ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-SIX. PROPHET - DATE JONAH(825-785BC)? JOEL(800BC)? HOSEA(785-725BC)?...

ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (825-785BC)?

JOEL (800BC)?

HOSEA (785-725BC)?

MICAH (785-710BC)?

AMOS (784BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (700BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?

JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?

DANIEL (606-534BC)?

HABAKKUK (598BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

OBADIAH (588-562BC)?

EZRA (536-456BC)?

HAGGAI (532-512BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?

NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?

MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

THE IDOLS OF BABYLON V. 1-2

THE TENDER CARE OF THE LORD V. 3-4

THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY V. 5-7

THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE TRUE GOD V. 8-10

DELIVERANCE FROM BABYLON V. 11-13

READ: ISAIAH 46:1-2

DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast.

2 They stoop, they bow down together; They could not deliver the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 46:1-2

DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast.2 They stoop, they bow down together; They could not deliver the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT BEL & NEBO?BEL - BAAL? NEBO - MOUNT NEBO?

HOW DOES THE LORD DESCRIBE THESE IDOLS?


1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast.

WHO WAS BEL? BAAL?READ: JEREMIAH 50:1-3

1 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 BEL? BAAL?READ: JEREMIAH 32:28-30

28 Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it.29 And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger;30 because the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands,' says the LORD.



WHO WAS BEL? BAAL?

WHAT HAPPENED TO BEL? BAAL?READ: JEREMIAH 51:44

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



WHO WAS BEL? BAAL?

WHAT HAPPENED TO BEL? BAAL?READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:4-6

4 "I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests — 5 Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear by Milcom; 6 Those who have turned back from following the LORD, And have not sought the LORD, nor inquired of Him." NKJV


WHERE WAS NEBO? MOUNT NEBO?READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:49-52

49 "Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession;50 and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people;51 because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel.52 Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel." NKJV


WHERE WAS NEBO? MOUNT NEBO?READ: DEUTERONOMY 34:1-4

1 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan,2 all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,3 the South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.4 Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there." NKJV


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle. Your carriages were heavily loaded, A burden to the weary beast.2 They stoop, they bow down together; They could not deliver the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity.

WHAT HAPPENED TO NEBO?

READ: JEREMIAH 48:1JUDGMENT ON MOAB

1 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:"Woe to Nebo! For it is plundered, Kirjathaim is shamed and taken; The high stronghold is shamed and dismayed NKJV


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD



HOW DOES THE LORD DESCRIBE THESE IDOLS?Bel bows down, Nebo stoops

They stoop, they bow down together

WHAT HAPPENED TO DAGON?


READ: 1 SAMUEL 5:2-4

2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.

3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again.

4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon's torso was left of it.



WHAT ARE THESE IDOLS UNABLE TO DO?They could not deliver the burden

But have themselves gone into captivity

READ: 2 SAMUEL 5:17-21

17 Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.


WHAT ARE THESE IDOLS UNABLE TO DO?They could not deliver the burden

But have themselves gone into captivity

READ: 2 SAMUEL 5:17-2119 So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?“ And the LORD said to David, "Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand." 20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.21 And they left their images there, and David and his men carried them away.

(1 CHRONICLES 14:8-17)

READ: ISAIAH 46:3-4

DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 3 "Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:

4 Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 3 "Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:4 Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

WHO IS THE LORD ADDRESSING?REMNANT OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?

HOW DID THE LORD CARED FOR THEM?

WHY WILL THE LORD CONTINUE TO CARE FOR THEM?


3 "Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld by Me from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:


HOW DID THE LORD CARED FOR THEM?READ: EXODUS 19:3-4

3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:4 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. NKJV



READ: NUMBERS 11:11-1411 So Moses said to the LORD, "Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me?12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,' to the land which You swore to their fathers?13 Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.‘14 I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. NKJV



READ: DEUTERONOMY 1:29-3329 "Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified, or afraid of them.30 The LORD your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,31 and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.‘32 Yet, for all that, you did not believe the LORD your God,33 who went in the way before you to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, to show you the way you should go, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day. NKJV





READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:11-1211 As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings, 12 So the LORD alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him. NKJV



WHEN DID THE LORD CARE FOR THEM?Who have been upheld by Me from birthWho have been carried from the womb

READ: PSALMS 22:9-119 But You are He who took Me out of the womb;You made Me trust while on My mother's breasts. 10 I was cast upon You from birth. From My mother's womb You have been My God. 11 Be not far from Me, For trouble is near; For there is none to help. NKJV




READ: PSALMS 71:66 By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother's womb. My praise shall be continually of You. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 71:1818 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.



