ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN

ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?

BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE

CYRUS (539-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?

AHASUERUS (486-464BC)?

ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)?

NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (800-750BC)?

AMOS (786-746BC)?

JOEL (770BC)?

MICAH (750-686BC)?

HOSEA (748-690BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (663-612BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (640-609BC)?

HABAKKUK (627BC)?

JEREMIAH (626-586BC)?

OBADIAH (605BC)?

DANIEL (604-555BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

MALACHI (542-516BC)?

HAGGAI (538-520BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-480BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

CYRUS (539-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN

PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT

PROPHECY CONCERNING EGYPT V. 1-17

TRUE RELIGION (GOSPEL) WILL COME TO EGYPT V. 18-22

PEACE BETWEEN EGYPT, ASSYRIA, AND ISRAEL V. 23-25

READ: ISAIAH 19:1


1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:1


1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

WHO IS THE PROCLAMATION AGAINST? EGYPT?

HOW WILL THE LORD EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EGYPT?

HAS THE LORD DONE THIS IN THE PAST? WHEN?


PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

HAS THE LORD DONE THIS IN THE PAST? WHEN?READ: EXODUS 12:12

12 I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

READ: JOSHUA 2:10-1110 We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.11 As soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. NKJV



HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO DAVID’S CRY?READ: 2 SAMUEL 22:7-12

7 In my distress I called upon the LORD. I cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple And my cry entered His ears. 8 The earth shook and trembled; The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken Because He was angry. 9 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens and came down With darkness under His feet. 11 He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness canopies around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. NKJV



WHY IS THE LORD BRINGING JUDGMENT AGAINST EGYPT?READ: JOEL 3:19

19 Egypt shall be a desolation And Edom a desolate wilderness Because of violence against the people of Judah. For they have shed innocent blood in their land. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 43:12-1312 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. He shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment. And he shall go out from there in peace.13 He shall break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt. And the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 19:2-4

2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.

3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.

4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them, "Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4

2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,“ Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

HOW WILL THE LORD DESTROY THE EGPYTIANS?

HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY THE MIDIANITES?

WHO DID EGYPT CONSULT FOR GUIDANCE?WHY DID THEY FAIL?

WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO? A CRUEL MASTER?WHO IS THIS PERSON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?


HOW WILL THE LORD DESTROY THE EGPYTIANS?

HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY THE MIDIANITES?READ: JUDGES 7:22

22 When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. NKJV

WHO CAUSED THE CALAMITY? THE LORD?READ: AMOS 3:6

6 If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it? NKJV


WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL FORSOOK GOD?WHO SET NATION AGAINST NATION? CITY AGAINST CITY?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 15:3-63 For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law;4 But when in their trouble they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.5 In those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands.6 Nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity. NKJV


2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,“ Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

WHO DID EGYPT CONSULT FOR GUIDANCE?

WHY DID THEY FAIL?

WHAT DID GOD TELL ISRAEL ABOUT MEDIUMS & SORCERERS?


2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.


READ: LEVITICUS 19:3131 Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. NKJV

READ: LEVITICUS 20:6-76 The person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. NKJV



READ: DEUTERONOMY 18:9-129 When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations.10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,11 Or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.12 All who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED IF THEY TURNED TO MEDIUMS & SORCERERS?

READ: 1 CHRONICLES 10:13-1413 Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the LORD because he did not keep the word of the LORD, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance.14 He did not inquire of the LORD; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse. NKJV


WHERE DID MOSES OBTAIN HIS WISDOM?

READ: ACTS 7:21-2222 Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. NKJV

WHERE DID SOLOMON OBTAIN HIS WISDOM?

READ: 1 KINGS 4:30-3230 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.31 He was wiser than all men — than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. NKJV




WHO DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONSULT ABOUT HIS DREAMS?

READ: DANIEL 2:1-31 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him.2 The king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.3 The king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream.” NKJV


WHO DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONSULT ABOUT HIS DREAMS?WHY DID THEY FAIL?

READ: DANIEL 2:10-1110 The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king's matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean.”11 “It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” NKJV


WHO DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONSULT ABOUT HIS DREAMS?

