ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

ASSYRIAN EMPIRETIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?

BABYLONIAN EMPIRENEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?

MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRECYRUS (539-530BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)?

DARIUS (521-486BC)?AHASUERUS (486-464BC)?ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)?

NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?

PROPHET - DATEJONAH (825-785BC)?JOEL (800BC)?HOSEA (785-725BC)?MICAH (785-710BC)?AMOS (784BC)?ISAIAH (701-681BC)?NAHUM (700BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?DANIEL (606-534BC)?HABAKKUK (598BC)?EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?OBADIAH (588-562BC)?EZRA (536-456BC)?HAGGAI (532-512BC)?ZECHARIAH (532-512BC)?MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

NEBUCHADNEZZAR WILL DESTROY TYRE V. 1-14

TYRE WILL RECOVER AFTER 70 YEARS V. 15-18

READ: ISAIAH 23:1-3

PROPHECY AGAINST TYRE

1 The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.

2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled.

3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 23:1-3

PROPHECY AGAINST TYRE 585-572BC?1 The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them. 2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled.3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations.

WHO IS THIS PROPHECY ABOUT? TYRE?WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TYRE? SIDON?WHY ARE THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH WAILING?

WHY PROPHESY AGAINST TYRE & SIDON?WHAT IS THE HARVEST OF THE WATERS OF SHIHOR?


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT TYRE?WHO WAS KING OF TYRE? HIRAM?

WHAT DID HIRAM DO FOR DAVID?

READ: 2 SAMUEL 5:11-1211 Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David: They brought cedar trees and carpenters and masons And They built David a house.12 Therefore David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel And that He had exalted His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.


WHO WAS KING OF TYRE? HIRAM?WHY DID HIRAM HELP SOLOMON?

READ: 1 KINGS 5:11 Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, Because he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always loved David.

READ: 1 KINGS 9:1111 Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress and gold, as much as he desired. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

READ: 1 KINGS 10:2222 Solomon had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.


WHO WERE THE SIDONIANS?DESCEDENTS OF HAM?

READ: GENESIS 10:6; 15-186 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;16 The Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;17 The Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite;18 The Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.

(1 CHRONICLES 1:8-16)


WHERE DID ZEBULUN DWELL?READ: GENESIS 49:13

13 Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea. He shall become a haven for ships and his border shall adjoin Sidon. NKJV

WHAT DID ASHER FAIL TO DO?READ: JUDGES 1:31-32

31 Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, of Sidon, of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or Rehob.32 The Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

WHAT DID ISRAEL DO?READ: JUDGES 10:6

10 The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, and served the gods of Syria, of Sidon , of Moab, of Ammon and of the Philistines. They forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. NKJV


WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY ABOUT THE SIDONIANS?

READ: 1 KINGS 5:5-6

5 Behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to my father David, Saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.’

6 Therefore, Command that they cut down cedars for me from Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants. I will pay you wages for your servants according to whatever you say. For you know there is none among us who has skill to cut timber like the Sidonians. NKJV


WHAT DID JEREMAIH PROPHESY ABOUT TYRE?WHEN? 585-572BC?

WHAT DID THE YOKES REPRESENT?READ: JEREMIAH 27:1-8

1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,2 Thus says the LORD to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck.’3 ‘Send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Ammonites, the king of Tyre and the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.’



WHO WOULD TAKE THEM CAPTIVE?READ: JEREMIAH 27:1-8

4 Command them to say to their masters, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel. ‘Thus you shall say to your masters:’5 ‘I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm. And I have given it to whom it seemed proper to Me.’6 ‘I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant. The beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.’



WHAT WAS THE ALTERNATIVE?READ: JEREMIAH 27:1-8

7 ‘All nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.’8 ‘It shall be, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish,’ says the LORD, ‘with the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.’ NKJV


WHAT DID EZEKIEL PROPHESY ABOUT TYRE?WHEN? 585-572BC?

WHAT DID TYRE SAY ABOUT JERUSALEM?READ: EZEKIEL 26:1-6

1 It came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 “Because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples. Now she is turned over to me. I shall be filled and she is laid waste.” 3 Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against you, O Tyre. I will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up.”



WHAT WOULD THE LORD DO TO TYRE?READ: EZEKIEL 26:1-6

4 “They shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.”5 “It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea For I have spoken,” says the Lord GOD. “It shall become plunder for the nations.”6 “Her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. They shall know that I am the LORD.”



