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ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN

ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN. PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT PROPHECY CONCERNING EGYPT V. 1-17 TRUE RELIGION (GOSPEL) WILL COME TO EGYPT V. 18-22 PEACE BETWEEN EGYPT, ASSYRIA, AND ISRAEL V. 23-25. READ: ISAIAH 19:1. PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT

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ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN

  2. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER NINETEEN PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT PROPHECY CONCERNING EGYPT V. 1-17 TRUE RELIGION (GOSPEL) WILL COME TO EGYPT V. 18-22 PEACE BETWEEN EGYPT, ASSYRIA, AND ISRAEL V. 23-25

  3. READ: ISAIAH 19:1 PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

  4. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:1 PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. WHO IS THE PROCLAMATION AGAINST? EGYPT? HOW WILL THE LORD EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON EGYPT? HAS THE LORD DONE THIS IN THE PAST? WHEN?

  5. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:1 PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. HAS THE LORD DONE THIS IN THE PAST? WHEN? READ: EXODUS 12:12 12 I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. READ: JOSHUA 2:10-11 10 We have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 11 As soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted; neither did there remain any more courage in anyone because of you, for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. NKJV

  6. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:1 PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO DAVID’S CRY? READ: 2 SAMUEL 22:7-12 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD. I cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple And my cry entered His ears. 8 The earth shook and trembled; The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken Because He was angry. 9 Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens and came down With darkness under His feet. 11 He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12 He made darkness canopies around Him, Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. NKJV

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:1 PROCLAMATION AGAINST EGYPT 1 The burden against Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. WHY IS THE LORD BRINGING JUDGMENT AGAINST EGYPT? READ: JOEL 3:19 19 Egypt shall be a desolation And Edom a desolate wilderness Because of violence against the people of Judah. For they have shed innocent blood in their land. NKJV READ: JEREMIAH 43:12-13 12 I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. He shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment. And he shall go out from there in peace. 13 He shall break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt. And the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire. NKJV

  8. READ: ISAIAH 19:2-4 2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them, "Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,“ Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts. HOW WILL THE LORD DESTROY THE EGPYTIANS? HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY THE MIDIANITES? WHO DID EGYPT CONSULT FOR GUIDANCE? WHY DID THEY FAIL? WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO? A CRUEL MASTER? WHO IS THIS PERSON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

  10. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 HOW WILL THE LORD DESTROY THE EGPYTIANS? HOW DID THE LORD DESTROY THE MIDIANITES? READ: JUDGES 7:22 22 When the three hundred blew the trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his companion throughout the whole camp; and the army fled to Beth Acacia, toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. NKJV WHO CAUSED THE CALAMITY? THE LORD? READ: AMOS 3:6 6 If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is calamity in a city, will not the LORD have done it? NKJV

  11. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ISRAEL FORSOOK GOD? WHO SET NATION AGAINST NATION? CITY AGAINST CITY? READ: 2 CHRONICLES 15:3-6 3 For a long time Israel has been without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law; 4 But when in their trouble they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them. 5 In those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands. 6 Nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every adversity. NKJV

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,“ Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts. WHO DID EGYPT CONSULT FOR GUIDANCE? WHY DID THEY FAIL? WHAT DID GOD TELL ISRAEL ABOUT MEDIUMS & SORCERERS?

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 2 "I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. WHAT DID GOD TELL ISRAEL ABOUT MEDIUMS & SORCERERS? READ: LEVITICUS 19:31 31 Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. NKJV READ: LEVITICUS 20:6-7 6 The person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. NKJV

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHAT DID GOD TELL ISRAEL ABOUT MEDIUMS & SORCERERS? READ: DEUTERONOMY 18:9-12 9 When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 Or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12 All who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. NKJV

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHAT DID GOD TELL ISRAEL ABOUT MEDIUMS & SORCERERS? WHAT HAPPENED IF THEY TURNED TO MEDIUMS & SORCERERS? READ: 1 CHRONICLES 10:13-14 13 Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the LORD because he did not keep the word of the LORD, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance. 14 He did not inquire of the LORD; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse. NKJV

  16. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHERE DID MOSES OBTAIN HIS WISDOM? READ: ACTS 7:21-22 22 Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. NKJV WHERE DID SOLOMON OBTAIN HIS WISDOM? READ: 1 KINGS 4:30-32 30 Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 He was wiser than all men — than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. NKJV

  17. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. WHO DID EGYPT CONSULT FOR GUIDANCE? WHY DID THEY FAIL? WHO DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONSULT ABOUT HIS DREAMS? READ: DANIEL 2:1-3 1 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him. 2 The king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeansto tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 The king said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to know the dream.” NKJV

