Fill in the Blanks
"Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their _____ do honour me..."
Answer: What is lips?
The prophet who recorded the words of Isaiah 29 during the reign of the Kings of Judah.
Answer: Who is Isaiah?
The ultimate source behind the "marvellous work and a wonder" described in verse 14.
Answer: Who is God (or the Lord)?
The term describing outward acts of devotion when the inner spirit is detached from God.
Answer: What is hypocrisy (or lip service)?
In Isaiah 29:11–12, a book is delivered to a learned man who cannot read it because of this reason.
Answer: What is "it is sealed"?
"...but have removed their _____ far from me..."
Answer: What is heart?
Isaiah 29 opens with a prophecy concerning "Ariel," a symbolic name for this holy city facing siege.
Answer: What is Jerusalem?
In Latter-day Saint theology, the "marvellous work and a wonder" specifically refers to this divine event in the last days
Answer: What is the Restoration of the Gospel?
Jesus quoted Isaiah 29:13 in Matthew 15 and Mark 7 to rebuke these religious leaders.
Answer: Who are the Pharisees (and Scribes)?
When the sealed book is delivered to an unlearned man in verse 12, he explains he cannot read it because of this.
Answer: What is "I am not learned"?
"...and their fear toward me is taught by the _____ of men."
Answer: What is precept?
The foreign empire that was actively threatening Northern Israel and Judah during Isaiah's ministry.
Answer: What is Assyria?
Earlier in Isaiah 29, the prophesied revelation is compared to the words of a book that is described as this.
Answer: What is sealed?
Verse 14 warns that when God acts miraculously, human worldly intellect and wisdom will do this.
Answer: What is perish (or vanish / fail)?
In verse 16, Isaiah corrects those who flip spiritual reality, asking if this object can say to its maker, "He made me not."
Answer: What is the clay (or the pot)?
"Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a _____..."
Answer: What is wonder?
The ancient King of Judah during whose reign Isaiah served as a counselor and prophet.
Answer: Who is Hezekiah?
The "marvellous work" is performed by God to overcome human spiritual blindness and this hypocritical condition.
What is apostasy (or lip service / insincerity)?
According to verse 13, worship becomes "vain" when human doctrines are elevated above divine these.
Answer: What are commandments (or revelation)?
In the latter part of Isaiah 29, God promises that the deaf shall hear the words of the book and these people shall see out of obscurity.
Answer: Who are the blind?
"...for the _____ of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid."
Answer: What is wisdom?
In historical context, Judah tried to form an unfaithful alliance with this southern nation instead of trusting God.
Answer: What is Egypt?
In 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon, Nephi cites Isaiah's "marvellous work" to describe the coming forth of this holy record.
Answer: What is the Book of Mormon?
Apostle Paul quotes Isaiah 29:14 in 1 Corinthians 1 to show that God uses the simple to destroy the wisdom of this group
Answer: Who are the wise (or worldly scholars)?
Isaiah 29 predicts that the wilderness will be turned into a fruitful field, specifically referencing this famous region.
Answer: What is Lebanon?