WHO WAS ABLE TO INTERPET HIS DREAMS? WHY?

READ: DANIEL 5:5-95 In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote opposite the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.6 The king's countenance changed and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other.7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”8 All the king's wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation. NKJV




READ: JOB 5:11-1311 He sets on high those who are lowly And those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them. NKJV


4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,“ Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO? A CRUEL MASTER?WHO IS THIS PERSON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: JEREMIAH 46:25-2625 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings — Pharaoh and those who trust in him.”26 “I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the LORD. NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY?

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 29:19-20

19 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army.”

20 “I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,” says the Lord GOD. NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO?NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 32:11-1511 Thus says the Lord GOD: “The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.”12 “By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall. They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt And all its multitude shall be destroyed.” 13 “I will destroy all its animals From beside its great waters;The foot of man shall muddy them no more Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them.” 14 “Then I will make their waters clear And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord GOD. 15 “When I make the land of Egypt desolate And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it,Then they shall know that I am the LORD.” NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 19:5-7

5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up.

6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.

7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.


5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up.6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.

WHAT WATERS WILL THE LORD CAUSE TO FAIL?THE NILE? THE RED SEA?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS?

WHY DRY UP THEIR WATERS?



WHAT WATERS WILL THE LORD CAUSE TO FAIL?THE NILE? THE RED SEA?WHY DRY UP THEIR WATERS?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:3838 A drought is against her waters and they will be dried up.For it is the land of carved images. They are insane with their idols.

READ: JEREMIAH 51:3636 Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.



WHAT WATERS WILL THE LORD CAUSE TO FAIL?THE NILE? THE RED SEA?


READ: EZEKIEL 30:1212 “I will make the rivers dry And sell the land into the hand of the wicked. I will make the land waste and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken.” NKJV




READ: GENESIS 41:1-41 It came to pass at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. And Behold, he stood by the river.2 Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and They fed in the meadow.3 Behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river.4 The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke. NKJV


5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up.6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS?READ: EZEKIEL 7:17-18

17 Thus says the LORD: “By this you shall know that I am the LORD. ‘Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand and they shall be turned to blood.’18 ‘The fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink the water of the river.’”

WHAT DID THE ISRAELITES REMEMBER ABOUT EGYPT?READ: NUMBERS 11:5-6

5 We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;6 But now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes! NKJV


5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up.6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE NILE TURNED TO BLOOD?READ: EXODUS 7:14-18

14 The LORD said to Moses: “Pharaoh's heart is hard. He refuses to let the people go.”15 “Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. You shall stand by the river's bank to meet him. And the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.”16 “You shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, ‘Let My people go that they may serve Me in the wilderness; But indeed, until now you would not hear!’”17 Thus says the LORD: ‘By this you shall know that I am the LORD. ‘Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand and they shall be turned to blood.’”18 “The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink. The Egyptians will loathe to drink the water of the river.” NKJV


5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up.

6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.

7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.


READ: JOB 8:11-12

11 Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water?

12 While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant. NKJV


WHY DID LOT CHOOSE THE PLAIN OF JORDAN?

HOW WAS IT WATERED?

READ: GENESIS 13:10

10 Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PROMISE LAND?

HOW WAS IT WATERED?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 11:10-1210 The land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden;11 The land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven,12 A land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year. NKJV




READ: ZECHARIAH 10:1111 He shall pass through the sea with affliction And strike the waves of the sea. All the depths of the River shall dry up. The pride of Assyria shall be brought down And the scepter of Egypt shall depart. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 19:8-9

8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.

9 Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;


8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.9 Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FISHERMEN? WHY?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO WORK FLAX AND WEAVE?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS?



HOW DID THE LORD BLESS THE FISHERMEN?

READ: EZEKIEL 47:8-10

8 He said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.”

9 “It shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there. They will be healed and everything will live wherever the river goes.”

10 “It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim. They will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.”



WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE LORD IS NOT PLEASED?READ: AMOS 4:2

2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks And your posterity with fishhooks.” NKJV

WHY?READ: HABAKKUK 1:14-16

14 Why do You make men like fish of the sea, Like creeping things that have no ruler over them? 15 They take up all of them with a hook, They catch them in their net And gather them in their dragnet. Therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 They sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share is sumptuous And their food plentiful. NKJV


HOW DID THE LORD BLESS HIS PEOPLE?

WHERE DID THESE FINE LINENS COME FROM?

READ: PROVERBS 7:16

16 I have spread my bed with tapestry: Colored coverings of Egyptian linen. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:7

7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail. Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 19:10

10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul. NKJV

10 And the pillars (of Egypt) shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire (shall be) grieved in soul. ASV

10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. KJV

10 The workers in cloth will be dejected and all the wage earners will be sick at heart. NIV


10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul.

WHAT FOUNDATIONS WILL BE BROKEN?

WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERN FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?

WHY ARE THE WAGE EARNERS TROUBLED IN THEIR SOUL?

WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERN FOR THE WAGE EARNER?



WHAT FOUNDATIONS WILL BE BROKEN?

WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERNED FOR THE RIGHTEOUS?

READ: PSALMS 11:1-31 In the LORD I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 Look! The wicked bend their bow, They make ready their arrow on the string, That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do? NKJV





READ: LEVITICUS 19:1313 You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.

READ: DEUTERONOMY 24:14-1514 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates.15 Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you. NKJV





READ: JEREMIAH 22:1313 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice: He who uses his neighbor's service without wages And gives him nothing for his work, NKJV

READ: MALACHI 3:55 “I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien — Because they do not fear Me,” Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 19:11-13

11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?“

12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.

13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.


11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?“12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN?WHAT DID HE CALL THE PRINCES OF ZOAN?

WHAT DID THEY SAY TO PHAROAH?WHERE DID THESE MEN OBTAIN THEIR WISDOM?

HOW DID THEIR WISDOM COMPARE TOTHE WISDOM OF JOSEPH? MOSES? OR SOLOMON?

DID THE PRINCES OF ZOAN AND NOPH LEAD EGYPT ASTRAY?WHAT HAPPENED TO ZOAN AND NOPH?


WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE FIELD OF ZOAN?

READ: PSALMS 78:12-1312 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 78:43-4543 He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; 44 Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink. 45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them,And frogs, which destroyed them. NKJV


WHERE DID THESE MEN OBTAIN THEIR WISDOM?

HOW DID THEIR WISDOM COMPARE TO JOSEPH?

READ: GENESIS 41:37-3937 The advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.38 Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?” 39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.” NKJV

HOW DID THEIR WISDOM COMPARE TO MOSES?

READ: ACTS 7:2222 Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. NKJV


WHERE DID THESE MEN OBTAIN THEIR WISDOM?

HOW DID THEIR WISDOM COMPARE TO SOLOMON?EAD: 1 KINGS 4:29-31

29 God gave Solomon wisdom, and exceedingly great understanding and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. 30 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.31 For he was wiser than all men — than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. NKJV


12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PRINCES OF ZOAN AND NOPH?HOW DID THEY BECOME FOOLS?

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:2020 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? NKJV

DID THE PRINCES OF ZOAN AND NOPH LEAD EGYPT ASTRAY?READ: JEREMIAH 2:16

16 The people of Noph and Tahpanhes Have broken the crown of your head. NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED TO ZOAN AND NOPH?

READ: JEREMIAH 44:1-21 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt, who dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “You have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and on all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them,” NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 46:1414 Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in Migdol; Proclaim in Noph and in Tahpanhes; Say, Stand fast and prepare yourselves, For the sword devours all around you. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 46:1919 O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, Prepare yourself to go into captivity! Noph shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.




READ: EZEKIEL 30:13-1613 Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will destroy the idols And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.” 14 “I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.” 15 “I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,” 16 “And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.” NKJV


14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

15 Neither will there be any work for Egypt, Which the head or tail, Palm branch or bulrush, may do.




WHAT HAS THE LORD MINGLED IN HER MIDST?

A PERVERSE SPIRIT?

HOW DOES THIS EFFECT EGYPT?