WHAT WAS THE STATUS OF TYRE?READ: EZEKIEL 27:1-7

1 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,2 “Son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,”3 “Say to Tyre, ‘You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands,’ thus says the Lord GOD: ‘O Tyre, you have said, I am perfect in beauty.’ 4 ‘Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty.’”



WHAT WAS TYRE KNOWN FOR?READ: EZEKIEL 27:1-7

5 “They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.” 6 “They made your oars of oaks from Bashan. The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks with ivory from the coasts of Cyprus.” 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.”



WHO BUILT HER SHIPS?WHO WERE HER PILOTS? OARSMEN?

READ: EZEKIEL 27:8-98 “Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you. They became your pilots.” 9 “Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams. All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise.”



WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH?WHO MADE TYRE FAMOUS?

READ: EZEKIEL 27:25-2725 The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. 26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas. 27 Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers,All your men of war who are in you And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin.



WHAT DID THE PRINCE OF TYRE SAY?READ: EZEKIEL 28:1-10

1 The word of the LORD came to me again, saying,2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because your heart is lifted up And you say, I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas. Yet you are a man and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god.’”



WHAT WAS HER DOWNFALL?HER WISDOM? HER TREASURES?

READ: EZEKIEL 28:1-103 “‘Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you!’4 ‘With your wisdom and your understanding you have gained riches for yourself and gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.’5 ‘By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, Your heart is lifted up Because of your riches.’”



WHO WILL THE LORD BRING AGAINST HER? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 28:1-10

6 “Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god.”7 ‘Behold, I will bring strangers against you, the most terrible of the nations. They shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor.’”



WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYRE? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 28:1-10

8 ‘They shall throw you down into the Pit and you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.’ 9 ‘Will you still say before him who slays you, I am a god? You shall be a man and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you.’10 ‘You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of aliens. I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.’”



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?WHO ESTABLISHED TYRE? THE LORD?

READ: EZEKIEL 28:11-1711 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.’”13 “You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.” 14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers. I established you. You were on the holy mountain of God. You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.”



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT TYRE?WHAT HAPPENED TO TYRE?

READ: EZEKIEL 28:11-1715 “You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you.” 16 “By the abundance of your trading you became filled with violence within and you sinned. Therefore I cast you as a profane thing out of the mountain of God. I destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones.” 17 “Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground. I laid you before kings, that they might gaze at you.” NKJV



WHAT HAPPENED TO TYRE?WHAT WAS HER DOWNFALL?

READ: EZEKIEL 28:18-1918 “You defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trading. I brought fire from your midst and It devoured you. I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you. “19 “All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you. You have become a horror and shall be no more forever.”NKJV


WHAT DID JOEL PROPHESY ABOUT TYRE?WHEN? 585-572BC?

WHAT HAD TYRE & SIDON DONE?READ: JOEL 3:4-6

4 Indeed, What have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? If you retaliate against Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head. 5 Because you have taken My silver and My gold,And have carried into your temples My prized possessions. 6 Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks That you may remove them far from their borders. NKJV


WHAT DID AMOS PROPHESY ABOUT TYRE?WHEN? 585-572BC?

WHAT HAD TYRE DONE?WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO TYRE?

READ: AMOS 1:9-109 Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment,Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.” 10 “I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, Which shall devour its palaces.” NKJV


WHAT DID ZECHARIAH PROPHESY ABOUT TYRE?WHEN? 585-572BC?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO TYRE?READ: ZECHARIAH 9:3-4

3 Tyre built herself a tower, heaped up silver like the dust, and gold like the mire of the streets. 4 Behold, the LORD will cast her out. He will destroy her power in the sea And she will be devoured by fire.


WHAT DID EZEKIEL PROPHESY ABOUT SIDON?WHEN? 585-572BC?

WHY IS THE LORD AGAINST SIDON?READ: EZEKIEL 28:20-23

20 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,21 “Son of man, Set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against her.”22 “Say, Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon. I will be glorified in your midst. They shall know that I am the LORD, When I execute judgments in her and I Am hallowed in her.’ 23 ‘I will send pestiIence upon her and blood in her streets. The wounded shall be judged in her midst by the sword against her on every side. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.’” NKJV


2 Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon, Whom those who cross the sea have filled.3 And on great waters the grain of Shihor, The harvest of the River, is her revenue; And she is a marketplace for the nations.

