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ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

Dive deep into Isaiah chapter 21 on the fall of Babylon, Medes and Persians, prophecy effects on Jews, and significance of key locations revealed in the text.

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ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

  2. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY ONE FALL OF BABYLON BY THE MEDES & PERSIANS V. 1-9 HOW THIS PROPHECY WILL EFFECT THE JEWS V. 10 PROPHECY AGAINST DUMAH V. 11-12 PROPHECY AGAINST ARABIA V. 13-17

  3. READ: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. 2 A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease.

  4. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. 2 A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease. WHERE IS THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA? (DESERT BY THE SEA NIV) DEAD SEA? SALT SEA? WHAT ARE THE WHIRLWINDS IN THE SOUTH? WHIRLWIND: HURRICANE, STORM, TEMPEST WHERE IS THIS TERRIBLE LAND? WHO IS THIS TREACHEROUS PERSON WHO PLUNDERS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? BELSHAZZAR? WHERE WAS ELAM? MEDIA?

  5. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. WHERE IS THE WILDERNESS OF THE SEA? (DESERT BY THE SEA NIV) DEAD SEA? SALT SEA? READ: DEUTERONOMY 3:16-17 17 The plain with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah. NKJV READ: JOSHUA 12:3 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

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. WHAT ARE THE WHIRLWINDS IN THE SOUTH? WHIRLWIND: HURRICANE, STORM, TEMPEST READ: JOB 37:9-13 9 From the chamber of the south comes the whirlwind And cold from the scattering winds of the north. 10 By the breath of God ice is given And the broad waters are frozen. 11 Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds. He scatters His bright clouds. 12 They swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth. 13 He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy. NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. WHAT ARE THE WHIRLWINDS IN THE SOUTH? WHIRLWIND: HURRICANE, STORM, TEMPEST HOW WILL THE LORD COME UP AGAINST SAMARIA? WITH THE WHIRLWINDS FROM THE SOUTH? READ: ZECHARIAH 9:12-14 12 Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare That I will restore double to you. 13 I have bent Judah, My bow and I have fitted the bow with Ephraim. I have raised up your sons, O Zion, Against your sons, O Greece And I made you like the sword of a mighty man. 14 The LORD will be seen over them And His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet And go with whirlwinds from the south. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. WHERE IS THIS TERRIBLE LAND? READ: NUMBERS 21:4-5 4 They journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 The people spoke against God and against Moses: Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water and our soul loathes this worthless bread. NKJV READ: DEUTERONOMY 1:19 19 We departed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wildernesswhich you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the LORD our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea. NKJV

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 1 The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea. As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. WHERE IS THIS TERRIBLE LAND? READ: DEUTERONOMY 8:14-16 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; 15 Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; 16 Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end— NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 2:6 6 Nor did they say, Where is the LORD, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and pits, Through a land of drought and the shadow of death, Through a land that no one crossed And where no one dwelt? NKJV

  10. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 2 A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease. WHO IS THIS TREACHEROUS PERSON WHO PLUNDERS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? BELSHAZZAR? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:9-10 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem. NKJV

  11. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 WHO IS THIS TREACHEROUS PERSON WHO PLUNDERS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? BELSHAZZAR? READ: 2 KINGS 24:15-16 15 He carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. NKJV READ: DANIEL 4:29-30 29 At the end of the twelve months Nebuchadnezzar was walking about the royal palace of Babylon. 30 The king spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?” NKJV

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 WHO IS THIS TREACHEROUS PERSON WHO PLUNDERS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? BELSHAZZAR? READ: DANIEL 5:1-3 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 They brought the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem. And the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 30 That night Belshazzar , king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. NKJV

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 WHO IS THIS TREACHEROUS PERSON WHO PLUNDERS? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? BELSHAZZAR? WHAT DID HE DO? READ: HABAKKUK 2:5 5 Indeed, Because he transgresses by wine, He is a proud man And he does not stay at home. Because he enlarges his desire as hell, He is like death and cannot be satisfied. He gathers to himself all nations And heaps up for himself all peoples. NKJV WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM? READ: HABAKKUK 2:8 8 Because you have plundered many nations, All the remnant of the people shall plunder you; Because of men's blood And the violence of the land and the city And of all who dwell in it. NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 2 A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease. WHERE WAS MEDIA? WHO WERE THE MEDES? WHERE WAS ELAM? WHO WERE THE ELAMITES? READ: GENESIS 10:22 22 The sons of Shem wereElam,Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram. NKJV (1 CHRONICLES 1:17)

