK TO ABRAHAM? READ: ROMANS 4:1-3 ABRAHAM JUSTIFIED BY FAITH 1 What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.“ NKJV

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? ISRAEL NEEDS THE GOSPEL
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHY LOOK TO ABRAHAM? READ: ROMANS 10:1-3 ISRAEL NEEDS THE GOSPEL 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. NKJV

PRESENT CONDITION OF ISRAEL
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him." WHY LOOK TO ABRAHAM? READ: ROMANS 9:30-33 PRESENT CONDITION OF ISRAEL 30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; 31 but Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone. 33 As it is written: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." NKJV

HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY LIKE EDEN, THE GARDEN OF THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY LIKE EDEN, THE GARDEN OF THE LORD? READ: GENESIS 2:8-9 8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. NKJV

WHY LIKE EDEN, THE GARDEN OF THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 WHY LIKE EDEN, THE GARDEN OF THE LORD? READ: EZEKIEL 28:13 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created. NKJV READ: REVELATION 2:7 7 "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God."' NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO ZION? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. WHAT HAPPENED TO ZION? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 1:8-9 8 So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city. 9 Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO ZION? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. WHAT HAPPENED TO ZION? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 5:6 6 I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it." NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 16:9 9 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride NKJV

HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 25:9 9 And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the LORD; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation." NKJV READ: ISAIAH 35:10 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 40:1-2 1 "Comfort, yes, comfort My people!“ Says your God. 2 "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD‘S hand Double for all her sins." NKJV READ: ISAIAH 41:19-20 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together, 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 51:1-3 HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 44:26 26 Who confirms the word of His servant, And performs the counsel of His messengers; Who says to Jerusalem, 'You shall be inhabited,‘ To the cities of Judah, 'You shall be built,‘ And I will raise up her waste places; NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 17:26 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the lowland, from the mountains and from the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing sacrifices of praise to the house of the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody. HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 30:19-20 19 Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving And the voice of those who make merry; I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. 20 Their children also shall be as before, And their congregation shall be established before Me; And I will punish all who oppress them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:1-3 HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT ZION? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 33:10-11 10 "Thus says the LORD: 'Again there shall be heard in this place — of which you say, "It is desolate, without man and without beast" — in the cities of Judah, in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, 11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: "Praise the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His mercy endures forever" — and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,' says the LORD. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:4-6 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. 5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, And on My arm they will trust. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. 5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, And on My arm they will trust. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY? WHAT IS NEAR? WHAT HAS GONE FORTH?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? READ: EXODUS 6:7 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. READ: PSALMS 50:7 7 "Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God! NKJV

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? GOD'S KINDNESS TO REBELLIOUS ISRAEL
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? READ: PSALMS 78:1-4 GOD'S KINDNESS TO REBELLIOUS ISRAEL 1 Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 18:18-19 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him NKJV

WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 2:3 3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths.“ For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 42:1 1 "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold, My Elect One in whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 42:6-7 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, 7 To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. WHAT LAW WILL PROCEED FROM THE LORD? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 49:6 6 Indeed He says, 'It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.'" NKJV

WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT IS NEAR? WHAT HAS GONE FORTH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, And on My arm they will trust. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT IS NEAR? WHAT HAS GONE FORTH? READ: PSALMS 85:9 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, And on My arm they will trust. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT IS NEAR? WHAT HAS GONE FORTH? READ: PSALMS 98:1-2 1 Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory. 2 The LORD has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, And on My arm they will trust. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT IS NEAR? WHAT HAS GONE FORTH? 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 READ: ISAIAH 41:1 1 "Keep silence before Me, O coastlands, And let the people renew their strength! Let them come near, then let them speak; Let us come near together for judgment.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 5 My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait upon Me, And on My arm they will trust. WHO IS THE LORD SPEAKING TO? WHAT IS NEAR? WHAT HAS GONE FORTH? READ: ROMANS 1:16-17 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."

