ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

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 (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 (532-512BC)?

MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE


HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?


ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?



ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?


DARIUS (511-475BC)?

ASSYRIANS - BABYLONIANS - CHALDEANS

EZEKIEL PROPHESIED THAT THE LORD WOULD BRINGTHE ASSYRIANS, THE BABYLONIANS AND THE CHALDEANS

AGAINST ISRAEL AND JUDAHEZEKIEL 23:22-24

ALSO PROPHESIED BY DANIELDANIEL 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

ASSYRIANS? SHALMANESER 727-722BC?SENNACHERIB 705-681BC?

BABYLONIANS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR 605-562BC BELSHAZZAR 562-539BC?

CHALDEANS? CYRUS 539-530BC?

REMEMBER: ABRAHAM FROM UR OF CHALDEA

ASSYRIANS - BABYLONIANS - CHALDEANS

TIGLATH-PELSER KING OF ASSYRIA (745-727BC?)TOOK THE SYRIAN CAPTIVES TO KIR

2 KINGS 16:5-6 AMOS 1:5-7

SHALMANESER KING OF ASSYRIA (727-722BC?)TOOK ISRAEL CAPTIVE TO THE CITIES OF THE MEDES

2 KINGS 17:5-6

JEHOIAKIM WAS KING OF JUDAH (608-598BC?)NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS KING OF BABYLON (605-562BC?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR DESTROYED JERUSALEMAND TOOK ALL THE BEST OF JUDAH CAPTIVE TO BABYLON

2 KINGS 24:11-16 DANIEL 1:1-2

CYRUS WAS KING OF THE CHALDEANS (539-529BC?)THE LORD SENT THE CHALDEANS AGAINST BABYLON

JEREMIAH 51:54-56?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM V.1-14

PROPHECY AGAINST HOUSE OF SHEBNA V. 15-19

PROPHECY AGAINST ELIAKIM V. 20-21

PROPHECY CONCERNING THE MESSIAH V. 20-24

SENTENCE AGAINST SHEBNA V. 25

READ: ISAIAH 22:1-4

PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM 1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,

2 You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.

3 All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar.

4 Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people."

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:1-4

PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM 588-586BC?1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,2 You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.3 All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar.4 Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people."

WHERE IS THIS ‘VALLEY OF VISION’?WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?

WHERE ARE THEY? ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?WHO ARE THE ARCHERS?

WHY DID IASIAH TELL THEM NOT TO LOOK AT HIM?OR TRY TO COMFORT HIM?


PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM 588-586BC?1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,

WHERE IS THIS ‘VALLEY OF VISION’? VALLEY OF DECISION?VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT? VALLEY OF BERACHAH?

JEHOSHAPHAT, KING OF JUDAH 871-849BC?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 20:26-2726 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day.27 They returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies. NKJV

JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS: JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE


1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,


READ: JOEL 3:22 I will gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided up My land. NKJV

READ: JOEL 3:12-1412 Let the nations be wakened and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. 13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down. For the winepress is full, The vats overflow — Their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! The day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. NKJV




VALLEY OF DECISION?JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE

READ: PSALMS 125:2-32 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever. 3 The scepter of wickedness shall not rest On the land allotted to the righteous Lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.



WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?

WHAT DID GOD COMMAND ISRAEL TO BUILD ON THEIR ROOF?WHY?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 22:88 When you build a new house, You shall make a parapet for your roof That you may not bring guilt of bloodshed on your household if anyone falls from it. NKJV

WHAT IS A PARAPET?




WHERE DID RAHAB HIDE THE SPIES? WHY?

READ: JOSHUA 2:6-96 Rahab brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.7 The men pursued them by the road to the Jordan, to the fords. As those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. 8 Before they lay down, Rahab came up to them on the roof,9 She said to the men: I know that the LORD has given you the land, That the terror of you has fallen on us, and That all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you. NKJV




WHERE WAS SAMUEL WHEN HE SPOKE WITH SAUL?ON THE TOP OF THE HOUSE?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 9:25-2625 When they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the top of the house.26 They arose early. It was about the dawning of the day that Samuel called to Saul on the top of the house, saying: “Get up, that I may send you on your way.” Saul arose and both of them went outside, he and Samuel. NKJV




WHERE WAS DAVID WHEN HE SAW BATHSHEBA?ON THE ROOF OF THE KING’S HOUSE?