WHAT WAS SHIHOR?SHIHOR - (SIHOR)? - BLACK WATER

EASTERN BRANCH OF THE RIVER NILE?

WHAT WAS THE HARVEST OF THE RIVER SHIHOR?THE HARVEST OF GRAIN FROM EGYPT?

READ: JEREMIAH 2:1818 Why take the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of Sihor? Or why take the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the River? NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 23:4-5

4 Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea has spoken, The strength of the sea, saying, "I do not labor, nor bring forth children; Neither do I rear young men,Nor bring up virgins.“

5 When the report reaches Egypt, They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.


4 Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea has spoken, The strength of the sea, saying, "I do not labor, nor bring forth children; Neither do I rear young men, Nor bring up virgins.“


WHAT IS THE SEA SAYING TO SIDON?

WHAT WAS THE SEA, TO THE PEOPLE OF SIDON?

HOW WOULD EGYPT RESPOND TO THIS?



HOW WOULD EGYPT RESPOND TO THIS?READ: EZEKIEL 29:18-20 585-572BC?

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 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


WHO HELPED EZRA REBUILD THE TEMPLE?

WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF TYRE & SIDON DO?READ: EZRA 3:6-7

7 The children of Israel gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 23:6-9

6 Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!

7 Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?

8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?

9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.


6 Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!7 Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH?DESCEDENTS OF JAPHETH?

WHY ARE THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH WAILING?WHO HAS TAKEN COUNSEL AGAINST TYRE? WHY?



WHO WERE THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH?DESCEDENTS OF JAPHETH?

READ: GENESIS 10:1-4

1 This is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (1 CHRONICLES 1:5-27)



WHY DID JEHOSHAPHAT WANT AHAZIAH TO DO?WHERE WAS HE PLANNING TO GO? WHY?

READ: 2 CHRONCILES 20:35-3735 Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly.36 He allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish. And They made the ships in Ezion Geber.37 Eliezer, son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, Saying, Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works. The ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish. NKJV


6 Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!7 Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?

WHY ARE THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH WAILING??WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS JOYOUS CITY?

READ: EZEKIEL 26:13-1413 “I will put an end to the sound of your songs and The sound of your harps shall be heard no more.”14 “I will make you like the top of a rock. You shall be a place for spreading nets and you shall never be rebuilt, For I, the LORD have spoken,” says the Lord GOD.


6 Cross over to Tarshish; Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!7 Is this your joyous city, Whose antiquity is from ancient days, Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?

WHY ARE THE PEOPLE OF TARSHISH WAILING??WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS JOYOUS CITY?

READ: EZEKIEL 26:17-1817 “They will take up a lamentation for you and say to you: ‘How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men. O renowned city, Who was strong at sea,She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!’” 18 “The coastlands tremble on the day of your fall. Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.”


8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

WHO HAS TAKEN COUNSEL AGAINST TYRE? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 27:2-3

2 “Son of man, Take up a lamentation for Tyre,”3 “Say to Tyre, “You who are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands.’ Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘O Tyre, You have said, I am perfect in beauty.’” NKJV


8 Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, Whose merchants are princes, Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?9 The LORD of hosts has purposed it, To bring to dishonor the pride of all glory, To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

WHO HAS TAKEN COUNSEL AGAINST TYRE? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 28:5

5 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches. And Your heart is lifted up because of your riches.

READ: JOB 40:1111 Disperse the rage of your wrath. Look on everyone who is proud and humble him. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 23:10-12

10 Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; There is no more strength.

11 He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; The LORD has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds.

12 And He said, "You will rejoice no more, O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus; There also you will have no rest."


10 Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; There is no more strength.11 He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; The LORD has given a commandment against Canaan To destroy its strongholds.12 And He said, "You will rejoice no more, O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over to Cyprus; There also you will have no rest."

WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF TARSHISH? TYRE?WHO STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND? THE LORD?

HAS THE LORD DONE THIS BEFORE? WHEN?WHY DOES THE LORD SHAKE THE KINGDOMS?WHERE WILL THE DAUGHTER OF SIDON GO?



WHO STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND OVER THE SEA?THE LORD?

HAS THE LORD DONE THIS BEFORE? WHEN?

