THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Chapters 45-66

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1 THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Chapters A Study using 18 questions per chapter. The purpose of this study is to find out what the Bible says. THE WORD FOR THE WORLD STUDIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT by Bill DeLaughter address <wjdzim@aol.com> My Web Site -

2 Bill DeLaughter P.O. Box 193 Crown Point, Indiana U.S.A. It is Bill's desire that it be made available to anyone and everyone to be used by them for their further understanding of What The Bible Says. It can be copied and duplicated by anyone for local Bible Studies. However it is not to be sold commercially for a profit. But permission is hereby granted for it to be printed and sold for a price slightly above the actual cost of printing, no more. This study may also be translated into any language where it can be useful under the conditions listed above. INSTRUCTIONS I can only suggest how this study was originally conducted and it was very successful. First of all, we tried to arrange a very informal atmosphere with the folks sitting in a loose circle. We would begin the session by having tea, or cokes and an informal time of fellowship. Then we would have a prayer time with everyone suggesting names of those for whom we should pray. It was also mentioned each session that we expected that each individual have at least one person for whom they would agree to pray for in regards to that person s salvation. To actually begin the study the entire chapter would be read aloud with each one willing to read, taking the number of verses and dividing it by the number of people present and each one reading a portion. Then the first one on the left (a habit of mine) would begin by reading the first question and giving their answer. The verse where their answer was found must also be given. Then the leader asks if everybody agrees. Let discussion carry on as necessary but not too long. Then go to the next question and the next person until all of the fifteen questions are answered. For the discussion questions (numbers ) each person present should give their answer once again going from the first one on the left and so on. Answer one question at a time, with each person present giving their reasons for their answer to each question. Discussion can be long or short depending on how the group feels. Do not carry the class session on too long. Encourage each one to prepare his answers BEFORE the session begins if at all possible only because they will get more out of the discussion if they have thought about it. INTRODUCTION Isaiah lived and did his work in Judah while the following kings ruled: Uzziah, Gotham, ahaz, and Hezekiah. There is a tradition that says that Isaiah was martyred under Manasseh, who was the wicked son of Hezekiah, in about the year 680 B.C. Isaiah warned the people again and again that the city of Jerusalem and the country of Judah would be judged for their wickedness. The Babylonian exile was predicted in chapter 39. The restoration of the kingdom was also a part of his prophesy. Starting in chapter 40 Isaiah gave comfort through the following promises from God: 1) The Babylonian exiles would be allowed to return to Jerusalem. 2) A righteous, suffering servant would bring salvation. 3) God would set up a new kingdom which was righteous.

3 ISAIAH - Chapters In this chapter who does God say is his anointed?. Verse 2. Who made the earth and created mankind upon it?. Verse 3. What will happen to all the makers of idols? 4. Why was the earth created?. Verse 5. What does God implore all the peoples of the earth to do? 6. God appointed Cyrus to do his will for the sake of Israel. 7. The clay says to the potter, What are you making. 8. God stretches out the heavens. 9. God speaks openly not in secret. 10. All of the descendants of Israel will be found righteous. 11. Is The Lord one God among many? 12. Does God call Israel his children? 13. Will Cyrus rebuild Jerusalem without cost to Israel? 14. Will Israel s salvation be everlasting? 15. Does God say that in the end EVERYBODY will bow the knee to him? 45

4 Isaiah - Chapter At what point did God begin to uphold the house of Jacob? 2. When an idol of gold or silver is set down, how far can it move itself? 3. What does God make known? 4. Who does God say he will use to fulfill his purpose? 5. What will God do eventually for Zion and Israel? 6. Idols are also carried away into captivity. 7. God cares for the unborn from the time of concenpton. 8. In the midst of proclaiming punishment for Israel, God promised to rescue them. 9. They used gold dust, not gold bars in those days. 10. God s will shall be done, no matter what. 11. Does God care for the unborn, the young, and those with grey hair? 12. Is there anyone who can be compared to God? 13. Do idols talk? 14. Does God say it is good to remember the things of the past? 15. Will what God plans really come about? 46

5 Isaiah - Chapter What names are given to Babylon in this chapter? Name all you find.. Verse 2. What name of God did the Babylonians take upon themselves?. Verse 3. At what time of life did the Babylonians begin to depend on sorcery? 4. What effect did the counsel they had receive have on them? 5. How often did the stargazers make their predictions?. Verse 6. Babylon used millstones to grind flour. 7. There would be a remnant spared in Babylon. 8. Israel is called God s inheritance in this chapter. 9. Sorcery was not tolerated by the Babylonians. 10. Astrology is an evil practice. 11. Could the idols help the Babylonians in times of trouble? 12. Did the Babylonians think they would go on forever? 13. Did the Babylonians have wisdom and knowledge? 14. Will fire be involved in Babylon s punishment? 15. Will anyone be able to save Babylon? 47

6 Isaiah - Chapter What did God do so that the People of Judah would know that he was God?. Verse 2. What were the people called from birth?. Verse 3. How were the heavens spread out?. Verse 4. Who will defeat Babylon?. Verse 5. By what names is God called in this chapter? 6. God s people took oaths in the name of the Lord. 7. For his own sake God delayed his wrath upon his people. 8. God will not yield his glory to anyone except the King of Babylon. 9. God teaches what is best for his people. 10. There will one day be peace even for the wicked. 11. Were the people of Judah stubborn? 12. Was God going to tell them of new things? 13. Could the idols that they made foretell the future, or even talk at all? 14. Was God going to redeem Israel? 15. Can water come out of a rock? 48

7 Isaiah - Chapter When did God first know the one he called to be his servant? 2. Who are the ones that will be included in the salvation of God? 3. By what names is God called in this chapter? 4. Who will bring the Children of Israel back home?. Verse 5. What will all mankind know in time? 6. Before he was born God called Isaiah to be a prophet. 7. The Lord has 7 names in this chapter. 8. Some will come home from a great distance. 9. The nation of Israel is engraved on the Lord s hand. 10. God will contend with those who contend with Israel. 11. Did God say he would display his splendor through Isaiah? 12. Would Isaiah restore the tribes of Israel as well as be a light to the gentiles? 13. Will a mother forsake her child? 14. Will there be enough land for everybody? 15. Will all mankind know about God? 49

8 Isaiah - Chapter How did a man divorce his wife back then? (See Deuteronomy 24:1ff) 2. Who is speaking in verses 1-3?. Verse 4. What had the Lord given to his servang?. Verse 5. What will be the end of those who do not obey the words of God s servant? 6. The people were sold because of their sins. 7. Som people answered then the Lord called them. 8. The servant was rebellious at first. 9. Everybody who heard the words of the servant did what he said. 10. The servant was confident that he was doing what God wanted him to do. 11. Was Israel called the mother of the people? 12. Did the people have confidence in what God could do? 13. Was the servant taught what to say? 14. Will those who oppose the servant prosper? 15. Were the people going by the light of their own fires? 50

9 Isaiah - Chapter Who was called the rock from which they were cut? 2. Even though the heavens will vanish like smoke how long will God s salvation last? 3. What are the sons of men called?. Verse 4. What statements are made about the heavens? 5. When will Jerusalem drink of God s wrathe again?. Verse 6. Abraham was blessed and made into many. 7. The earth will last forever. 8. The ransomed of the Lord will never return to Zion. 9. God will put words into their mouths. 10. The people were made drunk with wine. (Put a Y or a N in one blank and the and verse in the other) 11. Was Sarah also called a rock? 12. Will God s justice become a light to the nations? 13. Wil the cowering prisoner soon be set free? 14. Will those who tormented Jerusalem be tormented themselves? 15. Were the Israelites made to bow down so they might be walked over? 51