READ: 2 SAMUEL 11:22 It happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. From the roof he saw a woman bathing and the woman was very beautiful to behold. NKJV

WHY WAS DAVID ON THE ROOF?


PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM 588-586BC?1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,2 You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.

WHAT IS ISAIAH ASKING THEM?WHERE ARE THEY? ON THE HOUSETOPS?WHY WERE THEY ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?

WHY WERE THE MOABITES ON THEIR HOUSETOPS?

READ: JEREMIAH 48:37-3837 “Every head shall be bald and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuts and on the loins sackcloth”38 “A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab And in its streets. For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says the LORD. NKJV


1 The burden against the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops,2 You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.


WHAT DID JESUS TELL HIS DISCIPLES TO DO?

READ: MATTHEW 10:2727 Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. And What you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. NKJV

WHY FROM THE HOUSETOPS?




WHEN DID PETER GO UP ON THE HOUSETOP? WHY?

READ: ACTS 10:99 As they went on their journey and drew near the city, About the sixth hour Peter went up on the housetop to pray. NKJV



WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?READ: 2 KINGS 25:1-3

1 It came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it. And they built a siege wall against it all around.2 The city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. NKJV



WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:15-1615 The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy. NKJV

READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:99 Those slain by the sword are better off Than those who die of hunger. For these pine away, Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field. NKJV



WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?

READ: JEREMIAH 14:1818 If I go out to the field, Behold, those slain with the sword!If I enter the city, Behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 38:2-32 Thus says the LORD: “He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. But he who goes over to the Chaldeans shall live. His life shall be as a prize to him, and he shall live.”3 Thus says the LORD: “This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.” NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?

READ: JEREMIAH 39:1-81 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated. 3 All the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sarezer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon. 4 When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled. They went out of the city by night, by way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out by way of the plain.




READ: JEREMIAH 39:1-85 But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They had captured him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.6 The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes in Riblah. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.7 He put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.8 The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.


WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?

READ: JEREMIAH 52:1-111 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.3 Because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it. And they built a siege wall against it all around.5 The city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.


WHY ARE THEY MOURNING?WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR MIGHTY MEN AND RULERS?

READ: JEREMIAH 52:1-117 The city wall was broken through. All the men of war fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden, even though the Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.9 They took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he pronounced judgment on him.10 The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.11 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah. The king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. NKJV


PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM 588-586BC?2 You who are full of noise ,A tumultuous city, a joyous city? Your slain men are not slain with the sword, Nor dead in battle.3 All your rulers have fled together; They are captured by the archers. All who are found in you are bound together; They have fled from afar.


WHAT DID JOSHUA DO TO THE AMORITE KINGS?READ: JOSHUA 10:24-26

24 When they brought out those kings to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, “Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they drew near and put their feet on their necks.”25 Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and of good courage, for thus the LORD will do to all your enemies against whom you fight.”26 Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening. NKJV




WHAT DID ELISHA SAY TO JEHORAM KING OF ISRAEL?

READ: 2 KINGS 6:22-2322 Elisha said to Jehoram, “You shall not kill them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”23 Jehoram prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel. NKJV




WHAT DID THE CHALDEANS DO TO ZEDEKIAH & HIS SONS?

READ: 2 KINGS 25:5-75 The army of the Chaldeans pursued Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.6 They took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.7 They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. They put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters and took him to Babylon. NKJV


PROCLAMATION AGAINST JERUSALEM 588-586BC?4 Therefore I said, "Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people."


WHY DID JOSEPH TURN AWAY FROM HIS BRETHREN?

READ: GENESIS 42:22-2422 Reuben said to his brethren, “Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.”23 They did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.24 Joseph he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. NKJV




WHY IS JEREMIAH CALLED ‘THE WEEPING PROPHET’?READ: JEREMIAH 8:19-22

19 Listen! The voice, The cry of the daughter of my people from a far country. Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her King in her? Why have they provoked Me to anger With their carved images — With foreign idols? 20 The harvest is past, The summer is ended And we are not saved! 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning and Astonishment has taken hold of me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why is there no recovery for the health of the daughter of my people?


WHY IS JEREMIAH CALLED ‘THE WEEPING PROPHET’?

READ: JEREMIAH 9:11 Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 13:1717 If you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly And run down with tears, Because the LORD‘S flock has been taken captive. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 14:17-1817 You shall say this word to them: “Let my eyes flow with tears night and day And let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.” 18 “If I go out to the field, Behold, those slain with the sword! If I enter the city, Behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest go about in a land they do not know.”