WHY LOOK UPON THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished. WHY LOOK UPON THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: ISAIAH 34:4 4 All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished. WHY LOOK UPON THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: PSALMS 102:25-26 25 Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. 26 They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 WHY LOOK UPON THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: HEBREWS 1:10-12 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

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 WHY LOOK UPON THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: 2 PETER 3:10-13 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. NKJV

WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS SALVATION?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:4-6 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished. WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS SALVATION? READ: ISAIAH 40:8 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." NKJV READ: MATTHEW 24:35 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:7-9 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 7 "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults. 8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool; But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation from generation to generation." 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent?

WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 7 "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults. 8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool; But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation from generation to generation." 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent? WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? WHO IS CALLED TO AWAKE?

WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? you who know righteousness
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 7 "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults. WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? you who know righteousness You people in whose heart is My law READ: DEUTERONOMY 6:6-7 6 "And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. NKJV

WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? you who know righteousness
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHO IS THE LORD TALKING TO? you who know righteousness You people in whose heart is My law READ: PSALMS 119:11-13 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. 12 Blessed are You, O LORD! Teach me Your statutes. 13 With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth. NKJV READ: PSALMS 119:39-40 39 Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good. 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness. NKJV

WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? Do not fear the reproach of men,
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 7 "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults. WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults READ: MATTHEW 5:11-12 11 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults READ: LUKE 6:22-23 22 Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets NKJV READ: MATTHEW 10:29 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults READ: ACTS 5:40-42 40 And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. NKJV

WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 8 For the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool; But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation from generation to generation." WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool READ: ISAIAH 14:11 11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.' NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? For the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool READ: JOB 4:18-19 18 If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, 19 How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth? NKJV READ: JOB 13:28 28 "Man decays like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHAT ARE THEY NOT TO FEAR? WHY? For the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool READ: JAMES 5:1-2 RICH OPPRESSORS WILL BE JUDGED 1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. NKJV

WHAT IS THE LORD SAYING TO THEM? WHY CONSIDER THE DEEDS OF THE PAST?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent? WHAT IS THE LORD SAYING TO THEM? WHY CONSIDER THE DEEDS OF THE PAST? Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old WHO WAS RAHAB? THE SERPENT?

WHY CONSIDER THE DEEDS OF THE PAST?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHY CONSIDER THE DEEDS OF THE PAST? READ: EXODUS 6:6 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. NKJV READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:34 34 Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? NKJV

WHY CONSIDER THE DEEDS OF THE PAST?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHY CONSIDER THE DEEDS OF THE PAST? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:7 7 "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you: NKJV READ: PSALMS 44:1 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old: NKJV

WHO WAS RAHAB? THE SERPENT?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD! Awake as in the ancient days, In the generations of old. Are You not the arm that cut Rahab apart, And wounded the serpent? WHO WAS RAHAB? THE SERPENT? READ: PSALMS 74:13-14 13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters. 14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, And gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness. READ: PSALMS 89:10 10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one who is slain; You have scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHO WAS RAHAB? THE SERPENT? READ: ISAIAH 27:1 1 In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea NKJV READ: ISAIAH 30:7 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab-Hem-Shebeth. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:7-9 WHO WAS RAHAB? THE SERPENT? READ: EZEKIEL 29:3 3 Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own; I have made it for myself.' NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 32:2 2 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: 'You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers.' NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:10-12 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 10 Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over? 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 12 "I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass?

