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2 Kings 14:18-22; 15:3-4
2 Chron. 25:26-28; 26:1-23
2
2 Kings 14:18-22 Now the rest of the acts of
Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah? (19) And they
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and
he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to
Lachish, and slew him there. (20) And they
brought him upon horses; and he was buried at
Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
(21) And all the people of Judah took Azariah,
who was sixteen years old, and made him king in
the room of his father Amaziah. (22) He built
Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king
slept with his fathers.
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Judah
 Death
of Amaziah
 He
had turned
away from God
 Some
of the
servants turned
on him, slew him,
and buried him in
Jerusalem
Israel

Jeroboam II still
reigning
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2 Kings 15:1-3 In the twenty and seventh
year of Jeroboam king of Israel began
Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to
reign. (2) Sixteen years old was he when
he began to reign; and he reigned two and
fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. (3) And
he did that which was right in the eyes of
Jehovah, according to all that his father
Amaziah had done.
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Judah
 Uzziah
(Azariah),
Amaziah’s son,
made king
 16
years old
 Ruled
52 years
Israel

27th year of the 41year reign of
Jeroboam II
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2 Kings 15:4 Howbeit the high
places were not taken away: the
people still sacrificed and burnt
incense in the high places.
2 Chronicles 26:4-5 And he did that which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according
to all that his father Amaziah had done. (5)
And he set himself to seek God in the days of
Zechariah, who had understanding in the
vision of God: and as long as he sought
Jehovah, God made him to prosper.
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Judah
Character of Uzziah
Good for most of his reign
High places were not removed
Idolatry continued as it had
under his father
Zechariah (Aid to Uzziah)
A prophet/counselor
Nothing else known about him
Israel
Jeroboam II
still reigning
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2 Chronicles 26:6-8 And he went forth and
warred against the Philistines, and brake down
the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and
the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the
country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
(7)
And God helped him against the
Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt
in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. (8) And the
Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah: and his
name spread abroad even to the entrance of
Egypt; for he waxed exceeding strong.
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Judah
Uzziah was successful in wars.
Tore down the walls of Gath,
Jabneh, Ashdod
Successful against the
Philistines, Arabians and
Mehunims, Ammonites
Restored Elath (Eloth), a port at
the head of the Gulf of Aqaba
(2 Chron. 26:2)
Israel
Jeroboam II
still reigning
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2 Chronicles 26:9-10 Moreover Uzziah built
towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and
at the valley gate, and at the turning of the
wall, and fortified them. (10) And he built
towers in the wilderness, and hewed out
many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in
the lowland also, and in the plain: and he
had husbandmen and vinedressers in the
mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he
loved husbandry.
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Judah
 Uzziah’s
building and
farm projects
 Built
towers in Jerusalem
 Built
towers and dug wells
in the low country and in
the plains
 He
had a lot of cattle and
vineyards
Israel

Jeroboam II
still reigning
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2 Chronicles 26:11-15 Moreover Uzziah had
an army of fighting men, that went out to
war by bands, according to the number of
their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and
Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of
Hananiah, one of the king's captains. (12)
The whole number of the heads of fathers'
houses, even the mighty men of valor, was
two thousand and six hundred. (13) And
under their hand was an army, three hundred
thousand and seven thousand and five
hundred, that made war with mighty power,
to help the king against the enemy.
(14) And Uzziah prepared for them, even
for all the host, shields, and spears, and
helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and
stones for slinging. (15) And he made in
Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men,
to be on the towers and upon the
battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows
and great stones. And his name spread far
abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till
he was strong.
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Judah
 Uzziah’s
army
 307,500
Israel

Jeroboam
II still
reigning

Amos
prophesied
trained fighters
 Well
equipped with
weapons and armor
 Built
engines of warfare to
shoot arrows and stones
 Uzziah
was blessed by
God and his fame went
out far and wide
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


Name means “burden bearer”
A sheep herdsman from Tekoa, and a dresser
of sycamore trees
He was a prophet- contemporary with Isaiah
and Hosea.
 Not a “trained” prophet
 Prophesied from about 760 to 755 B.C.
 About 40 years before the fall of Israel
 During a period of peace in Israel
 Syria had fallen
“two years before the earthquake” (Zech. 14:5)
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
Lived during the reign of Jeroboam II in
Israel and Uzziah in Judah
 Uzziah
was righteous
 Jeroboam
II was shown mercy

Both Judah and Israel prospered at this
time and expanded their territories

But, they grew ungrateful
 Reveled
in selfishness and rebellion
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
With Israel’s prosperity came injustice,
luxury, and greed
 Religious
 An

