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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. PROPHECY AGAINST SENNACHERIB V. 1-4 THE MERCY & POWER OF GOD V. 5-6 DISTRESS & DESPAIR OF THE JEWS V. 7-9 THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE V. 10-13 THE DREAD OF THE WICKED AND THE SECURITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS V. 14-17

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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

  2. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE PROPHECY AGAINST SENNACHERIB V. 1-4 THE MERCY & POWER OF GOD V. 5-6 DISTRESS & DESPAIR OF THE JEWS V. 7-9 THE PROMISE OF DELIVERANCE V. 10-13 THE DREAD OF THE WICKED AND THE SECURITY OF THE RIGHTEOUS V. 14-17 THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB V. 18-24

  3. READ: ISAIAH 33:1 A PRAYER IN DEEP DISTRESS 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you.

  4. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:1 A PRAYER IN DEEP DISTRESS 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. WHO IS PLUNDERING & DEALING TREACHEROUSLY? SENNACHERIBKING OF ASSYRIA WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? THEY WILL BE PLUNDERED

  5. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:1 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. WHO IS PLUNDERING & DEALING TREACHEROUSLY? HOW DID HEZEKIAH RESPOND? READ: 2 KINGS 18:13-15 13 And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, Saying, "I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay." And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house. NKJV

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:1 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. WHO IS PLUNDERING & DEALING TREACHEROUSLY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: JEREMIAH 30:16-17 16 ‘Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; And All your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity;Those who plunder you shall become plunder, And All who prey upon you I will make a prey. 17 ‘For I will restore health to you And heal you of your wounds,' says the LORD, 'Because they called you an outcast saying: "This is Zion; No one seeks her."' NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:1 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! When you cease plundering, You will be plundered; When you make an end of dealing treacherously, They will deal treacherously with you. WHO IS PLUNDERING & DEALING TREACHEROUSLY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? READ: EZEKIEL 39:9-10 9 “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.” 10 “They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord GOD. NKJV

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:1 WHO IS PLUNDERING & DEALING TREACHEROUSLY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM? WHY? 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 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM WHO KILLS WITH THE SWORD? READ: REVELATION 13:9-10 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. NKJV

  9. READ: ISAIAH 33:2-4 A PRAYER IN DEEP DISTRESS 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. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; 4 And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them.

  10. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:2-4 A PRAYER IN DEEP DISTRESS 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. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; 4 And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them. WHAT ARE THEY PRAYING FOR? HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS GRACE? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD LIFTS HIMSELF UP? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PLUNDER?

  11. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:2-4 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. WHAT ARE THEY PRAYING FOR? HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS GRACE? HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER ISRAEL FROM BONDAGE? READ: EXODUS 15:16 16 Fear and dread will fall on them; By the greatness of Your arm They will be as still as a stone, Till Your people pass over, O LORD, Till the people pass over Whom You have purchased. NKJV HOW DID ISRAEL GAIN POSSESSION OF THEIR LAND? READ: PSALMS 44:3 3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. NKJV

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:2-4 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. WHAT ARE THEY PRAYING FOR? HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS GRACE? WHAT DID THE LORD DO FOR ISRAEL? REDEEMED THEM? READ: PSALMS 77:15 15 You have with Your arm redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. NKJV READ: PSALMS 98:1 1 Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory. NKJV

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:2-4 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. WHAT ARE THEY PRAYING FOR? HOW DOES THE LORD MANIFEST HIS GRACE? WHAT DID EZRA SAY THE LORD HAD DONE FOR ISRAEL? READ: EZRA 9:7-8 7 Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to humiliation, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little while grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage. NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:2-4 3 At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD LIFTS HIMSELF UP? READ: NUMBERS 10:35-36 35 So it was, whenever the ark set out, Moses said: "Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You." 36 And when it rested, he said: "Return, O LORD, To the many thousands of Israel." NKJV READ: PSALMS 46:5-6 5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:2-4 3 At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee; When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered; WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD LIFTS HIMSELF UP? READ: PSALMS 68:1 1 Let God arise, Let His enemies be scattered. Let those also who hate Him flee before Him. NKJV WHY WILL THE LORD RISE UP? READ: PSALMS 12:5 5 "For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he yearns." NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:2-4 4 And Your plunder shall be gathered Like the gathering of the caterpillar; As the running to and fro of locusts, He shall run upon them. WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE PLUNDER? WHAT DID THE SYRIANS LEAVE BEHIND? READ: 2 KINGS 7:16 16 The people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. A seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. NKJV WHY COMPARE THIS PLUNDERING TO A LOCUST? WHAT CONSUMED THE LAND OF JUDAH? READ: JOEL 1:4 4 What the chewing locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; What the swarming locust left, the crawling locust has eaten; And what the crawling locust left, the consuming locust has eaten. NKJV

