ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTEEN

ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTEEN

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 THIRTEEN

PROPHECY AGAINST BABYLON

GOD BRINGS THE MEDEO-PERSIANS AGAINST BABYLON V. 1-6

TERROR AND DISMAY OF THE PEOPLE OF BABYLON V. 7-16

BABYLON SUFFER AT THE HANDS OF THE MEDES V. 17-18

TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON V. 19-22

READ: ISAIAH 13:1-3

PROPHECY AGAINST BABYLON

1 The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.

2 "Lift up a banner on the high mountain, Raise your voice to them; Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger — Those who rejoice in My exaltation."

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 13:1-3

PROPHECY AGAINST BABYLON 1 The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. 2 "Lift up a banner on the high mountain, Raise your voice to them; Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger — Those who rejoice in My exaltation."

WHAT DOES BURDEN MEAN? ORACLE?WHY LIFT UP A BANNER? WHAT WOULD IT PROCLAIM?

WHO ARE THEY WHO ENTER THE GATES? MEDES?WHO PERMITTED THEM TO ENTER THE GATES? THE LORD?

WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE NOBLES?WHO ARE THE SANCTIFIED ONES? REMNANT?

WHO ARE THE MIGHTY ONES? MEDES?WHO WILL THEY DESTROY? BABYLON?

HOW IS THE LORD EXHALTED?WHO SHOULD REJOICE IN HIS EXALTATION?



WHAT DOES BURDEN MEAN? ORACLE?PROCLAMATION? PROPHECY?

READ: NAHUM 1:11 The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. NKJV

1 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. NIV

READ: HABAKKUK 1:11 The burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw. NKJV

1 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received. NIV



WHAT DOES BURDEN MEAN? ORACLE?PROCLAMATION? PROPHECY?

READ: ZECHARIAH 9:11 The burden of the word of the LORD Against the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men And all the tribes of Israel Are on the LORD); NKJV

1 An Oracle : The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach and will rest upon Damascus — for the eyes of men and all the tribes of Israel are on the LORD— NIV

READ: MALACHI 1:11 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. NKJV

1 An oracle: The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. NIV



WHY SHOULD THEY LIFT UP A BANNER?

WHAT WOULD IT PROCLAIM?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:2

2 "Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim — do not conceal it — Say, 'Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated, Her images are broken in pieces.‘” NKJV





READ: JEREMIAH 51:27

27 Set up a banner in the land, Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations against her, Call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a general against her; Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts. NKJV





READ: JEREMIAH 51:58

58 Thus says the LORD of hosts: "The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, And her high gates shall be burned with fire;

The people will labor in vain, And the nations, because of the fire;

And they shall be weary." NKJV



WHO ARE THEY WHO ENTER THE GATES? MEDES?

WHO PERMITTED THEM TO ENTER THE GATES? THE LORD?

WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE NOBLES?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 2:88 He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. NKJV

READ: JOB 12:2121 He pours contempt on princes, And disarms the mighty.


WHAT DOES THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE NOBLES?

READ: JOB 21:2828 You say, 'Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent, The dwelling place of the wicked?' NKJV

READ: JOB: 34:1818 Is it fitting to say to a king, 'You are worthless,‘ And to nobles, 'You are wicked'? NKJV

READ: PSALMS 107:4040 He pours contempt on princes, And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way; NKJV

READ: PROVERBS 8:1616 By me princes rule, and nobles, All the judges of the earth.



WHO ARE THE MIGHTY ONES? MEDES?WHO WILL THEY DESTROY? BABYLON?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:1111 Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields! The LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it, Because it is the vengeance of the LORD, The vengeance for His temple. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 51:27-2827 Set up a banner in the land, Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations against her, Call the kingdoms together against her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a general against her; Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts. 28 Prepare against her the nations, With the kings of the Medes,Its governors and all its rulers, All the land of his dominion. NKJV


WHO WAS BELSHAZZAR? KING OF BABYLON?WHAT WAS THE INTERPRETATION OF HIS DREAM?

READ: DANIEL 5:25-3125 This is the inscription that was written:

MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it;27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.“29 Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. NKJV



WHO ARE THE MIGHTY ONES? MEDES?

READ: JOEL 3:9-119 Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. 10 Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, 'I am strong.’" 11 “Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD.” NKJV



HOW IS THE LORD EXHALTED?