READ: LAMENTATIONS 1:1616 For these things I weep: My eye overflows with water; Because the comforter, who should restore my life, is far from me. My children are desolate Because the enemy prevailed.

READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:1111 My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled. My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city. NKJV



READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:3-63 Even the jackals present their breasts To nurse their young.But the daughter of my people is cruel, Like ostriches in the wilderness. 4 The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth for thirst. The young children ask for bread; No one breaks it for them. 5 Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets. Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps. 6 The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown in a moment, With no hand to help her! NKJV

READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:1010 The hands of the compassionate women Have cooked their own children. They became food for them In the destruction of the daughter of my people. NKJV


WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM ASK EZEKIEL?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. I will draw My sword out of its sheath and I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you.’”4 ”Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, 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. 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




HOW DID MICAH DESCRIBE HIS MOURNING FOR JERUSALEM?

READ: MICAH 1:8-98 I will wail and howl. I will go stripped and naked. I will make a wailing like the jackals And a mourning like the ostriches, 9 For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah. It has come to the gate of My people — To Jerusalem. NKJV


HOW DID THE LORD JESUS MOURN FOR JERUSALEM?

READ: MATTHEW 23:37-3937 “O Jerusalem , Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!”38 “See! Your house is left to you desolate;”39 “I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!” (LUKE 13:34-35)


HOW DID THE LORD JESUS MOURN FOR JERUSALEM?

READ: LUKE 19:41-4441 As Jesus drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,42 Saying,” If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.”43 “For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side,”44 “And level you and your children within you, to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 22:5-7

5 For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain.

6 Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.

7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.


5 For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision — Breaking down the walls And of crying to the mountain.6 Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered the shield.7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

WHERE IS THE VALLEY OF VISION? JERUSALEM? VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT?

JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE

WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE? JUDGMENT?WHAT DID THEY SEE? DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?



WHERE IS THE VALLEY OF VISION? JERUSALEM? VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT?

JEHOSHAPHAT MEANS JEHOVAH WILL JUDGE


READ: JEREMIAH 30:77 Alas! For That day is great, So that None is like it. It is the time of Jacob's trouble. But He shall be saved out of it. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 39:88 The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire And They broke down the walls of Jerusalem.



WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE? JUDGMENT?

WHAT DID THEY SEE? DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?

WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?READ: EZEKIEL 8:17-18

17 The LORD said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? They have filled the land with violence. And They have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed They put the branch to their nose.”18 “I will act in fury. My eye will not spare Nor will I have pity. Though They cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”



WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE? JUDGMENT?HOW DID HEZEKIAH PREPARE FOR THIS DAY?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:5-85 Hezekiah strengthened himself. He built up all the wall that was broken and raised it up to the towers and built another wall outside. He repaired the Millo in the City of David and made weapons and shields in abundance.6 He set military captains over the people. He gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate and gave them encouragement, Saying: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




READ: EZEKIEL 13:13-1613 Thus says the Lord GOD: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury. There shall be a flooding rain in My anger and great hailstones in fury to consume it.”14 “I will break down the wall you plastered with un-tempered mortar and bring it down to the ground. Its foundation will be uncovered. It will fall and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.” 15 “Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with un-tempered mortar. Then I will say to you, ‘The wall is no more Nor those who plastered it.’”16 “That is, The prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem and who see visions of peace for her When there is no peace,” says the Lord GOD. NKJV




WHAT DID THEY SEE? DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?

WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?READ: PSALMS 89:38-40

38 You have cast off and abhorred. You have been furious with Your anointed. 39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant. You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. 40 You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.




WHY IS THE LORD DOING THIS?READ: LAMENTATIONS 1:3-5

3 Judah has gone into captivity, Under affliction and hard servitude. She dwells among the nations and She finds no rest. All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits. 4 The roads to Zion mourn Because no one comes to the set feasts. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh and Her virgins are afflicted. She is in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries have become their master and Her enemies prosper. The LORD has afflicted her Because of the multitude of her transgressions. Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy. NKJV




DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?READ: AMOS 5:18-20

18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For What good is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness, and Not light. 19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion And A bear met him! Or As though he went into the house, Leaned his hand on the wall And A serpent bit him! 20 Is not the day of the LORD darkness and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it? NKJV




DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?READ: ZEPHANIAH 1:15

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




DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?READ: JOEL 2:31-32

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. 22 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

WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?




WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?

READ: NEHEMIAH 6:15-1615 The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.16 When all our enemies heard of it and all the nations around us saw these things, They were very disheartened in their own eyes. For They perceived that this work was done by our God. NKJV



WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE? JUDGMENT?DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?

READ: LUKE 21:20-2420 When You see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, Then You will know that its desolation is near.21 Then Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart and Let not those who are in the country enter her.22 For These are the days of vengeance That All things which are written may be fulfilled.23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For There will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles Until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. NKJV



WHAT IS THIS DAY OF TROUBLE? JUDGMENT?DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?

READ: MARK 13:1414 When You see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, Standing where it ought not. Let the reader understand. Then Let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

(MATTHEW 24:15-16)

WHAT WAS SPOKEN BY DANIEL THE PROPHET?THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM?

READ: DANIEL 9:27 DANIEL 11:31 DANIEL 12:11



READ: DANIEL 9:2727 He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. On the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate Until the consummation, Which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate. NKJV

READ: DANIEL 11:3131 Forces shall be mustered by him and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress. Then they shall take away the daily sacrifices and place there the abomination of desolation. NKJV



READ: DANIEL 12:8-138 Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?” 9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.”10 “Many shall be purified, made white and refined But the wicked shall do wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand But the wise shall understand.” 11 “From the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away and The abomination of desolation is set up, There shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.”12 “Blessed is he who waits and Comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.”13 “But You, Go your way till the end. For you shall rest and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.” NKJV



THE LORD WILL BRING ELAM & KIR AGAINST JERUSALEM

KIR WAS A WALLED CITY OF THE MEDESELAM ( MEDO-PERSIANS) WERE DESCENDANTS OF SHEM

GENESIS 10:22

KING OF ELAM TOOK LOT CAPTIVE GENESIS 14:8-12

ZEDEKIAH WAS KING OF JUDAH 599-588BC?NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS KING OF PERSIA 605-562BC?

EZEKIEL PROPHESIED THAT PERSIA WOULD DESTROY ELAM EZEKIEL 32:24

WHAT DID JEREMIAH PROPHESY ABOUT ELAM?


WHAT DID JEREMIAH PROPHESY ABOUT ELAM?WHEN? 605-562BC?READ: JEREMIAH 49:34-39

34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, The foremost of their might.” 36 “Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven And Scatter them toward all those winds. There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.” 37 “I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them,My fierce anger,” says the LORD. “I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them.” 38 “I will set My throne in Elam And I will destroy from there the king and the princes,” says the LORD. 39 “But it shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring back the captives of Elam,” says the LORD. NKJV



WHERE WAS KIR?KIR WAS A WALLED CITY OF THE MEDES

WHO DID AHAZ, KING OF JUDAH, ASK TO HELP HIM?WHO WAS KING OF SYRIA? REZIN? 734-32BC?

WHERE DID TIGLATH-PELSER TAKE THE SYRIANS? KIR?READ: 2 KINGS 16:7-9

7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.”8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.9 The king of Assyria heeded him. For the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it. He carried its people captive to Kir and killed Rezin. NKJV



WHERE WAS KIR?KIR WAS A WALLED CITY OF THE MEDES

WHERE DID TIGLATH-PELSER TAKE THE SYRIANS? KIR?

READ: AMOS 1:55 I will break the gate bar of Damascus And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven And the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,Says the LORD. NKJV

READ: AMOS 9:77 “Are you not like the people of Ethiopia to Me, O children of Israel?” says the LORD. “Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt, The Philistines from Caphtor And the Syrians from Kir?”


WHO DID THE LORD BRING UP AGAINST ISRAEL AND JUDAH?ASSYRIANS? BABYLONIANS? CHALDEANS?

READ: EZEKIEL 23:22-2422 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you, From whom you have alienated yourself. And I will bring them against you from every side:” 23 “The Babylonians, All the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, Koa,All the Assyrians with them, All of them desirable young men,Governors and rulers, Captains and men of renown, All of them riding on horses.” 24 “They shall come against you With chariots, wagons, and war-horses, With a horde of people. They shall array against you Buckler, shield, and helmet all around. I will delegate judgment to them And they shall judge you according to their judgments.” NKJV


WHO DID THE LORD BRING UP AGAINST ISREAL & JUDAH?

