ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?
ASSYRIAN EMPIRE TIGLATH-PILESER ( BC)? SHALMANESER ( BC)? SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB ( BC)? NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)? BABYLONIAN EMPIRE NEBUCHADNEZZAR ( BC)? TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR ( BC)? MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE CYRUS ( BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE ( BC)? DARIUS ( BC)? AHASUERUS ( BC)? ARTAXERXES ( BC)? NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?

PROPHET - DATE JONAH ( BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA ( BC)? MICAH ( BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH ( BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH ( BC)? DANIEL ( BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL ( BC)? OBADIAH ( BC)? EZRA ( BC)? HAGGAI ( BC)? ZECHARIAH ( BC)? MALACHI ( BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER ( BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) ( BC)? SHALMANESER ( BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB ( BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR ( BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) ( BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR ( BC)? CYRUS ( BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS ( BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
DIVINE PROTECTION OF THE CHURCH V. 1-4 TRIUMPH OVER OPPOSING POWERS V. 5-6 TROUBLESOME TIMES V. 7-9 PROVIDENCE OF GOD V ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO GOOD V CONDUCT IN TROUBELSOME TIMES V REJOICE IN HOPE OF DELIVERANCE V

READ: ISAIAH 26:1-4 A SONG OF SALVATION 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength.

WHAT SONG WILL BE SUNG IN JUDAH? WHAT IS THIS ‘STRONG CITY’?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength. WHAT SONG WILL BE SUNG IN JUDAH? WHAT IS THIS ‘STRONG CITY’? WHAT WILL THE LORD APPOINT WITHIN HER WALLS? WHO WILL ENTER IN? WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE? WHO IS ‘YAH’? JEHOVAH?

WHAT SONG WILL BE SUNG IN JUDAH? WHAT IS THIS ‘STRONG CITY’?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. WHAT SONG WILL BE SUNG IN JUDAH? WHAT IS THIS ‘STRONG CITY’? READ: PSALMS 48:1-3 1 Great is the LORD and Greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in His holy mountain. 2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is in her palaces. He is known as her refuge.

WHAT IS THIS ‘STRONG CITY’? WHO IS THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks. WHAT IS THIS ‘STRONG CITY’? WHO IS THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL? READ: JEREMIAH 3:22-23 22 Return, you backsliding children. For I will heal your backslidings. Indeed we do come to You, For You are the LORD our God. 23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains. Truly, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. WHO WILL ENTER IN? READ: PSALMS 24:3-5 3 Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. WHO WILL ENTER IN? READ: PSALMS 24:7-10 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. NKJV READ: PSALMS 118:19-20 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will go through them And I will praise the LORD. 20 This is the gate of the LORD, Through which the righteous shall enter. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 WHO WILL ENTER IN? READ: REVELATION 21:22-27 22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 The nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day. For There shall be no night there. 26 They shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 There shall by no means enter it anything that defiles or causes an abomination or a lie. But Only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 2 Open the gates, That the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. WHO WILL ENTER IN? READ: REVELATION 22:14-15 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. NKJV

WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength. WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE? HOW DOES ONE FIND PERFECT PEACE? READ: JOB 22:21-22 21 Acquaint yourself with Him and be at peace. Thereby good will come to you. 22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart. NKJV READ: PSALMS 22:3-5 3 You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel. 4 Our fathers trusted in You. They trusted and You delivered them. 5 They cried to You and were delivered. They trusted in You and were not ashamed. NKJV

WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength. WHO WILL THE LORD KEEP IN PERFECT PEACE? HOW DOES ONE FIND PERFECT PEACE? READ: PSALMS 28:6-7 6 Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications! 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted in Him and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices And with my song I will praise Him. NKJV READ: PHILLIPIANS 4:6-7 6 Be anxious for nothing, But in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, Let your requests be made known to God; 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. NKJV

WHO IS ‘YAH’? JEHOVAH? I AM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength. WHO IS ‘YAH’? JEHOVAH? I AM? READ: EXODUS 3:14 14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.” NKJV GOD ALMIGHTY? READ: EXODUS 6:3-4 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty But by My name LORD I was not known to them. NKJV