READ: PSALMS 139:13-1613 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 4 Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.



READ: PSALMS 18:3535 You have given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. NKJV




READ: PSALMS 71:17-1817 O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.




READ: PSALMS 102:23-2423 He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. 24 I said, "O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.“ NKJV




READ: PSALMS 119:17-2017 Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law. 19 I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. 20 My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times. NKJV




READ: HEBREWS 13:7-97 Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 46:5-7

DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 5 "To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?

6 They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver on the scales; They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.

7 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it And set it in its place, and it stands; From its place it shall not move. Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer Nor save him out of his trouble.


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 5 "To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?6 They lavish gold out of the bag, And weigh silver on the scales; They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.7 They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it And set it in its place, and it stands; From its place it shall not move. Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer Nor save him out of his trouble.

CAN AN IDOL BE COMPARED TO THE LIVING GOD?WHAT IS THE IDOL UNABLE TO DO?


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 5 "To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?

CAN AN IDOL BE COMPARED TO THE LIVING GOD?

REMEMBER MOSES: ‘SONG OF DELIVERANCE’READ: EXODUS 15:11-13

11 "Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out Your right hand; The earth swallowed them. 13 You in Your mercy have led forth The people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength To Your holy habitation. NKJV


5 "To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal And compare Me, that we should be alike?


WHO DID THE LORD BRING UP AS A LION? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

CAN ANYONE WITHSTAND THE LORD’S DOING?

READ: JEREMIAH 49:19

19 "Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain of the Jordan Against the dwelling place of the strong; But I will suddenly make him run away from her. And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her? For who is like Me? Who will arraign Me? And who is that shepherd Who will withstand Me?" NKJV



CAN AN IDOL BE COMPARED TO THE LIVING GOD?WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?

READ: EXODUS 20:4-64 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image — any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. NKJV




WHAT DID THE ISRAELITES DO?

READ: ISAIAH 40:19-2019 The workman molds an image, The goldsmith overspreads it with gold, And the silversmith casts silver chains. 20 Whoever is too impoverished for such a contribution Chooses a tree that will not rot; He seeks for himself a skillful workman To prepare a carved image that will not totter. NKJV

(ISAIAH 41:7)




WHAT DID THE ISRAELITES DO?

READ: HOSEA 13:1-21 When Ephraim spoke, trembling, He exalted himself in Israel; But when he offended through Baal worship, he died. 2 Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols of their silver, according to their skill; All of it is the work of craftsmen.They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!" NKJV



READ: ISAIAH 44:15-17

15 Then it shall be for a man to burn, For he will take some of it and warm himself; Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread; Indeed he makes a god and worships it; He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.

16 He burns half of it in the fire; With this half he eats meat; He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. He even warms himself and says, "Ah! I am warm, I have seen the fire."

17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, His carved image. He falls down before it and worships it, Prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god!" NKJV


WHAT IS THE IDOL UNABLE TO DO?

READ: JEREMIAH 10:2-5

2 Thus says the LORD: "Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

4 They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.

5 They are upright, like a palm tree, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, For they cannot do evil, Nor can they do any good." NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 46:8-9

DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 8 "Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors.9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 8 "Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors.9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,

WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO REMEMBER?WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO?

READ: JOSHUA 1:5-9


8 "Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?

READ: JOSHUA 1:5-95 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?

READ: JOSHUA 1:5-98 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." NKJV



HOW DID THE PEOPLE REPOND TO JOSHUA?

READ: JOSHUA 1:16-18

16 So they answered Joshua, saying, "All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

17 Just as we heeded Moses in all things, so we will heed you. Only the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.

18 Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words, in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage."



WHAT DID DAVID SAY TO SOLOMON?

READ: 1 CHRONICLES 28:20

20 And David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God — my God — will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. NKJV



WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SAY TO THE PEOPLE?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:7-8

7 "Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.

8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. NKJV



WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CORINTHIANS?

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13-14

13 Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done with love. NKJV


WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE EPHESIANS?

READ: EPHESIANS 4:11-16

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,

13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;


WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE EPHESIANS?

READ: EPHESIANS 4:11-16

14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head — Christ —

16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. NKJV


9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO REMEMBER?

Remember the former things of old

READ: EXODUS 8:9-119 And Moses said to Pharaoh, "Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only." 10 So he said, "Tomorrow." And he said, "Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.11 And the frogs shall depart from you, from your houses, from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only." NKJV


9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me,WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO REMEMBER?

