Bible Reading

Isaiah 51-57 April12-18 Answers...

12\Isaiah 51

What will the deserts of Zion look like when God works on them?

Isa 51:3 The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing. NIV

Insults should not do what to us?

Isa 51:7 "Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have my law in your hearts:

Do not fear the reproach of men or be terrified by their insults. NIV

What does God do to the sea that makes its wave roar?

Isa 51:15 For I am the LORD your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar– the LORD Almighty is his name. NIV

13\Isaiah 52

Whose feet are beautiful?

Isa 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion,"Your God reigns!" 

Who was to come out from it and be pure?

Isa 52:11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. NIV

What did Jesus’ appearance look like?

Isa 52:14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him– his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness-- NIV

14\Isaiah 53

Was Jesus physically attractive?

Isa 53:2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. NIV

Who has gone astray?

Isa 53:6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. NIV

Whom did Jesus bore the sin for?

Isa 53:12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors.

For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. NIV

15\Isaiah 54

Who is the husband?

Isa 54:5 For your Maker is your husband– the LORD Almighty is his name– the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. NIV

“All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children’s _ _ _ _ _.”

Isa 54:13 All your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's peace. NIV

Which weapon will prevail?

Isa 54:17 no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.

This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," 

declares the LORD. NIV

16\Isaiah 55

Seek the Lord while...?

Isa 55:6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near. NIV

What will God do for those who turn to the Lord?

Isa 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. NIV

When the Lord’s word goes out of His mouth, it will not return to him...?

Isa 55:11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. NIV

17\Isaiah 56

Why are we to maintain justice and do what is right?

Isa 56:1 This is what the LORD says: "Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed. NIV

Foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord, the Lord will accept them on His altar. Which scriptures say this?

Isa 56:6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to serve him, to love the name of the LORD, and to worship him, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant-- 7 these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; or my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." 

What cry is like the party goers of today? Israel’s watchmen. 

Isa 56:12 "Come," each one cries, "let me get wine! Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even far better." NIV

18\Isaiah 57

Why are the righteous taken away?

Isa 57:1 The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. NIV

Where will the upright find rest?

Isa 57:2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. NIV

Who does not have peace?

Isa 57:21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." NIV

Isaiah 58-64 April 19-25 Answers...

19\Isaiah 58 What did they do on the day of their fasting?

Isa 58:3'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. NIV

How did their fasting end?

Isa 58:4 Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists.

You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. NIV

When will they find joy in the Lord?

Isa 58:13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, 14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken. NIV

20\Isaiah 59

Is the Lord’s arm too short to save?

Isa 59:1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. NIV

What separates us from God?

Isa 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. NIV

What was put on as his breastplate?

Isa 59:17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head;

he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. NIV

21\Isaiah 60

Why were they supposed to arise and shine?

Isa 60:1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. NIV

What would the herds of camels cover?

Isa 60:6 Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the LORD. NIV

Foreigners would rebuild their...?

Isa 60:10 "Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion. NIV

22\Isaiah 61

To whom was Isaiah to preach the good news?

Isa 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.NIV

What does the Lord love and what does the Lord hate?

Isa 61:8 "For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity. In my faithfulness I will reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them. NIV

Isaiah delights greatly in whom?

Isa 61:10 I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. NIV

23\Isaiah 61

What was the land going to be called?

Isa 62:4 No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married. NIV

You will be a crown of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the Lord’s hand...

Isa 62:3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 

What will the Redemeed of the Lord be called?

Isa 62:12 They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted. NIV

24\Isaiah 63

Isaiah would tell of the _ _ _ _nesses of the Lord.

Isa 63:7 I will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the LORD has done for us– yes, the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses. NIV

God’s love and mercy did what?

Isa 63:9 In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. 

How long did the Lord’s people possess the Holy place?

Isa 63:18 For a little while your people possessed your holy place, but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary. NIV

25\Isaiah 64

God acts on behalf of whom?

Isa 64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. NIV

What is like filthy rags?

Isa 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. NIV

We are the clay, what is the heavenly Father?

Isa 64:8 Yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. NIV