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Chapter 21-25 Review
Chapter 21 Three more burdens or judgments are recorded in Chapter 21: Babylon, Edom and Arabia.
Babylon was covered in chapters 13-14
but here the judgment is very precise although still 200 years in the future.
The book of Daniel provided an eye-witness account of Isaiah’s
prophecy in fulfillment.
Isaiah uses the imagery of a thrashing floor to symbolize his coming judgment - while disturbing it is also reassuring
for those who choose to believe and obey
Chapter 22 Isaiah saw the self sufficient city and the self sufficient man.
The city placed their trust in weapons, defenses and engineering marvels.
They should have placed their trust in the the Lord
Many others placed their trust in a man, Shebna.
He was referred to as a peg.
Man hung their hope on him but he failed and was ejected
from the palace in disgrace and died in disgrace in a foreign land.
Chapter 23 Tyre is the last burden is Tyre, the great Phoenician city known for its formidable navy and ships that could said the open seas.
The city
was wealthy from trading.
The final woe is judgment against Tyre and a warning to its sister city Sidon
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 21
3 More Burdens — Babylon - already mentioned in ,
— Edom
— Arabia
The judgment Here the actual judgment is predicted.
Very specific.
Prediction was 200 years in the future
First & Last Babylon was the first place of rebellion against God.
— Tower of Babel
— Babel means “confuse” () but it also is symbolic of Babylon
— Babylon will also be the last to rebel against God- Spiritual Babylon () and Commercial Babylon ()
Change of Tone — The tone was the world is in the Lord’s hands
History is His Story
Chapter 21: The visions get darker
— Lots of imagery, symbols
— People seeking help but not finding it.
Lonely voices in darkness
— Day by day things are getting worse, not better
Q: What does 21:1 refer to ?
Why is this Babylon?
Wilder
Wilderness by the Sea Desert by the sea (NIV)
We don’t understand these symbols but to the people in Isaiah’s day they were clear
Q: Can you think of some symbols that we have that some people wouldn’t understand?
Our Symbols — Stars & Stripes
— Old Glory
Jeremiah Jeremiah’s description is recorded in .
Babylon fell in 539 BC
Euphrates Babylon was near the Euphrates river, irrigated by many canals.
A very fertile region
John’s vision of Religious Babylon ; water - nations
Wilderness Wilderness and Water are a picture of Babylon.
Consistent with and Jeremiah 51
Q: What are whirlwinds like?
A whirlwind As whirlwinds in the South pass through, So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land ()
Tornados Swift, violent.
The worse are at night.
You can’t see them coming but you can hear them.
Sounds like a freight train
Q: Where does it come from?
A terrible land He provides the answer in 1:2
Elam Another word for Persia.
This is the Persian Empire that destroyed Babylon 539 BC.
The Jews were already in captivity at this point
After this, the Medes would allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem recorded in Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
3 More Burdens > Isaiah’s Pain
Isaiah’s Pain Loins filled with pain.
Pangs like a women in labor.
Distressed.
Dismayed
Q: Not the reaction I was expecting.
Why does this pain Isaiah?
None Rejoice No one can rejoice at the judgment of God.
Isaiah holds this up as a mirror of what awaits the ungodly
Save not judge God doesn’t want to judge you - he wants to save you
3 More Burdens > Isaiah’s Pain > The Circumstances
isa 21:4-5
Eating Drinking Prepare the table.. Eat and drink
Q: What were the Babylonians doing when the attack happened?
Eye witness account Daniel was in the king’s court when this actually happened, just like Isaiah prophesied.
(cf. )
Hand Writing A man’s hand wrote on the wall ().
Daniel called in to explain ().
Daniel provided a prophecy (Dan 5:26-28)
Daniel 5:26
3 More Burdens > Isaiah’s Pain > The Circumstances >We watch it unfold
Watchman Go set a watchman - a reliable man ()
Watchman
Q: What does the watchman do?
What is his job?
His perspective How interesting!
We see this from the watchman’s perspective.
When he sees someone or something strange, he sounds the alarm
He’s reliable.
Doesn’t sound false alarms
Q: What does he see?
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Medes/Persians Represent the two nations combined against Babylon.
The Medes and Persians
Lion He sounds the alarm.
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