READ: EZEKIEL 23:22-24

ASSYRIANS? SHALMANESER 727-722BC?

SENNACHERIB? 705-681BC?

BABYLONIANS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? 605-562BC BELSHAZZAR 562-539BC?

CHALDEANS? CYRUS 539-530BC?

REMEMBER: ABRAHAM FROM UR OF CHALDEA

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE



SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?


HEZEKIAH - KING OF JUDAH (728-686BC)?

NINEVEH DESTROYED (612BC)?BABYLONIAN EMPIRE


ZEDEKIAH - KING OF JUDAH (597-586BC)?

TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?

MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE

CYRUS (539-530BC)?


ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?

AHASUERUS (486-464BC)?

ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)?

NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?



WHERE WAS KIR? CITY OF THE MEDES?

WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ISRAEL? SHALMANESER?

WHEN WAS SHALMANESER KING OF ASSYRIA? 727-722BC?

WHERE DID HE TAKE THE CAPTIVES? CITIES OF THE MEDES?

READ: 2 KINGS 17:5-65 The king of Assyria went throughout all the land. He went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes. NKJV


WHO DESTROYED JUDAH & JERUSALEM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? READ: 2 KINGS 24:11-16

11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it.12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon. And the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner. 13 He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house. He cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.14 He carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.15 He carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.16 All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. NKJV


WHO DESTROYED JUDAH & JERUSALEM? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

WHEN WAS HE KING OF BABYLON? 605-562BC?WHO DID HE TAKE TO BABYLON? DANIEL?

READ: DANIEL 1:1-21 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; And he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.

6 Among those of the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.7 To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: he gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abed-Nego. NKJV


WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST ISRAEL? CHALDEANS?

WHO WAS THIS PLUNDERER? CYRUS?

WHEN WAS CYRUS KING OF THE CHALDEANS? 539-530BC?

READ: JEREMIAH 51:54-56?54 The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, And great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans, 55 Because the LORD is plundering Babylon And silencing her loud voice, Though her waves roar like great waters And the noise of their voice is uttered. 56 Because the plunderer comes against her, against Babylon,And her mighty men are taken. Every one of their bows is broken;For the LORD is the God of recompense, He will surely repay. NKJV


7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

WHERE WERE THESE CHOICEST VALLEYS?

WHAT HAPPENED IN THEM? FILLED WITH CHARIOTS?

WHERE DID THEY ASSEMBLE? AT THE GATE?

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH DO WHEN HE SAW THEM?


WHAT VALLEYS WERE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF JUDAH?

READ: JOSHUA 15:7-8

7 The border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at En Rogel.

8 The border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim northward. NKJV

THE VALLEY OF ACHOR? TROUBLE?

THE VALLEY OF HINNOM? AKELDAMA? GEHENNA?

THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM? GIANTS?

THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT? JUDGMENT?


7 It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

(705-681BC)?WHAT DID HEZEKIAH DO WHEN HE SAW SENNACHERIB?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:1-41 Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself.2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem,3 Hezekiah consulted with his leaders and commanders to stop the water from the springs which were outside the city. And they helped him.4 Many people gathered together who stopped all the springs and the brook that ran through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water? NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 22:8-11

8 He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;

9 You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.

11 You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.


8 He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;9 You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.11 You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

WHO IS ‘HE’? THE LORD? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?WHAT DID HE REMOVE? THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?

WHAT WAS THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?HER WALLS? OR HER ARMORY? OR THE LORD?

WHO IS ‘YOU’? HEZEKIAH?WHAT DID HE LOOK INTO? THE ARMORY?

WHERE WAS THE ARMORY? IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST?WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST? SOLOMON?

WHAT DID HE PUT IN THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST?




WHERE WAS THE ARMORY? IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST?

WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST? SOLOMON?WHAT DID HE PUT IN THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST?

READ: 1 KINGS 7:1-51 Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house. So he finished all his house. 2 He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars.3 It was paneled with cedar above the beams that were on forty-five pillars, fifteen to a row.4 There were windows with beveled frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three tiers.5 All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames And window was opposite window in three tiers. NKJV




WHERE WAS THE ARMORY? IN THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST?

WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST? SOLOMON?WHAT DID HE PUT IN THIS HOUSE IN THE FOREST?

