ISAIAH CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?

BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

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

CYRUS (539-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?

AHASUERUS (486-464BC)?

ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)?

NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (800-750BC)?

AMOS (786-746BC)?

JOEL (770BC)?

MICAH (750-686BC)?

HOSEA (748-690BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (663-612BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (640-609BC)?

HABAKKUK (627BC)?

JEREMIAH (626-586BC)?

OBADIAH (605BC)?

DANIEL (604-555BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

MALACHI (542-516BC)?

HAGGAI (538-520BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-480BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

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

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

CYRUS (539-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

PROPHECY AGAINST SYRIA AND ISRAEL

JUDGMENTS OF GOD UPON DAMASCUS V. 1-3

JUDGMENTS OF GOD UPON ISRAEL V. 4-6

EFFECTS OF THESE JUDGMENTS ON THE REMNANT V. 7-8

JUDGMENT OF THOSE WHO NEGLECT GOD V. 9-11

THE OVERTHROW OF SENNACHERIB V. 12-14(

READ: ISAIAH 17:1-3

PROPHECY AGAINST SYRIA AND ISRAEL

1 The burden against Damascus: ‘Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

3 The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel, "Says the LORD of hosts.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 17:1-3



3 The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,“ Says the LORD of hosts.

WHERE WAS DAMASCUS? CAPITAL CITY OF SYRIA?

WHAT HAPPENED TO DAMASCUS? WHY?

WHAT WERE THE CITIES OF AROER?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE CITIES OF THE PLAINS?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FORTRESS OF EPHRAIM?

AND THE REMNANT OF SYRIA?




READ: GENESIS 14:14-1614 When Abram heard that his brother was taken captive he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his own house and went in pursuit as far as Dan.15 He divided his forces against them by night and he and his servants attacked them and pursued them as far as Hobah which is north of Damascus.16 He brought back all the goods and also brought back his brother Lot and his goods as well as the women and the people.




READ: ACTS 9:1-21 Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest2 And asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus so that if he found any who were of the Way whether men or women he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED TO DAMASCUS?

WHAT DID BEN-HADAD, KING OF SYRIA DO?CAPTURED ALL OF ISRAEL EAST OF JORDAN?

READ: 2 KINGS 10:32-3332 In those days the LORD began to cut off parts of Israel; and Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel33 From the Jordan eastward: all the land of Gilead: Gad, Reuben and Manasseh from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, including Gilead and Bashan. NKJV




WHAT DID TIGLATH-PILESER, KING OF ASSYRIA DO?TOOK THE PEOPLE OF DAMASCUS TO KIR?

READ: 2 KINGS 16:8-95 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, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin. NKJV




WHAT DID SHALMANESER, KING OF ASSYRIA DO?TOOK THE PEOPLE OF SAMARIA TO ASSYRIA?

READ: 2 KINGS 17:5-65 The king of Assyria went throughout all the land and 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, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. NKJV




WHAT DID SHALMANESER, KING OF ASSYRIA DO?TOOK THE PEOPLE OF SAMARIA TO ASSYRIA?

WHY?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:10-1210 At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.11 The king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,12 Because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them.




WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR, KING OF BABYLON DO?UTTERLY DESTROYED DAMASCUS?

READ: JEREMIAH 49:23-2423 Judgment Against Damascus: Hamath and Arpad are shamed, For they have heard bad news. They are fainthearted;There is trouble on the sea; It cannot be quiet. 24 Damascus has grown feeble; She turns to flee; fear has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor. NKJV




WHAT HAPPENED TO DAMASCUS? WHY?

READ: MICAH 1:66 I will make Samaria a heap of ruins in the field Places for planting a vineyard; I will pour down her stones into the valley And I will uncover her foundations. NKJV



WHAT WERE THE CITIES OF AROER?THE CITIES OF THE PLAINS?

READ: NUMBERS 32:34-3634 The children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer,35 Atroth and Shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah,36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep. NKJV

READ: DEUTERONOMY 3:1212 The Land East of the Jordan Divided: This land which we possessed at that time from Aroer which is by the River Arnon and half the mountains of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites NKJV




READ: JOSHUA 12:2-42 One king was Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled half of Gilead from Aroer which is on the bank of the River Arnon from the middle of that river even as far as the River Jabbok which is the border of the Ammonites,3 The eastern Jordan plain from the Sea of Chinneroth as far as the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) the road to Beth Jeshimoth and southward below the slopes of Pisgah. NKJV




READ: JOSHUA 13:16-2116 Their territory was from Aroer which is on the bank of the River Arnon and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, and all the plain by Medeba;17 Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,18 Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath,19 Kirjathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley,20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth21 All the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon whom Moses had struck with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country. NKJV


READ: NUMBERS 31:1-81 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:2 "Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people." 3 Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the LORD on Midian.”4 “A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war." 5 There were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.6 Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand.7 They warred against the Midianites, just as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed all the males.8 They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of those who were killed — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword. NKJV




READ: JOSHUA 13:24-2524 Moses had given an inheritance to the tribe of Gad to the children of Gad according to their families.25 Their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer which is before Rabbah,




WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE CITIES OF THE PLAINS?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:66 I will give peace in the land and you shall lie down and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil beasts and the sword will not go through your land. NKJV

READ: MICAH 4:44 Everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree And no one shall make them afraid; For the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken. NKJV


3 “The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,“ Says the LORD of hosts.


