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Isaiah 18 · Grade 5

Like a Cloud of Dew in Harvest

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Isaiah 18 is addressed to Cush, the land beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, which ruled Egypt in Isaiah's day. Its ambassadors traveled "in vessels of papyrus" on the Nile. Isaiah sends them home: "Go, you swift messengers."

Instead Isaiah calls "All you inhabitants of the world" to watch God's banner and listen for his trumpet. God's posture is calm: "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." Like a vinedresser who prunes just before harvest, God would cut off the sprigs and spreading branches at the right moment.

The final verse looks ahead to worship: "a present will be brought to Yahweh of Armies from a people tall and smooth," brought "to the place of the name of Yahweh of Armies, Mount Zion." Psalm 68:31 also pictures Ethiopia stretching out her hands to God. In the New Testament, an Ethiopian official reads Isaiah and is baptized (Acts 8:27-38), an echo of this hope.

Show What You Know

  1. How did Ethiopia send ambassadors?

  2. What pictures describe God's calm watching?

  3. What does God cut off before the harvest?

  4. Which New Testament story is an echo of this hope?

Crossword

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Across

  1. When a ____ is lifted up on the mountains.
  2. When the ____ is blown.
  3. That sends ambassadors by the ____.

Down

  1. Even in vessels of papyrus on the ____.
  2. Which is beyond the ____ of Ethiopia.

Think About It

  1. Isaiah sent the messengers home and pointed to God's banner. Where are you tempted to look for security instead of God?

  2. God waited like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. How can God's patience shape the way you wait for answers to prayer?

Memory Verse

For Yahweh said to me, “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.”

Isaiah 18:4 (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.

  • A faraway people would come to honor God. How does God's love for every nation shape the way you see people from other places?
  • How can we trust God's timing?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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