WHEN DID THE LORD DRY UP THE SEA AND MAKE A ROAD FOR THE REDEEMED?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 10 Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over? 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 12 "I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? WHEN DID THE LORD DRY UP THE SEA AND MAKE A ROAD FOR THE REDEEMED? HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT THEM?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 10 Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over? WHEN DID THE LORD DRY UP THE SEA AND MAKE A ROAD FOR THE REDEEMED? READ: EXODUS 14:21-23 21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 10 Are You not the One who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; That made the depths of the sea a road For the redeemed to cross over? WHEN DID THE LORD DRY UP THE SEA AND MAKE A ROAD FOR THE REDEEMED? WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH’S ARMY READ: EXODUS 15:4-5 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The depths have covered them; They sank to the bottom like a stone. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 WHEN DID THE LORD DRY UP THE SEA AND MAKE A ROAD FOR THE REDEEMED? WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH’S ARMY? READ: EXODUS 15:8-10 8 And with the blast of Your nostrils The waters were gathered together; The floods stood upright like a heap; The depths congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, My hand shall destroy them.' 10 You blew with Your wind, The sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 WHEN DID THE LORD DRY UP THE SEA AND MAKE A ROAD FOR THE REDEEMED? WHAT HAPPENED TO PHARAOH’S ARMY? READ: ISIAIAH 43:16-17 16 Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea And a path through the mighty waters, 17 Who brings forth the chariot and horse, The army and the power (They shall lie down together, they shall not rise; They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick): NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 WHEN DID THE LORD DRY UP THE SEA AND MAKE A ROAD FOR THE REDEEMED? WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR HIS PEOPLE? READ: ZECHARIAH 10:10-11 10 I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt, And gather them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, Until no more room is found for them. 11 He shall pass through the sea with affliction, And strike the waves of the sea: All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the scepter of Egypt shall depart NKJV

HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? READ: ISAIAH 11:11 11 It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 11:16 16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people Who will be left from Assyria, As it was for Israel In the day that he came up from the land of Egypt. NKJV

HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 27:12-13 12 And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. 13 So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 35:10 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 44:23 23 Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And glorified Himself in Israel. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 30:18-20 18 'Behold, I will bring back the captivity of Jacob's tents, And have mercy on his dwelling places; The city shall be built upon its own mound, And the palace shall remain according to its own plan. 19 Then out of them shall proceed thanksgiving And the voice of those who make merry; I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. 20 Their children also shall be as before, And their congregation shall be established before Me; And I will punish all who oppress them NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 31:11-12 11 For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he. 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, Streaming to the goodness of the LORD — For wheat and new wine and oil, For the young of the flock and the herd; Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, And they shall sorrow no more at all NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 33:11 11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: "Praise the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His mercy endures forever" — and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,' says the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 11 So the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness; Sorrow and sighing shall flee away. HOW WILL THE REMNANT RETURN TO ZION? WHY? READ: ZEPHANIAH 3:14-15 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! 15 The LORD has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; You shall see disaster no more. NKJV

HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT THEM? GOD'S PEOPLE ARE COMFORTED
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 12 "I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT THEM? READ: ISAIAH 40:1-2 GOD'S PEOPLE ARE COMFORTED 1 "Comfort, yes, comfort My people!“ Says your God. 2 "Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD‘S hand Double for all her sins." NKJV

HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 12 "I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? HOW WILL THE LORD COMFORT THEM? READ: ISAIAH 40:6-8 6 The voice said, "Cry out!“ And he said, "What shall I cry?“ "All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." NKJV

HOW DOES THE LORD COMFORT US?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 12 "I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid Of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? HOW DOES THE LORD COMFORT US? READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-5 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. NKJV

HOW DOES THE LORD COMFORT US?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:10-12 HOW DOES THE LORD COMFORT US? READ: 1 PETER 1:22-25 22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, 24 because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, 25 But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:13-14 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? 14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail.

WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? 14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail. WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHY WERE THEY FEARFUL? WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR?

WHO CREATED THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHO CREATED THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? GENESIS 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHO CREATED THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? READ: ISAIAH 40:26 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 READ: ISAIAH 45:11-12 11 Thus says the LORD, The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me of things to come concerning My sons; And concerning the work of My hands, you command Me. 12 I have made the earth, And created man on it. I — My hands — stretched out the heavens, And all their host I have commanded NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHO CREATED THE HEAVENS & THE EARTH? READ: ISAIAH 48:13 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. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHY WERE THEY FEARFUL? READ: ISAIAH 9:3-4 3 You have multiplied the nation And increased its joy; They rejoice before You According to the joy of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. 4 For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHY WERE THEY FEARFUL? READ: ISAIAH 17:7-8 7 In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel. 8 He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor? WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHY WERE THEY FEARFUL? READ: ISAIAH 17:10-11 10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings; 11 In the day you will make your plant to grow, And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins In the day of grief and desperate sorrow. NKJV

WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail. WHO DID THEY FORGET? WHY WERE THEY FEARFUL? WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? READ: ISAIAH 10:4 4 Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.“ For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 2:20 20 "For of old I have broken your yoke and burst your bonds; And you said, 'I will not transgress,‘ When on every high hill and under every green tree You lay down, playing the harlot NKJV

WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? WHO WILL RECEIVE THESE BLESSINGS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail. WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? WHO WILL RECEIVE THESE BLESSINGS? READ: ISAIAH 33:15-16 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16 He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure NKJV

WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? WHAT HAPPENED TO JEREMIAH? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? WHAT HAPPENED TO JEREMIAH? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 37:21 21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah to the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread from the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 38:6 6 So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king's son, which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? WHAT HAPPENED TO JEREMIAH? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 38:7-13 7 Now Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, 8 Ebed-Melech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying: 9 "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city.“ 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, "Take from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.“

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? WHAT HAPPENED TO JEREMIAH? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 38:7-13 11 So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by ropes into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 12 Then Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Please put these old clothes and rags under your armpits, under the ropes." And Jeremiah did so. 13 So they pulled Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. NKJV

WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? GOD WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:13-14 14 The captive exile hastens, that he may be loosed, That he should not die in the pit, And that his bread should not fail. WHAT IS THE CAPTIVE LOOKING FOR? READ: ZECHARIAH 9:11-12 GOD WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE 11 "As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12 Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:15-16 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 15 But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared — The LORD of hosts is His name. 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'"

HOW DOES THE LORD IDENTIFY HIMSELF? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 THE LORD COMFORTS ZION 15 But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared — The LORD of hosts is His name. 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" HOW DOES THE LORD IDENTIFY HIMSELF? WHY? WHAT HAS THE LORD DONE FOR HIS PEOPLE?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 15 But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared — The LORD of hosts is His name. HOW DOES THE LORD IDENTIFY HIMSELF? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 5:22-24 22 Do you not fear Me?' says the LORD. 'Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it. 23 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart; They have revolted and departed. 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." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 15 But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared — The LORD of hosts is His name. HOW DOES THE LORD IDENTIFY HIMSELF? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 31:35-37 35 Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar (The LORD of hosts is His name): 36 "If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the LORD, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever." 37 Thus says the LORD: "If heaven above can be measured, And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel For all that they have done, says the LORD NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? READ: EXODUS 4:10-12 10 Then Moses said to the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." 11 So the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD? 12 Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say." NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT CHRIST?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT CHRIST? READ: DEUTERONOMY 18:18-19 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 19:1-4 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. 2 Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech nor language Where their voice is not heard. 4 Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. NKJV

WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 49:1-2 1 "Listen, O coastlands, to Me, And take heed, you peoples from afar! The LORD has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. 2 And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me."

WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY ABOUT THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 50:4-5 4 "The Lord GOD has given Me The tongue of the learned, That I should know how to speak A word in season to him who is weary. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear To hear as the learned. 5 The Lord GOD has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn away. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE? READ: JEREMIAH 7:23-26 23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.‘ 24 Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them. 26 Yet they did not obey Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE? READ: JEREMIAH 11:2-4 2 "Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant 4 which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Obey My voice, and do according to all that I command you; so shall you be My people, and I will be your God,‘ NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE? READ: JEREMIAH 24:7 7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT CHRIST?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:15-16 16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT CHRIST? READ: JOHN 3:34-36 34 For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:17-18 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 17 Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the LORD The cup of His fury; You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, And drained it out. 18 There is no one to guide her Among all the sons she has brought forth; Nor is there any who takes her by the hand Among all the sons she has brought up.