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHO DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONSULT ABOUT HIS DREAMS? WHY DID THEY FAIL? READ: DANIEL 2:10-11 10 The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king's matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean.” 11 “It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” NKJV

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHO DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR CONSULT ABOUT HIS DREAMS? WHO WAS ABLE TO INTERPET HIS DREAMS? WHY? READ: DANIEL 5:5-9 5 In the same hour the fingers of a man's hand appeared and wrote opposite the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 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. 7 The king cried aloud to bring inthe astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke, saying to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and tells me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck; and he shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” 8 All the king's wise men came, but they could not read the writing, or make known to the king its interpretation. NKJV

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will consult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers. WHO DID EGYPT CONSULT FOR GUIDANCE? WHY DID THEY FAIL? READ: JOB 5:11-13 11 He sets on high those who are lowly And those who mourn are lifted to safety. 12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty So that their hands cannot carry out their plans. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them. NKJV

  21. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 4 And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,“ Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts. WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO? A CRUEL MASTER? WHO IS THIS PERSON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? READ: JEREMIAH 46:25-26 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will bring punishment on Amon of No, and Pharaoh and Egypt, with their gods and their kings — Pharaoh and those who trust in him.” 26 “I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the LORD. NKJV

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 29:3 3 “Speak, and say,” Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, My River is my own; I have made it for myself.’” NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 29:19-20 19 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army.” 20 “I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,” says the Lord GOD. NKJV

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:2-4 WHO WILL THE LORD GIVE THEM OVER TO? NEBUCHADNEZZAR? WHY? READ: EZEKIEL 32:11-15 11 Thus says the Lord GOD: “The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.” 12 “By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall. They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt And all its multitude shall be destroyed.” 13 “I will destroy all its animals From beside its great waters; The foot of man shall muddy them no more Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them.” 14 “Then I will make their waters clear And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord GOD. 15 “When I make the land of Egypt desolate And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD.” NKJV

  24. READ: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. WHAT WATERS WILL THE LORD CAUSE TO FAIL? THE NILE? THE RED SEA? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS? WHY DRY UP THEIR WATERS?

  26. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. WHAT WATERS WILL THE LORD CAUSE TO FAIL? THE NILE? THE RED SEA? WHY DRY UP THEIR WATERS? READ: JEREMIAH 50:38 38 A drought is against her waters and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images. They are insane with their idols. READ: JEREMIAH 51:36 36 Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her seaandmake her springs dry.

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. WHAT WATERS WILL THE LORD CAUSE TO FAIL? THE NILE? THE RED SEA? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS? READ: EZEKIEL 30:12 12 “I will make the rivers dry And sell the land into the hand of the wicked. I will make the land waste and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the LORD, have spoken.” NKJV

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS? READ: GENESIS 41:1-4 1 It came to pass at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. And Behold, he stood by the river. 2 Suddenly there came up out of the river seven cows, fine looking and fat; and They fed in the meadow. 3 Behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ugly and gaunt and stood by the other cows on the bank of the river. 4 The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. And Pharaoh awoke. NKJV

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS? READ: EZEKIEL 7:17-18 17 Thus says the LORD: “By this you shall know that I am the LORD. ‘Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand and they shall be turned to blood.’ 18 ‘The fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will loathe to drink the water of the river.’” WHAT DID THE ISRAELITES REMEMBER ABOUT EGYPT? READ: NUMBERS 11:5-6 5 We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 But now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes! NKJV

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE NILE TURNED TO BLOOD? READ: EXODUS 7:14-18 14 The LORD said to Moses: “Pharaoh's heart is hard. He refuses to let the people go.” 15 “Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. You shall stand by the river's bank to meet him. And the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.” 16 “You shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, ‘Let My people go that they may serve Me in the wilderness; But indeed, until now you would not hear!’” 17 Thus says the LORD: ‘By this you shall know that I am the LORD. ‘Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand and they shall be turned to blood.’” 18 “The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink. The Egyptians will loathe to drink the water of the river.” NKJV

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS? READ: JOB 8:11-12 11 Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the reeds flourish without water? 12 While it is yet green and not cut down, It withers before any other plant. NKJV

  32. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 WHY DID LOT CHOOSE THE PLAIN OF JORDAN? HOW WAS IT WATERED? READ: GENESIS 13:10 10 Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar. NKJV

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PROMISE LAND? HOW WAS IT WATERED? READ: DEUTERONOMY 11:10-12 10 The land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden; 11 The land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 A land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year. NKJV

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:5-7 5 The waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up. 6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither. 7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD DRIES UP THEIR WATERS? READ: ZECHARIAH 10:11 11 He shall pass through the sea with affliction And strike the waves of the sea. All the depths of the River shall dry up. The pride of Assyria shall be brought down And the scepter of Egypt shall depart. NKJV

  35. READ: ISAIAH 19:8-9 8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters. 9 Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:8-9 8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters. 9 Moreover those who work in fine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed; WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FISHERMEN? WHY? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO WORK FLAX AND WEAVE? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS?