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 WHERE WAS ELAM? WHO WERE THE ELAMITES? WHERE WAS DANIEL WHEN HE SAW THIS VISION? SHUSHAN IN ELAM? READ: DANIEL 8:1-3 VISION OF A RAM AND A GOAT 1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me — to me, Daniel — after the one that appeared to me the first time. 2 I saw in the vision and it so happened while I was looking that I was in Shushan, the citadel, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai. NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 THE FALL OF BABYLON PROCLAIMED 2 A distressing vision is declared to me; The treacherous dealer deals treacherously, And the plunderer plunders. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing I have made to cease. WHERE WAS MEDIA? WHO WERE THE MEDES? READ: 2 KINGS 17:6 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 (2 KINGS 18:11-12)

  17. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:1-2 WHERE WAS MEDIA? WHO WERE THE MEDES? REMEMBER BELSHAZZAR’S DREAM READ: DANIEL 5:26-28 26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom and finished it; 27 TEKEL: You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; 28 PERES: Your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians. NKJV WHO DID THE LORD GIVE HIS KINGDOM GIVEN TO? DARIUS OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS? DANIEL 5:30-31 30 That night Belshazzar , king of the Chaldeans, was slain. 31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. NKJV

  18. READ: ISAIAH 21:3-5 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it. 4 My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me. 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield!

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it. 4 My heart wavered; fearfulness frightened me. The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me. 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHY IS THIS VISION DISTRESSING TO ISAIAH? HOW? LIKE A WOMAN IN LABOR? FEARFUL? DISTRESSING? WHAT DID ISAIAH TELL THE PEOPLE OF BABYLON? WHY PREPARE THE TABLE? WHY EAT AND DRINK? WHY SET A WATCHMAN IN THE TOWER? WHY ANOINT THEIR SHIELDS?

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it. WHY IS THIS VISION DISTRESSING TO ISAIAH? HOW? LIKE A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: GENESIS 3:16 16 To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception. In pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband And he shall rule over you.” NKJV WAS MAN EVER IN LABOR WITH CHILD? READ: JEREMIAH 30:5-7 5 For Thus says the LORD: ‘We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.’ 6 ‘Ask now and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale?’ 7 ‘Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it. It is the time of Jacob's trouble, But he shall be saved out of it.’ NKJV

  21. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MIGHTY MEN OF MOAB? LIKE A WOMAN IN LABOR? READ: JEREMIAH 48:40-41 40 One shall fly like an eagle And spread his wings over Moab. 41 Kerioth is taken And the strongholds are surprised. The mighty men's hearts in Moab on that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs. READ: JEREMIAH 49:21-22 21 The earth shakes at the noise of their fall. At the cry its noise is heard at the Red Sea. 22 He shall come up and fly like the eagle And spread His wings over Bozrah. The heart of the mighty men of Edom in that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs. NKJV

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 HOW DID BELSHAZZAR RESPOND TO THE HANDWRITING? READ: DANIEL 5:1-9 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 6 The king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his hips were loosened and his knees knocked against each other. 9 King Belshazzar was greatly troubled, his countenance was changed, and his lords were astonished. NKJV

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it. 4 My heart wavered; fearfulness frightened me. The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me. HOW DID DAVID’S PROBLEMS EFFECT HIM? READ: PSALMS 38:9-10 9 Lord, all my desire is before You. My sighing is not hidden from You. 10 My heart pants, my strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. NKJV READ: PSALMS 55:4-5 4 My heart is severely pained within me And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me And horror has overwhelmed me. NKJV

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 HOW DID DANIEL’S VISIONS EFFECT HIM? READ: DANIEL 7:27-28 27 The kingdom and dominion And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him. 28 This is the end of the account. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me and my countenance changed. But I kept the matter in my heart. NKJV READ: DANIEL 8:26-27 26 The vision of the evenings and morningsWhich was told is true. Seal up the vision, For it refers to many days in the future. 27 I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days. Afterward I arose and went about the king's business. I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it. NKJV

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 HOW DID DANIEL’S VISIONS EFFECT HIM? READ: DANIEL 10:10-17 10 Suddenly, a hand touched me, which made me tremble on my knees and on the palms of my hands. 11 He said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you and stand upright for I have now been sent to you.” While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling. 12 He said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. And I have come because of your words.” 13 “The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days. Behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me. For I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.”