LIKE A DRUNKEN PERSON?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN ‘THERE IS NO WORK FOR EGYPT’?



WHAT HAS THE LORD MINGLED IN HER MIDST?A PERVERSE SPIRIT?

HOW DOES THIS EFFECT EGYPT?LIKE A DRUNKEN PERSON?

READ: PSLAMS 107:2727 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end. NKJV

READ: PROVERBS 12:88 A man will be commended according to his wisdom, But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised. NKJV




WHAT DOES IT MEAN ‘THERE IS NO WORK FOR EGYPT’?

IS THERE ANYTHING SHE CAN DO TO HELP HERSELF?

CAN SHE MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF HER PREDICAMENT?


16 In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it.

17 And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.


16 In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it.

17 And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MIGHTY MEN OF EGYPT?

BECOME LIKE WOMEN? FEARLFUL?

IS THIS THE LORD’S DOING?

HOW DID THE LORD PROTECT JACOB AND HIS FAMILY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?


DID THE LORD PROTECT JACOB AND HIS FAMILY?

READ: GENESIS 35:1-72 Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.”3 “Let us arise and go up to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”4 They gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands and the earrings which were in their ears. Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem. 5 They journeyed and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 2:24-2524 Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it, and engage him in battle.25 This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the nations under the whole heaven. They shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you. NKJV

READ: HEBREWS 10:3131 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MIGHTY MEN OF EGYPT?BECOME LIKE WOMEN? FEARLFUL?

IS THIS THE LORD’S DOING?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:3737 A sword is against their horses, Against their chariots And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst. They will become like women. A sword is against her treasures and they will be robbed. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 51:3030 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting. They have remained in their strongholds. Their might has failed and They became like women. They have burned her dwelling places and The bars of her gate are broken. NKJV

READ: NAHUM 3:1313 Surely, your people in your midst are women! The gates of your land are wide open for your enemies. Fire shall devour the bars of your gates. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 19:18

EGYPT, ASSYRIA, AND ISRAEL BLESSED

18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.


EGYPT, ASSYRIA, AND ISRAEL BLESSED


IS THIS LITERALLY ‘FIVE CITIES’? OR ‘SOME CITIES’?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN SOME OF THE CITIES OF EGYPT?

THEY WILL SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN?

THEY WILL SWEAR BY THE LORD OF HOSTS?

WHAT WILL ONE CITY BE CALLED? CITY OF DESTRUCTION?

WHY?



WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN ‘SOME OF THE CITIES’ OF EGYPT?

WHAT WERE SOME OF THESE CITIES?

READ: JEREMIAH 44:1

1 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who dwell in the land of Egypt: who dwell at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Noph and in the country of Pathros… NKJV

WHY WOULD THEY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN?



WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN ‘SOME OF THE CITIES’ OF EGYPT?

WHY WOULD THEY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN?

READ: ZEPHANIAH 3:9

9 I will restore to the peoples a pure language That they all may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him with one accord.



WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN ‘SOME OF THE CITIES’ OF EGYPT?THEY WILL SWEAR BY THE LORD OF HOSTS?

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISRAEL ABOUT MAKING OATHS?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 10:2020 You shall fear the LORD your God And You shall serve Him. To Him you shall hold fast and take oaths in His name. NKJV

WHAT WILL THEY SWEAR?READ: JEREMIAH 4:2

2 You shall swear: ‘The LORD lives, In truth, in judgment and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in Him And in Him they shall glory.’ NKJV


19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.

20 And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.


19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.

20 And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

WHAT WILL BE IN THE MIDST OF EGYPT?

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ALTAR?

WHY WILL THEY CRY TO LORD?

WHO WILL THE LORD SEND THEM?


19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.20 And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN ALTAR?

WHY DID NOAH BUILD AN LATAR TO THE LORD?READ: GENESIS 8:20-21

20 Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.21 The LORD smelled a soothing aroma. The LORD said in His heart, “I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.” NKJV



WHY DID ABRAM BUILD AN ALTAR?

READ: GENESIS 12:7-87 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” There he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. NKJV

WHY DID MOSES BUILD AN ALTAR?