READ: HOSEA 9:11-1311 “As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird — No birth, no pregnancy, and no conception! “12 “Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!” 13 “Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place,So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer." NKJV


3 The fortress also will cease from Ephraim, The kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Syria; They will be as the glory of the children of Israel,“ Says the LORD of hosts.


READ: HOSEA 10:1414 Tumult shall arise among your people And all your fortresses shall be plundered As Shalman plundered Beth Arbel in the day of battle: A mother dashed in pieces upon her children.

READ: HABAKKUK 1:1010 They scoff at kings And princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold. They heap up earthen mounds and seize it.

READ: ISAIAH 17:4-6

4 "In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.

5 It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim.

6 Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches, "Says the LORD God of Israel.




6 Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches, "Says the LORD God of Israel.

WHAT WAS THE GLORY OF JACOB?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GLORY OF JACOB? WHY?

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM?

WHO IS THE HARVESTER?

WHAT IS THE LORD GOING TO DO TO BABYLON?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE HARVEST?





READ: HOSEA 12:2-4

2 The LORD brings a charge against Judah And will punish Jacob according to his ways; According to his deeds He will recompense him.

3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb And in his strength he struggled with God.

4 Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed; He wept and sought favor from Him. He found Him in Bethel And there He spoke to us NKJV





READ: MICAH 1:5

5 All this is for the transgression of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Are they not Jerusalem? NKJV



WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM?WHERE DID THE PHILISTINES DEPLOY AGAINST DAVID?

READ: 2 SAMUEL 5:17-2517 The Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. David heard of it and went down to the stronghold.18 The Philistines went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.19 David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” The LORD said to David, “Go up. I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.” 20 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.”




READ: 2 SAMUEL 5:17-2521 They left their images there and David and his men carried them away. 22 The Philistines went up again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.23 David inquired of the LORD and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.”24 “It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees then you shall advance quickly. For then the LORD will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”25 David did as the LORD commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. NKJV



READ: 2 SAMUEL 23:13-1713 Three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the troop of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.14 David was in the stronghold and the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem.15 David said with longing, “Oh, that someone would give me a drink of the water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!” 16 Three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD.17 He said, “Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this! Is this not the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. NKJV



WHO IS THE HARVESTER? TIGLATH-PILSESER?

READ: 2 KINGS 15:29-3029 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.30 Hoshea the son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah and struck and killed him; He reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. NKJV



WHO IS THE HARVESTER? SHALMANESER?

READ: 2 KINGS 17:5-65 The king of Assyria went throughout all the land and 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 and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes. NKJV



WHO IS THE HARVESTER? SHALMANESER?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:9-129 It came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.10 At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.11 The king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,12 Because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them.


5 It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim.6 Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches, Says the LORD God of Israel.


READ: JEREMIAH 51:3333 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the time of her harvest will come.”



6 Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches, Says the LORD God of Israel.


READ: JOEL 3:13

13 Put in the sickle for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; The winepress is full and The vats overflow: Their wickedness is great.


5 It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain, And reaps the heads with his arm; It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain In the Valley of Rephaim.6 Yet gleaning grapes will be left in it, Like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives at the top of the uppermost bough, Four or five in its most fruitful branches, Says the LORD God of Israel.

WHO IS THE HARVESTER?WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE HARVEST?

READ: MATTHEW 13:3030 Let both grow together until the harvest; At the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. NKJV

READ: JOB 24:2424 They are exalted for a little while Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 17:7-8

7 In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

8 He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars.


7 In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.

8 He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars.

WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO ISRAEL?

WHAT DID ISRAEL DO?

WHAT DID THE KINGS OF ISRAEL & JUDAH DO?

WHY DID ELIJAH CHALLENGE THE PROPHETS OF BAAL?

IN THAT DAY WHO WILL MAN LOOK TO? HIS MAKER?

WHO CAN MAN TRUST? KINGS? FRIENDS? FAMILY?


WHAT DID THE LORD GOD SAY TO ISRAEL?