For I am God, and there is no other I am God and there is none like Me

READ: MARK 12:32-3332 So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He.33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices." NKJV


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,‘

11 Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,‘11 Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.

WHAT IS THE LORD ABLE TO DO?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?

WHO WILL THE LORD CALL FROM THE EAST?


10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,‘

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?My counsel shall stand And I will do all My pleasure

WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?

READ: PSALMS 1:1-2

1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. NKJV





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





READ: ECCLESIASTES 12:10-1110 The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright — words of truth.11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?My counsel shall stand

READ: PROVERBS 19:2121 There are many plans in a man's heart, Nevertheless the LORD‘S counsel - that will stand. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THEM?Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass.

I have purposed it; I will also do it.

WHAT WAS PHARAOH’S DREAM ABOUT?

WHAT DID THE LORD WANT CYRUS TO DO?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?

WHO WILL THE LORD CALL FROM THE EAST?




WHAT WAS PHARAOH’S DREAM ABOUT?READ: GENESIS 41:25-32

25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years; the dreams are one.27 And the seven thin and ugly cows which came up after them are seven years, and the seven empty heads blighted by the east wind are seven years of famine.28 This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.




WHAT WAS PHARAOH’S DREAM ABOUT?READ: GENESIS 41:25-32

29 Indeed seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt;30 but after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will deplete the land.31 So the plenty will not be known in the land because of the famine following, for it will be very severe.32 And the dream was repeated to Pharaoh twice because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. NKJV




WHAT DID THE LORD WANT CYRUS TO DO?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:22-23

22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up! NKJV (EZRA 1:1-4)


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JUDAH?They shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs

READ: JEREMIAH 44:26-2826 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: 'Behold, I have sworn by My great name,' says the LORD, 'that My name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "The Lord GOD lives.“27 Behold, I will watch over them for adversity and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end to them.28 Yet a small number who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs. NKJV



WHO WILL THE LORD CALL FROM THE EAST?NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: JEREMIAH 49:2222 Behold, He shall come up and fly like the eagle,And spread His wings over Bozrah; The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs. NKJV



WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST BABYLON?WHY?

READ: EZEKIEL 17:1-31 And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 "Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "A great eagle with large wings and long pinions, Full of feathers of various colors, Came to Lebanon And took from the cedar the highest branch. NKJV


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 12 "Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:13 I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off; My salvation shall not linger. And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory. NKJV


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 12 "Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:13 I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off; My salvation shall not linger. And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory. NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO HIS PEOPLE?you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness

WHAT WILL THE LORD BRING TO ZION?


HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO HIS PEOPLE?you stubborn-hearted

a stiff-necked people

READ: EXODUS 32:7-107 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, 'This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!'“9 And the LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people!10 Now therefore, let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them. And I will make of you a great nation." NKJV


12 "Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:

HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO HIS PEOPLE?

you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness

HOW DID THE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE LORD’S REBUKE?

READ: ISAIAH 9:8-10

8 The LORD sent a word against Jacob, And it has fallen on Israel.

9 All the people will know — Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria — Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:

10 'The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace them with cedars." NKJV


HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO HIS PEOPLE?you stubborn-hearted

WHAT DID STEPHEN CALL THEM?You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears

READ: ACTS 7:51-53

51 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it." NKJV


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD 12 "Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:

HOW DID THE LORD REFER TO HIS PEOPLE?Who are far from righteousness

READ: JEREMIAH 2:4-54 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel.5 Thus says the LORD: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me,Have followed idols, And have become idolaters? NKJV


DEAD IDOLS AND THE LIVING GOD

12 "Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, Who are far from righteousness:

13 I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off; My salvation shall not linger. And I will place salvation in Zion, For Israel My glory. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD BRING TO ZION?I bring My righteousness And I will place salvation in Zion

READ: PSALMS 14:7

7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. NKJV



READ: PSALMS 74:22 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed — This Mount Zion where You have dwelt. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 85:8-98 I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly. 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,That glory may dwell in our land. NKJV



READ: ISAIAH 44:2323 Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And glorified Himself in Israel. NKJV

READ: JOEL 2:3232 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls. NKJV



READ: LUKE 2:29-32

29 "Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;

30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation

31 Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,

32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel." NKJV



READ: ROMANS 10:5-135 For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "The man who does those things shall live by them.“6 But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down from above)7 or, "'Who will descend into the abyss?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach):9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.



READ: ROMANS 10:5-1310 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.“12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." NKJV


READ: ROMANS 3:21-2621 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. NKJV

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