Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

The Nile Shall Dry Up  -- Isaiah 19-24

Peter Combes – October 7, 2001

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(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 : 
  1. Memphis
  2. Thebes
  3. On-Heliopolis
  4. Zoar
2.         Isaiah predicts a highway from:
  1. Memphis to Zion
  2. Egypt to Assyria
  3. Babylon to Nazareth
  4. Damascus to Samaria
3.        As a sign, Isaiah:
  1. sat on a pillar for three years
  2. went naked for three years
  3. married a prostitute
  4. made the sun stand still
4.         Chapter 21 predicts the fall of:
  1. Babylon
  2. Nineveh
  3. Kedar
  4. Elam
5.       Compare Isaiah 22 with Jeremiah 33.  Both talk of:
  1. houses torn down for defense
  2. flaming arrows
  3. stars falling from heaven
  4. siege engines
6.        The giving of a key to Eliakim recalls the giving of keys to:
  1. Matthew
  2. Peter
  3. Paul
  4. John
7.       The "merchant of the nations" was:
  1. Rome
  2. Athens
  3. Tyre
  4. Sidon
8.       Isaiah predicts that Tyre:
  1. will be destroyed by enemy armies
  2. will be covered by the sea
  3. will disappear
  4. will return to prosperity
9.       The prophet compares the earth to a:
  1. great globe
  2. olive tree
  3. vast plain
  4. cup of reeling
10.      Whoever climbs out of the pit:
  1. shall ascend to heaven
  2. shall live a new life
  3. shall fall in another
  4. shall be caught in a snare