WHAT DID THE LORD TELL NOAH?READ: GENESIS 6:17

17 Behold, I am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life. Everything that is on the earth shall die.



WHO STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND OVER THE SEA? HAS THE LORD DONE THIS BEFORE? WHEN?

READ: GENESIS 7:10-1210 It came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.12 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?READ: EXODUS 3:20

20 I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst. After that he will let you go.NKJV

WHY DID THE LORD DO THIS?READ: EXODUS 7:5

5 The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO?WHAT HAPPENED?

READ: EXODUS 14:15-1615 The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.”16 “Lift up your rod and Stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. The children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.” NKJV



WHO CAUSED THE SEA TO SEPARATE?READ: EXODUS 14:21-23

21 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. And The LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea into dry land and the waters were divided.22 The children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground. And The waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.23 The Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. NKJV


WHO OVERTHREW THE EGYPTIANS?READ: EXODUS 14:26-29

26 The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. When the morning appeared, the sea returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. The LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.28 The waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them. Not so much as one of them remained.29 But the children of Israel had walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. The waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. NKJV

WHAT DID MOSES SAY THE LORD HAD DONE?READ: EXODUS 15:11-12

11 Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out Your right hand and The earth swallowed them. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE WATERS?READ: GENESIS 1:9-10

9 God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so.10 God called the dry land Earth and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THIS?READ: PSALMS 24:2

1 The earth is the LORD‘S and all its fullness: The world and those who dwell therein. 2 He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the waters. NKJV

WHAT DID JOHN SEE? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SEA?READ: REVELATION 21:1

1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth For the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. There was no more sea. NKJV


WHAT DID JOB SAY THE LORD HAD DONE?READ: JOB 26:12

12 He stirs up the sea with His power And by His understanding He breaks up the storm. NKJV

WHO SET THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEAS?READ: JOB 38:8-11

8 Who shut in the sea with doors When it burst forth and issued from the womb. 9 When I made the clouds its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band; 10 When I fixed My limit for it And set bars and doors; 11 When I said, This far you may come But no farther. And Here your proud waves must stop! NKJV


WHY DOES THE LORD STRETCH OUT HIS HAND?READ: PROVERBS 1:24-25

24 I have called and you refused. I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, 25 Because you disdained all my counsel And Would have none of my rebuke. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 5:2525 The anger of the LORD is aroused against His people. He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them, And the hills trembled. Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. All this His anger is not turned away But His hand is stretched out still. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 14:26-2726 This is the purpose that is purposed against the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. 27 The LORD of hosts has purposed And Who will annul it? His hand is stretched out And Who will turn it back? NKJV


WHY DOES THE LORD STRETCH OUT HIS HAND?READ: JEREMIAH 15:6

6 “You have forsaken Me,” says the LORD, You have gone backward. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you. I am weary of relenting!”

READ: EZEKIEL 14:1313 Son of man, When a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it. I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it. NKJV


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TYREWHEN THE LORD STRETCHES OUT HIS HAND?

READ: EZEKIEL 26:15-1615 Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: “Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall When the wounded cry and slaughter is made in the midst of you?16 All the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be astonished at you.” NKJV


WHAT HAPPENED TO TYRE?READ: EZEKIEL 27:28-32

28 The common-land will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. 29 All who handle the oar, The mariners, All the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships and stand on the shore. 30 They will make their voice heard because of you. They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads. They will roll about in ashes. 31 They will shave themselves completely bald because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth, And weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation And lament for you: ‘What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea?’ NKJV


WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LORD BECOMES ANGRY?READ: AMOS 8:7-8

7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8 Shall not the land tremble for this And everyone mourn who dwells in it? All of it shall swell like the River, Heave and subside Like the River of Egypt. NKJV

WHY DOES THE LORD SHAKE THE KINGDOMS?READ: HEBREWS 12:25-27

25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,26 Whose voice then shook the earth; But Now He has promised, Saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, But also heaven.”27 Now this, Yet once more, indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, That the things which cannot be shaken may remain. NKJV


WHAT DID DANIEL SEE?READ: DANIEL 7:2-3

2 Daniel spoke, Saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea.”3 “Four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.” NKJV

WHAT DID JOHN SEE?IS THIS THE LORD’S DOING?

