The captivity of Egypt (Isaiah 20)

• Assyria will take over Egypt
• And along with it, Assyria will conquer Ethiopia
• Israel will realize how foolish it was to think that Egypt and Ethiopia would be its savior.

Other nations will fall (Isaiah 21)

• The Medes and Persians will conquer Babylon (v 1-4)
• Edom should repent (v 11-12)
• Arabia’s forests will be invaded (v 13-17)

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The burden of Egypt

I. Troubles of Egypt

• Civil war (v 2)
• Bad advice (v 3)
• Political oppression (v 4)
• Drought (v 5-10)
• Unwise leadership (v 11-13)
• A broken spirit (v 14-17)

II. Conversion in Egypt (v 18-22)

III. Conflict resolution (v 23-25)

Meditation Points:

1. Egyptians worshiping the God of the Jews?
2. God blessing Egypt and Assyria?

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The Fall of Damascus (Syria)

Isaiah 17

• Damascus will fall (v 1-3)
• Israel will be judged, too (v 4-6)
• A remnant shall survive (v 7-8)
• The reason for this judgment? Forgetting God (Isaiah 17:10)

Isaiah 18

• The nation beyond the rivers, traveling by sea in vessels of bulrushes (v 1-2). Egypt?
• God will do something (v 3-4) before harvest time (v 5-6). Will he save Egypt and her Israelite refugees?
• If so, then Egypt and the Jews in hiding should thank God for His mercy (v 7)

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A Word for Moab

Isaiah 15

• Night attacks (v 1)
• Utter destruction

Isaiah 16

• The ruler shall flee (v 1) along with the young women (v 2) who will be forced to wade through water
• Israel is counseled to be merciful (v 5)
• Proud Moab (v 6) will suffer horrible destruction (v 7-13)
• All of this to occur within 3 years’ time (v 14)

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