WHO SHOULD REJOICE IN HIS EXALTATION?

READ: PSALMS 149:2

2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 13:4-5

4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts musters The army for battle.

5 They come from a far country, From the end of heaven — The LORD and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.



5 They come from a far country, From the end of heaven — The LORD and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.

WHAT ARMY WILL THE LORD GATHER TOGETHER?

FROM WHENCE WILL THEY COME? A FAR COUNTRY?

WHY DID THE LORD GATHER THEM? DESTROY BABYLON?




WHAT ARMY DID DAVID REPRESENT?READ: 1 SAMUEL 17:45

45 David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” NKJV

WHERE IS THE LORD’S ARMY?READ: 1 KINGS 22:19

19 Micaiah said, "Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by, on His right hand and on His left.” NKJV




WHAT DID ELISHA PRAY FOR?

READ: 2 KINGS 6:1717 Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. NKJV

WHAT DID THE YOUNG MAN SEE?




WHAT ARMY DID DANIEL SEE?

WHO IS THE ANCIENT OF DAYS?READ: DANIEL 7:9-10

9 "I watched till thrones were put in place, And the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; 10 A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him.” NKJV

HOW LARGE IS THE LORD’S ARMY?



WHAT ARMY WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF CHRIST?READ: LUKE 2:13

13 Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: 14 "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwilltoward men!" NKJV

WHAT ARMIES WERE AVAILABLE TO CHRIST?READ: MATTHEW 26:53

53 Do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? NKJV


4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts musters The army for battle.5 They come from a far country, From the end of heaven — The LORD and His weapons of indignation, To destroy the whole land.


FROM WHENCE WILL THEY COME? A FAR COUNTRY?

WHY DID THE LORD GATHER THEM? DESTROY BABYLON?


WHAT ARMY WILL THE LORD GATHER TOGETHER?MEDO-PERSIANS?

FROM WHENCE WILL THEY COME? A FAR COUNTRY?WHY DID THE LORD GATHER THEM? DESTROY BABYLON?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:99 Behold, I will raise and cause to come up against BabylonAn assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 50:4141 "Behold, a people shall come from the north, And a great nation and many kings Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.”

READ: ISAIAH 13:6-8

6 Wail, for the day of the LORD is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

7 Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,

8 And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.





WHY WILL THE PEOPLE WAIL?

WHAT IS THIS DAY OF THE LORD?

HOW LONG HAS THE LORD BEEN WARNING THEM? 175 YEARS?

WHY DID THE LORD WAIT SO LONG?

HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THIS?

WHY DO THEIR HANDS BECOME LIMP AND THEIR HEARTS MELT?



WHY WILL THE PEOPLE WAIL?WHAT IS THIS DAY OF THE LORD?


READ: JEREMIAH 46:1010 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 30:2-32 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:"Wail, 'Woe to the day!‘” 3 “For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.” NKJV





READ: JOEL 1:1515 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty. NKJV

READ: JOEL 2:11 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand: NKJV

READ: JOEL 2:1111 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it? NKJV





READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:14-1514 The great day of the LORD is near; It is near and hastens quickly. The noise of the day of the LORD is bitter; There the mighty men shall cry out. 15 That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of devastation and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, NKJV



WHY WILL THE PEOPLE WAIL?

WHAT IS THIS DAY OF THE LORD?


WHY DID THE LORD WAIT SO LONG?

READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:2-3

2 Before the decree is issued, Or the day passes like chaff,

Before the LORD‘S fierce anger comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD 's anger comes upon you!

3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD 's anger. NKJV


7 Therefore all hands will be limp, Every man's heart will melt,8 And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.



WHAT DID THE OFFICERS TELL THE MEN?READ: DEUTERONOMY 20:8

8 The officers shall speak further to the people, and say, “What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest the heart of his brethren faint like his heart.”




WHAT DID RAHAB TELL THE SPIES?READ: JOSHUA 2:11

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

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE KING OF BABYLON?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


WHY DO THEIR HANDS BECOME LIMP AND THEIR HEARTS MELT?READ: EZEKIEL 21:1-7

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;3 Say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you.4 Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,5 That all flesh may know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore."‘6 Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.7 It shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord GOD." NKJV




WHY DO WOMEN SUFFER THE PAIN OF CHILD BIRTH?

