Isaiah 18 · Grade 4

A Present for Yahweh

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Read and Think

Isaiah 18 addresses "the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia." This powerful nation sent ambassadors "in vessels of papyrus on the waters." Isaiah describes them as "a nation tall and smooth."

Isaiah's answer goes to the whole world: "when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!" God was not rushing to act. He said, "I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest." God would act at the right time, cutting off the branches before the harvest.

The chapter ends with hope: "In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies" from this distant people, "to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion." Even faraway nations would one day honor the true God.

Show What You Know

How did Ethiopia send its ambassadors?
What should the whole world do when the banner is lifted and the trumpet blown?
What does God say he will do while the nations hurry?
Where would the distant people bring their present?

Think About It

God waited calmly while the nations rushed around. How can you trust God's timing when you want things to happen right away?
People from a faraway land brought a gift to God. How does this encourage you to pray for people in other countries?

Memory Verse

“In that time, a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies from a people tall and smooth, even from a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide, to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion.”

Isaiah 18:7 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for watching over the earth. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

Ethiopia was a tall, strong nation far away. How does it help you to know God cares about faraway places?
How can you be kind to a family new to your town?