Overview of Isa 28-39

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1 Overview of Isa Misha Levin (Russian b1986) The Prophet Isaiah along side men crying out woe pics.rubylane.com 1

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4 Key Issues of All Isaiah Isaiah--foundational biblical teaching on these subjects Messiah Nature of God Service Nature of Justice Word of God New heavens and the new earth 4

5 Significant Lines in Isa :10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little. 5

6 Significant Lines in :16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: `He who believes will not be in haste. www. cjcindia.org 6

7 Significant Lines in :13 And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote. ikswpgoodfriends.files 7

8 Significant Lines in :37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went home and dwelt at Nineveh. 8

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11 rosettasister.files. Because Hezekiah, king of Judah, would not submit to my yoke, I came up against him, and by force of arms and by the might of my power I took 46 of his strong fenced cities; and of the smaller towns which were scattered about, I took and plundered a countless number. From these places I took and carried off 200,156 persons, old and young, male and female, together with horses and mules, asses and camels, oxen and sheep, a countless multitude; and Hezekiah himself I shut up in Jerusalem, his capital city, like a bird in a cage, building towers round the city to hem him in, and raising banks of earth against the gates, so as to 11

12 Sermons of Isaiah woes 34 herem 35--homecoming narrative section on Hezekiah including the 701 attack on Jerusalem Proposal: The sermons in are preached during the threat of

13 Setting of Isaiah People are in denial Many in Jerusalem see Egyptian aid as the solution Hezekiah wavers Isaiah is court prophet City filled with fear, tension, alarm 13

14 Context for sermons in :6 Behold, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him. 36:9 How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 36:7 But if you say to me, "We rely on the LORD our God," is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, "You shall worship before this altar"? 35:10 - And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 14

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16 #1 28:1 Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine! 16

17 Ephraim fell in 721 Don t follow them in

18 28:16 thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: `He who believes will not be in haste.' 18

19 #2 29:1 Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts run their round. 19

20 Ariel is Jerusalem: your temple and feast days are at risk 20

21 #3 29:15 15 Woe to those who hide deep from the LORD their counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, "Who sees us? Who knows us?" 21

22 29:16 16 You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay; that the thing made should say of its maker, "He did not make me"; or the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"? 22

23 29: And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote 23

24 #4 30:1 Woe to the rebellious children," says the LORD, "who carry out a plan, but not mine; and who make a league, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin. 24

25 30:8-9 8 And now, go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come as a witness for ever. 9 For they are a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the instruction of the LORD 25

26 #5 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the LORD! 26

27 31:4 4 For thus the LORD said to me, As a lion or a young lion growls over his prey, so the LORD of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hill. 27

28 #6 33:1 Woe to you, destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom none has dealt treacherously! 28

29 Woe 6 Against Assyria 29

30 Last woe is Times ofagainst CrisisAssyria who camps outside the walls Run to Egypt of Jerusalem Listen to Speakers Trust God 30

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32 Isa. 34 God will take vengeance on those who oppose Him. Herem 32

33 Violence of God Both Testaments Salvation & Justice Seldom Immediate Response to Human violence 33

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35 10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; 35

36 Ahaz faithless Hezekiah faithfu 36

37 Isaiah Kings Narrative 37

38 Outline of I. A. B. II. A. B. Rearranged Chronologically Act I 1 Hez and Isa dialogue about H s health 38:1-8 2 Hez prayer and Isa s response 38:9-20 Act II 3 Babylon s envoys visit Hez 39:1-4 4 Isa and Hez dialogue about Babylonian visit 39:5-8 Act III 5 Taunt I by Rabshakeh 36: Response I by Eliakim 36: Taunt II by Rabshakeh 36: Reponse II by Hez and Isa 37:1-7 9 Taunt III by Rabshakeh 37: Response III by Hez prayer 37: Response IV by Isaiah s oracle 37: Sign and Praise by Isaiah 37: Conclusion 37: