QUESTIONS FOR
ISAIAH 64:1. What is the desire of the prophet? (vs. 1-2)
2. To what purpose is this prayer uttered? (vs. 2)
3. Were the judgments of God always the expected thing? (vs. 3)
4. What have men not seen or heard from of old? (vs. 4)
5. Who does God meet, or spare? (vs. 5)
6. Why has God been wroth with Judah? (vs. 5)
7. What causes the people to doubt their salvation? (vs. 5)
8. What is Judah united in? (vs. 6)
9. What is the righteousness of Judah compared to? (vs. 6) Why?
10. What takes us away? (vs. 6)
11. Who arises to call on God to help? (vs. 7)
12. Why doesn’t God attend to the problems of Judah? (vs. 7)
13. Who is the Father of Judah? (vs. 8)
14. What is our relationship to God compared to? (vs. 8)
15. What does the prophet beg of God and on what basis? (vs. 9)
16. What does the prophet beseech God to look upon? (vs. 10-11)
17. To what does the prophet appeal to move God to rescue the people? (vs. 12)
Isa. 64:4
è eye saw not, ear heard not 1 Cor. 2:9; Isa. 65:17Isa. 64:6 è
polluted garment – filthy rags Isa. 6:5; Job 15:14-16; 25:4; Psa. 51:5; Rom. 3: 12; 7:14, 18; Eph. 2:1-3; Isa. 57:12; Phil. 3:9Does God regard righteousness in man? Is it relevant to salvation? Acts 10:34-35; 1 John 3:7; 1 Pet. 2:24; 2 Cor. 5:9; Rom. 14:18; Rom. 2:1-16; Ez. 14:19-20; James 2:14ff.