READ: GENESIS 3:1616 To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you." NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 13:9-10

9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.

10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine.




WHY DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS WRATH AND ANGER?

WHO IS THE LORD SEEKING TO DESTROY?

WHY WILL THETR BE COMPLETE DARKNESS?



WHO IS THE LORD SEEKING TO DESTROY?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:1-21 Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai, A destroying wind. 2 I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom They shall be against her all around.” NKJV



WHY WILL THERE BE COMPLETE DARKNESS?

WHAT HAPPENED IN EGYPT?READ: EXODUS 10:22-23

22 Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. NKJV

WHO COMMANDS THE SUN AND THE STARS?READ: JOB 9:7

7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise; He seals off the stars; NKJV



WHO COMMANDS THE SUN AND THE STARS?

READ: EZEKIEL 32:7-87 “When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you,And bring darkness upon your land,” Says the Lord GOD. NKJV

WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?




READ: JOEL 3:15-1615 The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness. 16 The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.





READ: AMOS 8:99 “It shall come to pass in that day," says the Lord GOD, "That I will make the sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;” NKJV






READ: MATTHEW 24:2929 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” NKJV

(MARK 13:24-25)




WHEN WILL THIS HAPPEN?

READ: LUKE 21:25-2625 “There will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;26 Men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” NKJV


11 "I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

12 I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold, A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, And the earth will move out of her place, In the wrath of the LORD of hosts And in the day of His fierce anger.





WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? WHY?

WHAT IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD? MORTAL MAN?

WHY DOES THE LORD SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH?




WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? WHY?

READ: PSALMS 125:33 The scepter of wickedness shall not rest On the land allotted to the righteous, Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.

READ: PROVERBS 16:1818 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. NKJV



WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? HIRAM?READ: EZEKIEL 28:2

2 "Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,‘ Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god” NKJV

WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 28:6-8

6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god, 7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor. 8 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.” NKJV


WHO WILL THE LORD PUNISH? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: DANIEL 4:22-3022 It is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown and reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth. 23 “Inasmuch as the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field; let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him graze with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him';24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king:25 They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.”


WHY DID THE LORD PUNISH NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: DANIEL 4:22-3026 “Inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules.27 Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity." 28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.29 At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon.30 The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?" NKJV


WHY DID THE LORD PUNISH NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR LEARN?

READ: DANIEL 4:37

37 “I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.” NKJV


WHY DID THE LORD PUNISH BELSHAZZAR?WHAT DID BELSHAZZAR KNOW?

READ: DANIEL 5:22-2522 “You, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.23 You have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.24 The fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written. 25 “This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.” NKJV




WHAT DID DAVID LOVE MORE THAN GOLD?READ: PSALMS 119:127

127 I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold! NKJV

WHAT FRUIT IS BETTER THAN GOLD?READ: PROVERBS 8:19

19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver. NKJV



WHAT DID HIRAM BRING TO SOLOMON? GOLD FROM OPHIR?

READ: 1 KINGS 9:27-2827 Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, seamen who knew the sea, to work with the servants of Solomon.28 They went to Ophir, and acquired four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. NKJV

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 8:1818 Hiram sent him ships by the hand of his servants, and servants who knew the sea. They went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and acquired four hundred and fifty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. NKJV




READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:2

2 The precious sons of Zion, Valuable as fine gold, How they are regarded as clay pots, The work of the hands of the potter! NKJV




WHAT ARE CHRISTIANS LIKENED TO?PRECIOUS LIVING STONES?

READ: 1 PETER 2:1-81 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,2 As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,3 If indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.




WHAT IS CHRIST LIKENED TO?PRECIOUS CORNER STONE?

READ: 1 PETER 2:1-86 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame." 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious ; but to those who are disobedient, "The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone," 8 "A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense." NKJV



WHY DOES THE LORD SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH?READ: JOB 9:5-6

5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger; 6 He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;

READ: HABAKKUK 3:6-106 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.

10 The mountains saw You and trembled; The overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, And lifted its hands on high. NKJV



WHEN WILL THE LORD SHAKE HEAVEN AND EARTH AGAIN?

READ: HAGGAI 2:6-76 “Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;7 I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. NKJV


WHY WILL THE LORD SHAKE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH?WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?