rites were present
era of moral decay
His message:
 He
warned Israel that judgment was
inevitable
 He
warned Judah to shape up, or else
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Basic Outline:
Amos 1:1-2:3
 Judgment against various nations
around Israel
Amos 2:4-6:14
 State of affairs of both Judah and
Israel but mostly Israel
Amos 7:1-9:10
 Impending punishment of Israel
Amos 9:11-15
 Promise of future restoration
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Amos 1:1-2:3 The words of Amos, who was
among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw
concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king
of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the
son of Joash king of Israel, two years before
the earthquake. (2) And he said, Jehovah
will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds
shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall
wither. (3) Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I
will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because they have threshed Gilead with
threshing instruments of iron:
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(4) but I will send a fire into the house of
Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. (5) And I will break the bar of
Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the
valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the
sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people
of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith
Jehovah. (6) Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not
turn away the punishment thereof; because
they carried away captive the whole people, to
deliver them up to Edom: (7) but I will send a
fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the
palaces thereof. (8) And I will cut off the
inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth
the sceptre from Ashkelon;
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…and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the
remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the
Lord Jehovah. (9) Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Tyre, yea, for four, I will not turn
away the punishment thereof; because they
delivered up the whole people to Edom, and
remembered not the brotherly covenant: (10) but
I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall
devour the palaces thereof. (11) Thus saith
Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea,
for four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the
sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did
tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
(12) but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall
devour the palaces of Bozrah.
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(13)
Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of the children of Ammon,
yea, for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they have
ripped up the women with child of Gilead,
that they may enlarge their border. (14)
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of
Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces
thereof, with shouting in the day of battle,
with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
(15) and their king shall go into captivity,
he and his princes together, saith Jehovah.
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(2:1)
Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will
not turn away the punishment thereof;
because he burned the bones of the king
of Edom into lime: (2) but I will send a
fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the
palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with
tumult, with shouting, and with the sound
of the trumpet; (3) and I will cut off the
judge from the midst thereof, and will slay
all the princes thereof with him, saith
Jehovah.
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Damascus (Syria)
Cruelties against Gilead (2 Kings 10:33)
2 Kings 10:32-33 In those days Jehovah
began to cut off from Israel: and Hazael
smote them in all the borders of Israel;
(33) from the Jordan eastward, all the
land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from
Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon,
even Gilead and Bashan.
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Damascus (Syria)
Cruelties against Gilead (2 Kings 10:33)
Judgment in 2 Kings 16:1-9
2 Kings 16:1-9 In the seventeenth year of
Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of
Jotham king of Judah began to reign. (2)
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began
to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in
Jerusalem: and he did not that which was
right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like
David his father.
(3) But he walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through
the fire, according to the abominations of the
nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before
the children of Israel. (4) And he sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places, and on
the hills, and under every green tree. (5)
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of
Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem
to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not
overcome him. (6) At that time Rezin king of
Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the
Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to
Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.
(7) So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy
servant and thy son: come up, and save
me out of the hand of the king of Syria,
and out of the hand of the king of Israel,
who rise up against me. (8) And Ahaz
took the silver and gold that was found in
the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures
of the king's house, and sent it for a
present to the king of Assyria. (9) And the
king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and
the king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the
people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
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Damascus (Syria)
Cruelties against Gilead (2 Kings
10:33)
Judgment in 2 Kings 16:1-9
Gaza (Philistia)
Selling captives to Edom (2 Chron. 21:17)
2 Chronicles 21:16-17
And Jehovah
stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of
the Philistines, and of the Arabians that
are beside the Ethiopians: (17) and
they came up against Judah, and brake
into it, and carried away all the
substance that was found in the king's
house, and his sons also, and his wives;
so that there was never a son left him,
save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
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Damascus (Syria)
Cruelties against Gilead (2 Kings 10:33)
Judgment in 2 Kings 16:1-9
Gaza (Philistia)
Selling captives to Edom (2 Chron. 21:17)
Judgment in 2 Kings 18:8
2 Kings 18:8 He smote the Philistines unto
Gaza and the borders thereof, from the
tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
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Damascus (Syria)
Cruelties against Gilead (2 Kings 10:33)
Judgment in 2 Kings 16:1-9
Gaza (Philistia)
Selling captives to Edom (2 Chron. 21:17)
Judgment in 2 Kings 18:8
Tyre (Phoenicia)
Selling captives to Edom
Judgment in Ezek. 26:7-14
Ezekiel 26:7-14 For thus saith the Lord
Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of
kings, from the north, with horses, and
with chariots, and with horsemen, and a
company, and much people. (8) He shall
slay with the sword thy daughters in the
field; and he shall make forts against
thee, and cast up a mound against thee,
and raise up the buckler against thee. (9)
And he shall set his battering engines
against thy walls, and with his axes he
shall break down thy towers.
(10) By reason of the abundance of his horses
their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall
shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the
wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall
enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city
wherein is made a breach. (11) With the
hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy
streets; he shall slay thy people with the
sword; and the pillars of thy strength shall go
down to the ground. (12) And they shall make
a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy
merchandise; and they shall break down thy
walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses; and
they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and
thy dust in the midst of the waters.
(13) And I will cause the noise of thy
songs to cease; and the sound of thy
harps shall be no more heard. (14) And
I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt
be a place for the spreading of nets; thou
shalt be built no more: for I Jehovah
have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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
Edom


Ammon


Bitter enemies of Israel, especially
when Jerusalem was besieged by
Chaldeans
Killed pregnant women to seize
territory in Gilead
Moab

Burned the bones of the king of Edom
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Amos 2:4-5
Thus saith Jehovah: For
three transgressions of Judah, yea, for
four, I will not turn away the punishment
thereof; because they have rejected the
law of Jehovah, and have not kept his
statutes, and their lies have caused them
to err, after which their fathers did walk:
(5) but I will send a fire upon Judah, and
it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
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Transgressions:
Despised the law of the Lord
Kept not His commandments
Lies (false prophets) caused them to sin
(err)
Judgment:
Fire will come upon them and it will
devour the palaces of Jerusalem
Fall of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25)
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Amos 2:6-16 Thus saith Jehovah: For three
transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not
turn away the punishment thereof; because
they have sold the righteous for silver, and the
needy for a pair of shoes - (7) they that pant
after the dust of the earth on the head of the
poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and
a man and his father go unto the same
maiden, to profane my holy name: (8) and
they lay themselves down beside every altar
upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house
of their God they drink the wine of such as
have been fined.
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(9) Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of the
cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I
destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots
from beneath. (10) Also I brought you up
out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty
years in the wilderness, to possess the land of
the Amorite. (11) And I raised up of your
sons for prophets, and of your young men for
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of
Israel? saith Jehovah. (12) But ye gave the
Nazarites wine to drink, and commanded the
prophets, saying, Prophesy not. (13) Behold,
I will press you in your place, as a cart
presseth that is full of sheaves.
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(14) And flight shall perish from the
swift; and the strong shall not strengthen
his force; neither shall the mighty deliver
himself; (15) neither shall he stand that
handleth the bow; and he that is swift of
foot shall not deliver himself; neither
shall he that rideth the horse deliver
himself; (16) and he that is courageous
among the mighty shall flee away naked
in that day, saith Jehovah.
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
Transgressions:

The leaders sold the righteous for silver, and
the poor for a pair of shoes

Panted after (wanted it badly) the dust of the
earth on the head of the poor

Turned aside the way of the meek

A man and son with the same woman

Retained pledged garments and used them in
holy places

Bought wine with unjust and oppressive fines
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Transgressions:
 Caused God’s chosen ones to break their
vow and stumble
 Commanded the prophets not to
prophesy
 Judgment:
 God’s judgment to them would be utter
destruction
 None would escape, not even the
strongest, the fastest, or the most
courageous

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
Notes:
 All judgments came about within 50
years of these prophesies
 Judgments of the nations were for
their wickedness against God’s people
 Judgments against Judah and Israel
were for transgressions against the
people and for transgressing God’s
commandments
 Destruction will be total and complete,
except for a remnant
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1.
Vision of grasshoppers (7:1-3)
Amos 7:1-3 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed
unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers
in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter
growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after
the king's mowings. (2) And it came to pass,
that when they had made an end of eating the
grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD,
forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob
arise? for he is small. (3) The LORD repented
for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
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2.
Vision concerning the fire (7:4-7)
Amos 7:4-7 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed
unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to
contend by fire, and it devoured the great
deep, and did eat up a part. (5) Then said I,
O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom
shall Jacob arise? for he is small. (6) The
LORD repented for this: This also shall not be,
saith the Lord GOD. (7) Thus he shewed me:
and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made
by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
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3.
Vision of the plumbline (7:7-9)
Amos 7:7-9 Thus he shewed me: and, behold,
the Lord stood upon a wall made by a
plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. (8)
And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest
thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the
Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the
midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass
by them any more: (9) And the high places
of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries
of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise
against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
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4. Amaziah, the priest, falsely accused
Amos before Jeroboam (7:10-17)
•
Amos declared that God had sent
him and the pronounced doom on
the false priest
Amos 7:10-17 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel
sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos
hath conspired against thee in the midst of the
house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all
his words. (11) For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam
shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of their own land. (12)
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go,
flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there
eat bread, and prophesy there:
(13)
But
prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is
the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. (14)
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I
was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son;
but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of
sycomore fruit.
(15) And the LORD took me as I followed
the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go,
prophesy unto my people Israel. (16) Now
therefore hear thou the word of the LORD:
Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel,
and drop not thy word against the house of
Isaac.
(17)
Therefore thus saith the
LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the
city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall
fall by the sword, and thy land shall be
divided by line; and thou shalt die in a
polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into
captivity forth of his land.
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4. Vision of the basket of fruit (8:1-14)
Amos 8:1-14 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed
unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
(2) And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And
I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the
LORD unto me, The end is come upon my
people of Israel; I will not again pass by them
any more. (3) And the songs of the temple
shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord
GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every
place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
(4) Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy,
even to make the poor of the land to fail,
(5) Saying, When will the new moon be gone,
that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we
may set forth wheat, making the ephah small,
and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances
by deceit? (6) That we may buy the poor for
silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and
sell the refuse of the wheat? (7) The LORD hath
sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will
never forget any of their works. (8) Shall not
the land tremble for this, and every one mourn
that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly
as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned,
as by the flood of Egypt. (9) And it shall come
to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will
cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will
darken the earth in the clear day:
(10) And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth
upon all loins, and baldness upon every head;
and I will make it as the mourning of an only
son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
(11) Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the
land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst
for water, but of hearing the words of the
LORD: (12) And they shall wander from sea
to sea, and from the north even to the east,
they shall run to and fro to seek the word of
the LORD, and shall not find it.
(13) In that day shall the fair virgins
and young men faint for thirst. (14)
They that swear by the sin of Samaria,
and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and,
The manner of Beersheba liveth; even
they shall fall, and never rise up again.
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•
Israel ripe for judgment
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Coming days of famine
5. Vision of the passing of a kingdom –
Israel; except for a remnant (9:1-10)
Amos 9:1-10 I saw the Lord standing upon the
altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door,
that the posts may shake: and cut them in the
head, all of them; and I will slay the last of
them with the sword: he that fleeth of them
shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of
them shall not be delivered.
(2) Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine
hand take them; though they climb up to
heaven, thence will I bring them down: (3) And
though they hide themselves in the top of
Carmel, I will search and take them out thence;
and though they be hid from my sight in the
bottom of the sea, thence will I command the
serpent, and he shall bite them: (4) And though
they go into captivity before their enemies,
thence will I command the sword, and it shall
slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them
for evil, and not for good. (5) And the Lord GOD
of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall
melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and
it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be
drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
(6) It is he that buildeth his stories in the
heaven, and hath founded his troop in the
earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea,
and poureth them out upon the face of the
earth: The LORD is his name. (7) Are ye not
as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O
children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I
brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and
the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians
from Kir? (8) Behold, the eyes of the Lord
GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will
destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving
that I will not utterly destroy the house of
Jacob, saith the LORD.
(9) For, lo, I will command, and I will
sift the house of Israel among all
nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve,
yet shall not the least grain fall upon the
earth. (10) All the sinners of my people
shall die by the sword, which say, The
evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
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Amos 9:11-15 In that day will I raise up the
tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up
the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his
ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
(12) That they may possess the remnant of
Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called
by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
(13) Behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
that the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
and the treader of grapes him that soweth
seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet
wine, and all the hills shall melt.
(14) And I will bring again the captivity of
my people of Israel, and they shall build the
waste cities, and inhabit them; and they
shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine
thereof; they shall also make gardens, and
eat the fruit of them. (15) And I will plant
them upon their land, and they shall no
more be pulled up out of their land which I
have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
60

God will raise up the tabernacle of
David – a new kingdom

It will include the remnant of David,
the remnant of Edom and all nations

And, it shall endure forever!
61

Justice between men is right before God

Privilege implies responsibility- care for
the poor- do not take advantage or
cheat.

Failure to take responsibility demands
punishment

Nations and individuals must live up to
the knowledge granted them
62

Even elaborate worship, if heartless, is
an insult to God

Going through the motions will not
acquit one before God, for He can read
hearts and motives
63
64

Unfaithful Israel to be cast off

Other nations to be called in to
punish Israel

Judah warned to take heed or face
the same fate as other nations
65

An adulterous marriage 1:1 – 3:5

Ignorance About God 4:1 – 6:3

No Love For God 6:4 – 11:11

God and His Bride 11:12 – 14:9
66

Hosea prophesied during the latter part of
the reign of Jeroboam II and during the
last 40 years of the Northern kingdom

Began his work at the peak of Israel’s
power

Elijah, Elisha, Jonah and Amos were earlier
prophets sent by God

A younger contemporary of Amos

An older contemporary of Isaiah and Micah
67

Corruption in Israel was worsening

The people had become ignorant of God’s
laws

 They
were playing the role of a harlot
 They
were paying homage to the Baals
They took pride in being the historic people of
God
 This
privilege was conditional upon their
keeping God’s covenant
 They
were now violating it and were at risk
68
Hosea 1:1-2 The word of the LORD that came
unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of
Joash, king of Israel. (2) The beginning of the
word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD
said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of
whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for
the land hath committed great whoredom,
departing from the LORD.
69

The tragedy of his broken home

God told him to marry a woman with an
idolatrous background

Hosea took Gomer as his wife

After their marriage, she became a harlot

Through this marriage God wanted to
teach Israel a lesson

God used this actual experience as a living
illustration of His love for a wayward Israel
and of their unfaithfulness to Him
70
Hosea 1:3-11 So he went and took Gomer the daughter
of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. (4)
And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel;
for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of
Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease
the kingdom of the house of Israel. (5) And it shall
come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of
Israel in the valley of Jezreel. (6) And she conceived
again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him,
Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have
mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take
them away. (7) But I will have mercy upon the house
of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God,
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…and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor
by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. (8) Now
when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived,
and bare a son. (9) Then said God, Call his name
Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be
your God. (10) Yet the number of the children of
Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot
be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to
pass, that in the place where it was said unto them,
Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto
them, Ye are the sons of the living God. (11) Then
shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel
be gathered together, and appoint themselves one
head, and they shall come up out of the land: for
great shall be the day of Jezreel.
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First child a son “Jezreel”
meaning “God shall scatter”
Second child a daughter “Lo-ruha-mah”
meaning “not (Lo) having obtained mercy”
Third child a son “Lo-Ammi”
meaning “not (Lo) my people”
This child was not Hosea’s
God said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are
not My people, And I will not be your God”
The name reflected the climax of Israel’s fate.

Their names also used as a symbol of the
future restoration
73
 Note
the play on words in the following
verses
 verses
Sons
10-11 refer to the future restoration
of the living God
People
united under a new leader
 2:1
uses their names without the “not” or
“Lo”
My
people
Mercy
is shown
74

The comparison between Gomer and Israel
 Israel
would be a disgrace
“I will not have mercy on her children,
For they are the children of harlotry.
For their mother has played the harlot;
She who conceived them has behaved
shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
Who give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my linen,
My oil and my drink.’” (Hosea 2:4-5)
75
The comparison between Gomer and Israel
Israel would be a disgrace
Israel sought new lovers in the Baalim
“She will chase her lovers,
But not overtake them;
Yes, she will seek them, but not find them.
Then she will say,
‘I will go and return to my first husband,
For then it was better for me than now.’”
(Hosea 2:7)
76
The comparison between Gomer and Israel
 Israel
would be a disgrace
 Israel
sought new lovers in the Baalim
 Israel
had corrupted the feast days
” I will also cause all her mirth to cease,
Her feast days,
Her New Moons,
Her Sabbaths—
All her appointed feasts.” (Hosea 2:11)
77
The comparison between Gomer and Israel
 Israel
would be a disgrace
 Israel
sought new lovers in the Baalim
 Israel
had corrupted the feast days
 Israel
would be punished
“I will punish her...”
(Hosea 2:13)
78

God’s mercy
 God
would lure her back
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will
bring her into the wilderness, And speak
comfort to her. I will give her her
vineyards from there, And the Valley of
Achor as a door of hope...” (Hosea 2:14)
79

God’s mercy

God would lure her back

Then, she will be purged of her wickedness
”For I will take from her mouth the
names of the Baals,
And they shall be remembered by
their name no more.”
(Hosea 2:17)
80
Hosea 3:1-5 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a
woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according
to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who
look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. (2) So I
bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an
homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: (3) And I
said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou
shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another
man: so will I also be for thee. (4) For the children of
Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a
prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and
without an ephod, and without teraphim: (5) Afterward
shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their
God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his
goodness in the latter days.
81

Hosea told to go to his estranged wife, to
love her and bring her back

He redeemed her, she would prove
herself many days with abstinence

Likewise, Israel would be purged of
wickedness and then return to the Lord
with a new king
82

Chapters 4-12 deal with Israel’s ungodliness:
 No
truth, mercy, or knowledge of God
 By
swearing and lying, killing, stealing,
committing adultery and drinking new wine
 They
broke all restraints
 Chapter
4 paints a picture that adultery
was rampant at this time
 Idolatry
 They
 The
was the customary religion
relied upon other nations for help
list of sins goes on and on

Chapters 4-12 deal with Israel’s
impending judgment:
 They
shall not dwell in the Lord’s land
 They
will eat unclean things
 Other
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nations will devour them
 They
will not have a king
 They
will be cast away from God
“Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
Shall be destroyed. The thorn and thistle shall
grow on their altars; They shall say to the
mountains, “Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall
on us!”” (Hosea 10:8)
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1. Lack of Knowledge (Hosea 4:6)
“My people are destroyed for lack
of knowledge.
Because you have rejected
knowledge, I also will reject you
from being priest to me...”
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Plan of salvation
Great commission
When the church was established
Worship of the church
Organization of the church
“Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.”
1 Thes. 5:21
“…be ready always to give an answer”
1 Pet.3:15
Matt. 13:15 ears dull of hearing, eyes
closed lest they understand with their
heart…
2 Thes.1:7-9 “on them that know not God”
Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge”
1 Thes.4:13 “But I would not have you to
be ignorant, brethren…”
1 Tim. 2:4 “to come unto the knowledge of
the truth”
John 8:32 “the truth shall make you free.”
2 Pet.2:20 - escaped through knowledge
Heb. 5:12-14 - need to be taught again
Matt. 4:1-12 - Temptation of Jesus
“It is written”
“This book will keep you from
sin and nothing but sin will
keep you from this book.”
Determine to study
Many things to attract our attention
Watch TV 14 to 30 hours per week
“Till I come, give attention to reading” 1Tim.4:13
“From a child thou hast known the holy
scriptures” 2 Tim. 3:15
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free.” John 8:32
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2. Pride (Hosea 5:5 & 7:10)
“The pride of Israel testifies to his face...”
93
3. Instability (Hosea 6:4 &13:3)
“For your faithfulness is like a morning
cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.”
“Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.”
94
4. Worldliness (Hosea 7:8)
“Ephraim has mixed himself among the
peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned.”
95
5. Corruption (Hosea 9:9)
“They are deeply corrupted,
As in the days of Gibeah.”
96
6. Backsliding (Hosea 11:7)
“My people are bent on backsliding
from Me. Though they call to the
Most High, None at all exalt Him”
97
7. Idolatry (Hosea 13:2)
“Now they sin more and more,
and have made for themselves
molded images, idols of their
silver, according to their skill.”
98
The book does not close without God’s
offer of forgiveness. Israel was guilty
before God, yet through repentance
could have known restoration.
“O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For
you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Take words with you, And return to the
Lord. Say to Him, ‘Take away all iniquity...’”
(Hosea 14:1-2)
99
“Who is wise?
Let him understand these things.
Who is prudent?
Let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right;
The righteous walk in them, But
transgressors stumble in them.”
(Hosea 14:9)
100
God still calls out for, and requires,
loyalty
The world is abounding with false gods
and religions
Even some churches of Christ are giving
themselves to the world and to the
worship of the individual
People are rejecting God’s laws and
substituting their own religious
preferences
This is spiritual adultery with God
2 Kings 14:28 – 16:5
101
102

Judah
 Uzziah (Azariah)
-15th Year

Israel
 Death of Jeroboam II
2 Kings 14:28-29 Now the rest of the acts of
Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might,
how he warred, and how he recovered
Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to
Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
(29) And Jeroboam slept with his fathers,
even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah
his son reigned in his stead.
103

Judah

 Uzziah
(Azariah) -15th
Year
Israel
 Death
of
Jeroboam II - 2
Kings 14:28-29
 Zechariah
 38th
Year
–6
months (wicked)
Slain
by
Shallum
2 Kings 15:8-12
2 Kings 15:8-12 In the thirty and eighth year
of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son
of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six
months. (9) And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done:
he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. (10)
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired
against him, and smote him before the people,
and slew him, and reigned in his stead. (11)
And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold,
they are written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel. (12) This was the word of
the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying,
Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto
the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
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2 Kings 10:30 And the
LORD
said unto Jehu,
 Judah
Because thou hast done
 Uzziah (Azariah)
well in-15
executing
that
th Year
which is right in mine
eyes, andth hast done
38 house
Year of Ahab
unto the
according to all that
was in mine heart, thy
children of the fourth
generation shall sit on
the throne of Israel.

Israel
 Death of
Jeroboam II 2 Kings 14:28-29
 Zechariah – 6
months (wicked)
Slain by Shallum
2 Kings 15:8-12
 End
of Jehu
dynasty 2 Kings
10:30
106

Judah
 Uzziah

Israel
 Shallum
– 1 month
(wicked)
Slain by Menahem
(Azariah) - 39th
Year 15:13-15 Shallum the son of Jabesh
2 Kings
began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of
Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month
in Samaria. (14) For Menahem the son of Gadi
went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and
smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and
slew him, and reigned in his stead. (15) And the
rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy
which he made, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
107

Judah
 Uzziah (Azariah)
- 39th Year
 39th
Year

Israel
 Shallum – 1 month
(wicked)
Slain by Menahem
2 Kings 15:13-15
 Menahem
– 10
years (wicked)
Ruthless
2 Kings 15:16-18
2 Kings 15:16-18 Then Menahem smote
Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they
opened not to him, therefore he smote it;
and all the women therein that were with
child he ripped up. (17) In the nine and
thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah
began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign
over Israel, and reigned ten years in
Samaria. (18) And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed
not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
109

Judah
 Uzziah’s sin and
punishment
(leprosy)
2 Chron. 26:1621
(Jotham, his son,
exercised actual
rule of the
people)
2 Chronicles 26:16-21
But when he was
strong, his heart was
lifted up to his
destruction: for he
transgressed against
the LORD his God, and
went into the temple
of the LORD to burn
incense upon the altar
of incense.
(17) And Azariah the priest went in after him,
and with him fourscore priests of the LORD,
that were valiant men:
(18)
And they
withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him,
It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn
incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the
sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn
incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast
trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour
from the LORD God. (19) Then Uzziah was
wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn
incense: and while he was wroth with the
priests, the leprosy even rose up in his
forehead before the priests in the house of the
LORD, from beside the incense altar.
(20) And Azariah the chief priest, and all
the priests, looked upon him, and,
behold, he was leprous in his forehead,
and they thrust him out from thence;
yea, himself hasted also to go out,
because the LORD had smitten him.
(21) And Uzziah the king was a leper
unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a
several house, being a leper; for he was
cut off from the house of the LORD: and
Jotham his son was over the king's
house, judging the people of the land.
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
Judah
 Uzziah’s sin and
punishment
(leprosy)
2 Chron. 26:1621
(Jotham, his son,
exercised actual
rule of the
people)