WAS THIS THE LORD’S ARMORY?

READ: 1 KINGS 10:16-1716 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.17 He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold and three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. NKJV


8 He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;9 You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.

WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES SAY ABOUT HEZEKIAH?HE TRUSTED IN THE LORD

READ: 2 KINGS 18:5-75 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel So that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah Nor who were before him.6 He held fast to the LORD and He did not depart from following Him. He kept His commandments which the LORD had commanded Moses.7 The LORD was with him. He prospered wherever he went.


HOW DID THE LORD DESCRIBE DAVID?

A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART?

WHY DID DAVID NUMBER THE ISRAELITES?

2 SAMUEL 24 & 1CHRONICLES 21

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DAVID NUMBERED THE ISRAELITES?




WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SHOW THE KING OF BABYLON?ALL HIS ARMORY?

READ: 2 KINGS 20:12-1812 Berodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.13 Hezekiah was attentive to them, and showed them all the house of his treasures — the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory — all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. 14 Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?”Hezekiah said, “They came from a far country, from Babylon.”




WHAT DID HEZEKIAH SHOW THE KING OF BABYLON?ALL HIS ARMORY?

READ: 2 KINGS 20:12-1815 Isaiah said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.” 16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD:” 17 “Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,” says the LORD.18 “They shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” NKJV

WHAT DID ISAIAH TELL HEZEKIAH?



WHO IS ‘HE’? THE LORD? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?WHAT DID HE REMOVE? THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?

WHAT WAS THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?HER WALLS? HER ARMORY? THE LORD?

HOW DID HEZEKIAH STRENGTHEN HIMSELF?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:5-7

5 Hezekiah strengthened himself. He built up all the wall that was broken. He raised it up to the towers and built another wall outside. He repaired the Millo in the City of David and He made weapons and shields in abundance.6 He set military captains over the people. He gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and gave them encouragement, saying,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.” NKJV




10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH LOOK AT?ALL THAT HE HAD DONE TO PREPARE FOR A SEIGE?

READ: 2 KINGS 20:2020 The rest of the acts of Hezekiah, all his might and how he

made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:3030 Hezekiah stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon and

brought the water by tunnel to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HEZEKIAH’S PREPARATIONS?

READ: JEREMIAH 33:4-54 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah which have been pulled down to fortify against the siege mounds and the sword.”5 “They come to fight with the Chaldeans But only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury. For all whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.” NKJV


8 He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest;9 You also saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem, And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.11 You also made a reservoir between the two walls For the water of the old pool. But you did not look to its Maker, Nor did you have respect for Him who fashioned it long ago.

WHAT DID THE LORD REMOVE? HER PROTECTION?WHAT WAS HER PROTECTION?

HER WALLS? HER ARMORY? OR THE LORD?

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH LOOK AT?ALL THAT HE HAD DONE TO PREPARE FOR A SEIGE?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING HIS PREPARATIONS?WHO DID HEZEKIAH NOT LOOK TO? THE LORD?



WHO DID HEZEKIAH NOT LOOK TO? THE LORD?

WHO DOES THE LORD WANT HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK?READ: 1 CHRONICLES 16:11

11 Seek the LORD and His strength. Seek His face evermore!

WHY WAS EZRA ASHAMED TO ASK FOR AN ESCORT?READ: EZRA 8:22

22 I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road. Because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is upon all those for good who Seek Him. But His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.” NKJV



WHO DOES THE LORD WANT HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK?

READ: PSALMS 9:10

10 Those who know Your name will put their trust in You. For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who Seek You. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 53:2

2 God looks down from heaven upon the children of men,

To see if there are any who understand, any who Seek God. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 105:4

4 Seek the LORD and His strength. Seek His face evermore!



HOW DOES THE LORD WANT HIS PEOPLE TO SEEK HIM?READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:29

29 You will Seek the LORD your God and You will find Him. IF you Seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

READ: JEREMIAH 29:1313 You will Seek Me and find Me, WHEN you search for Me with all your heart. NKJV

WHY?READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:3

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




10 You numbered the houses of Jerusalem And the houses you broke down To fortify the wall.


WHO IS ‘HE’? THE LORD?

WHAT DID HE REMOVE? THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?

WHAT WAS THE PROTECTION OF JUDAH?

HER WALLS? OR HER ARMORY? OR THE LORD?