10 Isaiah - Chapter Who does God promise will never enter Jerusalem again? 2. What was happening to God s name all day long?. Verse 3. What is it that when God does it the entire world will see? 4. What prophesy about Christ is in this chapter? 5. What will the kings do because of God s servant?. Verse 6. Jerusalem is called the captive daughter of Zion. 7. Those who proclaim good news have beautiful feet. 8. The Lord will never redeem Israel. 9. It is possible that the crucifiction is mention in this chapter. 10. It is possible to see without being told and to understand without hearing. 11. Is Jerusalem called the Holy City? 12. Does God speak directly in this chapter? 13. Will the Lord again comfort his people? 14. Is God s servant going to suffer? 15. Will kings keep silent because of God s servant? 52

11 Isaiah - Chapter What does Isaiah say about Christ and how he was raised? Verse 2. What act in the New Testament fulfilled the prophesy of being pierced? 3. What verse speaks about our sins being put on Christ?. Verse 4. How was God going to make Christ a guilt offering? 5. How is the resurrection of Christ prophesied in this chapter?. Verse 6. The Christ was going to be a good looking man. 7. The Christ was going to be rejected by men. 8. All of our sins were to be laid on the one Isaiah was talking about. 9. This one described by Isaiah would be buried with the poor. 10. It was the will of God that Christ would suffer. 11. Will the one whom God sends e dressed like a prince? 12. Were the people in the country all of one mind? 13. Was the person that God was sending going to have any children? 14. Was it the Lord s will that this man should suffer? 15. Was this man to bear the sins of many? 53

12 Isaiah - Chapter In this chapter who does God say will have the most children? 2. Who will be the husband of this nation that belongs to God?. Verse 3. How long did God hide his face from them?. Verse 4. What did the promises made in this chapter remind God of? 5. Who created the blacksmith?. Verse 6. The nation of Israel is going to expand once more. 7. The wife who married young is compared to the nation of Israel. 8. God promises that all their sons will have peace. 9. This chapter is a warning to any who might attack Israel. 10. Their vindication will come from God himself. 11. Were there two things that they were not to be afaid of or fear? 12. Is God called the redeemer of Israel? 13. Is God the God of the Jews only? 14. Will orecious become building material/ 15. Is God the one speaking in this chapter? 54

13 Isaiah - Chapter What are people urged to do who have no money?. Verse 2. To whom did God say that he gave faithful love to?. Verse 3. How high are the ways of God above our ways?. Verse 4. What will accomplish God s desires?. Verse 5. What will grow instead of the briers?. Verse 6. We should listen to God s Word so that we might live. 7. God is far away from us. 8. God is just waiting to pardon our sins. 9. God s Word will do what it is sent out to acvcomplish. 10. An everlasting sign will be given. 11. Does God care how you spend your money? 12. Is God waiting to be found? 13. Can any man think the very thoughts of God? 14. Will pine trees will grow again in Israel? 15. Is there a sign that is everlasting? 55

14 Isaiah - Chapter How far away is the Lord s salvation?. Verse 2. What does the Lord promise to the foreigner who obeys Him? 3. What does the Lord promise to the eunuch? 4. What will God s house be called?. Verse 5. What do the shepherds who lack understanding seek? 6. Keeping the Sabbath day was an important part of being obedient to God 7. The eunuch will be allowed into the temple in the days to come. 8. The foeigners will be able to make sacrifices on the Lord s altar. 9. Israel s watchmen are compared to donkeys. 10. Israel s watchmen eat until they are saitsfied. 11. If a man keeps the Sabbath he can do as he pleases otherwise. 12. Can a eunuch have children? 13. Will other people be included in the covenant with God? 14. Will God bless those who take in Israel s exiles? 15. Did the Israelites know how to make beer? 56