  17. READ: ISAIAH 33:5-6 A PRAYER IN DEEP DISTRESS 5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure.

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:5-6 A PRAYER IN DEEP DISTRESS 5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. 6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure. WHERE DOES THE LORD DWELL? HOW IS THE LORD EXHALTED? WHAT WILL BE THE STABILITY OF THEIR TIME? FEAR OF THE LORD? WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE?

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:5-6 5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. WHERE DOES THE LORD DWELL? HOW IS THE LORD EXHALTED? READ: JOB 16:19 19 Surely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high. NKJV READ: PSALMS 97:9 9 You, LORD, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods. NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:5-6 6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the LORD is His treasure. WHAT WILL BE THE STABILITY OF THEIR TIME? FEAR OF THE LORD? WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE? READ: GENESIS 39:2-3 2 The LORD was with Joseph and he was a successful man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all he did to prosper in his hand. WHAT DID JOSEPH’S MASTER SEE?

  21. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:5-6 WHAT WILL BE THE STABILITY OF THEIR TIME? FEAR OF THE LORD? WISDOM & KNOWLEDGE? READ: PROVERBS 1:7 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. READ: PROVERBS 15:16 16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD, Than great treasure with trouble. NKJV READ: MATTHEW 6:33 33 Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. NKJV

  22. READ: ISAIAH 33:7-9 A PRAYER IN DEEP DISTRESS 7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 8 The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man. 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 8 The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man. 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. WHAT IS THE PLIGHT OF THEIR LEADERS? WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? DID THIS HAPPEN BEFORE? WHY? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LEBANON, SHARON, BASHAN & CARMEL?

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside, The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. WHAT IS THE PLIGHT OF THEIR LEADERS? WHAT DID SENNACHERIB SAY TO THEM? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:10-15 & 2 KINGS 18:17-37

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:10-15 10 "Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: 'In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem? 11 Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, "The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria"? 12 Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, "You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it"? 13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand? 14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand? 15 Now therefore do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?'" NKJV (2 KINGS 18:17-37)

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 8 The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man. WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? DID THIS HAPPEN BEFORE? WHY? READ: JUDGES 5:6-7 6 "In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways. 7 Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel.” NKJV

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 8 The highways lie waste, The traveling man ceases. He has broken the covenant, He has despised the cities, He regards no man. WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE CITIES? WHY? THEY REFUSED TO LISTEN TO THE PROPHETS? READ: ZECHARIAH 7:11-14 11 “They refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. 12 Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. 13 Therefore it happened, that just as He proclaimed and they would not hear, so they called out and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts. 14 "But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no one passed through or returned; for they made the pleasant land desolate." NKJV

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LEBANON, SHARON, BASHAN & CARMEL? WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? LEBANON IS SHRIVELED? SHARON IS A WILDERNESS? BASHAN & CARMEL ARE FRUITLESS?

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LEBANON? WHAT DID SENNACHERIB THREATEN TO DO? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CEDARS OF LEBANON? READ: 2 KINGS 19:23 23 Your messengers have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest.” NKJV

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LEBANON? WHAT DID THE LORD SAY WOULD HAPPEN TO JUDAH? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CEDARS OF LEBANON? READ: JEREMIAH 22:6-7 6 For thus says the LORD to the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to Me, The head of Lebanon; Yet I surely will make you a wilderness, Cities which are not inhabited. 7 I will prepare destroyers against you, Everyone with his weapons; They shall cut down your choice cedars And cast them into the fire. NKJV

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT SHARON & BASHAN ? WHO WERE THE GADITES? AND WHERE DID THEY DWELL? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 5:16 16 The Gadites dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its villages, and in all the common-lands of Sharon within their borders. NKJV