WHO IS ‘YOU’? HEZEKIAH? JERUSALEM?

WHAT DID HE SEE?


12 And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

13 But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"


12 And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

13 But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?

HOW DID THEY RESPOND?

EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY?

WHY?


12 And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.13 But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?READ: MICAH 1:16

16 Make yourself bald and cut off your hair Because of your precious children. Enlarge your baldness like an eagle For they shall go from you into captivity. NKJV

READ: JOB 1:20-2220 Job arose, tore his robe and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped.21 He said: “Naked I came from my mother's womb And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.” 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?READ: JOEL 1:13

13 Gird yourselves and lament, you priests. Wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, You who minister to my God. For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. NKJV

READ: JOEL 2:1717 Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar. Let them say, ‘Spare Your people, O LORD. Do not give Your heritage to reproach That the nations should rule over them.’ Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’



WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JEREMIAH? WHY?

READ: JEREMIAH 16:5-65 Thus says the LORD: “Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them. For I have taken away My peace from this people, says the LORD, loving kindness and mercies.”6 “Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried. Neither shall men lament for them, Nor shall men cut themselves, Nor make themselves bald for them.” NKJV


12 And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.13 But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?

HOW DID THEY RESPOND?EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY? WHY?

WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY ABOUT THIS?READ: ECCLESIASTES 8:14-15

14 There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked. And there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. 15 So I commended enjoyment Because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink and be merry. For this will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE?HOW DID THEY RESPOND? EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY?

WHO WAS NABAL? CARMELITE? NABAL MEANS FOOLISH or WICKED

WHAT DID HE DO?READ: 1 SAMUEL 25:36-38

36 Abigail went to Nabal and there he was, Holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him For he was very drunk. She told him nothing, little or much, Until morning light.37 In the morning, When the wine had gone from Nabal, His wife had told him these things. His heart died within him and he became like a stone.38 After about ten days, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.



WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?HOW DID THEY RESPOND?

EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD WANT JUDAH & JERUSALEM TO DO?HOW DID THEY RESPOND?READ: JEREMIAH 18:11-12

11 Speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way. And Make your ways and your doings good.” 12 They said, “That is hopeless! We will walk according to our own plans. We will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart. “


12 And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.13 But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?HOW DID THEY RESPOND? EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY?

WHAT DID JESUS SAY MEN WOULD CONTINUE TO DO?READ: LUKE 17:26-30

26 As it was in the days of Noah, So it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:27 They ate and they drank. They married wives and they were given in marriage. Until the day that Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all.28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate and they drank. They bought and they sold. They planted and they built.29 BUT on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.



WHAT DID THE LORD CALL FOR? REPENTENCE? WHY?HOW DID THEY RESPOND?

WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CORINTHIANS?EAT? DRINK? & BE MERRY? WHY?

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3232 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me? If the dead do not rise, Let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die! NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 22:14

14 Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts,"Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 22:14


WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?

HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PROPHETS?

WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? NO ATONEMENT?



WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?

HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PROPHETS?

HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO MOSES?

READ: NUMBERS 12:6-8

6 The LORD said: “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision. I speak to him in a dream.

7 Not so with My servant Moses. He is faithful in all My house.

8 I speak with him face to face, Plainly: Not in dark sayings And he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?” NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PROPHETS?

WHY WAS THE WORD OF THE LORD RARE?READ: 1 SAMUEL 3:1

1 Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. The word of the LORD was rare in those days. There was no widespread revelation.

READ: 1 SAMUEL 3:77 Samuel did not yet know the LORD Nor was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him. NKJV

READ: 1 SAMUEL 3:2121 The LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. NKJV


14 Then it was revealed in my hearing by the LORD of hosts, "Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death," says the Lord GOD of hosts.

WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE? PROPHETS?

READ: HEBREWS 1:1-2

1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son , whom He has appointed heir of all things and through whom He also made the worlds. NKJV

HOW DID THE PROPHETS SPEAK?

READ: 2 PETER 1:21

21 Prophecy never came by the will of man BUT holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD REVEAL TO ISAIAH? HOW?HOW DID THE LORD SPEAK TO HIS PEOPLE? PROPHETS?

WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? NO ATONEMENT?

READ: EZEKIEL 24:13-14

13 “In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you, and you were not cleansed. You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore, Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you.

14 I, the LORD, have spoken it. It shall come to pass and I will do it. I will not hold back, Nor will I spare, Nor will I relent. According to your ways And according to your deeds They will judge you,”

Says the Lord GOD. NKJV


THE JUDGMENT ON SHEBNA 15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say: 16 'What have you here, and whom have you here, That you have hewn a sepulcher here, As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high, Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?

17 Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you.

18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master's house.

19 So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.


THE JUDGMENT ON SHEBNA 15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:16 'What have you here and whom have you here That you have hewn a sepulcher here As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?’17 ‘Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you.’18 ‘He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master's house.’19 ‘So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.’”

WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK HIM?

WHAT IS HE PREPARING? A SEPULCHER?WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM?


15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:

WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?READ: 2 KINGS 18:17-18

17 The king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they came up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field.18 When They had called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them. NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 18:36-3736 The people held their peace and answered him not a word. For the king's commandment was, Do not answer him.37 Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn. They told him the words of the Rabshakeh. NKJV


15 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: "Go, proceed to this steward, To Shebna, who is over the house, and say:

WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:1-41 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD.2 He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, rebuke and blasphemy. For the children have come to birth, BUT there is no strength to bring them forth.”4 “It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.” NKJV


16 'What have you here and whom have you here That you have hewn a sepulcher here As he who hews himself a sepulcher on high Who carves a tomb for himself in a rock?17 Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you.18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master's house.19 So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.

WHO WAS SHEBNA? SCRIBE? or STEWART?

WHAT DID ISAIAH ASK SHEBNA?WHAT IS HE PREPARING? A SEPULCHER?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO SHEBNA?

REMEMBER: HAMON - MORDECAI & ESTHERWHAT HAPPENED TO JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH?


WHAT HAPPEN TO JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH? 598BC?

READ: JEREMIAH 10:1818 Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will throw out at this time the inhabitants of the land. I will distress them That they may find it so.”

READ: JEREMIAH 13:1818 Say to the king and the queen mother: “Humble yourselves. Sit down. For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.” NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 22:26-2726 “I will cast you out and your mother who bore you, into another country where you were not born. There you shall die.”27 “To a land from which you desire to return BUT you shall not return.” NKJV


17 Indeed, the LORD will throw you away violently, O mighty man, And will surely seize you.18 He will surely turn violently and toss you like a ball Into a large country; There you shall die, and there your glorious chariots Shall be the shame of your master's house.19 So I will drive you out of your office, And from your position he will pull you down.

WHAT HAPPEN TO JEHOIACHIN, KING OF JUDAH? 598BC?

READ: 2 KINGS 24:11-1211 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it.12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon. And The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.

(2 CHRONICLES 36:9-10)


20 'Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;

21 I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house of Judah.

22 The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open.

23 I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will become a glorious throne to his father's house.


20 'Then it shall be in that day, That I will call My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah;21 I will clothe him with your robe And strengthen him with your belt; I will commit your responsibility into his hand. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem And to the house of Judah.22 The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; So he shall open, and no one shall shut; And he shall shut, and no one shall open.23 I will fasten him as a peg in a secure place, And he will become a glorious throne to his father's house.

WHO WILL THE LORD APPOINT IN HIS PLACE?ELIAKIM? 701BC?

WHAT AUTHORITY WOULD THE LORD GIVE ELIAKIM?

WHAT AUTHORITY DID THE PHARAOH GIVE JOSEPH?


24 'They will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers.

25 In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.'" NKJV


24 'They will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the posterity, all vessels of small quantity, from the cups to all the pitchers.25 In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'the peg that is fastened in the secure place will be removed and be cut down and fall, and the burden that was on it will be cut off; for the LORD has spoken.'" NKJV

WHAT ‘GLORY’ SHALL BE GIVEN TO HIM? WHY?

WHAT IS THE PEG? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?

WHAT IS THE BURDEN THAT WILL BE CUT OFF?


WHAT IS THE PEG? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?WHAT IS THE BURDEN THAT WILL BE CUT OFF?

READ: 1 SAMUEL 2:6-86 The LORD kills and makes alive. He brings down to the grave and brings up. 7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich. He brings low and lifts up. 8 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: EZRA 9:8-98 For a little while grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage.9 We were slaves Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage. But He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. NKJV




READ: MICAH 4:1-21 It shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD‘S house Shall be established on the top of the mountains,And shall be exalted above the hills. And Peoples shall flow to it. 2 Many nations shall come and say, “Come, Let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”

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