15 Isaiah - Chapter Why will the devout and righteous be taken away? 2. Where did God say that the people were sacrificing their children? 3. Why did the people not fear God?. Verse 4. By what names is God called in this chapter? 5. What are the wicked like?. Verse 6. The people burned with lust under the cedar trees of Babylon. 7. The people of Israel offered olive oil to the false god Molech. 8. The people are admonished to make God their refuge. 9. God will not accuse forever but will remain angry. 10. Those who say PEACE God will heal. 11. Will the rightous find rest in death? 12. Did the people make their beds in the valleys? 13. Does God live forever? 14. Will God forgive sinners even though they are contrite? 15. Does the sea ever rest? 57

16 Isaiah - Chapter Why was the fasting of the people of Israel not pleasing to the Lord? 2. What were they supossed to do with the cords of the yoke?. Verse 3. When the people do what pleases the Lord, how will he respond. 4. What were they to call a Sabbath?. Verse 5. What were they to call honorable?.verse 6. The Lord is pleased with anyone who fasts regardless of the reason. 7. Some people who fast end up with quareling and strife. 8. The people were told to clothe the naked. 9. If they did right God would say, I am here God does not like idle words. 11. If they fasted and yet did whatever they pleased does God like that? 12. Did everyone who fasted humble themselves? 13. If they satisfied the needs of the oppressed would they shine like a light in the darkness? 14. If the people pleased God they would rise up old foundations. 15. Did their Jacob leave an inheritance? 58

17 Isaiah - Chapter What separated them from God?. Verse 2. What is useless for clothing?. Verse 3. Who do you think the author is talking about in verses 15-18?. Verse 4. How will God repay them?. Verse 5. What is necessary for the descendants of Jacob to have the Redeemer come the them? 6. Their sins had hidden God s face from them. 7. When they looked for light, if they searched in the darkness, they could find it. 8. Their hearts conceived lies. 9. God could find many men who could have intervened to save Israel. 10. The Spirit of God was upon Isaiah. 11. Could God save them no matter what they did? 12. Did the people know how to find peace? 13. Was Isaiah confessing the sins of his people before God? 14. Does the make a difference to God what we do? 15. Did God put these words in the mouth of Isaiah? 59

18 Isaiah - Chapter What appears over the people when the Lord rises upon them?.verse 2. When people come from Sheba what will they bring with them? 3. Who will rebuild their walls?. Verse 4. Who is going to be the Savior, Redeemer and Mighty One of Jacob?. Verse 5. What is the shoot that God has planted in Israel?. Verse 6. All people both those of the Jews who had left and foreigners will come to Mount Zion. 7. The animals brought to Zion are brought as sacrifices. 8. Will all nations serve Israel? 9. Bronze will be brought instead of gold. 10. When these come to Mount Zion, a temple will be there. 11. Will many nations bring their wealth to Israel? 12. God himself will adorn his temple. 13. Will all peoples have peace and joy because of Israel? 14. Will there be violence,ruin and destruction continue in the land? 15. Will day and night be change in the day he speaks about? 60

19 Isaiah - Chapter Who is speaking in verses 1-7? and verses What will be given instead of a spirit of despair?. Verse 3. What will happen to the ruins of the ancient cities?. Verse 4. What kind of covenant will God make with Israel?. Verse 5. What will God spring up before all nations?. Verse 6. Isaiah was sent to proclaim both the Lord s favor, his vengeance as well. 7. The oil of gladness will be given instead of ashes. 8. The Israelits will be called priests of the Lord. 9. Isaiah was a righteous man. 10. The land will be married. 11. Both the first coming and the second coming of Christ is foretold in this chapter (See Luke 4:18 and 19). 12. Have the things prophesied in verses 4-11 come to pass yet? 13. Does the Lord God hate justice as well as robbery and iniquity? 14. Will the covenant that God makes with them be conditional? 15. Does a bridegroom dress in a different way for his wedding? 61

