O
Immanuel!
Isaiah 8:1-22
Key Verse – Isaiah 8:10 “Devise your strategy, but it will be
thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.”
1.
[Isaiah 8:1-4] What did the Lord tell Isaiah to
do (Isaiah 8:1)? How did he follow through with God’s command (Isaiah 8:2)? What
did he do next and what happened (Isaiah 8:3a)? What did God tell Isaiah to
name his son (Isaiah 8:3b)? What’s the name’s meaning (Isaiah 8:4)? What message did God want to convey through
this?
2.
[Isaiah 8:5-10]What was the Lord about to do (Isaiah
8:7a)? What would be the result of His actions (Isaiah 8:7b-8)? Why (Isaiah 8:6)?
What was the relationship between the
signs God promised and whatHe said here (Isaiah 8:5-8)? What did the
nations try to do to Judah (Isaiah 8:9-10)? What would be the result of their
actions (Isaiah 8:9-10; ref. Isaiah 7:13-16)? Why (Isaiah 8:10)?
3.
[Isaiah 8:11-14] What did the nations consider conspiracy (Isaiah 8:12)? What did they fear (Isaiah
8:12; ref. Isaiah 7:1-2)? What was God’s warning to Isaiah (Isaiah 8:11-12)?
Why (Isaiah 8:13)? Why should Judah fear
God instead (Isaiah 8:14-15)? What did it mean that God was the Lord Almighty
and would be a holy place, in regards to this context? What does Isaiah mean
that God would be a stone to stumble, a
rock to fall, or a snare to trap them? How could God be a stone, rock,
trap, or snare for the people of
Judah?
4.
[Isaiah 8:16-18] What did God command Isaiah to
do (Isaiah 8:16)? What would Isaiah and his children do (Isaiah 8:17-18a)? How
would their actions serve Israel (Isaiah
8:18)?
5.
[Isaiah 8:19-22] Whom would the people consult (Isaiah
8:19)? What should they do instead (Isaiah 8:20)? Why (Isaiah 8:19b)? What does
it mean to consult God in this context? If Judah did not consult God, what
would happen to them (Isaiah 8:20b)? What does this mean (Isaiah 8:21-22)?
6.
Discuss the significance of the crisis
that the nation of Israel faced and what we can learn from it.
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