Isaiah chapter seven outline isaiah chapter seven

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:18-19

• 18 And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will whistle for the fly That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

• WHO IS THE LORD CALLING? WHERE WILL HE COME FROM?

• WHY A BEE FROM ASSYRIA?

• WHO IS THIS BEE? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

• WHO ARE THESE HORNETS?

• CHALDEANS. SYRIANS, MOABITES, AMMONITES?

• READ: EXODUS 23:28-31

• 28 I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the

• Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.

• 29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you.

• 30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:18-19

• WHO ARE THESE BEES & HORNETS?

• CHALDEANS. SYRIANS, MOABITES, AMMONITES?

• READ: DEUTERONOMY 1:44

• 44 The Amorites who dwelt in that mountain came out against you and chased you as bees do, and drove you back from Seir to Hormah. NKJV

• READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:20

• 20 The LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left, who hide themselves from you, are destroyed.

• READ: PSALMS 118:12

• 2 They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:18-19

• WHO ARE THESE BEES & HORNETS?

• CHALDEANS. SYRIANS, MOABITES, AMMONITES?

• READ: 2 KINGS 24:1-4

• 1 In the days of Jeoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

• 2 The LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.

• 3 At the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

• 4 Also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.

• READ: (2 CHRONICLES 36:7-21 JEREMIAH 52:1-30)

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:18-19

• WHY DID THE LORD SEND THEM?

• READ: 2 CHRONICLES 36:11-16

• 11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

• 12 He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD.

• 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.

• 14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the LORD which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

• 15 The LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

• 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:18-19

• WHY DID THE LORD SEND THEM?

• READ: JEREMIAH 52:1-5

• 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

• 2 He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

• 3 Because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

• 4 It came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around.

• 5 The city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:18-19

• 18 And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt, And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

• 19 They will come, and all of them will rest In the desolate valleys and in the clefts of the rocks, And on all thorns and in all pastures.

• WILL THEY COME? WHY?

• WHERE WILL THEY REST?

• WHY ARE THERE THORNS IN THE PASTURES?

READ: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard.

• 21 It shall be in that day That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;

• 22 So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give, That he will eat curds; For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard.

• 21 It shall be in that day That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;

• 22 So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give, That he will eat curds; For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.

• WHO DID THE LORD BRING FROM BEYOND THE RIVER?

• WHAT WILL HE DO?

• WHY SHAVE THE HAIR OF THE HEADS, LEGS AND BEARD?

• WHY WILL MAN SAVE A YOUNG COW AND TWO SHEEP?

• WILL THEY SUSTAIN HIM?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard.

• WHO DID THE LORD BRING FROM BEYOND THE RIVER?

• READ: 2 KINGS 16:7-8

• 7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.“

• 8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria. NKJV

• READ: 2 KINGS 18:16

• 16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard.

• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING FROM BEYOND THE RIVER?

• READ: JEREMIAH 44:29-30

• 29 This shall be a sign to you,' says the LORD, 'that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for adversity.'

• 30 "Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies and into the hand of those who seek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.'“ NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard.

• WHO WILL THE LORD BRING FROM BEYOND THE RIVER?

• READ: EZEKIEL 29:18-20

• 18 "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it.

• 19 Therefore 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

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 20 In the same day the Lord will shave with a hired razor, With those from beyond the River, with the king of Assyria, The head and the hair of the legs, And will also remove the beard.

• WHY SHAVE THE HAIR OF THE HEADS, LEGS AND BEARD?

• READ: 2 SAMUEL 10:4-5

• 4 Hanun took David's servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

• 5 When they told David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, "Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return." NKJV

• READ: 1 CHRONICLES 19:4-5

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 21 It shall be in that day That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;

• 22 So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give, That he will eat curds; For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.

• WHY WILL THIS MAN SAVE A YOUNG COW AND TWO SHEEP?

• WILL THAT SUSTAIN HIM?

• WHAT DID ABRAHAM DO? WHY?

• READ: GENESIS 18:6-8

• 6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, "Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.“

• 7 Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.

• 8 He took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:20-22

• 21 It shall be in that day That a man will keep alive a young cow and two sheep;

• 22 So it shall be, from the abundance of milk they give, That he will eat curds; For curds and honey everyone will eat who is left in the land.

• WHY WILL THIS MAN SAVE A YOUNG COW AND TWO SHEEP?

• WILL THAT SUSTAIN HIM?

• WHO IS ABLE TO SUSTAIN HIM? WHY?

• READ: JEREMIAH 31:10

• 10 "Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, 'He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.' NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 7:23-25

• 23 It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.

• 24 With arrows and bows men will come there, Because all the land will become briers and thorns.

• 25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:23-25

• 23 It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.

• 24 With arrows and bows men will come there, Because all the land will become briers and thorns.

• 25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam. NKJV

• WHY IS THIS VINEYARD SO PRECIOUS?

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?

• WHY BRIERS AND THORNS?

• WHY WILL MEN COME WITH BOWS AND ARROWS?

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE LAND? WHY?

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:23-25

• 23 It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.

• 24 With arrows and bows men will come there, Because all the land will become briers and thorns.

• 25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam. NKJV

• WHY IS THIS VINEYARD SO PRECIOUS?

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO IT?

• WHY BRIERS AND THORNS?

• WHAT WAS SOLOMON’S VINEYARD WORTH? WHY?

• READ: SONG OF SOLOMON 8:11

• 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon; He leased the vineyard to keepers; Everyone was to bring for its fruit A thousand silver coins. NKJV

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:23-25

• 23 It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.

• 24 With arrows and bows men will come there, Because all the land will become briers and thorns.

• 25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam. NKJV

• WHY BRIERS AND THORNS?

• READ: HOSEA 2:12

• 12 "I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, Of which she has said, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me.‘ So I will make them a forest, And the beasts of the field shall eat them. NKJV

• READ: HAGGAI 1:11

• 11 I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands."

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 7:23-25

• 23 It shall happen in that day, That wherever there could be a thousand vines Worth a thousand shekels of silver, It will be for briers and thorns.

• 24 With arrows and bows men will come there, Because all the land will become briers and thorns.

• 25 And to any hill which could be dug with the hoe, You will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; But it will become a range for oxen And a place for sheep to roam. NKJV

• WHY WOULD THE LORD DO THIS?

• WHERE IS THE HOPE OF THEIR SALVATION?

• READ: JEREMIAH 3:23

• 23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, And from the multitude of mountains; Truly, in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel. NKJV