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. AT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MOUNT CARMEL? WHAT DID ELIJAH DO AT MOUNT CARMEL? ELIJAH DESTROYED THE PROPHETS OF BAAL? READ: 1 KINGS 18:19 19 “Send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table." NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT BASHAN & CARMEL? WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO THESE CITIES? READ: NAHUM 1:3-4 3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The LORD has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet. 4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts. NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:7-9 9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. WHAT WILL THE LORD DO FOR HIS PEOPLE? BRING THEM BACK TO BASHAN, GILEAD & CARMEL? READ: MICAH 7:14 14 Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old. NKJV

  35. READ: ISAIAH 33:10-13 IMPENDING JUDGMENT ON ZION 10 "Now I will rise," says the LORD; "Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up. 11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. 13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might."

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 IMPENDING JUDGMENT ON ZION 10 "Now I will rise," says the LORD; "Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up. 11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. 13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might." WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? I WILL RISE? I WILL BE EXHALTED? HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS?

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 10 "Now I will rise," says the LORD; "Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up. 11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? I WILL RISE I WILL BE EXHALTED HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS? WHAT DID SENNACHERIB SAY TO HEZEKIAH? READ: 2 KINGS 18:19-22; 18:33-35 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SENNACHERIB? READ: 2 KINGS 19:22-28 READ: PSALMS 7:14-16

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS? WHAT DID SENNACHERIB SAY TO PROVOKE GOD? READ: 2 KINGS 18:19-22 19 Then the Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: "What confidence is this in which you trust? 20 You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? 21 Now Look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 22 But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD our God,' is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem'?"‘ NKJV

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS? WHAT DID SENNACHERIB SAY TO PROVOKE GOD? READ: 2 KINGS 18:33-35 33 “Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah?Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?" NKJV

  40. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SENNACHERIB? READ: 2 KINGS 19:22-28 22 'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel. 23 By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees. I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest. 24 I have dug and drunk strange water. And with the soles of my feet I have dried up all the brooks of defense."

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO SENNACHERIB? READ: 2 KINGS 19:22-28 25 'Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? I have brought it to pass, That you should be for crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins. 26 Their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown. 27 'I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in And your rage against Me. 28 Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came. NKJV

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS? READ: PSALMS 7:14-16 14 Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity; Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit and dug it out, And he has fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown. NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. 13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might." HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE SONS OF REBELLION? READ: 2 SAMUEL 23:6-7 6 The sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands. 7 But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place." NKJV

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MOAB? WHY? READ: AMOS 2:1-3 1 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting and trumpet sound. 3 And I will cut off the judge from its midst, And slay all its princes with him,“ Says the LORD. NKJV

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:10-13 12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. 13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might." HOW WILL THE LORD EXHALT HIMSELF? EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EVIL DOERS? WHY SHOULD THEY REJOICE IN GOD’S JUDGMENTS? READ: PSALMS 48:10-11 10 According to Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. 11 Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments. NKJV

  46. READ: ISAIAH 33:14-16 IMPENDING JUDGMENT ON ZION 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?“ 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16 He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:14-16 IMPENDING JUDGMENT ON ZION 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?“ 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16 He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE SINNERS IN ZION? WHAT IS THIS ‘DEVOURING FIRE’? WHO MAY DWELL WITH THE LORD ON HIGH?

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:14-16 IMPENDING JUDGMENT ON ZION 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?“ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE SINNERS IN ZION? WHAT IS THIS ‘DEVOURING FIRE’? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JERUSALEM? WHY BRING THEM THROUGH THE FIRE? READ: ZECHARIAH 13:8-9 8 “And it shall come to pass in all the land,“ Says the LORD, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one-third shall be left in it: 9 I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name And I will answer them. I will say, 'This is My people‘. And each one will say, 'The LORD is my God.'" NKJV

  49. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 33:14-16 IMPENDING JUDGMENT ON ZION 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?“ WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE SINNERS IN ZION? WHAT IS THIS ‘DEVOURING FIRE’? WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON JUDGMENT DAY? WHAT IS THIS ‘FIRE THAT IS NOT QUENCHED’? READ: ISAIAH 66:22-24 22 "For as the new heavens and the new earthWhich I will make shall remain before Me," says the LORD, "So shall your descendants and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD. 24 “And they shall go forth and look upon the corpses of the men who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.“ NKJV

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