WHO IS ‘YAH’? JEHOVAH? LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength. WHO IS ‘YAH’? JEHOVAH? LORD? READ: PSALMS 68:4 4 Sing to God, sing praises to His name. Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name YAH And rejoice before Him. NKJV READ: PSALMS 83:18 18 They may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth. NKJV

WHO IS ‘YAH’? JEHOVAH? LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:1-4 4 Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength. WHO IS ‘YAH’? JEHOVAH? LORD? READ: ISAIAH 12:2 2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid. For YAH , the LORD, is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 38:11 11 I said, “I shall not see YAH, The LORD in the land of the living. I shall observe man no more among the inhabitants of the world.” NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 26:5-6 A SONG OF SALVATION 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down — The feet of the poor And the steps of the needy."

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING DOWN & LAY LOW? THE LOFTY CITY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:5-6 A SONG OF SALVATION 5 For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust. 6 The foot shall tread it down — The feet of the poor And the steps of the needy." WHO WILL THE LORD BRING DOWN & LAY LOW? THE LOFTY CITY? WHOSE FEET SHALL TREAD IT DOWN? THE POOR & THE NEEDY?

READ: ISAIAH 26:7-9 7 The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just. 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 7 The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just. 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST? WHAT DOES ‘IN THE WAY’ MEAN? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ‘WAIT ON THE LORD’? WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL? HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS?

WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? RIGHTEOUSNESS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 7 The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just. WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? RIGHTEOUSNESS? WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST? THE LORD? READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:4 4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect. All His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice. Righteous and upright is He. READ: 1 SAMUEL 2:3 3 Talk no more so very proudly and Let no arrogance come from your mouth. For the LORD is the God of knowledge and by Him actions are weighed. READ: PSALMS 34:19 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 7 The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just. WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? RIGHTEOUSNESS? WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST? THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 37:23-24 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD and He delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down. For the LORD upholds him with His hand. NKJV READ: PROVERBS 3:6 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths. NKJV READ: PROVERBS 5:21 21 The ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD and He ponders all his paths. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 7 The way of the just is uprightness; O Most Upright, You weigh the path of the just. WHAT IS THE WAY OF THE JUST? RIGHTEOUSNESS? WHO WEIGHS THE PATH OF THE JUST? THE LORD? READ: PROVERBS 11:5-6 5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way aright, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust. NKJV

WHAT DOES ‘IN THE WAY’ MEAN?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. WHAT DOES ‘IN THE WAY’ MEAN? READ: PSALMS 1:1-2 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD And in His law he meditates day and night. NKJV

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ‘WAIT ON THE LORD’?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO ‘WAIT ON THE LORD’? READ: PSALMS 37:9 9 Evildoers shall be cut off. But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. NKJV READ: PSALMS 130:5-6 5 I wait for the LORD. My soul waits and in His word I do hope. 6 My soul waits for the Lord, More than those who watch for the morning. Yes, more than those who watch for the morning. NKJV

WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL? THE NAME OF THE LORD? & REMEMBRANCE OF HIM? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LORD? I AM? LORD GOD? READ: EXODUS 3:14-16 14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 15 God said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: ‘The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’” NKJV

WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THEIR SOUL? THE NAME OF THE LORD? & REMEMBRANCE OF HIM? READ: PSALMS 30:4 4 Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. READ: PSALMS 145:1-2 1 I will extol You, my God, O King. I will bless Your name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless You. I will praise Your name forever and ever. NKJV

WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS? BY SEEKING THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD? WHAT IS DAVID’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 63:1 1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. NKJV

WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS? BY SEEKING THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD? HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD? THROUGH THE WORD OF THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 1:1-2 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD And in His law he meditates day and night. NKJV

WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD? BY SEEKING THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD? READ: 1 CHRONICLES 16:14-15 14 He is the LORD our God. His judgments are in all the earth. 15 Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, NKJV

WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? HOW DOES ONE SEEK THE LORD? THROUGH THE WORD OF THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 63:6 6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. NKJV READ: PSALMS 119:55 55 I remember Your name in the night, O LORD, And I keep Your law. NKJV

WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? WHAT SHOULD EVERY MAN SEEK?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:7-9 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. WHAT IS ISAIAH’S DESIRE? SEEKING THE LORD? WHAT SHOULD EVERY MAN SEEK? READ: MATTHEW 6:33 33 Seek you first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 26:10-11 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED? WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD. 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED? WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY? HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THIS GRACE? WHAT WILL THEY NOT SEE? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD. WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED? WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY? HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THIS GRACE? WHAT DID SAMUEL SAY TO THE ISREALITES? READ: 1 SAMUEL 12:24-25 24 Fear the LORD and Serve Him in truth with all your heart. Consider what great things He has done for you. 25 If You still do wickedly, You shall be swept away, both you and your king. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD. WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY? HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THIS GRACE? WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY ABOUT ISREAL? 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. The fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord GOD of hosts. NKJV WHAT DID HOSEA SAY ABOUT ISREAL? READ: HOSEA 11:7 7 My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though They call to the Most High; None at all exalt Him.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD. WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED? WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD TELL HIS DISCIPLES? READ: MATTHEW 5:44-45 44 I say to you, “Love your enemies, Bless those who curse you, Do good to those who hate you and Pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,” 45 “That you may be sons of your Father in heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and He sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” NKJV WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE JEWS? READ: JOHN 5:37-38 37 The Father Himself, Who sent Me, Has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time Nor seen His form. 38 You do not have His word abiding in you Because Whom He sent, Him you do not believe. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 10 Let grace be shown to the wicked, Yet he will not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he will deal unjustly, And will not behold the majesty of the LORD. WHY SHOW GRACE TO THE WICKED? WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT LEARN? WHY? HOW DOES HE REPSOND TO THIS GRACE? WHAT DID THE PAUL SAY TO THE ROMANS? READ: ROMANS 2:4 4 Do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance and longsuffering, Not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? WHAT DID THE PETER CONCERNING THE LORD? READ: 2 PETER 3:9 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, But is longsuffering toward us, Not willing that any should perish But that all should come to repentance. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE? THE HAND OF THE LORD? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE? THE HAND OF THE LORD? WHY? WHAT WILL THEY SEE? WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHAT DOES DAVID SAY ABOUT THE WICKED? READ: PSALMS 10:3-4 3 The wicked boasts of his heart's desire. He blesses the greedy and renounces the LORD. 4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God. God is in none of his thoughts. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE? WHAT DOES DAVID SAY ABOUT THE WICKED?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE? THE HAND OF THE LORD? WHY? WHAT DOES DAVID SAY ABOUT THE WICKED? READ: PSALMS 10:11-13 11 He has said in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides His face. He will never see.” 12 “Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand! Do not forget the humble.” 13 “Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, ‘You will not require an account.’” NKJV

WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. WHAT WILL THE WICKED NOT SEE? THE HAND OF THE LORD? WHY? READ: ECCLESIASTES 4:4 4 I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This is vanity and grasping for the wind. NKJV READ: ECLESIASTES 9:5-6 5 The living know that they will die. But the dead know nothing and they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love, their hatred, and their envy have now perished. Nevermore will they have a share In anything done under the sun. NKJV

WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. WHAT WILL THEY SEE? WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED? READ: JOEL 2:18-19 18 The LORD will be zealous for His land And pity His people. 19 The LORD will answer and say to His people: “Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil And you will be satisfied by them. I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.” READ: MICAH 7:15-16 15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them wonders. 16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might. They shall put their hand over their mouth. Their ears shall be deaf. NKJV

WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. WHAT WILL THEY SEE? WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED? READ: ACTS 2:17-21 17 “It shall come to pass in the last days,” says God, “That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. “ 18 “On My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy.” 19 “I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.” 21 “And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.” NKJV

WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO SIN WILLFULLY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:10-11 11 LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them. WHAT WILL THEY SEE? WHY WILL THEY BE ASHAMED? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO SIN WILLFULLY? READ: HEBREWS 10:26-27 26 If we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

READ: ISAIAH 26:12-14 12 LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us. 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. 14 They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish.

WHO WILL ESTABLISH PEACE FOR THEM? WHAT HAD THE LORD DONE FOR THEM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 12 LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us. 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. 14 They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish. WHO WILL ESTABLISH PEACE FOR THEM? WHAT HAD THE LORD DONE FOR THEM? WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY? WHY MENTION THE LORD BY NAME? WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHY WILL THEY NOT RISE? WHY DID THE LORD PUNISHED THEM? WHY WILL THEY NOT BE REMEMBERED?