READ: EXODUS 34:13-1413 You shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars and cut down their wooden images14 You shall worship no other god for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God NKJV

READ: DEUTERONOMY 12:3-43 You shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.4 You shall not worship the LORD your God with such things.


WHAT DID ISRAEL DO?

READ: JUDGES 3:77 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and Asherahs.

READ: 1 KINGS 14:2323 They built for themselves high places, sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.

READ: HOSEA 8:1111 Ephraim has made many altars for sin. They have become for him altars for sinning. NKJV


WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 17:9-12

9 The children of Israel secretly did against the LORD their God things that were not right and they built for themselves high places in all their cities from watchtower to fortified city.

10 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images on every high hill and under every green tree.

11 There they burned incense on all the high places like the nations whom the LORD had carried away before them. And they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger,

12 For they served idols of which the LORD had said to them ‘You shall not do this thing.’ NKJV


WHAT DID AHAB KING OF ISRAEL DO?READ: 1 KINGS 16:33

33 Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. NKJV

WHY DID ELIJAH CHALLENGE THE PROPHETS OF BAAL?READ: 1 KINGS 18:19-24

20 Ahab sent for all the children of Israel and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel.21 Elijah came to all the people and said How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but If Baal, follow him. But the people answered him not a word.22 Elijah said to the people “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.”23 “Let them give us two bulls; Let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood but put no fire under it; I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood but put no fire under it.”24 “You call on the name of your gods and I will call on the name of the LORD; The God who answers by fire, He is God.”


WHAT DID JEHOASH KING OF JUDAH DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 12:1-31 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.2 Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.3 But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.


WHAT DID AHAZ KING OF JUDAH DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 16:10-1310 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria and saw an altar that was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the design of the altar and its pattern, according to all its workmanship.11 Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Urijah the priest made it before King Ahaz came back from Damascus.12 When the king came back from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached the altar and made offerings on it.13 He burned his burnt offering and his grain offering; and he poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar. NKJV


WHAT DID HEZEKIAH KING OF JUDAH DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:1-3

1 In the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.

2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.

3 He did what was right in the sight of the LORD according to all that his father David had done. NKJV


WHAT DID MANNASEH KING OF JUDAH DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 21:3-53 Mannaseh rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal and made a wooden image as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.4 He also built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem I will put My name.5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. NKJV

READ: 2 KINGS 21:77 Mannaseh set a carved image of Asherah that he had made in the house of which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son. ‘In this house and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel I will put My name forever;’ NKJV


WHAT DID JOSIAH KING OF JUDAH DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 23:55 Josiah removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations and to all the host of heaven. NKJV

READ: JOB 31:26-2826 If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness, 27 So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand; 28 This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above. NKJV


7 In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.8 He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars.

IN THAT DAY WHO WILL MAN LOOK TO? HIS MAKER?WHO CAN MAN TRUST? KINGS? FRIENDS? FAMILY?

READ: MICAH 7:5-75 Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom. 6 For son dishonors father, Daughter rises against her mother,Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man's enemies are the men of his own household. 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me. NKJV


7 In that day a man will look to his Maker, And his eyes will have respect for the Holy One of Israel.8 He will not look to the altars, The work of his hands; He will not respect what his fingers have made, Nor the wooden images nor the incense altars.

IN THAT DAY WHO WILL MAN LOOK TO? HIS MAKER?WHO CAN MAN TRUST? KINGS? FRIENDS? FAMILY?

READ: PSALMS 95:6-76 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. 7 For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture,And the sheep of His hand. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 17:9-10

9 In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough And an uppermost branch, Which they left because of the children of Israel; And there will be desolation.

10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings;




WHAT DID THE FORSAKEN BOUGH REPRESENT? CITIES?

WHY SPARE THE UPPERMOST BRANCH? REMNANT?

WHY ARE THEIR STRONG CITIES DESTROYED?

WHO HAD THEY FORGOTTEN?

WHO WAS THE ROCK OF THEIR SALVATION?



WHY ARE THEIR STRONG CITIES DESTROYED?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:27-30

27 If you do not obey Me but walk contrary to Me,

28 I also will walk contrary to you in fury; I will chastise you seven times for your sins.

29 You shall eat the flesh of your sons and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.

30 I will destroy your high places cut down your incense altars and cast your carcasses on the lifeless forms of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you. NKJV



WHO HAD THEY FORGOTTEN? WHY?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 6:10-1210 It shall be when the LORD your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities which you did not build,11 Houses full of all good things which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant — when you have eaten and are full —12 Then beware, lest you forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage. NKJV




READ: DEUTERONOMY 8:11-1411 Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments and His statutes which I command you today,12 Lest — when you have eaten and are full and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them;13 When your herds and your flocks multiply and your silver and your gold are multiplied and all that you have is multiplied;14 When your heart is lifted up and You forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage; NKJV