READ: EXODUS 17:1515 Moses built an altar and called its name, The-LORD-Is-My-Banner; NKJV



WHAT DID JACOB BUILD? PILLAR? ALTAR?

READ: GENESIS 28:18-1918 Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.19 He called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously. NKJV

READ: GENESIS 31:1313 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family. NKJV



WHAT DID JACOB BUILD? PILLAR? ALTAR?

READ: GENESIS 35:11 God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.” NKJV

READ: GENESIS 35:14-1514 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone. He poured a drink offering on it and he poured oil on it.15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. NKJV


19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.20 And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

WHY WILL THEY CRY OUT TO THE LORD?WHEN THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD, WHO DELIVERED THEM?

MOSES? THE LORD?JUDGES: OTHNIEL? EHUD?

KING OF ISRAEL: DAVID? JOASH?DANIEL? ESTHER?


WHEN ISRAEL SINNED AGAINST THE LORDWHO PLEADED WITH THE LORD NOT TO DESTROY THEM?

MOSES?

READ: PSALMS 106:21-2321 They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, Awesome things by the Red Sea. 23 Therefore He said that He would destroy them. Had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them. NKJV


WHEN THEY CRIED OUT, WHO DELIVERED THEM?THE LORD?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 20:1-41 When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them. For the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.2 It shall be when you are on the verge of battle that the priest shall approach and speak to the people.3 He shall say to them, “Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid and do not tremble or be terrified because of them;”4 “For the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” NKJV


WHEN ISRAEL REJECTED THE LORD?WHO DELIVERED THEM? NO ONE?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:25-2925 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. You shall become troublesome to all the kingdoms of the earth.26 Your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. And no one shall frighten them away.27 The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.28 The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart.29 You shall grope at noonday as a blind man gropes in darkness. You shall not prosper in your ways. You shall be only oppressed and plundered continually. And no one shall save you.


WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP TO DELIVER THEM?JUDGES?

READ: JUDGES 2:16-1916 The LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.17 They would not listen to their judges But they played the harlot with other gods and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD. They did not do so.18 When the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning Because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.19 When the judge was dead, They reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way. NKJV


WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP TO DELIVER THEM?OTHNIEL?

READ: JUDGES 3:9-119 When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the children of Israel, who delivered them: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.10 The Spirit of the LORD came upon him and he judged Israel. He went out to war and the LORD delivered Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. His hand prevailed over Cushan-Rishathaim.11 The land had rest for forty years, Then Othniel the son of Kenaz died. NKJV

EHUD?READ: JUDGES 3:15

15 When the children of Israel cried out to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for them: Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. By him the children of Israel sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab. NKJV


WHO DELIVERED DAVID FROM HIS ENEMIES?THE LORD?

READ: 2 SAMUEL 22:1-41 David spoke to the LORD the words of this song, on the day when the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.2 He said: “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; “3 “The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence.” 4 “I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; And I shall be saved from my enemies.” NKJV


WHEN JOHOAHAZ PLEADED WITH THE LORD,WHO DID THE LORD SEND TO DELIVER ISRAEL?

JOASH?READ: 2 KINGS 13:3-5

3 The anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and into the hand of Ben-Hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.4 Jehoahaz pleaded with the LORD and the LORD listened to him. He saw the oppression of Israel because the king of Syria oppressed them.5 The LORD gave Israel a deliverer So that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians. And the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as before. NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 13:2525 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz recaptured from the hand of Ben-Hadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times Joash defeated him and recaptured the cities of Israel. NKJV


WHO DELIVERED THEM? THE LORD?

READ: ISAIAH 43:33 I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 43:11-1311 I, even I, am the LORD. Besides Me there is no savior. 12 I have declared and saved. I have proclaimed And there was no foreign god among you. You are My witnesses that I am God, Says the LORD. 13 Indeed before the day was, I am He. There is no one who can deliver out of My hand. I work and who will reverse it? NKJV


21 Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.

22 And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.




WHO WILL EGYPTIANS KNOW? THE LORD GOD?

HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD?

