ISAIAH CHAPTER EIGHT ASSYRIAN EMPIRE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)? BABYLONIAN EMPIRE NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)? MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE CYRUS (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 - DATE KING / EVENT - DATE JONAH (800-750BC)? AMOS (786-746BC)? TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? JOEL (770BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? MICAH (750-686BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? HOSEA (748-690BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (663-612BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? ZEPHANIAH (640-609BC)? BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)? HABAKKUK (627BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? JEREMIAH (626-586BC)? OBADIAH (605BC)? DANIEL (604-555BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? MALACHI (542-516BC)? CYRUS (539-530BC)? HAGGAI (538-520BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-480BC)? DARIUS (521-486BC)? OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER EIGHT ASSYRIA WILL INVADE SYRIA AND ISRAEL V. 1-4 TIGLATH-PILESER, SHALMANESER AND SENNACHERIB V. 5-8 ISAIAH GIVES ASSURANCE TO ISRAEL AND SYRIA V. 9-10 EXHORTED NOT TO FEAR MEN BUT TO FEAR GOD V. 11-13 JUDGMENT OF THOSE WHO DO NOT CONFIDE IN GOD V. 14-15 EXHORTATION TO SEEK WISDOM FROM THE LORD V. 16-20 JUDGMENT OF THOSE WHO DO NOT REPENT V. 21-22 READ: ISAIAH 8:1-2 1 Moreover the LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:1-2 1 Moreover the LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? WHAT WAS HE TO WRITE ON THIS SCROLL? WHO IS MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ? WHO DOES THE LORD NAME AS FAITHFUL WITNESSES? URIAH THE PRIEST? ZECHARIAH THE SON OF JEBERECHIAH? WHAT WERE THEY WITNESSES TO? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:1-2 1 Moreover the LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? WHAT WAS HE TO WRITE ON THIS SCROLL? WHAT DID THE LORD TELL MOSES TO DO? WHY? READ: DEUTERONOMY 27:7-8 8 You shall write very plainly on the stones all the words of this law.“ NKJV WHAT DID JOB SAY? WHY? READ: JOB 19:23 23 "Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book! NKJV QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:1-2 1 Moreover the LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. WHAT DID THE LORD TELL ISAIAH TO DO? WHAT WAS HE TO WRITE ON THIS SCROLL? WHAT DID JEREMIAH WRITE IN A BOOK? WHY? READ: JEREMIAH 51:60 60 Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon. NKJV WHAT DID THE LORD TELL HABAKKUK TO DO? WHY? READ: HABAKKUK 2:2-3 1 The LORD answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry. NKJV QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:1-2 1 Moreover the LORD said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." WHO IS MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ? MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ - MEANS - HASTEN THE BOOTY THE SYMBOLIC NAME OF ISAIAH’S SECOND SON SIGNIFYING THE DOOM OF DAMASCUS AND SAMARIA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF SYRIA AND ISRAEL WHO HAD CONSPIRED AGAINST JERUSALEM QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:1-2 2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." WHO DOES THE LORD NAME AS FAITHFUL WITNESSES? WHAT WERE THEY WITNESSES TO? WHO WAS URIAH THE PRIEST? READ: 2 KINGS 16:15-16 15 King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, "On the great new altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt sacrifice, and his grain offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. And the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by.“ WHO WAS THIS ZECHARIAH? A faithful witness for this testimony Which Isaiah wrote concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:1-2 2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." WHY HAVE WITNESSES? READ: JOSHUA 24:22 22 Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD for yourselves, to serve Him.“ And they said, "We are witnesses!" NKJV READ: RUTH 4:9 9 Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, from the hand of Naomi. NKJV QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:1-2 WHY HAVE WITNESSES? READ: JEREMIAH 32:10-44 10 I signed the deed and sealed it, took witnesses, and weighed the money on the scales. 12 I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison. 25 You have said to me, O Lord GOD, "Buy the field for money, and take witnesses"! — yet the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'" NKJV 44 Men will buy fields for money, sign deeds and seal them, and take witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South; for I will cause their captives to return,' says the LORD." NKJV READ: ISAIAH 8:3-4 3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz; 4 for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria." QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:3-4 3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name Maher-Shalal- Hash-Baz; 4 for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria." WHAT IS A PROPHETESS? WHO IS THIS PROPHETESS? WHY CALL HER A PROPHETESS? WHAT DID SHE DO? WHAT WAS HIS NAME? MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ? WHAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE HE IS ABLE TO SPEAK? QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:3-4 3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name Maher-Shalal- Hash-Baz; WHAT IS A PROPHETESS? WOMEN PROPHETS OF OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT: MIRIAM (EXODUS 15:20) DEBORAH (JUDGES 4:4) HULDAH (2 KINGS 22:14) HANNAH (1 SAMUEL 2:1) ANNA (LUKE 2:36) PHILIP’S DAUGHTERS (ACTS 21:8) WHO IS THIS PROPHETESS? ISAIAH’S WIFE? WHY CALL HER A PROPHETESS? PROPHETESS - a female prophet - inspired woman - by association a prophet's wife QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:3-4 3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Call his name Maher-Shalal- Hash-Baz; 4 for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria." WHAT DID SHE DO? WHAT WAS HIS NAME? MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ? WHAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE HE IS ABLE TO SPEAK? DAMASCUS AND SAMARIA WILL BE TAKEN CAPTIVE QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 8:3-4 WHAT WILL HAPPEN BEFORE HE IS ABLE TO SPEAK? DAMASCUS AND SAMARIA WILL BE TAKEN CAPTIVE READ: 2 KINGS 15:29 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. NKJV READ: 2 KINGS 16:9 9 The king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin. NKJV READ: 1 CHRONICLES 5:26 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria.