Isaiah, Week 4, Days 4 -6: Isaiah 19-23

Day Four: Read Isaiah 19:1-20:6 

 1. From Isaiah 19:1-17, what is the Lord going to do to Egypt? Why? (Give the verse)

He will cause civil war (v 2). They will lose heart, and He will confuse their plans (v 3). He will hand them over to a cruel master (v. 4). He will dry up their river and cause a famine. He will make them "as weak as women." v He will strike Egypt but also heal Egypt 19:22.   Egypt will turn to the Lord.

Why? Because they are a land of idols and spiritualists.

 2. "In that day" what does God call

Egypt---my people (v 25)
Assyria---the land I have made, the work of my hands (v25)
Israel--my special possession, my inheritance (v25)

The three shall be united with a highway between Assyria and Egypt.

3. How does Isaiah 19:16-23 affect your attitude toward current events? I wonder how such a contentious area will be unified.  Egypt's role and conversion to worshiping Jehovah is interesting.

 4. Who did the "coastland" depend upon to protect them from Assyria?
Egypt.  Their alliance.

 5. Upon what or whom are you placing your hope? God.

Day Five: Read Isaiah 21-23 

1. Summarize the condition of each of these cultures:

Babylon--v 9 the watchman cries out that Babylon has fallen; their idols lay crushed on the ground
Edom--v 12 morning is coming, but night will return soon
Arabia--v 16 within a year, the glory of Kedar will come to an end
Jerusalem Isaiah 22: 2-3, bodies are dead from famine, leaders have fled, people captured and led away, walls and defenses are down  v 8,  v 15 Shebna (the palace administrator) will be hurled away, Elikim will replace him (v 20) He will give him the key to the house of David (v22).  What he opens will be open, what he shuts will be shut. (although eventually Judah would fall v25)
Tyre--laid waste (23:1), their trade would be destroyed, urged trading ships of Tyre to mourn. Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years (v 15) after 70 years she will return to her wages and prostitute herself through trade, but somehow the profits would benefit the Lord's purposes (v 17)

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Day 6--Skim Isaiah 13-23 and note overall themes

The themes of forgetting God, attributing success to your own efforts, and then experiencing God's judgement.