ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR

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1 ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR

2 PROPHET - DATE JONAH ( BC)? JOEL (800BC)? HOSEA ( BC)? MICAH ( BC)? AMOS (784BC)? ISAIAH ( BC)? NAHUM (700BC)? ZEPHANIAH (630BC)? JEREMIAH ( BC)? DANIEL ( BC)? HABAKKUK (598BC)? EZEKIEL ( BC)? OBADIAH ( BC)? EZRA ( BC)? HAGGAI ( BC)? ZECHARIAH ( BC)? ESTHER ( BC)? NEHEMIAH ( BC)? MALACHI ( BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER ( BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) ( BC)? SHALMANESER ( BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB ( BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR ( BC)? ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) ( BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR ( BC)? CYRUS ( BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS ( BC)?

3 OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR A PRAYER FOR HELP

4 READ: ISAIAH 64:1-3 A PRAYER FOR HELP 1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence 2 As fire burns brush-wood, As fire causes water to boil To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! 3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence.

5 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:1-3 A PRAYER FOR HELP 1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence 2 As fire burns brush-wood, As fire causes water to boil To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! 3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence. WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY? WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI?

6 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:1 1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI? WHY? READ: EXODUS 19:16-20

7 WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI? READ: EXODUS 19: Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. 19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. 20 Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. NKJV

8 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:1 WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI? WHY? READ: JUDGES 5:4-5 4 LORD, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth trembled and the heavens poured, The clouds also poured water; 5 The mountains gushed before the LORD, This Sinai, before the LORD God of Israel. NKJV READ: PSALMS 18:7-9 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. 8 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down With darkness under His feet. NKJV

9 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:1 WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI? WHY? READ: PSALMS 97:5-6 5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory. NKJV READ: PSALMS 144:5-6 5 Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them. NKJV

10 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:1 WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI? WHY? READ: HABAKKUK 3:3-6 3 His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise. 4 His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand, And there His power was hidden. 5 Before Him went pestilence, And fever followed at His feet. 6 He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting. NKJV

11 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:1 1 Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY? READ: MICAH 1:3-5 3 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His place; He will come down And tread on the high places of the earth. 4 The mountains will melt under Him, And the valleys will split Like wax before the fire, Like waters poured down a steep place. 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

12 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:2 2 As fire burns brush-wood, As fire causes water to boil To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY? READ: PSALMS 99:1-3 1 The LORD reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! 2 The LORD is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. 3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name He is holy. NKJV

13 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:2 2 As fire burns brush-wood, As fire causes water to boil To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY DID THE PSALMIST TREMBLE? READ: PSALMS 119: You reject all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceit is falsehood. 119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies. 120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments. NKJV

14 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:2 2 As fire burns brush-wood, As fire causes water to boil To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 30: Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, Burning with His anger, And His burden is heavy; His lips are full of indignation, And His tongue like a devouring fire. 28 His breath is like an overflowing stream, Which reaches up to the neck, To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, Causing them to err. NKJV

15 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:2 WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 5: "Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying, 21 'Hear this now, O foolish people, Without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who have ears and hear not: 22 Do you not fear Me?' says the LORD. 'Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it. NKJV

16 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:2 WHAT DOES THE PROPHET WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 33:7-9 7 And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places as at the first. 8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me. 9 Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.' NKJV

17 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:3 3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence. WHAT AWESOME WORKS DID THE LORD DO? WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI? WHAT DID ISRAEL NOT WANT TO LOOK UPON? READ: EXODUS 19:18 18 Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. NKJV

18 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:3 3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence. WHAT AWESOME WORKS DID THE LORD DO? WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT MOUNT SINAI? WHAT DID ISRAEL NOT WANT TO LOOK UPON? READ: PSALMS 18:7 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry. NKJV READ: PSALMS 68:8 8 The earth shook; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. NKJV

19 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:3 3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence. WHAT AWESOME WORKS DID THE LORD DO? WHAT DID THE LORD DO AT THE RED SEA? READ: PSALMS 66:5-7 5 Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men. 6 He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot. There we will rejoice in Him. 7 He rules by His power forever; His eyes observe the nations; Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves.