WHAT IS THIS CUP THAT JERUSALEM MUST DRINK?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:17-18 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 17 Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the LORD The cup of His fury; You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, And drained it out. 18 There is no one to guide her Among all the sons she has brought forth; Nor is there any who takes her by the hand Among all the sons she has brought up. WHAT IS THIS CUP THAT JERUSALEM MUST DRINK? WHY SI THERE NO ONE TO GUIDE THEM?

WHAT IS THIS CUP OF THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:17-18 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 17 Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the LORD The cup of His fury; You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, And drained it out. WHAT IS THIS CUP OF THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 60:3 3 You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of confusion. NKJV READ: PSALMS 75:8 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:17-18 WHAT IS THIS CUP OF THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 42:24-25 24 Who gave Jacob for plunder, and Israel to the robbers? Was it not the LORD, He against whom we have sinned? For they would not walk in His ways, Nor were they obedient to His law. 25 Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 25:15-16 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me: "Take this wine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16 And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:17-18 GOD'S FURY REMOVED WHAT IS THIS CUP OF THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 49:12 12 For thus says the LORD: "Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who will altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it NKJV READ: ZECHARIAH 12:2 2 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:17-18 WHAT IS THIS CUP OF THE LORD? READ: JOHN 18:11 11 So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?" NKJV READ: MATTHEW 20:22-23 22 But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?“ They said to Him, "We are able." 23 So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:17-18 WHAT IS THIS CUP OF THE LORD? READ: MATTHEW 26:39 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup Pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will." NKJV READ: MATTHEW 26:42 42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.“ NKJV

WHY IS THERE NO ONE TO GUIDE THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:17-18 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 18 There is no one to guide her Among all the sons she has brought forth; Nor is there any who takes her by the hand Among all the sons she has brought up. WHY IS THERE NO ONE TO GUIDE THEM? READ: PSALMS 88:18 18 Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 15:5 5 "For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask how you are doing? NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:19-20 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 19 These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? — Desolation and destruction, famine and sword — By whom will I comfort you? 20 Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of your God.

WHAT TWO THINGS CAME UPON JERUSALEM? WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 19 These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? — Desolation and destruction, famine and sword — By whom will I comfort you? 20 Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. WHAT TWO THINGS CAME UPON JERUSALEM? WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN?

WHAT TWO THINGS CAME UPON JERUSALEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 19 These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? — Desolation and destruction, famine and sword — By whom will I comfort you? WHAT TWO THINGS CAME UPON JERUSALEM? READ: ISAIAH 47:9 9 But these two things shall come to you In a moment, in one day: The loss of children, and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness Because of the multitude of your sorceries, For the great abundance of your enchantments. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 19 These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? — Desolation and destruction, famine and sword — By whom will I comfort you? WHAT TWO THINGS CAME UPON JERUSALEM? READ: JEREMIAH 14:11-12 11 Then the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for this people, for their good. 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 19 These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? — Desolation and destruction, famine and sword — By whom will I comfort you? WHAT TWO THINGS CAME UPON JERUSALEM? READ: JEREMIAH 24:9-10 9 I will deliver them to trouble into all the kingdoms of the earth, for their harm, to be a reproach and a byword, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they are consumed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.'" NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 19 These two things have come to you; Who will be sorry for you? — Desolation and destruction, famine and sword — By whom will I comfort you? WHAT TWO THINGS CAME UPON JERUSALEM? 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