READ: REVELATION 13:11 I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, Having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns and on his heads a blasphemous name. NKJV


13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans, This people which was not; Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert. They set up its towers, They raised up its palaces, And brought it to ruin.

14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste.


13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans, This people which was not; Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert. They set up its towers, They raised up its palaces, And brought it to ruin. 14 Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is laid waste.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA?

WHO FOUNDED THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS?

WHAT WAS THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS?


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA?WHICH WAY DID THE RIVER HIDDEKEL FLOW?

EAST TOWARD ASSYRIA?READ: GENESIS 2:10-14

10 A river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.11 The name of the first is Pishon. It is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.12 The gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.13 The name of the second river is Gihon, It is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel. It is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.



WHERE DID NIMROD BUILD NINEVEH? ASSYRIA?READ: GENESIS 10:8-12

8 Cush begot Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah (That is the principal city).


WHERE WAS THE LAND OF SHINAR?

WHAT TOWER DID THEY BUILD? BABEL?BABEL: LATER CALLED BABYLON

READ: GENESIS 11:1-41 The whole earth had one language and one speech.2 As they journeyed from the east they found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there.3 They said to one another, Come, Let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly. They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.4 They said, ”Come, Let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens. Let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”



WHERE DID THE PEOPLE OF ISHMAEL DWELL?EAST OF EGYPT TOWARD ASSYRIA?

READ: GENESIS 25:17-1817 These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people.18 They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria. He died in the presence of all his brethren.

WHO WERE THE CHALDEANS?WHAT DID THE THIRD MESSENGER SAY TO JOB?

READ: JOB 1:1717 While he was still speaking, another also came and said, The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away. Yes, and they killed the servants with the edge of the sword. I alone have escaped to tell you!


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA? 787BC?

WHO WAS PUL? FIRST KING OF ASSYRIA?WHAT DID MENAHEM GIVE TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?

READ: 2 KINGS 15:17-1917 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem the son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria.18 He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.19 Pul king of Assyria came against the land. And Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his control.


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA? 757BC?WHO WAS KING OF ISRAEL? PEKAH?

WHO WAS KING OF JUDAH? AZARIAH?WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? TIGLATH-PILESER?

WHAT DID TIGLATH-PILESER DO?READ: 2 KINGS 15:27-30

27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.28 He did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin.29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali. And he carried them captive to Assyria. (1 CHRONICLES 5:25-26)


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA? 727-722BC?

WHO WAS KING OF ISRAEL? HOSHEA?WHO WAS KING OF JUDAH? AHAZ?

WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SHALMANESER?WHAT DID SHALMANESER DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 17:1-41 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years.2 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel who were before him.3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him. Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute money.4 The king of Assyria uncovered a conspiracy by Hoshea. He had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA? 727-722BC?

WHO WAS KING OF ISRAEL? HOSHEA?WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SHALMANESER?

WHAT DID SHALMANESER DO?READ: 2 KINGS 17:6 - 24

6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria. He placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath and Sepharvaim And He placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities.


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA? 721BC?

WHO IS KING OF JUDAH? HEZEKIAH?WHO WAS KING OF ISRAEL? HOSHEA?

WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SHALMANESER?WHAT DID SHALMANESER DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:10-1610 At the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.11 The king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria. He put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,12 Because They did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, But transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded. They would neither hear nor do them.


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA? 704-682BC?WHO IS KING OF JUDAH? HEZEKIAH?

WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SENNACHERIB?

WHAT DID SENNACHERIB DO?WHAT DID HEZEKIAH DO?READ: 2 KINGS 18:13-16

13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.14 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.” The king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.16 Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid. He gave it to the king of Assyria.


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT ASSYRIA? 704-682BC?WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SENNACHERIB?

WHAT HAPPENED TO SENNACHERIB?READ: 2 KINGS 19:35-36

35 It came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand. When people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses — all dead.36 Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HEZEKIAH?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:22-23

22 The LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side.23 Many brought gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.


WHAT WAS THE NATIVE LAND OF ABRAM? 2000BC?

READ: GENESIS 11:27-3127 This is the genealogy of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran begot Lot.28 Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.29 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai. The name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.30 But Sarai was barren. She had no child. 31 Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and They went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelt there.