20 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:3 3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, The mountains shook at Your presence. WHAT AWESOME WORKS DID THE LORD DO? HOW DID THE NATIONS RESPOND? READ: PSALMS 65:5 & 8 5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us, O God of our salvation, You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off seas; 8 They who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of Your signs; NKJV

21 READ: ISAIAH 64:4-5 A PRAYER FOR HELP 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved.

22 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4-5 A PRAYER FOR HELP 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHAT HAS MAN NOT SEEN OR HEARD? WHY SHOULD MAN WAIT ON THE LORD? WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHY? WHAT IS MAN IN NEED OF? WHY?

23 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. WHAT HAS MAN NOT SEEN OR HEARD? TO WHOM HAS THE LORD REVEALED THEM? READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 2: But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. NKJV

24 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. WHY SHOULD MAN WAIT ON THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 27:14 14 Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! READ: PSALMS 37:9 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. NKJV

25 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. WHY SHOULD MAN WAIT ON THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 25:3, 5 & 21 3 Indeed, let no one who waits on You be ashamed; Let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day. 21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You. NKJV

26 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. WHY SHOULD MAN WAIT ON THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 130:5-6 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. 6 My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning Yes, more than those who watch for the morning. NKJV

27 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. WHY SHOULD MAN WAIT ON THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 26:8 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You. NKJV

28 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. WHY SHOULD MAN WAIT ON THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 30:18 18 Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him. NKJV

29 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:4 4 For since the beginning of the world Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, Nor has the eye seen any God besides You, Who acts for the one who waits for Him. WHY SHOULD MAN WAIT ON THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 33:2 2 O LORD, be gracious to us; We have waited for You. Be their arm every morning, Our salvation also in the time of trouble. NKJV

30 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHAT SHOULD THEY REMEMBER? READ: PSALMS 30:5 5 For 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 READ: PSALMS 78:42 42 They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy, NKJV

31 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHAT SHOULD THEY REMEMBER? READ: PSALMS 103:9 9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. NKJV READ: PSALMS 106:45 45 And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.

32 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHAT SHOULD THEY REMEMBER? READ: ISAIAH 46: "Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors. 9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,' NKJV

33 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHAT SHOULD THEY REMEMBER? READ: ISAIAH 54:7-8 7 "For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you. 8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, Says the LORD, your Redeemer. NKJV

34 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHAT SHOULD THEY REMEMBER? READ: HOSEA 14:9 9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right; The righteous walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them. NKJV

35 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHAT SHOULD THEY REMEMBER? READ: MICAH 2:7 7 You who are named the house of Jacob: "Is the Spirit of the LORD restricted? Are these His doings? Do not My words do good To him who walks uprightly?

36 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHO WILL THE LORD MEET WITH? WHAT SHOULD THEY REMEMBER? READ: MICAH 7: Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. 19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea. NKJV

37 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:5 5 You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. You are indeed angry, for we have sinned In these ways we continue; And we need to be saved. WHAT WERE THEY IN NEED OF? WHAT SHOULD WE REMEMBER? READ: ACTS 10: Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. NKJV

38 READ: ISAIAH 64:6-7 A PRAYER FOR HELP 6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities.

39 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:6-7 A PRAYER FOR HELP 6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities. WHY DO THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES UNCLEAN? IS THEIR UNCLEANNESS PHYSICAL OR SPIRITUAL? WHY DOES NO ONE CALL ON THE LORD? HAS THE LORD HIDDEN HIMSELF FROM THEM?

