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Isaiah 51 · Grade 5

The Arm of Yahweh

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Isaiah 51:1-8 contains three calls to "Listen" or "Look." First, the faithful remnant should "Look to the rock you were cut from"—Abraham and Sarah. If God made a nation from one childless couple, he can repopulate ruined Zion, making her "like Eden." Second, God's "law" and "justice" will be "a light to the peoples." Third, the universe is temporary: "the heavens will vanish away like smoke," but "my salvation will be forever." In the New Testament, Matthew 24:35 and Hebrews 1:10-12 echo this.

Isaiah then pleads, "Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh." He recalls creation and the Exodus together: God "cut Rahab in pieces" (a symbol of chaos and Egypt) and "dried up the sea" and "made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over." Verse 11, repeating 35:10, promises a new exodus: "Those ransomed by Yahweh will return, and come with singing to Zion."

God answers, "I, even I, am he who comforts you." He asks why they fear mortals "who will be made as grass." The chapter closes with a reversal: Jerusalem had drunk "the cup of his wrath" until she staggered. Now God says, "I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering." She would not drink it any more. In the New Testament, Jesus speaks of drinking a cup himself in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:39).

Show What You Know

  1. What are the three calls in verses 1-8 about?

  2. What does Rahab symbolize?

  3. Which verse does 51:11 repeat?

  4. Which New Testament verse speaks of Jesus drinking a cup in Gethsemane?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Look to ____ your father.
  2. And has made her wilderness like ____.

Down

  1. And her desert like the ____ of Yahweh.
  2. Look to the ____ you were cut from.
  3. And come with singing to ____.

Think About It

  1. The heavens will vanish, but God's salvation is forever. How does this change what you value most?

  2. Isaiah prayed, Awake, awake... arm of Yahweh. What situation would you ask God to act on in power today?

Memory Verse

“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants will die in the same way, but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.”

Isaiah 51:6 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for comforting Zion. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • God said not to fear the insults of people who will fade like a garment. How can you face criticism without fear?
  • What lasts forever that you can invest in?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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