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:11-13 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. 12 They say to their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?“ As they swoon like the wounded In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out In their mothers' bosom. 13 How shall I console you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you? NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 20 Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:20-21 20 "The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 5:25 25 Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people; He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 20 Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 14:15-16 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land' — 'By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed! 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them — they nor their wives, their sons nor their daughters — for I will pour their wickedness on them.' NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 20 Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 44:4-6 4 However I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate!“ 5 But they did not listen or incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods. 6 So My fury and My anger were poured out and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.' NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN? WHY? READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:19-21 9 "Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him For the life of your young children, Who faint from hunger at the head of every street." 20 "See, O LORD, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, The children they have cuddled? Should the priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord? 21 "Young and old lie On the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered and not pitied. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:19-20 20 Your sons have fainted, They lie at the head of all the streets, Like an antelope in a net; They are full of the fury of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN? WHY? READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:4 4 The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for thirst; The young children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 51:21-23 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 21 Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine. 22 Thus says your Lord, The LORD and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: "See, I have taken out of your hand The cup of trembling, The dregs of the cup of My fury; You shall no longer drink it. 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, 'Lie down, that we may walk over you. 'And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over." NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD AFFLICT THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD TAKE FROM THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 21 Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine. 22 Thus says your Lord, The LORD and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: "See, I have taken out of your hand The cup of trembling, The dregs of the cup of My fury; You shall no longer drink it. 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, 'Lie down, that we may walk over you. 'And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over." NKJV HOW DID THE LORD AFFLICT THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD TAKE FROM THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH IT? WHY? WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THOSE WHO AFFLICT THEM?

HOW DID THE LORD AFFLICT THEM? THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 21 Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine. HOW DID THE LORD AFFLICT THEM? READ: ISAIAH 29:9-10 THE BLINDNESS OF DISOBEDIENCE 9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink. 10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers. NKJV

WHY WILL THE LORD PLEAD FOR THEM? READ: PSALMS 35:1
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 GOD'S FURY REMOVED 22 Thus says your Lord, The LORD and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: "See, I have taken out of your hand The cup of trembling, The dregs of the cup of My fury; You shall no longer drink it. WHY WILL THE LORD PLEAD FOR THEM? READ: PSALMS 35:1 THE LORD IS THE AVENGER OF HIS PEOPLE 1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 49:25 25 But thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children. NKJV

WHY WILL THE LORD PLEAD FOR THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 GOD'S FURY REMOVED WHY WILL THE LORD PLEAD FOR THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 50:34 34 Their Redeemer is strong; The LORD of hosts is His name. He will thoroughly plead their case, That He may give rest to the land, And disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. NKJV READ: MICAH 7:9 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD TAKE FROM THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH IT? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, Who have said to you, 'Lie down, that we may walk over you.‘ And you have laid your body like the ground, And as the street, for those who walk over." NKJV WHAT DID THE LORD TAKE FROM THEM? WHAT DID THE LORD DO WITH IT? WHY? WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THOSE WHO AFFLICT THEM? WHAT DID JOSHUA SAY TO HIS CAPTAINS? WHY? READ: JOSHUA 10:24 24 So it was, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.

WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THOSE WHO AFFLICT THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THOSE WHO AFFLICT THEM? READ: PSALMS 18:40-41 40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies, So that I destroyed those who hated me. 41 They cried out, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. NKJV READ: PSALMS 66:11-12 11 You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs. 12 You have caused men to ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to rich fulfillment NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THOSE WHO AFFLICT THEM? READ: ISAIAH 49:23 23 Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me." NKJV READ: ISAIAH 49:26 26 I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know That I, the LORD, am your Savior, And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 51:21-23 WHAT WILL GOD DO TO THOSE WHO AFFLICT THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 49:12-13 12 For thus says the LORD: "Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk. And are you the one who will altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it. 13 For I have sworn by Myself," says the LORD, "that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse. And all its cities shall be perpetual wastes." READ: MICAH 7:10 10 Then she who is my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?“ My eyes will see her; Now she will be trampled down Like mud in the streets NKJV

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