Book of Isaiah Quiz: Judgment and Warning for Israel

1. Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of four kings of Judah. Which king's death year marked the year of Isaiah's famous vision and call?

1. Ahaz
2. Hezekiah
3. Jotham
4. Uzziah

2. In Isaiah's throne-room vision, what phrase did the seraphim cry to one another in worship?

1. 'Glory, glory, glory is the Lord Almighty!'
2. 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory!'
3. 'Mighty, mighty, mighty is the God of Israel!'
4. 'Worthy, worthy, worthy is the Lord of Hosts!'

3. How many wings did each seraph have in Isaiah's vision, and what did they use each pair of wings for?

1. Eight wings — four for flying and four for shielding themselves from God's glory
2. Four wings — two to fly, two to cover their face
3. Six wings — two covered the face, two covered the feet, two were used for flying
4. Two wings — one to shield their eyes, one to shield their feet

4. When Isaiah cried 'Woe to me! I am ruined!' in God's presence, what did a seraph do to cleanse him?

1. Breathed on him and declared his sins forgiven
2. Placed a white garment on him to cover his sin
3. Poured water from a heavenly vessel over his head
4. Touched his lips with a live coal taken from the altar

5. After being cleansed, Isaiah heard God ask 'Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?' What was Isaiah's response?

1. 'Here am I. Send me!'
2. 'Lord, I will go if you first show me what to say'
3. 'Not I, Lord — I am unworthy to speak for you'
4. 'Send one of your angels, for they are pure and I am sinful'

6. Isaiah 1 opens with God rebuking Israel's empty religious worship. What does God say about the people's many sacrifices and offerings?

1. 'They are a poor substitute for justice and righteousness'
2. 'They are meaningless — I have more than enough burnt offerings and I take no pleasure in them'
3. 'They honour me with their lips but their hearts are far from me'
4. 'They sacrifice to me but their hands are full of the blood of the poor'

7. Isaiah 2 contains a famous vision of the mountain of the Lord in the last days. What will the nations do with their weapons of war?

1. Bring them as offerings to the temple of the Lord
2. Destroy them as an act of surrender to God
3. Lay them at the feet of the Messiah-King who will reign over them
4. They will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks

8. In Isaiah 5's Parable of the Vineyard, God planted Israel as a choice vine. What did the vineyard produce instead of good grapes?

1. Bitter fruit
2. No fruit at all
3. Poisonous berries
4. Wild grapes

9. Isaiah 5 contains a series of 'woes.' Which of these is NOT one of the woes Isaiah pronounced?

1. Woe to those who add house to house and field to field
2. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
3. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil
4. Woe to those who do not offer a tithe of all they earn

10. In Isaiah 7, God gave King Ahaz a sign even though he refused to ask for one. What was the sign?

1. A star would appear over Bethlehem within a generation
2. A virgin would conceive and give birth to a son called Immanuel
3. The Jordan River would flow backwards for three days
4. The sun would stand still over Jerusalem for one hour

11. What does the name 'Immanuel' mean?

1. God is holy
2. God our king
3. God saves
4. God with us

12. Isaiah 9:1-2 says a great light has dawned on the land of Zebulun and Naphtali. Matthew quotes this as being fulfilled when Jesus began his ministry in which region?

1. Galilee — particularly around the Sea of Galilee
2. Jerusalem and the surrounding hill country
3. Judea and the Jordan valley
4. Samaria and the northern territories

13. Isaiah 9:6 lists four throne names for the child who will be born. Which of these is NOT one of the four names given?

1. Lord of Hosts
2. Mighty God
3. Prince of Peace
4. Wonderful Counsellor

14. Isaiah 9:6 says the child's government and peace will have no end. On whose throne will he reign, to establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness?

1. The throne of Abraham, the father of all nations
2. The throne of David, his ancestor
3. The throne of God in the heavenly temple
4. The throne of Solomon in the restored Jerusalem

15. Isaiah 11 describes the coming Branch from the stump of Jesse. What unusual feature of the coming kingdom does Isaiah describe in chapter 11?

1. All nations will speak one language and there will be no more wars
2. Death itself will be abolished and all people will live forever
3. The sun will be seven times brighter and there will be no night
4. The wolf will live with the lamb, the lion will eat straw like the ox

16. Seven qualities of the Spirit are listed as resting on the Branch of Jesse in Isaiah 11:2. Which of these is NOT in the list?

1. The Spirit of counsel and of might
2. The Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord
3. The Spirit of prophecy and of intercession
4. The Spirit of wisdom and of understanding

17. Isaiah 12 is a short chapter of thanksgiving songs. How does the chapter open?

1. 'Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord'
2. 'In that day you will say: I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me'
3. 'Praise the Lord, for he has defeated our enemies'
4. 'Sing to the Lord a new song for he has done marvellous things'

18. Isaiah 2 warns the proud that 'the Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted.' What will happen to them?

1. Their cities will be destroyed and left as ruins
2. Their wealth will be taken and given to the poor
3. They will be humbled — and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day
4. They will bow the knee before the Messiah-King

19. In Isaiah 6, what commission did God give Isaiah that was discouraging — warning him that people would hear but not understand?

1. 'Go, tell this people: be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving'
2. 'Proclaim judgment to Israel until not one stone of the temple is left standing'
3. 'Prophesy to dry bones and tell them the Lord will breathe life into them'
4. 'Speak to the nations in my name even though they will not listen for forty years'

20. Isaiah asked God 'For how long?' when given his difficult commission. What was God's answer?

1. 'Until a remnant returns to the land and the Branch comes'
2. 'Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the land is utterly forsaken'
3. 'Until the Messiah comes and opens the eyes of the blind'
4. 'Until you have spoken my words to every nation under heaven'