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 HOW DID DANIEL’S VISIONS EFFECT HIM? READ: DANIEL 10:10-17 14 “I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.” 15 When he had spoken such words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless. 16 Suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips. I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, “My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me and I have retained no strength.” 17 “How can this servant of my lord talk with you, my lord? As for me, no strength remains in me now, nor is any breath left in me.”

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHAT DID ISAIAH TELL THE PEOPLE OF BABYLON? WHY PREPARE THE TABLE? WHY EAT AND DRINK? TOMORROW YOU MAY DIE? WHY SET A WATCHMAN IN THE TOWER? WHY ANOINT THEIR SHIELDS? PREPARE FOR BATTLE?

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHY PREPARE THE TABLE? WHY EAT AND DRINK? READ: PSALMS 23 1 The LORD is my shepherd. I shall not want. 2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. 3 He restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. 4 Yea, Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil For You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil and My cup runs over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHY PREPARE THE TABLE? WHY EAT AND DRINK? WHAT DID THE LORD PREPARE FOR ISRAEL? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 25:15-16 15 Thus says the LORD God of Israel to me: “Take this wine cup of fury from My hand and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.” 16 “They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.” NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 51:39-40 39 “In their excitement I will prepare their feasts. I will make them drunk That they may rejoice And sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake,” says the LORD. 40 “I will bring them down Like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams with male goats.” NKJV

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHY PREPARE THE TABLE? WHY EAT AND DRINK? WHAT DID THE LORD PREPARE FOR ISRAEL? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 51:57 57 “I will make drunk Her princes and wise men, Her governors, her deputies and her mighty men. They shall sleep a perpetual sleep And not awake,: says the King, Whose name is the LORD of hosts. READ: NAHUM 3:11 11 You will be drunk. You will be hidden And You also will seek refuge from the enemy. NKJV

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHY SET A WATCHMAN IN THE TOWER? PREPARE FOR BATTLE? READ: JEREMIAH 51:12 12 Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon. Make the guard strong. Set up the watchmen, Prepare the ambushes. For the LORD has both devised and done What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon. NKJV

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHY SET A WATCHMAN IN THE TOWER? PREPARE FOR BATTLE? WHO DID DAVID SAY GUARDS THE CITY? THE LORD? READ: PSALMS 127:1-2 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To sit up late, To eat the bread of sorrows. For so He gives His beloved sleep. NKJV READ: HOSEA 9:8 8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God. But the prophet is a fowler's snare in all his ways. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHY DID THE LORD APPOINT EZEKIEL AS A WATCHMAN? READ: EZEKIEL 3:16-19 16 It came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me.” 18 “When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die and you give him no warning nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, That same wicked man shall die in his iniquity. But his blood I will require at your hand.” 19 “Yet, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, He shall die in his iniquity; But you have delivered your soul.” NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 WHY DID THE LORD APPOINT EZEKIEL AS A WATCHMAN? READ: EZEKIEL 33:1-9 1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, speak to the children of your people and say to them: When I bring the sword upon a land and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman,” 3 “When he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people,” 4 “Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be on his own head.” 5 “He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; His blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning will save his life.”

  35. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 WHY DID THE LORD APPOINT EZEKIEL AS A WATCHMAN? READ: EZEKIEL 33:1-9 6 “But If the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet. And the people are not warned and the sword comes and takes any person from among them. He is taken away in his iniquity. But his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.” 7 “You, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me.” 8 “When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surely die!’ And you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, That wicked man shall die in his iniquity. But his blood I will require at your hand.” 9 “Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, And he does not turn from his way. He shall die in his iniquity. But you have delivered your soul.” NKJV

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 5 Prepare the table, Set a watchman in the tower, Eat and drink. Arise, you princes, Anoint the shield! WHAT DID JEREMIAH TELL EGYPT TO DO? PREPARE FOR BATTLE? READ: JEREMIAH 46:3-4 3 Order the buckler and shield And draw near to battle! 4 Harness the horses And mount up, you horsemen! Stand forth with your helmets, Polish the spears, Put on the armor! NKJV WHAT DID JEREMIAH TELL BABYLON TO DO? PREPARE FOR BATTLE? READ: JEREMIAH 51:11 11 Make the arrows bright! Gather the shields! The LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes. For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it Because it is the vengeance of the LORD, The vengeance for His temple.

