1. Upon whom is the oracle of this chapter, and how are they described? (vs. 1)

2. How does Isaiah describe the one sent against them? (vs. 2)

3. What will happen to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim? (vs. 3)

4. How will the residue of God’s people react to this judgment? (vs. 5-6)

5. What causes the priest and prophet to err in vision and stumble in judgment? (vs. 7-8)

6. How does Israel regard God’s instruction? (vs. 9-10) Do they learn anything?

7. Since they wouldn’t listen to God, how would he now speak to them? (vs. 11-12)

8. Who does God call to hear him? (vs. 14)

9. With whom had they made a covenant? (vs. 15)

10. What did they suppose would be the effect of that covenant? (vs. 15) Were they right?

11. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in ________ for a _______________

12. Who is their one hope for deliverance? (vs. 16)

13. How will he expose their refuge of lies? (vs. 17, 1)

14. What happens to their covenant? (vs. 18 )

15. Understanding the message brings what? (vs. 19)

16. Please offer an explanation of verse 20.

17. To what great victories of God does Isaiah compare their destruction? (vs. 21)

18. What happens if they scoff at the warning of God? (vs. 22)

19. Is the only work that a farmer does plowing the ground? (vs. 24)

20. Are all seeds sown together or apart? Are they threshed alike? (vs. 25-28)

21 Where does knowledge of this come from? (vs. 26, 29)

Isa. 28:12 this is the rest è Isa. 30:15; 32:17-18; Jer. 6:16; Matt. 11:28-30

Isa. 28:16 a precious cornerstone è Rom. 9:33; 10:11; 1 Pet. 2:4-8; Isa. 8:14-15; Psa. 118:22; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11; Eph. 2:20