WHAT DID THE APOSTLES ASK JESUS?READ: MARK 13:3-8

3 As He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,4 "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?" 5 Jesus, answering them, began to say: "Take heed that no one deceives you.6 For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and will deceive many.7 But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet.8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.”

(MATTHEW 24:3-14 LUKE 21:7-19)


14 It shall be as the hunted gazelle, And as a sheep that no man takes up; Every man will turn to his own people, And everyone will flee to his own land.

15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

16 Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.


14 It shall be as the hunted gazelle, And as a sheep that no man takes up; Every man will turn to his own people, And everyone will flee to his own land.

15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through, And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

16 Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON?

WHY DID THESE THINGS HAPPEN?

WHERE WILL THEY GO?

WHO WILL FALL BY THE SWORD?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR WIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN?

WHAT HAPPENED TO NINEVEH?



WHY WAS ELISHA WEEPING?

READ: 2 KINGS 8:12-1312 Hazael said, "Why is my lord weeping?“ He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child."13 Hazael said, "But what is your servant: a dog, that he should do this gross thing?“ And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will become king over Syria." NKJV


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON?WHERE WILL THEY GO?

READ: JEREMIAH 46:1616 He made many fall; Yes, one fell upon another. And they said, 'Arise! Let us go back to our own people And to the land of our nativity From the oppressing sword.' NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 50:1616 Cut off the Sower from Babylon, And him who handles the sickle at harvest time. For fear of the oppressing sword Everyone shall turn to his own people, And everyone shall flee to his own land. NKJV


WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY BABYLON?

READ: JEREMIAH 15:44 I will hand them over to trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem. NKJV

WHAT DID MANASSEH DO IN JERUSALEM?

READ: 2 KINGS 21:1111 "Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations (he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols)” NKJV


WHAT DID MANASSEH DO IN JERUSALEM?

READ: 2 KINGS 23:2626 The LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 24:3-43 Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,4 Also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon. NKJV


WHY DID THE LORD DESTROY BABYLON?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:2828 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon Declares in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, The vengeance of His temple. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 51:99 We would have healed Babylon, But she is not healed. Forsake her, and let us go everyone to his own country; For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies. NKJV


17 "Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, Who will not regard silver; And as for gold, they will not delight in it.

18 Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces, And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; Their eye will not spare children.

19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, The beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.





WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST BABYLON? MEDES?

WHO ARE THE MEDES? MEDO-PERSIANS?

WHAT WILL THEY NOT REGARD? GOLD & SILVER?

WHO WILL THEY HAVE NO PITY ON?


WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH?

KING NATION DATE?TIGLATH-PILESER ASSYRIA (745-727BC)?SHALMANESER ASSYRIA (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?SENNACHERIB ASSYRIA (705-681BC)?ESARHADDON ASSYRIA (681-669BC)?SAMAS-SUM-UKIN ASSYRIA (669-626BC)?

NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?NEBUCHADNEZZAR BABYLON (605-562BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?BELSHAZZAR BABYLON (555-539BC)?CYRUS PERSIA (559-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (539BC)?ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?

DARIUS PERSIA (521-486BC)?AHASUERUS PERSIA (486-465BC)?ARTAXERXES PERSIA (464-425BC)?

NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?


WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH GIVE HIM?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:14-1614 Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay." The king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. NKJV



WHO WAS KING OF BABYLON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?WHO WAS KING OF PERSIA? CYRUS (559-530BC)?

WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST BABYLON? (539BC)?WHO IS THE NATION OF THE NORTH? MEDO-PERSIA?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:1-31 The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 "Declare among the nations, Proclaim, and set up a standard; Proclaim — do not conceal it — Say, 'Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces; Her idols are humiliated, Her images are broken in pieces.' 3 For out of the north a nation comes up against her, Which shall make her land desolate, And no one shall dwell therein.They shall move, they shall depart, Both man and beast.” NKJV



WHO WAS KING OF PERSIA? CYRUS (559-530BC)?WHO IS THE NATION OF THE NORTH? MEDO-PERSIA?WHO DID THE LORD BRING AGAINST BABYLON? MEDES?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:99 Behold, I will raise and cause to come up against BabylonAn assembly of great nations from the north country, And they shall array themselves against her; From there she shall be captured. Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior; None shall return in vain. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 50:41-4241 "Behold, a people shall come from the north, And a great nation and many kings Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance; They are cruel and shall not show mercy. Their voice shall roar like the sea; They shall ride on horses, Set in array, like a man for the battle, Against you, O daughter of Babylon.” NKJV