WHY DID THE LORD STRIKE EGYPT? TO HEAL THEM?


21 Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.22 And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.

WHO WILL EGYPTIANS KNOW? THE LORD GOD?HOW WILL THE EGYPTIANS RESPOND TO THE LORD?

WHAT DID THE LORD REQUIRE CONCERNING A VOW?VOW - PROMISE TO GOD

WHY DID THE LORD STRIKE EGYPT?THAT THEY MIGHT RETURN TO HIM? (REPENT)?

THAT THE LORD MIGHT HEAL THEM?



WHO WILL EGYPTIANS KNOW? THE LORD GOD?HOW WILL THE EGYPTIANS RESPOND TO THE LORD?

WHAT DID DAVID SAY ALL NATIONS WOULD DO?

READ: PSALMS 86:8-98 Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; Nor are there any works like Your works. 9 All nations whom You have made Shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And shall glorify Your name. NKJV



WHO WILL EGYPTIANS KNOW? THE LORD GOD?HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY THE GENTILES WOULD DO?

READ: MALACHI 1:1111 “From the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles. In every place incense shall be offered to My name And a pure offering. For My name shall be great among the nations,” Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV



HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO THE LORD?

WHAT DID THE LORD REQUIRE CONCERNING A VOW?VOW - PROMISE TO GOD

READ: DEUTERONOMY 23:2121 When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it. For the LORD your God will surely require it of you and it would be sin to you. NKJV

READ: ECCLESIASTES 5:4-54 When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it. For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you have vowed — 5 Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. NKJV



WHY DID THE LORD STRIKE EGYPT?

THAT THEY MIGHT RETURN TO THE LORD? (REPENT)?


OLD TESTAMENT REPENT: TURN BACK OR RETURN

NEW TESTAMENT REPENT: RE-CONSIDER



WHY DID THE LORD STRIKE EGYPT?

READ: EXODUS 11:9-1010 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh. And the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart And he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. NKJV

READ: EXODUS 12:23-2423 The LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians. 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



WHY DID THE LORD STRIKE EGYPT? TO HEAL IT?

WHAT DOES THE LORD HAVE POWER TO DO?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:3939 See that I, even I, am He, There is no God besides Me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. NKJV



WHY DID THE LORD STRIKE EGYPT?WHAT DID THE LORD WANT EGPYT TO DO?

RETURN TO THE LORD?

WHAT DID HOSEA WANT ISRAEL TO DO?RETURN? REPENT?

READ: HOSEA 6:11 Come, Let us return to the LORD. For He has torn but He will heal us. He has stricken but He will bind us up. NKJV

READ: HOSEA 14:11 O Israel, return to the LORD your God. You have stumbled because of your iniquity. NKJV



WHY DID THE LORD STRIKE EGYPT?THAT THEY MIGHT RETURN TO THE LORD? (REPENT)?

WHAT DID SAMUEL TELL ISRAEL TO DO?RETURN? REPENT?

READ: 2 SAMUEL 7:33 Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the LORD with all your hearts then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths from among you and prepare your hearts for the LORD. Serve Him only and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” NKJV


WHAT DID JEREMIAH TELL ISRAEL TO DO?REPENT?

READ: JEREMIAH 25:4-54 The LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.5 They said, “Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings. And dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.” NKJV


WHAT DID EZEKIEL TELL ISRAEL TO DO?REPENT?

READ: EZEKIEL 14:6-76 Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Repent, turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations.” NKJV

WHAT DID EZEKIEL TELL ISRAEL TO DO?TURN – RETURN? REPENT?

READ: EZEKIEL 33:1111 Say to them: “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?” NKJV





WHAT DID HOSEA TELL ISRAEL TO DO?RETURN? REPENT?

READ: HOSEA 12:66 By the help of your God, return. Observe mercy and justice,And wait on your God continually. NKJV

WHY DOES THE LORD WANT ALL MEN TO REPENT?THAT THE LORD MIGHT HEAL THEM?





READ: 2 PETER 3:99 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

WHY DOES THE LORD WANT MEN TO REPENT?THAT THEY SHOULD NOT PERISH?



WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT ALL MEN TO DO?RETURN? REPENT?

READ: JOEL 2:1313 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger and of great kindness. And He relents from doing harm. NKJV

READ: HEBREWS 12:1111 No chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful. Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. NKJV


23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.

24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria — a blessing in the midst of the land,

25 whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." NKJV


23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria — a blessing in the midst of the land,25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." NKJV

WHAT DAY IS THIS?WHAT HIGHWAY BRINGS THEM TOGETHER?

WHO WILL THEY SERVE?

HOW WILL ISRAEL BE ONE WITH EGYPT AND ASSYRIA?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EGYPT? ASSYRIA? ISRAEL?


WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAM?

READ: GENESIS 12:1-31 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.”

HOW WILL ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED?


IS THE LORD KEEPING RECORD OF ALL PEOPLE?WHY?

READ: PSALMS 87:4-64 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to those who know Me. Behold, O Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This one was born there. 5 And of Zion it will be said, ‘This one and that one were born in her. And the Most High Himself shall establish her.’ 6 ‘The LORD will record When He registers the peoples: This one was born there.’ NKJV


WHAT SHOULD ALL MEN COME TO KNOW?

WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD?CREATED TO BE THE SHEEP OF HIS PASTURE?

READ: PSALMS 100:1-31 Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the LORD, He is God. It is He who has made us and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. NKJV


WHEN WILL THE LORD BRING ALL NATIONS TO JERUSALEM?WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 3:17-1817 At that time Jerusalem shall be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. No more shall they follow the dictates of their evil hearts. 18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel. And they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TOGETHER?WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 30:2222 You shall be My people And I will be your God. NKJV

READ: HOSEA 2:2323 “I will sow her for Myself in the earth And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy. Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ They shall say, ‘You are my God!’”

READ: HOSEA 11:1111 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt, Like adove from the land of Assyria. I will let them dwell in their houses,Says the LORD. NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TOGETHER?THE REMANANT? WHY?

READ: MICAH 5:7-97 The remnant of Jacob Shall be in the midst of many peoples,Like dew from the LORD, Like showers on the grass That tarry for no man Nor wait for the sons of men. 8 The remnant of Jacob Shall be among the Gentiles, In the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,Like a young lion among flocks of sheep. Who, If he passes through Both treads down and tears in pieces And none candeliver. 9 Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries And allYour enemies shall be cut off. NKJV

READ: MICAH 7:1212 In that day they shall come to you From Assyria and the fortified cities, From the fortress to the River, From sea to sea Andmountain to mountain. NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TOGETHER?THE REMANANT? WHY?

READ: ZECHARIAH 10:10-1210 “I will bring them back from the land of Egypt And gatherthem from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead andLebanon Until no more room is found for them.” 11 “He shall pass through the sea with affliction And strike thewaves of the sea. All the depths of the River shall dry up. Then thepride of Assyria shall be brought down And the scepter of Egyptshall depart.” 12 “I will strengthen them in the LORD. And They shall walk upand down in His name,” Says the LORD. NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD BRING TOGETHER?THE GENTILES? WHY?

READ: ROMANS 9:25-2825 He says also in Hosea: ‘I will call them My people, who were not My people, And her beloved, who was not beloved.’ 26 ‘And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, There they shall be called sons of the living God.’ 27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: ‘Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.’ 28 “For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.” NKJV



READ: EPHESIANS 2:10-1310 We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. NKJV11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh — who are called Un-circumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands12 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.



READ: 1 PETER 2:9-109 You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;10 Who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. NKJV


23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. 24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria — a blessing in the midst of the land,25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." NKJV

WHAT DAY IS THIS? DAY OF PENTECOST?WHAT HIGHWAY BRINGS THEM TOGETHER? THE GOSPEL?

WHO WILL THEY SERVE? THE LORD? HOW WILL ISRAEL BE ONE WITH EGYPT AND ASSYRIA?

IN CHRIST?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING THEM?

EGYPT IS MY PEOPLE?ASSYRIA IS THE WORK OF MY HANDS?

ISRAEL IS MY INHERITANCE?

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