Israel
 While Menahem
is reigning,
Tiglath-pileser III
(Pul) arose in
Assyria
Invaded Israel
Forced tribute
2 Kings 15:1920
2 Kings 15:19-20 And Pul the king of
Assyria came against the land: and
Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents
of silver, that his hand might be with
him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
(20) And Menahem exacted the money
of Israel, even of all the mighty men of
wealth, of each man fifty shekels of
silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So
the king of Assyria turned back, and
stayed not there in the land.
114

Judah
 Uzziah
Year

– 50th
Israel
 Pekahiah
–2
years (wicked)
Slain
by Pekah
(one of his
captains)
2 Kings 15:22-25
2 Kings 15:22-25 And Menahem slept with his
fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his
stead. (23) In the fiftieth year of Azariah king
of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began
to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
two years. (24) And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin. (25) But Pekah the
son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired
against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the
palace of the king's house, with Argob and
Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites:
and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
116

Judah
 Uzziah

– 52nd year
Israel
 Pekah
– 20 years
(wicked)
2 Kings 15:25-31
2 the
Chron.
2 Kings 15:25-31 But Pekah
son 28:5-15
of
Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace
of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and
with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he
killed him, and reigned in his room.
(26) And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and
all that he did, behold, they are written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
(27) In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah
king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began
to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
twenty years. (28) And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin. (29) In the days of
Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah,
and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali,
and carried them captive to Assyria.
(30) And Hoshea the son of Elah
made a conspiracy against Pekah the
son of Remaliah, and smote him, and
slew him, and reigned in his stead, in
the twentieth year of Jotham the son
of Uzziah. (31) And the rest of the
acts of Pekah, and all that he did,
behold, they are written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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
Judah
Israel
 Uzziah – 52nd year
 Pekah – 20 years
 Uzziah died –
(wicked)
2 Kings
2 Kings
15:6-7
And the rest
of the15:25-31
acts of
Reigned
52 Years
Azariah,
and all that he did,
are they
not
2 Chron.
28:5-15
2 Kings15:6-7
written in the book of the chronicles of the
2 Chron.
26:22-23
kings
of Judah?
(7) So Azariah slept with
his fathers; and they buried him with his
fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his
son reigned in his stead.

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
Judah

 Uzziah
– 52nd year
 Uzziah
died –
Reigned
52 Years
2 Kings15:6-7
2 Chron. 26:22-23
Israel
 Pekah – 20 years
(wicked)
2 Kings 15:25-31
2 Chron. 28:5-15
 Tiglath-pileser III
returns
121
Isaiah received his commission to prophesy
in the year Uzziah died –
Isa. 6:1-13
Preached what the people did not want to hear.
The Book of Isaiah
122
123
Saw the glory of God (6:1-7)
 The life-shaking awe of God
 The exposure of sinfulness before
holiness
 The grace that removes our sin (5-7)
 Isaiah: “Here am I; send me” (8)
 Warning: Preaching will not be popular
 Sometimes it will seem useless (9-10)
 They may see the value of your
preaching only after calamity (11-13)

124

A Prophet in Jerusalem

Name means “The Lord is Salvation”

Little is know about his personal life
 Father
 Wife
is named but was obscure
was a “prophetess”

May have been slain during the reign of
Manasseh

Often quoted in the N. T. for describing
the coming Messiah
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
Prophesied for over 50 years

Prophesied to both Judah and Israel

Prophesied during The Fall of Samaria
(Israel)

His work spans five kings of Judah
 Began
 Also,
in the last year of Uzziah
prophesied during the reigns of
Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah and Manasseh
126

Warned of men of God’s justice and
judgment

Saw the pending captivity of Israel and
Judah

Saw the restoration of God’s people

He saw just two alternatives:
 Salvation
or condemnation

He revealed his visions

Prophesied of the future reign of Christ
127

Visions and Discourses Relating to Israel and
Judah, and to the Nations (chapters 1-39)
 God’s
messages to Israel and Judah
(chapter 1-12)

Israel’s sins were:
 Idolatry
– 2:5-8; 8:19
 Immorality
 Ritualism
 Vanity
– 1:15; 3:9-11; 5:8,11,18-23
– 1:11-15
of their lifestyle – 3:16-24;5:11-12
128

There was still a great future for God’s
faithful remnant –
 The Word will go forth from Jerusalem
Isaiah 2:1-4 The word that Isaiah the son of
Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
(2) And it shall come to pass in the last
days, that the mountain of the LORD'S
house shall be established in the top of the
mountains, and shall be exalted above the
hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
(3) And many people shall go and say,
Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain
of the LORD, to the house of the God of
Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths: for out of
Zion shall go forth the law, and the word
of the LORD from Jerusalem. (4) And he
shall judge among the nations, and shall
rebuke many people: and they shall beat
their swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not
lift up sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more.
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
There was still a great future for God’s
faithful remnant –
 The Word will go forth from Jerusalem
(2:1-4)
 The virgin shall conceive and bring forth
Immanuel
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself
shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin
shall conceive, and bear a son, and
shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:1-2
Nevertheless the dimness
shall not be such as was in her vexation,
when at the first he lightly afflicted the land
of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and
afterward did more grievously afflict her by
the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in
Galilee of the nations. (2) The people that
walked in darkness have seen a great light:
they that dwell in the land of the shadow of
death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 9:6-7 For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given: and the
government shall be upon his shoulder:
and his name shall be called Wonderful,
Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
(7) Of the increase of his government
and peace there shall be no end, upon the
throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to
order it, and to establish it with judgment
and with justice from henceforth even for
ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will
perform this.
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Sins of the nations are not ignored

