Isaiah

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/isaiah

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the prophetic career span?Circa 740–701 BCE
2. What is the key historical events witnessed?Assyrian expansion, Syro-Ephraimite War, Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem
3. Who was Isaiah and when did he live?Isaiah was a prophet who lived in the Kingdom of Judah around 740 to 701 BCE.
4. What did Isaiah say about trusting God instead of other countries?Isaiah told the kings of Judah to trust God and not make friends with powerful nations like Egypt.

Eschatology: The study of 'end times,' concerning final events in history or the ultimate destiny of humanity.
Messianic Prophecy: Biblical predictions concerning a future anointed deliverer, often of royal lineage.
Neo-Assyrian Empire: A major Mesopotamian empire that dominated the Near East from the 9th to 7th centuries BCE.