An Encounter with Isaiah

Isaiah 13:1 – 14:23

Lesson 7

Babylon Will Fall

Isaiah 14:12: How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to earth, you who once laid low the nations!

An Encounter with Isaiah

Isaiah 13:1 – 14:23

Lesson 7

Babylon Will Fall

“History is the unrolled scroll of prophecy.” – President James Garfield

The Beginning of Babylon

Genesis 10:8-10: 8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.

The Beginning of BabylonGenesis 11:1-9: Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” 5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” 8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

The Coming Judgment of BabylonGenesis 13:1-3: 1 A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: 2 Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath—those who rejoice in my triumph.

Joel 3:11: Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, Lord!

The Coming Judgment of BabylonIsaiah 13:4: Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war.

Matthew 24:6-7a: You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Joel 3:14: Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

The Coming Judgment of BabylonIsaiah 13:5-6: They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the Lord and the weapons of his wrath—to destroy the whole country. Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 24:1: See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—Isaiah 34:2: The Lord is angry with all nations; his wrath is on all their armies. He will totally destroy them, he will give them over to slaughter.Isaiah 42:13: The Lord will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.

The Coming Judgment of Babylon

Isaiah 2:12: The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled),Ezekiel 30:3: For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near—a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.Amos 5:18: Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? That day will be darkness, not light.Zephaniah 1:7: Be silent before the Sovereign Lord, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.Isaiah 10:25: Very soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.”Joel 1:15: Alas for that day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:7-9: Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear. Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame. See, the day of the Lord is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger— to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. Malachi 4:1: “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.Psalm 104:35: But may sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more.Proverbs 2:22: but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

The Lights Will Go OutIsaiah 13:10: The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.

Isaiah 24:21-23: In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below. They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days. The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders—with great glory.Ezekiel 32:7: When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.Joel 2:31: The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Revelation 8:12: The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.

Punishment, Judgment & Death – Oh My!Isaiah 13:11-12: I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless. I will make people scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of Ophir.

Isaiah 26:21: See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;the earth will conceal its slain no longer.Isaiah 34:4: All the stars in the sky will be dissolved and the heavens rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host will fall like withered leaves from the vine,like shriveled figs from the fig tree.Isaiah 51:6: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. Haggai 2:6: “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.Psalm 110:5: The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On

Isaiah 13:13: Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.

A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On

Isaiah 13:13: Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.

Isaiah 13:16: Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated.

Job 37:16: Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge.Psalm 147:5: Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. Isaiah 55:9: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.Job 28:24: For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.1 John 3:19-20: By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.Isaiah 46:9: I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done.

God is Omniscient

Job 37:16: Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge.Psalm 147:5: Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. Isaiah 55:9: For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.Job 28:24: For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.1 John 3:19-20: By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.Isaiah 46:9: I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done.

God is Omniscient

King Saul1 Samuel 15:1-3: Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

1 Samuel 15:9: But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

Isaiah 13:17-19: See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold. Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children. Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 13:17-19: See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold. Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children. Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

1 Thessalonians 5:9: For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Now Some Good NewsIsaiah 14:1: The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.

Isaiah 41:8-9: “But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen,you descendants of Abraham my friend, I took you from the ends of the earth,from its farthest corners I called you. I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.Isaiah 49:13, 15: Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you mountains! For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. “Can a mother forget the baby at her breastand have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget,I will not forget you!Isaiah 54:7: “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

Lose-iferIsaiah 14:12: How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!

Ezekiel 28:12b-15a: “‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created…

Lose-ifer

Isaiah 14:13-14: You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

The “I’s” Don’t Have It

“I will ascend to the heavens” he coveted God’s raised position in heaven

“I will raise my throne above the stars of God” he coveted God’s ruling power“I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon”

he coveted God’s royal place“I will ascend above the tops of the clouds”

he coveted God’s regal presence“I will make myself like the Most High”

he coveted God’s rightful preeminence

Genesis 1-2a: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep

Isaiah 45:18: For this is what the Lord says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says:“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Genesis 1-2a: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep

Isaiah 45:18: For this is what the Lord says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says:“I am the Lord, and there is no other.

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