40 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:6 6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. WHY DO THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES UNCLEAN? IS THEIR UNCLEANNESS PHYSICAL OR SPIRITUAL? READ: ISAIAH 48:1 1 "Hear this, O house of Jacob, Who are called by the name of Israel, And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah; Who swear by the name of the LORD, And make mention of the God of Israel, But not in truth or in righteousness; NKJV READ: LAMENTATIONS 1:17 17 Zion spreads out her hands, But no one comforts her; The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob That those around him become his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. NKJV

41 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:6 6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. WHY DO THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES UNCLEAN? IS THEIR UNCLEANNESS PHYSICAL OR SPIRITUAL? READ: GALATIANS 5: Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. NKJV

42 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:6 6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. WHY DO THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES UNCLEAN? IS THEIR UNCLEANNESS PHYSICAL OR SPIRITUAL? READ: COLOSSIANS 3:5-7 5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. NKJV

43 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:6 THE LORD KNOWS THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS READ: PSALMS 1:1-6 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. 4 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. 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish. NKJV

44 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:6 6 But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. THE LORD KNOWS THE WAY OF THE RIGHTEOUS READ: HEBREWS 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. NKJV READ: TITUS 1:15 15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. NKJV

45 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:6 WHAT DID PAUL COUNT AS RUBBISH? WHY? READ: PHILIPPIANS 3:4-8 4 Though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ NKJV

46 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:7 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities. WHY DOES NO ONE CALL ON THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 41:28 28 For I looked, and there was no man; I looked among them, but there was no counselor, Who, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

47 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:7 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities. WHY DOES NO ONE CALL ON THE LORD? READ: ISAIAH 59:4 4 No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 63:5 5 I looked, but there was no one to help, And I wondered That there was no one to uphold; Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me; And My own fury, it sustained Me. NKJV

48 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:7 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities. WHY DOES NO ONE CALL ON THE LORD? READ: JEREMIAH 8:6 6 I listened and heard, But they do not speak aright. No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, 'What have I done? Everyone turned to his own course, As the horse rushes into the battle. NKJV

49 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:7 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities. HAS THE LORD HIDDEN HIMSELF FROM THEM? READ: DEUTERONOMY 31:18 18 And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 1:15 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. NKJV

50 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:7 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities. HAS THE LORD HIDDEN HIMSELF FROM THEM? READ: ISAIAH 54:8 8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, Says the LORD, your Redeemer. NKJV

51 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:7 7 And there is no one who calls on Your name, Who stirs himself up to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us, And have consumed us because of our iniquities. WHY DID THE LORD CONSUME THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 22: So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD. NKJV

52 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:7 WHY DID THE LORD CONSUME THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 22: "Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured out My fury on you.'" NKJV

53 READ: ISAIAH 64:8-9 A PRAYER FOR HELP 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. 9 `Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look we all are Your people!

54 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 A PRAYER FOR HELP 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. 9 `Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look we all are Your people! WHO IS THEIR FATHER? HOW WERE THEY THE WORK OF THE LORD S HAND? WHAT DO THEY WANT THE LORD TO DO? WHY?

55 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. WHY CALL ON THE LORD AS THEIR FATHER? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES? READ: EXODUS 4: Then you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD: "Israel is My son, My firstborn. NKJV

56 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. WHY CALL ON THE LORD AS THEIR FATHER? READ: ISAIAH 63:16 16 Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 3:4 4 Will you not from this time cry to Me, 'My Father, You are the guide of my youth? NKJV

57 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. HOW WERE THEY THE WORK OF THE LORD S HAND? WHAT DID JOB SAY TO THE LORD? READ: JOB 10:3 3 Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked? NKJV

58 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. HOW WERE THEY THE WORK OF THE LORD S HAND? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE? READ: ISAIAH 19: In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria a blessing in the midst of the land, 25 whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." NKJV

59 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. HOW WERE THEY THE WORK OF THE LORD S HAND? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE? READ: ISAIAH 29:16 16 Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, "He did not make me"? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"? NKJV