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:8-9 8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters. HOW DID THE LORD BLESS THE FISHERMEN? READ: EZEKIEL 47:8-10 8 He said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.” 9 “It shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there. They will be healed and everything will live wherever the river goes.” 10 “It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim. They will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.”

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:8-9 8 The fishermen also will mourn; All those will lament who cast hooks into the River, And they will languish who spread nets on the waters. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE LORD IS NOT PLEASED? READ: AMOS 4:2 2 The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks And your posterity with fishhooks.” NKJV WHY? READ: HABAKKUK 1:14-16 14 Why do You make men like fish of the sea, Like creeping things that have no ruler over them? 15 They take up all of them with a hook, They catch them in their net And gather them in their dragnet. Therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 They sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their dragnet; Because by them their share is sumptuous And their food plentiful. NKJV

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:8-9 HOW DID THE LORD BLESS HIS PEOPLE? WHERE DID THESE FINE LINENS COME FROM? READ: PROVERBS 7:16 16 I have spread my bed with tapestry: Colored coverings of Egyptian linen. NKJV READ: EZEKIEL 27:7 7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail. Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. NKJV

  40. READ: ISAIAH 19:10 10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul. NKJV 10 And the pillars (of Egypt) shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire (shall be) grieved in soul. ASV 10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. KJV 10 The workers in cloth will be dejected and all the wage earners will be sick at heart. NIV

  41. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:10 10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul. WHAT FOUNDATIONS WILL BE BROKEN? WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERN FOR THE RIGHTEOUS? WHY ARE THE WAGE EARNERS TROUBLED IN THEIR SOUL? WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERN FOR THE WAGE EARNER?

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:10 10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul. WHAT FOUNDATIONS WILL BE BROKEN? WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERNED FOR THE RIGHTEOUS? READ: PSALMS 11:1-3 1 In the LORD I put my trust; How can you say to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? 2 Look! The wicked bend their bow, They make ready their arrow on the string, That they may shoot secretly at the upright in heart. 3 If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do? NKJV

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:10 10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul. WHY ARE THE WAGE EARNERS TROUBLED IN THEIR SOUL? WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERN FOR THE WAGE EARNER? READ: LEVITICUS 19:13 13 You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning. READ: DEUTERONOMY 24:14-15 14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. 15 Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you. NKJV

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:10 10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages will be troubled of soul. WHY ARE THE WAGE EARNERS TROUBLED IN THEIR SOUL? WHAT IS THE LORD’S CONCERN FOR THE WAGE EARNER? READ: JEREMIAH 22:13 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice: He who uses his neighbor's service without wages And gives him nothing for his work, NKJV READ: MALACHI 3:5 5 “I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien — Because they do not fear Me,” Says the LORD of hosts. NKJV

  45. READ: ISAIAH 19:11-13 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?“ 12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.

  46. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:11-13 11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; Pharaoh's wise counselors give foolish counsel. How do you say to Pharaoh, "I am the son of the wise, The son of ancient kings?“ 12 Where are they? Where are your wise men? Let them tell you now, And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; The princes of Noph are deceived; They have also deluded Egypt, Those who are the mainstay of its tribes. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ZOAN? WHAT DID HE CALL THE PRINCES OF ZOAN? WHAT DID THEY SAY TO PHAROAH? WHERE DID THESE MEN OBTAIN THEIR WISDOM? HOW DID THEIR WISDOM COMPARE TO THE WISDOM OF JOSEPH? MOSES? OR SOLOMON? DID THE PRINCES OF ZOAN AND NOPH LEAD EGYPT ASTRAY? WHAT HAPPENED TO ZOAN AND NOPH?

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:11-13 WHAT DID THE LORD DO IN THE FIELD OF ZOAN? READ: PSALMS 78:12-13 12 Marvelous things He did in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 13 He divided the sea and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters stand up like a heap. NKJV READ: PSALMS 78:43-45 43 He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; 44 Turned their rivers into blood, And their streams, that they could not drink. 45 He sent swarms of flies among them, which devoured them, And frogs, which destroyed them. NKJV

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 19:11-13 WHERE DID THESE MEN OBTAIN THEIR WISDOM? HOW DID THEIR WISDOM COMPARE TO JOSEPH? READ: GENESIS 41:37-39 37 The advice was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. 38 Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?” 39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.” NKJV HOW DID THEIR WISDOM COMPARE TO MOSES? READ: ACTS 7:22 22 Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. NKJV

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