WHAT WAS THE NATIVE LAND OF ABRAM? 2000BC?WHO CALLED HIM OUT OF UR OF THE CHALDEANS?

READ: GENESIS 15:77 The LORD said to Abram, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”

READ: ACTS 7:2-42 Stephen said, “Brethren and fathers, Listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,”3 “And said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’” 4 “Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran.”


WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHALDEANS?

READ: JEREMIAH 50:1-31 The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 2 “Declare among the nations, Proclaim and set up a standard. Proclaim and Do not conceal it. Say, ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is shamed. Merodach is broken in pieces. Her idols are humiliated and Her images are broken in pieces.’ 3 ’Out of the north a nation comes up against her,Which shall make her land desolate, And no one shall dwell therein. They shall move and they shall depart, Both man and beast.’”


WHO WAS KING OF BABYLON? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?WHERE WAS BABYLON? IN CHALDEA?

WHAT HAS THE LORD PREPARED FOR BABYLON?READ: JEREMIAH 51:12

12 “Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon. Make the guard strong. Set up the watchmen and Prepare the ambushes. For the LORD has both devised and done What He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.”

WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?READ: JEREMIAH 50:17

17 Israel is like scattered sheep. The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him. And At last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.

READ: JEREMIAH 51:2424 “I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea For all the evil they have done In Zion in your sight,” Says the LORD.


WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?READ: 2 KINGS 25:1-3

1 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.2 The city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.3 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

(2 CHRONICLES 36:15-21 JEREMIAH 52:4-30)


WHAT DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?READ: JEREMIAH 52:10-11

10 The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And He killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.11 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.

WHERE DID NEBUCHADNEZZAR TAKE ZEDEKIAH?BABYLON IN THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS?

READ: EZEKIEL 12:1313 “I will spread My net over him. He shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.”


WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT ISRAEL & JUDAH?

WHO DID THE LORD GIVE THEM UP TO?PHILISTINES? ASSYRIANS? CHALDEANS?

READ: EZEKIEL 16:27-2927 “Behold, I stretched out My hand against you. I diminished your allotment and gave you up to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.”28 “You played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable. Indeed, you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.”29 “You multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea. And Even then you were not satisfied.”


WHO RAISED UP THE CHALDEANS? THE LORD? WHY?READ: HABAKKUK 1:6-7

6 “Indeed, I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.”

WHAT HAPPENED TO ISRAEL & JUDAH?WILL THE LORD BRING THEM BACK? WHY?

READ: HOSEA 8:8-108 Israel is swallowed up. Now They are among the Gentiles: Like a vessel in which is no pleasure. 9 They have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey alone by itself. And Ephraim has hired lovers. 10 Though they have hired among the nations, I will gather them. And they shall sorrow a little Because of the burden of the king of princes.


WILL THE LORD BRING THEM BACK? WHY?

WHO WAS NIMROD? HAM’S GRANDSON? (GENESIS 10:8-12)WHAT WAS THE LAND OF NIMROD? ASSYRIA?

READ: MICAH 5:66 They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria And the land of Nimrod at its entrances. He shall deliver us from the Assyrian When he comes into our land And When he treads within our borders.


15 Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

16 "Take a harp, go about the city, You forgotten harlot; Make sweet melody, sing many songs, That you may be remembered."


15 Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: 16 "Take a harp, go about the city, You forgotten harlot; Make sweet melody, sing many songs, That you may be remembered."

HOW LONG WILL TYRE BE FORGOTTEN? 70 YEARS?

WHAT WAS MAN’S LIFE SPAN? 70 YEARS?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE END OF 70 YEARS?

WHAT IS THE SONG OF THE HARLOT ABOUT?


15 Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

HOW LONG WILL TYRE BE FORGOTTEN? 70 YEARS?

WHAT WAS MAN’S LIFE SPAN? 70 YEARS?

READ: PSALMS 90:1010 The days of our lives are seventy years And If by reason of strength they are eighty years. Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off and we fly away.


WHAT WAS DANIEL’S VISION?

WHAT DID THESE FOUR BEASTS REPRESENT?

FOUR KINGDOMS? WHAT KINGDOMS?

READ: DANIEL 7:15-17

15 I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit within my body and The visions of my head troubled me.

16 I came near to one of those who stood by and asked him the truth of all this. He told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things:

17 Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth.


