THE OLIVES TREES

THE TWO WITNESS

Jeremiah :11 :15 “What rights has my beloved in my house when she has done many wicked things? Can the flesh of holiness pass over you? For you engage in your wickedness, then you exult.”

Jeremiah :11:16 “Yahweh called your name, ‘A leafy olive tree, beautiful with fine fruit.’ With the sound of a great storm he will set fire to it, and its branches will be good for nothing.”

Jeremiah :11:17 “And Yahweh of hosts, the one who planted you, has spoken evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, that they have done to themselves, to provoke me to anger by making smoke offerings to Baal.””

Jeremiah :11 :18 “Moreover, Yahweh let it be made known to me, and I knew. Then you showed me their deeds.”

Jeremiah :11:19 “And I was like a gentle ram-lamb that is brought to slaughter, and I did not know that they planned plans against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will no longer be remembered.””

Jeremiah :11: 20 “But O Yahweh of hosts, who judges in righteousness, who tests the inmost being, and the mind, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case.”

Jeremiah :11:21 “Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the people of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, “You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh or you will die by our hand.””

Jeremiah :11 :22 “Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts: “Look, I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by the famine.”

Jeremiah :11 :23 “And a remnant will not be left for them, for I will bring disaster to the people of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.””

Isaiah I (Chapters 1–35) (King James Version) An Extensive Historical and Practical Background to the Times of Isaiah

BACKGROUND TO ISAIAH’S DAY

I. THE REIGN OF UZZIAH (AZARIAH): A CLEAR WARNING AGAINST PRIDE AND ARROGANCE, 2 CHR. 26:1–23

II. THE REIGN OF JOTHAM: A PICTURE OF HOLDING FAST UNTIL THE END OF LIFE, 2 CHR. 27:1–9

III. THE REIGN OF AHAZ: A PICTURE OF UTTER WICKEDNESS AND TOTAL DEPRAVITY, 2 CHR. 28:1–27

IV. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (PART 1)—THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE FOR WORSHIP: A LESSON ON THE GREAT NEEDS OF THE CHURCH, 2 CHR. 29:1–36

V. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (PART 2)—A MEANINGFUL CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER: A PICTURE OF TRUE REVIVAL, 2 CHR. 30:1–27

VI. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (PART 3)—HIS RELIGIOUS REFORMS: THE PICTURE OF A REVIVED, ORDERLY CHURCH, 2 CHR. 31:1–21

VII. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (PART 4)—HIS DELIVERANCE FROM ASSYRIA, TERMINAL ILLNESS, AND DEATH: A PICTURE OF GOD’S UNLIMITED, SOVEREIGN POWER, 2 CHR. 32:1–33