WHO ESTABLISHED PEACE FOR THEM? WHO DID THE LORD GIVE GREAT PEACE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 12 LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us. WHO ESTABLISHED PEACE FOR THEM? WHO DID THE LORD GIVE GREAT PEACE? READ: PSALMS 119:165 165 Great peace have those who love Your law And nothing causes them to stumble. NKJV WHAT HAD THE LORD DONE FOR THEM? WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT GOD’S WORKS? READ: PSALMS 68:28 28 God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, O God, What You have done for us. NKJV READ: PSALMS 138:8 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me. Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the works of Your hands. NKJV

WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY? READ: JOHN 5:43 43 I have come in My Father's name and You do not receive Me. If another comes in his own name, Him you will receive. NKJV READ: ROMANS 6:16 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, You are that one's slaves whom you obey, Whether of sin leading to death, Or of obedience leading to righteousness? NKJV

WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY? READ: MATTHEW 24:11-12 11 Many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 Because lawlessness will abound, The love of many will grow cold. NKJV READ: MATTHEW 24:23-24 23 If anyone says to you, ‘Look, Here is the Christ! Or There! Do not believe it.’ 24 False christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders To deceive, if possible, even the elect. NKJV

WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY? READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. WHO HAS DOMINION OVER THEM? WHY? READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, With all power, signs and lying wonders, 10 And With all unrighteous deception among those who perish, Because They did not receive the love of the truth, That They might be saved. 11 For this reason God will send them strong delusion, that They should believe the lie, 12 That They all may be condemned who did not believe the truth But had pleasure in unrighteousness.

WHY MENTION THE LORD BY NAME?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 13 O LORD our God, masters besides You Have had dominion over us; But by You only we make mention of Your name. WHY MENTION THE LORD BY NAME? READ: PSALMS 44:5 5 Through You we will push down our enemies. Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. NKJV READ: PSALMS 60:12 12 Through God we will do valiantly. For it is He who shall tread down our enemies. NKJV READ: PSALMS 71:16 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD. I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.

WHO ARE THE DEAD? SPRITUALLY? WHO WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 14 They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish. WHO ARE THE DEAD? SPRITUALLY? WHY WILL THEY NOT RISE? WHO WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD? WHY? READ: PSALMS 88:10-12 10 Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You? NKJV 11 Shall Your loving-kindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction? 12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHY WILL THEY NOT RISE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 14 They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish. WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHY WILL THEY NOT RISE? WHO WERE THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD? HOW WERE THEY MADE ALIVE? READ: EPHESIANS 2:1-3 1 You He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, NKJV READ: ROMANS 6:23 23 The wages of sin is death, But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. NKJV

WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE? WHO WERE THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 14 They are dead, they will not live; They are deceased, they will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And made all their memory to perish. WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE? WHO WERE THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD? HOW WERE THEY MADE ALIVE? READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-22 20 Christ is risen from the dead And Has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 Since by man came death, By Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 As in Adam all die, Even so in Christ all shall be made alive. NKJV

HOW WERE THEY MADE ALIVE?
READ: ROMANS 6:5-11 5 If We have been united together in the likeness of His death, Certainly We also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 Knowing this, that Our old man was crucified with Him, that The body of sin might be done away with, that We should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For He who has died has been freed from sin. 8 If We died with Christ, We believe that We shall also live with Him, 9 Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For The death that He died, He died to sin once for all; But The life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise You also, Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, But Alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE? WHO WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE? WHO WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD? READ: 1 THESSALONIANS 4:15-18 15 This we say to you by the word of the Lord, that “We who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.” 16 “For The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, With the voice of an archangel, and With the trumpet of God. And The dead in Christ will rise first.” 17 “Then We who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus We shall always be with the Lord.” 18 Therefore Comfort one another with these words.”

WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE? READ: JOHN 5:25-30 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, “the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.” 26 “For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,” 27 “And has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man.” 28 “Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice” 29 “And come forth — those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.” NKJV

WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE? WHAT IS THE SECOND DEATH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:12-14 WHO ARE THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THE RISE? WHAT IS THE SECOND DEATH? READ: REVELATION 20:12-15 12 I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. Another book was opened which is the Book of Life. The dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it. Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 Anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. NKJV READ: REVELATION 21:8 8 The cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 26:15-16 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land. 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them.

WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:15-16 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land. 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them. WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS? WHY? WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY?

WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:15-16 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You have expanded all the borders of the land. WHAT DOES THE LORD DO TO THE NATIONS? WHY? READ: JOB 12:23-24 23 He makes nations great and destroys them. He enlarges nations and guides them. 24 He takes away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth And makes them wander in a pathless wilderness. READ: PSALMS 107:38-40 38 He blesses them and they multiply greatly. He does not let their cattle decrease. 39 When they are diminished and brought low Through oppression, affliction and sorrow, 40 He pours contempt on princes And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way. NKJV

WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:15-16 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them. WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY? DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 8:14-17 14 When your heart is lifted up and You forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, From the house of bondage; 15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; 16 Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end 17 Then you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.” NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:15-16 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them. WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY? READ: JUDGES 6:1-6 1 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years, 2 The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. The children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves and the strongholds which are in the mountains. 3 Whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites, the Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. 4 They would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza. and leave no sustenance for Israel neither sheep nor ox nor donkey. 5 They would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts. They and their camels were without number. And they would enter the land to destroy it. 6 Israel was greatly impoverished Because of the Midianites and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:15-16 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them. WHEN DID THEY TURN TO THE LORD? WHY? READ: PSALMS 39:7-11 7 Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was mute. I did not open my mouth Because it was You who did it. 10 Remove Your plague from me. I am consumed by the blow of Your hand. 11 When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth. Surely every man is vapor. NKJV

WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:15-16 16 LORD, in trouble they have visited You, They poured out a prayer when Your chastening was upon them. WHAT DID JEREMIAH SAY TO ISRAEL & JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 13:16-17 16 Give glory to the LORD your God Before He causes darkness And Before your feet stumble On the dark mountains. And While you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness. 17 But If you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears Because the LORD‘S flock has been taken captive. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 26:17-18 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH? PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen. HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH? PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR? WHAT COULD MAN NOT ACCOMPLISH IN CHILDBIRTH? DELIVERANCE?

HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD. HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH? PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: PSALMS 48:6 6 Fear took hold of them And pain, As of a woman in birth pangs, NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 6:24 24 We have heard the report of it. Our hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in labor. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD. HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH? PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: JEREMIAH 13:21 21 What will you say when He punishes you? For you have taught them to be chieftains, to be head over you. Will not pangs seize you, Like a woman in labor? NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 22:23 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, Like the pain of a woman in labor? NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD. HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH? PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: JEREMIAH 49:24 24 Damascus has grown feeble. She turns to flee, And fear has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken her, Like a woman in labor. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 50:43 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report about them And his hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of him, Pangs as of a woman in childbirth. NKJV

PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: MICAH 4:9-13 9 Why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in your midst? Has your counselor perished? For Pangs have seized you like a woman in labor. 10 Be in pain and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, Like a woman in birth pangs. For Now you shall go forth from the city, You shall dwell in the field, And to Babylon you shall go. There you shall be delivered. There the LORD will redeem you From the hand of your enemies. 11 Many nations have gathered against you, Who say, Let her be defiled And Let our eye look upon Zion. 12 But They do not know the thoughts of the LORD, Nor Do they understand His counsel. For He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion. For I will make your horn iron And I will make your hooves bronze. You shall beat in pieces many peoples. I will consecrate their gain to the LORD And their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD. HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH? PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: MICAH 5:1-3 1 Gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. 2 But You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet Out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are From of old, From everlasting. 3 Therefore He shall give them up, Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth. Then the remnant of His brethren shall return to the children of Israel. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 17 As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD. HOW DID THEY DESCRIBE THEIR ANGUISH? PAIN AS A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: JOHN 16:21-22 21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come. But As soon as she has given birth to the child, She no longer remembers the anguish, For joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 Therefore You now have sorrow. But I will see you again and Your heart will rejoice and Your joy no one will take from you. NKJV

WHAT COULD MAN NOT ACCOMPLISH IN CHILDBIRTH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen. WHAT COULD MAN NOT ACCOMPLISH IN CHILDBIRTH? DELIVERANCE? READ: PSALMS 17:14 14 With Your hand From men, O LORD, From men of the world who have their portion in this life And whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure. They are satisfied with children And They leave the rest of their possession for their babes. NKJV