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 WHAT DID JEREMIAH TELL BABYLON TO DO? PREPARE FOR BATTLE? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 50:14-15 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon all around. All you who bend the bow, Shoot at her, spare no arrows, For she has sinned against the LORD. 15 Shout against her all around. She has given her hand, Her foundations have fallen, Her walls are thrown down. For It is the vengeance of the LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so do to her. READ: JEREMIAH 51:28-29 28 Prepare against her the nations, With the kings of the Medes, Its governors and all its rulers, All the land of his dominion. 29 The land will tremble and sorrow; For every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant. NKJV

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 WHAT DID JEREMIAH TELL BABYLON TO DO? PREPARE FOR BATTLE? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 51:34-37 34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon Has devoured me, he has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has swallowed me up like a monster. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies. He has spit me out. 35 Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Babylon, The inhabitant of Zion will say. And my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea! Jerusalem will say. 36 Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her springs dry.” 37 “Babylon shall become a heap, A dwelling place for jackals, An astonishment and a hissing, Without an inhabitant.” NKJV

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:3-5 WHAT DID JEREMIAH TELL BABYLON TO DO? PREPARE FOR BATTLE? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 51:43-44 43 “Her cities are a desolation, A dry land and a wilderness, A land where no one dwells, Through which no son of man passes.” 44 “I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will bring out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall not stream to him anymore. Yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall.” NKJV

  40. READ: ISAIAH 21:6-7 6 For thus has the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.“ 7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels, And he listened earnestly with great care.

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:6-7 6 For thus has the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.“ 7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels, And he listened earnestly with great care. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? SET A WATCHMAN? DID THE WATCHMAN PERFORM HIS DUTIES? WHAT DID HE SEE? HORSES? DONKEYS? CAMELS? WHAT WERE THESE ANIMALS USED FOR?

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:6-7 6 For thus has the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.“ WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? WHO DID THE WATCHMAN OF JEZREEL SEE? JEHU? WHAT DID JORAM, KING OF JUDAH, ASK JEHU? WHAT DID JORAM MEAN ‘IS IT PEACE’? DO YOU COME IN PEACE? READ: 2 KINGS 9:17 17 A watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came and said, “I see a company of men. Joram said, Get a horseman and send him to meet them. And let him say, Is it peace?” NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:6-7 6 For thus has the Lord said to me: "Go, set a watchman, Let him declare what he sees.“ 7 And he saw a chariot with a pair of horsemen, A chariot of donkeys, and a chariot of camels, And he listened earnestly with great care. WHAT DID THE WATCHMAN SEE? WHAT DID DAVID TAKE FROM THE KING OF ZOBAH? HORSES AND CHARIOTS? WHAT DID HE DO TO THE HORSES? WHY? 2 SAMUEL 8:3-4 3 David defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the River Euphrates. 4 David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots. NKJV

  44. READ: ISAIAH 21:8-9 8 Then he cried, "A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night. 9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen! "Then he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground."

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:8-9 8 Then he cried, "A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night. 9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen! "Then he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground." WHO IS THE WATCHMAN SPEAKING TO? THE LORD? WHAT DOES HE SAY CONCERNING HIS DUTIES? I STAND AS A LION? DAY AND NIGHT? WHAT DID HE SEE? TWO MEN IN A CHARIOT? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? BABYLON IS FALLEN?

  46. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:6-9 8 Then he cried, "A lion, my Lord! I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime; I have sat at my post every night. WHO IS THE WATCHMAN SPEAKING TO? THE LORD? WHAT DOES HE SAY CONCERNING HIS DUTIES? I STAND AS A LION? DAY AND NIGHT? WHO APPOINTED HABAKKUK AS A WATCHMAN? THE LORD? WHAT DID HABAKKUK SAY CONCERNING HIS DUTIES? HOW WILL HE ANSWER THE LORD? READ: HABAKKUK 2:1 1 I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart. I watch to see what He will say to me And what I will answer when I am corrected. NKJV

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:6-9 9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen! "Then he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground." WHAT DID HE SEE? TWO MEN IN A CHARIOT? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? BABYLON IS FALLEN? ALL HER IMAGES ARE BROKEN? READ: JEREMIAH 50:2 2 “Declare among the nations. Proclaim and set up a standard. Proclaim and Do not conceal it. Say, ‘Babylon is taken and Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces. Her idols are humiliated and Her images are broken in pieces.’” NKJV

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 21:6-9 9 And look, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen! "Then he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! And all the carved images of her gods He has broken to the ground." WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? BABYLON IS FALLEN? ALL HER IMAGES ARE BROKEN? READ: JEREMIAH 51:8-9 8 Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon But she is not healed. Forsake her and let us go everyone to his own country. For her judgment reaches to heaven and is lifted up to the skies. NKJV

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