60 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. HOW WERE THEY THE WORK OF THE LORD S HAND? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE? READ: ISAIAH 45: "Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making? Or shall your handiwork say, 'He has no hands'? 10 Woe to him who says to his father, 'What are you begetting? Or to the woman, 'What have you brought forth?'" NKJV

61 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. HOW WERE THEY THE WORK OF THE LORD S HAND? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIS PEOPLE? READ: ROMANS 9: But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, "Why have you made me like this?" 21 Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor? NKJV

62 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 9 `Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look we all are Your people! WHAT DO THEY WANT THE LORD TO DO? READ: PSALMS 74:1-2 1 O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? 2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, The tribe of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed This Mount Zion where You have dwelt. NKJV

63 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 9 `Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look we all are Your people! WHAT DO THEY WANT THE LORD TO DO? READ: JEREMIAH 14:9 9 Why should You be like a man astonished, Like a mighty one who cannot save? Yet You, O LORD, are in our midst, And we are called by Your name; Do not leave us! NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 14:21 21 Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do not break Your covenant with us. NKJV

64 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 9 `Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look we all are Your people! WHAT DO THEY WANT THE LORD TO DO? READ: LAMENTATIONS 5: Why do You forget us forever, And forsake us for so long a time? 21 Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old, 22 Unless You have utterly rejected us, And are very angry with us! NKJV

65 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 9 `Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look we all are Your people! WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? READ: PSALMS 100:2-3 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. NKJV

66 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:8-9 9 `Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Indeed, please look we all are Your people! WHAT DOES THE LORD WANT THEM TO DO? READ: ISAIAH 43:26 26 Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 51:4 4 "Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples. NKJV

67 READ: ISAIAH 64:10-12 A PRAYER FOR HELP 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? NKJV

68 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64: Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? NKJV WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY? READ: LEVITICUS 26:31-34 READ: DEUTERONOMY 29:23-26 READ: 2 KINGS 25:8-10 READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:17-19 WILL THE LORD ALWAYS HOLD HIS PEACE?

69 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:10-12 WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY? READ: LEVITICUS 26: I will lay your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the fragrance of your sweet aromas. 32 I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. 33 I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. 34 Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. NKJV

70 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:10-12 WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 29: 'The whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and His wrath.' 24 All nations would say, 'Why has the LORD done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?' 25 Then people would say: 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt; 26 for they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they did not know and that He had not given to them.

71 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:10-12 WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY? READ: 2 KINGS 25: And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem all around. NKJV

72 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:10-12 WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36: Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon. 19 Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. NKJV

73 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64: Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste. WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY? READ: ISAIAH 1:8 8 So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 48:3 3 "I have declared the former things from the beginning; They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them, and they came to pass. NKJV

74 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64:10-12 WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM? WHY? READ: LAMENTATIONS 2:7-9 7 The Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the LORD As on the day of a set feast. 8 The LORD has purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying; Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament; They languished together. 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The Law is no more, And her prophets find no vision from the LORD. NKJV

75 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64: Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? NKJV WILL THE LORD ALWAYS HOLD HIS PEACE? READ: PSALMS 50:21 21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes. NKJV READ: PSALMS 83:1 1 Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! NKJV

76 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64: Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? NKJV WILL THE LORD ALWAYS HOLD HIS PEACE? READ: PSALMS 74: O God, how long will the adversary reproach? Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever? 11 Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.

77 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64: Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? NKJV WILL THE LORD ALWAYS HOLD HIS PEACE? WHAT DID MORDECAI SAY TO ESTHER? READ: ESTHER 4: Mordecai told them to answer Esther: "Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king's palace any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" NKJV

78 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64: Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? NKJV WILL THE LORD ALWAYS AFFLICT THEM? READ: ISAIAH 42:14 14 "I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once. NKJV READ: ISAIAH 1:26 26 I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city." NKJV

79 QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 64: Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely? NKJV WILL THE LORD ALWAYS AFFLICT THEM? READ: ISAIAH 52:1-2 1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you. 2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion! NKJV

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