WHAT DID JACOB PROPHESY CONCERNING JUDAH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen. WHAT DID JACOB PROPHESY CONCERNING JUDAH? WHO IS SHILOH? MESSIAH? READ: GENESIS 49:8-10 8 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise. Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's children shall bow down before you. 9 Judah is a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He bows down. He lies down as a lion. And as a lion, who shall rouse him? 10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes. And to Him shall be the obedience of the people. NKJV

WHY DID THE LORD CHOOSE JUDAH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:17-18 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain; We have, as it were, brought forth wind; We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth, Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen. WHY DID THE LORD CHOOSE JUDAH? READ: JEREMIAH 12:14-15 14 Thus says the LORD: Against all My evil neighbors who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them out of their land and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.” 15 “Then It shall be, After I have plucked them out, That I will return and have compassion on them and bring them back, Everyone to his heritage and Everyone to his land.” NKJV

TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT
READ: ISAIAH 26:19-21 TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT 19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT 19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHO ARE THESE DEAD? SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. WHO ARE THESE DEAD? READ: PSALMS 79:1-3 1 God, The nations have come into Your inheritance. Your holy temple they have defiled. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps. 2 The dead bodies of Your servants They have given as food for the birds of the heavens and The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem And There was no one to bury them. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 7:32-33 32 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “When it will no more be called Tophet, Or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, But the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury in Tophet until there is no room.” 33 “The corpses of this people will be food for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. And no one will frighten them away.”

WHO ARE THESE DEAD? URIJAH? JEREMIAH? HOW WAS JEREMIAH SPARED?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 WHO ARE THESE DEAD? URIJAH? JEREMIAH? HOW WAS JEREMIAH SPARED? READ: JEREMIAH 26:20-24 20 There was a man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah. 21 When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. But when Urijah heard it, He was afraid and fled and went to Egypt. 22 Jehoiakim the king sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor, and other men who went with him to Egypt. 23 They brought Urijah from Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. 24 But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, So that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. NKJV

IDOL WORSHIPPERS IN JUDAH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 WHO ARE THESE DEAD? IDOL WORSHIPPERS IN JUDAH? JEREMIAH 34:18-22 18 “I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between the parts of it” 19 “The princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf” 20 “I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth.” 21 “I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army which has gone back from you.” 22 “Behold, I will command,” says the LORD, “and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.” NKJV

SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD? WHO ARE THESE DEAD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD? WHO ARE THESE DEAD? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE? WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 37:1-14

READ: EZEKIEL 37:1-14 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 He caused me to pass by them all around. And Behold, there were very many in the open valley and indeed they were very dry. 3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” So I answered, “O Lord GOD, You know.” 4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, Say to them, ‘O dry bones, Hear the word of the LORD!’” 5 “Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: ‘Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.’” 6 “‘I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you. And you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.’” 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, There was a noise and suddenly a rattling and The bones came together, bone to bone. 8 Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them and the skin covered them over; But there was no breath in them.

READ: EZEKIEL 37:1-14 9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.’” 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me and breath came into them and they lived and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. 11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’” 12 “Prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.’” 13 “Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.” 14 “I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,” says the LORD. NKJV

SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. WHO ARE THESE DEAD? SHOULD JUDAH BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEAD? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE? WHO DID DANIEL SAY WOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD? WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS? READ: DANIEL 12:1-3 1 At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people. There shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. At that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book. 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament And Those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. NKJV

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. WHO ARE THESE DEAD? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE? READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-22 20 Christ is risen from the dead and has become the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, Even so in Christ all shall be made alive. NKJV

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 19 Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead. WHO ARE THESE DEAD? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE DEAD ARISE? READ: JOHN 14:19 19 A little while longer and the world will see Me no more But you will see Me. Because I live, You will live also. NKJV READ: EPHESIANS 5:14 14 Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead And Christ will give you light.” NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHO IS THE LORD CALLING? HIS PEOPLE? WHAT CHAMBERS DO THEY ENTER? WHY SHUT THE DOOR AND HIDE THEMSELVES? WHAT IS THE INDIGNATION THAT WILL PASS?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. WHO IS THE LORD CALLING? HIS PEOPLE? WHAT CHAMBERS DO THEY ENTER? WHY SHUT THE DOOR AND HIDE THEMSELVES? WHAT WAS THE INDIGNATION THAT WOULD PASS?

