Aholah and Aholibah In Ezek 23:1-49, Ezekiel prophesied of the whoredom of two women, Aholah and Aholibah.   In v.2, the two women are Samaria and Jerusalem. Samaria refers to the ten northern tribes of Israel, because Samaria was the city of the kings, beginning with Omri, 1 Ki 16:23-24. ...

Sennacherib’s Death Is. 37:1-38 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Isaiah 37 recounts Hezekiah’s servants’ appeal to Isaiah, Isaiah’s assurance of Sennacherib’s defeat, Rabshakeh’s letter blaspheming God, Hezekiah’s prayer, Isaiah’s prophetic response, the death of 185,000 Assyrian soldiers and Sennacherib’s death.  The overarching truth of this passage is the Lord’s miraculous deliverance of...

Sennacherib’s Threat Is. 36: 1-22 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This study is about Sennacherib’s threat of attack in the 14th year of Hezekiah’s reign in Jerusalem.  Before we study the verses in this chapter, we need to read some of the history of Judah leading up to this threat so that...

The Way of this People Isaiah 8:11-22 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Lord has a way [Ps 139:23-24; Jn 14:6] and the people have a way [v.11] and the Lord said to Isaiah that he “should not walk in the way of this people.” v.12 – Their way was a “confederacy” –...

Assyria Attacks Isaiah 8:1-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Assyria attacks is a lesson about the attack of Assyria against Damascus and Israel in which both Syria and Israel are taken captive and spoiled. Assyria also attacks Judah during the reign of Hezekiah, but fails to succeed.  The Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar are the ones...

 The Coming King of Assyria Is 7:17-25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO To punish Judah for its sins against the Lord, the king of Assyria comes to destroy them.  When he comes in the days of Hezekiah, the Lord delivers Judah, but when he returns in the Tribulation, Israel will be...