Nations to be dealt with:
–Babylon
–Philistia
–Moab
–Syria
–Ethiopia
–Egypt
–Edom
–Arabia
–Tyre
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God’s judgments will begin at His own
house, but other nations are still
accountable for their own sins

God favors His people

God will protect His people while punishing
the nations
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His people refuse to be taught by God
 They will learn their lesson from foreign
invaders
 They will view their wise men as foolish;
themselves foolish for putting so much trust
in them
 He asks why they put their trust in Egypt
rather than in Him
 They will come to realize that they really do
need God. He is the only real Helper
 A brighter day and a better way (ch.35)

Isaiah 37:14-22 And Hezekiah received the
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letter from the hand of the messengers, and
read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of
the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
(15)
Then Hezekiah prayed to the LORD,
saying: (16) "O LORD of hosts, God of Israel,
the One who dwells between the cherubim,
You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of
the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
(17) Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open
Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the
words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to
reproach the living God. (18) Truly, LORD,
the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the
nations and their lands,
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(19) and have cast their gods into the fire; for
they were not gods, but the work of men's
hands—wood and stone. Therefore they
destroyed them. (20) Now therefore, O LORD
our God, save us from his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know that You are
the LORD, You alone." (21) Then Isaiah the
son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus
says the LORD God of Israel, 'Because you
have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of
Assyria, (22) this is the word which the LORD
has spoken concerning him: "The virgin, the
daughter of Zion, Has despised you, laughed
you to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem Has
shaken her head behind your back!
Isaiah 37:31-38 And the remnant who have
escaped of the house of Judah Shall again
take root downward, And bear fruit upward.
(32) For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion. The
zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this. (33)
"Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the
king of Assyria: 'He shall not come into this
city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come
before it with shield, Nor build a siege mound
against it. (34) By the way that he came, By
the same shall he return; And he shall not
come into this city,' Says the LORD. (35) 'For
I will defend this city, to save it For My own
sake and for My servant David's sake.' "
(36) Then the angel of the LORD went out,
and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one
hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when
people arose early in the morning, there were
the corpses—all dead. (37) So Sennacherib
king of Assyria departed and went away,
returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
(38)
Now it came to pass, as he was
worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god,
that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer
struck him down with the sword; and they
escaped into the land of Ararat. Then
Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Isaiah 38:1-8 In those days Hezekiah was sick
and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the
son of Amoz, went to him and said to him,
"Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order,
for you shall die and not live.' " (2) Then
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and
prayed to the LORD, (3) and said, "Remember
now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before
You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have
done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah
wept bitterly. (4) And the word of the LORD
came to Isaiah, saying,
(5) "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'Thus says the
LORD, the God of David your father: "I have
heard your prayer, I have seen your tears;
surely I will add to your days fifteen years. (6)
I will deliver you and this city from the hand of
the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city."
' (7) And this is the sign to you from the
LORD, that the LORD will do this thing which
He has spoken: (8) Behold, I will bring the
shadow on the sundial, which has gone down
with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten
degrees backward." So the sun returned ten
degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.
Isaiah 39:1-2
At that time MerodachBaladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for
he heard that he had been sick and had
recovered. (2) And Hezekiah was pleased
with them, and showed them the house of
his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices
and precious ointment, and all his armory—
all that was found among his treasures.
There was nothing in his house or in all his
dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Isaiah 39:6-7
'Behold, the days are
coming when all that is in your house, and
what your fathers have accumulated until
this day, shall be carried to Babylon;
nothing shall be left,' says the LORD. (7)
'And they shall take away some of your
sons who will descend from you, whom
you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs
in the palace of the king of Babylon.' "
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
Discourses Relating To Israel and Judah,
and the Nations (Chapters 1-39)
 Messages
to Israel and Judah – ch. 1-12
 Messages
for the Nations – ch. 13-23
 Contrasts
Between God’s People and the
Nations – ch. 24-27
 Rebukes
& Promises Regarding Israel’s
Future – ch. 28-35
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
Discourses Relating To Israel
and Judah, and the Nations
(Chapters 1-39)
 Hezekiah
and Judah Face
Assyria – ch. 36-39
Their
deliverance
Hezekiah’s
Visitors
sickness
from Babylon
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Visions That Set Forth The
Servants God Will Use To:
 Deliver
Zion
 Accomplish
His Will Among the
Nations chapters 40-66
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Chapters 40-48:
 His Incomparable Greatness
 Who
Comforts
like Him?
- 40:10-11
Isaiah
40:10-11
Behold,
the Lord
GOD will
come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule
for him: behold, his reward is with him, and
his work before him. (11) He shall feed his
flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the
lambs with his arm, and carry them in his
bosom, and shall gently lead those that are
with young.
Isaiah 40:22 It is He who sits above the
circle of the earth, And its inhabitants
are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out
the heavens like a curtain, And spreads
them out like a tent to dwell in.
Isaiah 40:25 "To whom then will you
liken Me, Or to whom shall I be equal?"
says the Holy One.
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Chapters 40-48:
 His Incomparable Greatness
 Who Comforts like Him? - 40:10-11
 Who Strengthens like Him? – 40:29-31
Isaiah 40:29-31 He giveth power to the faint;
and to them that have no might he increaseth
strength. (30) Even the youths shall faint and
be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
(31) But they that wait upon the LORD shall
renew their strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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Chapters 40-48:
 Who
can know the future and tell it?
Only
the True and LIVING God
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Isaiah 44:28 Who says of Cyrus, 'He is My
shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to
the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid." ‘
Isaiah 45:1
"Thus says the LORD to His
anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have
held— To subdue nations before him And loose
the armor of kings, To open before him the double
doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
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Named Before Even Born –
Only God could do this
Cyrus was the first king of Medo-Persia
He will let God’s people go home from
captivity
God’s servant to bring God’s judgment
upon Babylon
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Chapters 49-57:

Will Take Sin Upon Himself

Will Satisfy Justice

Will Provide Sacrifice Through
Which to Save Israel
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Will astonish the nations – 52:13-15
Isaiah 52:13-15 Behold, my servant shall
deal prudently, he shall be exalted and
extolled, and be very high. (14) As many
were astonied at thee; his visage was so
marred more than any man, and his form
more than the sons of men: (15) So shall
he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall
shut their mouths at him: for that which had
not been told them shall they see; and that
which they had not heard shall they consider.
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
Will be different than usual expectations –
Isaiah 53:1-3 Who hath believed our report?
and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
(2) For he shall grow up before him as a
tender plant, and as a root out of a dry
ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and
when we shall see him, there is no beauty that
we should desire him. (3) He is despised and
rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were
our faces from him; he was despised, and we
esteemed him not.
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Will be wounded for our transgressions –
Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem
him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. (5)
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon him; and
with his stripes we are healed. (6) All we like
sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on
him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:7-9 He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is
brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a
sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth. (8) He was taken
from prison and from judgment: and who shall
declare his generation? for he was cut off out
of the land of the living: for the transgression
of my people was he stricken. (9) And he
made his grave with the wicked, and with the
rich in his death; because he had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
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Will astonish the nations – 52:13-15

Will be different than usual expectations –
53:1-3

Will be wounded for our transgressions –
53:4-6

Will be oppressed though he had done no
wrong – 53:7-9

Through His death the will of God would
be accomplished – 53:10-12
Isaiah 53:10-12 Yet it pleased the LORD to
bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when
thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he
shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in
his hand. (11) He shall see of the travail of
his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his
knowledge shall my righteous servant justify
many; for he shall bear their iniquities. (12)
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the
strong; because he hath poured out his soul
unto death: and he was numbered with the
transgressors; and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
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Chapters 58-66:

In this new age, we will see:
 Universal
Redemption
 The
Spiritual Kingdom
 The
Seed of David, the Christ
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
Selfish worship will have to go – 58

God is still available – 59:1-2
Isaiah 59:1-2 Behold, the LORD'S
hand is not shortened, that it cannot
save; neither his ear heavy, that it
cannot hear: (2) But your iniquities
have separated between you and
your God, and your sins have hid his
face from you, that he will not hear.
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 Injustice
will have to go – 59:3-15
Isaiah 59:3-15 For your hands are defiled with
blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips
have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered
perverseness. (4) None calleth for justice, nor
any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and
speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring
forth iniquity. (5) They hatch cockatrice'
eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that
eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is
crushed breaketh out into a viper.
(6) Their webs shall not become garments,
neither shall they cover themselves with their
works: their works are works of iniquity, and
the act of violence is in their hands. (7) Their
feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed
innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of
iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their
paths. (8) The way of peace they know not;
and there is no judgment in their goings: they
have made them crooked paths: whosoever
goeth therein shall not know peace.
(9)
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth
justice overtake us: we wait for light, but
behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk
in darkness.
(10) We grope for the wall like the blind,
and we grope as if we had no eyes: we
stumble at noonday as in the night; we are
in desolate places as dead men. (11) We
roar all like bears, and mourn sore like
doves: we look for judgment, but there is
none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
(12) For our transgressions are multiplied
before thee, and our sins testify against us:
for our transgressions are with us; and as for
our iniquities, we know them;
(13)
In
transgressing and lying against the LORD,
and departing away from our God, speaking
oppression and revolt, conceiving and
uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
(14) And judgment is turned away
backward, and justice standeth afar
off: for truth is fallen in the street,
and equity cannot enter. (15) Yea,
truth faileth; and he that departeth
from evil maketh himself a prey: and
the LORD saw it, and it displeased
him that there was no judgment.
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A Redeemer will come to Zion – 59:19-20
Isaiah 59:19-20 So shall they fear the name
of the LORD from the west, and his glory from
the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall
come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD
shall lift up a standard against him. (20) And
the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto
them that turn from transgression in Jacob,
saith the LORD.
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A glorified Zion (His people’s hearts) in
the midst of the nations that oppose her

This involves a “remnant”

Isaiah 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come
to thy light, and kings to the brightness
of thy rising.
Isaiah 61:4-9 And they shall build the old
wastes, they shall raise up the former
desolations, and they shall repair the waste
cities, the desolations of many generations.
(5) And strangers shall stand and feed your
flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your
plowmen and your vinedressers. (6) But ye
shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men
shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall
eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their
glory shall ye boast yourselves.
(7) For your shame ye shall have double;
and for confusion they shall rejoice in their
portion: therefore in their land they shall
possess the double: everlasting joy shall be
unto them. (8) For I the LORD love judgment, I
hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their
work in truth, and I will make an everlasting
covenant with them. (9) And their seed shall be
known among the Gentiles, and their offspring
among the people: all that see them shall
acknowledge them, that they are the seed which
the LORD hath blessed.
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A new name will be given –
Isaiah 62:12 And they shall call them
The Holy People, The Redeemed of the
LORD; And you shall be called Sought
Out, A City Not Forsaken.
God will preserve Zion and destroy the nations
– 63
A prayer for help –
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our
father; we are the clay, and thou our potter;
and we all are the work of thy hand.
The rebellious will be punished – 65
A new heavens and new earth will be created
God’s enemies will be destroyed – 66
Zion will be enlarged and blessed
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