WHAT WAS THE INDIGNATION THAT WOULD PASS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. WHAT WAS THE INDIGNATION THAT WOULD PASS? READ: GENESIS 7:13-16 13 On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark 14 They and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 15 They went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in. NKJV

WHAT WAS THE INDIGNATION THAT WOULD PASS?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. WHAT WAS THE INDIGNATION THAT WOULD PASS? READ: EXODUS 12:21-23 21 Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb.” 22 “You shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.” 23 “For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians. And When He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.” NKJV

WHERE DID JOB WANT THE LORD TO HIDE HIM?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. WHERE DID JOB WANT THE LORD TO HIDE HIM? READ: JOB 14:13-15 13 Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes. 15 You shall call and I will answer You. You shall desire the work of Your hands. NKJV

WHERE IS THE LORD’S SECRET PLACE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past. WHERE IS THE LORD’S SECRET PLACE? READ: PSALMS 31:19-20 19 Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! 20 You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence From the plots of man. You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion From the strife of tongues. NKJV

WHERE IS THE LORD’S SECRET PLACE?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 WHERE IS THE LORD’S SECRET PLACE? READ: PSALMS 91:1-6 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” 3 “Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.” 4 “He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge. His truth shall be your shield and buckler.” 5 “You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,” 6 “Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.” NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 TAKE REFUGE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHERE IS THE LORD’S PLACE? HEAVEN? WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? THOSE WHO SHED INNOCENT BLOOD? WHAT WILL THE EARTH DISCLOSE? THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT?

WHERE IS THE LORD’S PLACE? HEAVEN?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHERE IS THE LORD’S PLACE? HEAVEN? READ: JOB 16:18-19 18 O earth, do not cover my blood And Let my cry have no resting place! 19 Surely even now my witness is in heaven And my evidence is on high. NKJV READ: PSALMS 11:4 4 The LORD is in His holy temple; The LORD‘S throne is in heaven. His eyes behold and His eyelids test the sons of men. READ: PSALMS 103:19 19 The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all. NKJV

WHERE IS THE LORD’S PLACE? HEAVEN?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHERE IS THE LORD’S PLACE? HEAVEN? READ: PSALMS 115:3 3 Our God is in heaven. He does whatever He pleases. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 3:12 12 The Spirit lifted me up and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: “Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place!” NKJV READ: MICAH 1:3 3 Behold, the LORD is coming out of His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. NKJV

WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? THOSE WHO SHED INNOCENT BLOOD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? THOSE WHO SHED INNOCENT BLOOD? WHAT WILL THE EARTH DISCLOSE? THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT? READ: GENESIS 4:10-12 10 The LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.” 11 “Now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.” NKJV

WHAT WILL THE EARTH DISCLOSE? THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 WHAT WILL THE EARTH DISCLOSE? THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENT? WHY IS JERUSALEM CALLED A BLOODY CITY? READ: EZEKIEL 24:6-8 6 Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe to the bloody city, To the pot whose scum is in it And whose scum is not gone from it! Bring it out piece by piece, On which no lot has fallen.” 7 “Her blood is in her midst. She set it on top of a rock. She did not pour it on the ground, To cover it with dust.” 8 “That it may raise up fury and take vengeance, I have set her blood on top of a rock, That it may not be covered.” NKJV

WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? THOSE WHO SHED INNOCENT BLOOD?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? THOSE WHO SHED INNOCENT BLOOD? READ: LUKE 11:46-51 46 Jesus said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.” 47 “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.” 48 “In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.” 49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,” 50 “That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,” 51 “From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.” NKJV

WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? READ: JUDE 1:14-15 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,” 15 “To execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” NKJV

WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH?
QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 26:19-21 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain. NKJV WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? READ: REVELATION 16:5-7 5 I heard the angel of the waters saying: “You are righteous, O Lord, The One who is and who was and who is to be, Because You have judged these things.” 6 “They have shed the blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.” 7 I heard another from the altar saying, “Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments.” NKJV

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