20 Isaiah - Chapter What is the new name that God will give to the people of Jerusalem? 2. What does the name Hephzibah mean?. Verse What does the name Beulah mean?. Verse 3. How long will the watchmen on the wall in Jerusalem NOT be silent? 4. What happened to their grain before and what will happen to it in the future? 5. What are they told to do to their highways?. Verse 6. Other people were calling Jerusalem Deserted and Desolate. 7. God will rejoice as a bridegroom rejoices. 8. The people were told to rest until God makes Jerusalem the praise of the earth 9. New wine will be drunk in the courts of God s sanctuary. 10. The new Jerusalem will no longer be Deserted. 11. The whole world will see the light that shines out of Jerusalem. 12. Does this entire chapter refer to a time way in the future even now? 13. Does the term marriage in this chapter refer to those who are saved? 14. Does verse 12 talk about the Lord s second coming? 15. Will the people of Israel be called Sought After?? 62

21 Isaiah - Chapter Who is it that is robed in splendor?. Verse 2. To what is the punishment of the nations compared to? 3. Who is speaking beginning in verse 7?. Verse 4. What is it that the people remembered that caused them to come back to the Lord? 5. Who is it that they claimed was their father?. Verse 6. From their own ranks the people raised up a Savior. 7. Israel has always obeyed the Lord. 8. The Holy Spirit was never involved in the events of the Old Testament. 9. The tribes of Israel are the inheritance of the Lord. 10. The people of Israel have never been called by His name. 11. Is it the garments of the Lord himself that is stained with blood? 12. At one time the Lord treated Israel with compassion and many kindnesses. 13. Was the Holy Spirit given to the ancient Israel people? 14. Is God s throne located in Jerusalem? 15. Has the Lord always ruled over Israel? 63

22 Isaiah - Chapter What will tremble and quake when the Lord returns?. Verse 2. What was it that made the Lord angry with them?. Verse 3. What are their righteous acts compared to?. Verse 4. What are the people compared to, and the Lord compared to? 5. To what could the cities of the land be described? 6. The time that God did awesome things is over. 7. God s reaction when the people continued to sin was to forgive them. 8. The present generation had never seen the miracles that God could do. 9. The people were wasting away. 10. The temple was destroyed by fire. 11. Does fire make water to boil? 12. Did the people see other Gods besides the Lord? 13. Did the people feel that they could not be saved? 14. Did Isaiah see God as the creator? 15. Did the people feel that God had punished them beyond measure? 64

23 Isaiah - Chapter To whom did God reveal himself and who found Him? 2. When God does not keep silent, what will He do? 3. Who will God destine for the sword?. Verse 4. To whom will God give another name?. Verse 5. What will it be said of a man who dies at a hundred years old? 6. God will punish them both for their own sins and the sins of their fathers. 7. God was pleased when they filled the bowl with mixed wine. 8. Those who swear by the God of truth, God will not forget them. 9. God tells them that there will be a new heaven and a new earth. 10. There will be animals in that new earth. 11. Did some of the people stay among the graves at night? 12. Are the words in this entire chapter the words of God himself? 13. Will God destroy ALL of the people of Israel? 14. Will those destined for destruction sing out of the joy of their hearts? 15. Does God know what we are thinking even before we pray to Him? 65

24 Isaiah - Chapter What did God say He had made?. Verse 2. How will their brothers treat those who tremble at God s word? 3. What does God do when he brings Zion to the time of delivery?. Verrse 4. How did God promise to comfort them?. Verse 5. Who will come to worship God after he creates a new heaven and a new earth? 6. God esteems anyone who is humble and contrite in spirit. 7. The noise coming from the temple will be God s chosen ones worshiping. 8. The wealth of nations will come into Jerusalem. 9. Eating pigs and rats is an abomination to God. 10. Their name and descendants will last only a short time before God. 11. Do those who worship an idol have chosen their own way? 12. Can a nation be born in a day? 13. Will God show His fury to His foes? 14. Will God himself execute judgment and slay many? 15. Will God send people out into the world to preach; about his glory? 66