1. Against whom is the oracle, or burden, of these chapters aimed? (13:1)

2. To what purpose does God lift an ensign? What is an ensign? (vs. 2-5)

3. Who is God calling to battle? (vs. 3, 5)

4. What is the mood created by the coming of the day of the Lord? (vs. 7-8).

5. What figure does God use to show the devastation of their destruction? (vs. 10)

6. What will be more rare than fine gold? (vs. 12)

7. What will happen to the men who are found? the infant? the woman? (vs. 14-16 )

8. Who would be the instrument of God against Babylon? (vs. 17)

9. Who in Babylon would this enemy have pity upon? (vs. 18)

10. Who would refuse to dwell in Babylon? Who would dwell there? (vs. 20)

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11. What would be the result in Israel of Baylon’s destruction? (14:1)

12. When God gave them rest, what parable, or taunt, would they take up? (vs. 3-4)

13. What people was God going to punish? (vs. 6)

14. When Babylon is vanquished, what is the condition of the earth? (vs. 7-8)

15. Who joins in the taunt of Babylon when it falls? (vs. 9-11)

16. Who is Lucifer? (vs. 12)

17. What was the ambition of Lucifer? (vs. 13-14)

18. What would be Lucifer’s fate? (vs. 15)

20. Those who observed Lucifer’s fall, what would they think of his past? (vs. 16-17)

21. How do they contrast the fate of other fallen kingdoms? (vs. 18-19)

22. Who is responsible for the destruction of Babylon? (vs. 20)

21. If not for their destruction, what would Babylon do? (vs. 21)

22. Would God allow that to happen? (vs. 22-23 )

23. What was God’s intent for Assyria? (vs. 24-25)

24. What would Assyria’s destruction certify? (vs. 26-27)

Isa. 13:10è Joel 2:10, Matt. 24:29 Prophetic language – not literal! – Acts 2:20

Isa. 13:17-22è The Fall of Babylon (see Halley)

Isa. 14:12, who is addressed?è Luke 18:10; Rev. 9:1 – 2:26-28; 22:16; 2 Pet. 1:19