WHO HAD THEY FORGOTTEN? WHY?READ: PSALMS 106:19-21

19 They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped the molded image. 20 They changed their glory into the image of an ox that eats grass. 21 They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, NKJV

READ: PSALMS 50:22-2322 Consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces,And there be none to deliver: 23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God. NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 2:3232 Can a virgin forget her ornaments Or a bride her attire?Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 3:2121 A voice was heard on the desolate heights, Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel. For they have perverted their way; They have forgotten the LORD their God. NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 13:2525 “This is your lot The portion of your measures from Me” says the LORD. “Because you have forgotten Me And trusted in falsehood.”



WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY FORGOT THE LORD?

READ: JEREMIAH 18:15-1715 Because My people have forgotten Me, They have burned incense to worthless idols. They have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in pathways and not on a highway, 16 To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head. 17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy;I will show them the back and not the face In the day of their calamity. NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY FORGOT THE LORD?

READ: EZEKIEL 23:3535 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, You shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry.” NKJV

READ: HOSEA 8:1414 Israel has forgotten his Maker And has built temples. Judah also has multiplied fortified cities But I will send fire upon his cities And it shall devour his palaces. NKJV



WHO DID DAVID SAY WAS HIS ROCK OF SALVATION?

READ: 2 SAMUEL 22:2-32 Davis said: “The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; 3 The God of my strength in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 18:1-21 I will love You, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. NKJV



WHO DID DAVID SAY WAS HIS ROCK OF SALVATION?

READ: PSALMS 18:4646 The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 19:1414 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer. NKJV


11 In the day you will make your plant to grow, And in the morning you will make your seed to flourish; But the harvest will be a heap of ruins In the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

12 Woe to the multitude of many people Who make a noise like the roar of the seas, And to the rushing of nations That make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!




WHAT WILL THEY PLANT?

WHAT WILL THEY HARVEST? WHY?

WHAT IS THE WOE OF THE MULTITUDES?



WHAT WILL THEY PLANT?

WHAT WILL THEY HARVEST? WHY?

READ: LEVITICUS 26:20

20 Your strength shall be spent in vain; For your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

READ: JOB 4:8

8 As I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same. NKJV



WHAT WILL THEY PLANT?WHAT WILL THEY HARVEST? WHY?

READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:38-4138 You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity. NKJV



WHAT WILL THEY PLANT?WHAT WILL THEY HARVEST? WHY?

READ: HOSEA 8:77 They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up. NKJV

READ: HAGGAI 1:66 You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes. NKJV



WHAT IS THE WOE OF THE MULTITUDES?

READ: JEREMIAH 10:1919 Woe is me for my hurt! My wound is severe. But I say, ‘Truly this is an infirmity, And I must bear it.’ NKJV

READ: JEREMIAH 30:12-1312 Thus says the LORD: “Your affliction is incurable, Your wound is severe.” 13 “There is no one to plead your cause, That you may be bound up; You have no healing medicines.” NKJV


13 The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

14 Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before the morning, he is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the lot of those who rob us. NKJV




WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WICKED NATIONS?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO THE WICKED?

CAN THEY FLEE FROM THE LORD?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT EVENTIDE?



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO THE WICKED?READ: DEUTERONOMY 28:20-24

20 The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.21 The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.22 The LORD will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with scorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish. 23 And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.24 The LORD will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. NKJV



WHAT DID JOB SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO THE WICKED?

READ: JOB 21:17-1817 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger? 18 They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away. NKJV



WHAT DID DAVID SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO THE WICKED?

READ: PSALMS 1:4-54 The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 9:55 You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. NKJV



READ: PSALMS 35:5-65 Let them be like chaff before the wind, And let the angel of the LORD chase them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the LORD pursue them. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 68:1-21 Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered; Let those also who hate Him flee before Him. 2 As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.



READ: PSALMS 83:13-1613 O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like the chaff before the wind! 14 As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire, 15 So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm.16 Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O LORD. NKJV



WHAT DID HOSEA SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO THE WICKED?

READ: HOSEA 13:2-32 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! 3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud And like the early dew that passes away, Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney. NKJV



WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT EVENTIDE?

READ: PSALMS 90:5-65 You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up: 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; In the evening it is cut down and withers. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 30:55 His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life;Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. NKJV


WHAT DID DANIEL SAY TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

READ: DANIEL 2:31-3531 You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome.32 This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,33 Its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO THE EVIL NATIONS?



WHAT HAPPENED TO SENNACHERIB, KING OF ASSYRIA?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:35-3735 It came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses — all dead.36 Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.37 As he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. NKJV

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