Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
Lay Academy
The Nile Shall Dry Up
Peter Combes – October 7, 2001     Printable version

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

1.        (advanced)  Isaiah predicts a temple of Yahweh in Egypt.  One was actually built at : 
	a.	Memphis
	b.	Thebes
	c.	On-Heliopolis
	d.	Zoar

2.         Isaiah predicts a highway from:
	a.	Memphis to Zion
	b.	Egypt to Assyria
	c.	Babylon to Nazareth
	d.	Damascus to Samaria

3.        As a sign, Isaiah:
	a.	sat on a pillar for three years
	b.	went naked for three years
	c.	married a prostitute
	d.	made the sun stand still

4.         Chapter 21 predicts the fall of:
	a.	Babylon
	b.	Nineveh
	c.	Kedar
	d.	Elam


5.       Compare Isaiah 22 with Jeremiah 33.  Both talk of:
	a.	houses torn down for defense
	b.	flaming arrows
	c.	stars falling from heaven
	d.	siege engines

6.        The giving of a key to Eliakim recalls the giving of keys to:
	a.	Matthew
	b.	Peter
	c.	Paul
	d.	John


7.       The "merchant of the nations" was:
	a.	Rome
	b.	Athens
	c.	Tyre
	d.	Sidon

8.       Isaiah predicts that Tyre:
	a.	will be destroyed by enemy armies
	b.	will be covered by the sea
	c.	will disappear
	d.	will return to prosperity


9.       The prophet compares the earth to a:
	a.	great globe
	b.	olive tree
	c.	vast plain
	d.	cup of reeling


10.      Whoever climbs out of the pit:
	a.	shall ascend to heaven
	b.	shall live a new life
	c.	shall fall in another
	d.	shall be caught in a snare