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Isaiah 51 – What cry of help goes back in response to God’s call (50:2)? What is weighing down the spirits of these weary people? What is seriously missing (51:18)? What inner strength have you discovered?

Isaiah 52 – Why aren’t the people already awoken? Since they will not let God act for their benefit, on what basis is he determined to act? How does this triumph in the debate (vv. 5b-6) strike discouraged Isaiah? How will the people welcome these omens of success? Who will accompany the people out of Babylon? Are they eager to leave?

Isaiah 53 – Who is God’s servant? What will nations and world leaders say about God’s servant not “looking the part” (see 52:13-15)?  Even though Israel is explicitly told why their leader, God’s servant, will not “look the part” of a conquering soldier (See 53:5-6), will anyone take it to heart (See 53:8)? What should be your response to what you have learned today about this servant (See 53:12, 51:17; 52:1, 11)?

Isaiah 54 – What are the conditions of Israel in the past? Why won’t they need military hardware to survive? To what extent do the qualities of righteousness and truth “protect” you in your daily living?

Isaiah 55 – To those still reluctant to begin the journey, what call comes from down the road? With a preferring of his ways to theirs, what will God do to the dry, barren wilderness barrier to their return? How will they be accompanied back (See v. 12 with 52:12)? How do you come and seek God today?

Isaiah 56-57 – What obligations do the people have in order to be delivered? What people are unsure about whether the invitation embraces them? What fear has led them to their unholy style of “righteous doings”?

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