Isaiah 13-27

1. As a group, what do you remember about Egypt and their interactions with the Jews?

2. Read Isaiah 19:1-4. When it came to a threatening invasion, what did Egypt put their trust in? In times of crisis, where do people tend to put their trust? Share a recent crisis when you didn’t first put your trust in God. In what did you initially place your trust?

3. Read Isaiah 19:5-15. According to these verses, where else did Egypt place their trust? How was this an expression of independence and not dependence on God?

4. Like Egypt, how might you and I place our trust in finances and the voice others in times of overwhelming crisis?

5. Read 19:16-25. Beginning in verse 16, Isaiah begins using the phrase, “In that day”, to describe tremendous events in the future. What are some of Isaiah’s amazing predictions?

6. Reread 19:23-25. If you were a Jew, how excited would you be to hear that your past enemy, Egypt, and your present enemy, Assyria, will one day be profoundly blessed by God ahead of you? What does that say about your heart?

7. God will punish the sin and pride of all and He will bless all who humbly turn to Him. What area of pride or self-confidence do you need to confess to this group? Is God revealing any other actions you need to take or attitudes that He wants to change in you?