WHO WAS KING OF PERSIA? CYRUS (559-530BC)?WHO IS THE NATION OF THE NORTH? MEDO-PERSIA?WHO DID THE LORD BRING AGAINST BABYLON? MEDES?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:1111 Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields! The LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it, Because it is the vengeance of the LORD, The vengeance for His temple. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 51:2828 Prepare against her the nations, With the kings of the Medes,Its governors and all its rulers, All the land of his dominion. NKJV



WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST BABYLON? MEDES?

WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?READ: PSALMS 7:11-13

11 God is a just judge. God is angry with the wicked every day. 12 If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready. 13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death; He makes His arrows into fiery shafts. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 137:8-98 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us! 9 Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock! NKJV



WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST BABYLON? MEDES?WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:29-3229 "Call together the archers against Babylon. All you who bend the bow, encamp against it all around; Let none of them escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all she has done, do to her; For she has been proud against the LORD,Against the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore her young men shall fall in the streets, And all her men of war shall be cut off in that day," says the LORD. 31 "Behold, I am against you, O most haughty one!" says the Lord GOD of hosts; "For your day has come, The time that I will punish you. 32 The most proud shall stumble and fall, And no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it will devour all around him." NKJV



WHO WILL THEY HAVE NO PITY ON?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:1-51 Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, Against those who dwell in Leb Kamai, A destroying wind. 2 I will send winnowers to Babylon, Who shall winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom They shall be against her all around. 3 Against her let the archer bend his bow, And lift himself up against her in his armor. Do not spare her young men; Utterly destroy all her army. 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, And those thrust through in her streets. 5 For Israel is not forsaken, nor Judah, By his God, the LORD of hosts, Though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.“ NKJV



WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT BABYLON?

WHO IS DANIEL SPEAKING TO? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: DANIEL 2:37-3837 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory;38 And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all — you are this head of gold.



WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT BABYLON?WHAT HAPPENED TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT BABYLON?

READ: DANIEL 4:28-3028 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.29 At the end of the twelve months he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon.30 The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?" NKJV



WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON?WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:4040 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah And their neighbors," says the LORD, "So no one shall reside there, Nor son of man dwell in it. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 51:4141 "Oh, how Sheshach is taken! Oh, how the praise of the whole earth is seized! How Babylon has become desolate among the nations!” NKJV

READ: AMOS 4:1111 "I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand plucked from the burning;Yet you have not returned to Me,“ Says the LORD. NKJV


20 It will never be inhabited, Nor will it be settled from generation to generation; Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there, Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there.

21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches will dwell there, And wild goats will caper there.

22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels, And jackals in their pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, And her days will not be prolonged." NKJV



21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches will dwell there, And wild goats will caper there.



WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?




WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO BABYLON? WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:3939 The wild desert beasts shall dwell there with the jackals, And the ostriches shall dwell in it. It shall be inhabited no more forever, Nor shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 51:2929 The land will tremble and sorrow; For every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 51:42-4442 The sea has come up over Babylon; She is covered with the multitude of its waves. 43 Her cities are a desolation, A dry land and a wilderness, A land where no one dwells, Through which no son of man passes. 44 I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed; And the nations shall not stream to him anymore. Yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 51:6262 Then you shall say, 'O LORD, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.‘ NKJV


21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches will dwell there, And wild goats will caper there.22 The hyenas will howl in their citadels, And jackals in their pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, And her days will not be prolonged." NKJV


READ: JEREMIAH 51:37-4037 “Babylon shall become a heap, A dwelling place for jackals,An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like lions, They shall growl like lions' whelps. 39 In their excitement I will prepare their feasts; I will make them drunk, That they may rejoice, And sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake," says the LORD. 40 "I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.”




READ: JEREMIAH 51:33-3433 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the time of her harvest will come." 34 "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon Has devoured me, he has crushed me; He has made me an empty vessel, He has swallowed me up like a monster; He has filled his stomach with my delicacies, He has spit me out.” NKJV

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