WHAT WAS DANIEL’S VISION?WHAT DID THESE ANIMALS REPRESENT?THE RAM? MEDO-PERSIANS KINGS?THE MALE GOAT? GREECE?

BROKEN HORN? FOUR KINGDOMS? WHAT FOUR KINGDOMS?

READ: DANIEL 8:19-2219 He said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.”20 “The ram which you saw, having the two horns — they are the kings of Media and Persia.”21 “The male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king.”22 “As for the broken horn and the four that stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, but not with its power.”

WHAT DID THESE FOUR BEASTS REPRESENT?

WHAT FOUR KINGDOMS?

THE LION - BABYLONIAN EMPIRE?

THE BEAR - MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE?

THE LEOPARD - MACEDONIAN EMPIRE?

BEAST OF IRON - ROMAN EMPIRE?

THE TEN HORNS - ROMAN EMPIRE DIVIDED INTO TEN KINGDOMS?


WHAT DID DANIEL SAY CONCERNING JEREMIAH?

HOW LONG WOULD THIS TAKE? 70 YEARS?READ: DANIEL 9:1-2

1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans —2 In the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.


HOW LONG DID THEY SERVE THE CHALDEANS?70 YEARS?

READ: JEREMIAH 25:11-1411 “This whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment. These nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.” 12 “When Seventy years are completed I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,” Says the LORD. “I will make it a perpetual desolation.”13 “I will bring on that land all My words which I have pronounced against it: All that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied concerning all the nations.”14 “Many nations and great kings shall be served by them also. I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the works of their own hands.”


WHAT WILL THE LORD MAKE ALL NATIONS DO?

WHAT IS THIS CUP THEY MUST DRINK?READ: JEREMIAH 25:17-26

17 I took the cup from the LORD‘S hand and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me.18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing and a curse, As it is this day.19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, and all his people;26 All the kings of the north, far and near, one with another. And all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Also the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO JUDAH & JERUSALEM?READ: JEREMIAH 27:6-7

6 I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant And the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.7 All nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his land comes. Then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER SEVENTY YEARS?READ: JEREMIAH 29:10

10 After Seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you and cause you to return to this place.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EGYPT?READ: JEREMIAH 46:26

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.


HOW LONG WOULD THEY SERVE THE BABYLONIANS?

BEGIN NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?DARIUS THE MEDE (538-536BC)?

UNTIL CYRUS (536-530BC)?

ABOUT 70 YEARS?


17 And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

18 Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the LORD; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing. NKJV


17 And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.

18 Her gain and her pay will be set apart for the LORD; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for fine clothing. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF 7O YEARS?

WHAT DID JESUS DO IN TYRE & SIDON?

READ: MATTHEW 15:21-28

WHAT DID PAUL FIND AT TYRE?

READ: ACTS 21:1-6


WHAT DID JESUS DO IN TYRE & SIDON?READ: MATTHEW 15:21-28

21 Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon.22 A woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, Saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon-possessed.” 23 Jesus answered her not a word. His disciples said to Him, “Send her away, for she cries out after us.” 24 Jesus said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 She came and worshiped Him, Saying, “Lord, Help me!” 26 Jesus said, “It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, Yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.” 28 Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, Great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.


WHAT DID JESUS DO IN TYRE & SIDON?

READ: MARK 7:24-30

24 Jesus arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. He entered a house and wanted no one to know it, But He could not be hidden.

25 A woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Him. She came and fell at His feet.

26 The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth. She kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

27 Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first. For It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

28 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, Yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs.”

29 Jesus said to her, “For this saying go your way, The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

30 When She had come to her house, She found the demon gone out and her daughter lying on the bed.


WHAT DID PAUL FIND AT TYRE?

READ: ACTS 21:1-6

1 We departed from them and set sail. Running a straight course we came to Cos, The following day to Rhodes and From there to Patara.

2 Finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, We went aboard and set sail.

3 When We had sighted Cyprus, We passed it on the left, Sailed to Syria and landed at Tyre. For There the ship was to unload her cargo.

4 Finding disciples and We stayed there seven days. They told Paul through the Spirit Not to go up to Jerusalem.

5 At the end of those days, We departed and went on our way. They all accompanied us, with wives and children, Till We were out of the city. We knelt down on the shore and prayed.

6 When We had taken our leave of one another, We boarded the ship and They returned home.

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