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Isaiah 29 · Grade 5

The Sealed Book Opened

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Isaiah 29 opens with "Woe to Ariel," a poetic name for Jerusalem, the city "where David encamped." Ariel may mean "altar hearth." God would bring the city low, so that its voice would rise "out of the ground," but then the multitude of foes would vanish suddenly, "like a dream, a vision of the night." This fits the sudden defeat of Assyria's army in Isaiah 37.

Spiritually, Jerusalem was in a stupor. Prophets and seers were covered, and God's vision was "like the words of a book that is sealed." The root problem was hypocrisy: "this people draws near with their mouth and honors me with their lips, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught." In the New Testament, Jesus applies this verse to the Pharisees in Mark 7:6-7, and Paul quotes verse 14 about the wisdom of the wise perishing in 1 Corinthians 1:19.

The planners who hid their counsel from God turned reality upside down, as if clay said of the potter, "He has no understanding." Yet God promised reversal: "the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see." The tyrant and the scoffer would vanish. Jacob would no longer be ashamed, and those who err in spirit would come to understanding. In the New Testament, Jesus points to such signs in answering John the Baptist (Matthew 11:5).

Show What You Know

  1. What may the name Ariel mean?

  2. Which later event fits the sudden vanishing of the foes?

  3. Where does Paul quote Isaiah 29:14?

  4. What reversal does God promise in verse 18?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The deaf will hear the words of the ____.
  2. But they have removed their ____ far from me.

Down

  1. Should the ____ be thought to be like clay.
  2. The ____ will hear the words of the book.

Think About It

  1. Worship can become a commandment of men which has been taught. How can you keep your faith from becoming only habit or routine?

  2. God promises understanding to those who err in spirit. How does this give hope to someone who has wandered from God?

Memory Verse

“In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.”

Isaiah 29:18 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Isaiah said the humble would rejoice in God. Who could you pray for to understand God's truth?
  • How can faith stay alive and real?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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