Babylon or Zion?
In Isaiah 13–14, this ancient kingdom can symbolize pride and worldliness.
What is Babylon?
Isaiah 25:8 says the Lord will swallow up this “in victory.”
What is death?
Isaiah 28:16 calls the Lord’s sure foundation a “precious” one of these.
What is a cornerstone?
Isaiah 29:14 calls the Lord’s latter-day work “a marvellous work and a” this.
What is a wonder?
Isaiah 35:6–7 pictures dry land receiving this, a sign of renewal.
What is water?
According to Isaiah 14:3, the Lord offers rest from sorrow and this feeling.
What is fear?
Isaiah 25:8 promises the Lord will wipe these away from all faces.
What are tears?
Isaiah 30:13 compares turning from the Lord to a breach in one of these that is about to fall.
What is a wall?
The coming forth of this book is one part of the Restoration connected with Isaiah 29.
What is the Book of Mormon?
Isaiah 35:4 tells people with fearful hearts, “Be strong, fear not,” because this person will come and save them.
Who is God?
Isaiah 14 portrays the king of Babylon exalting himself. This attitude is also linked to Satan’s fall.
What is pride?
Isaiah 26:19 speaks of the dead living again, pointing to this gift made possible by Christ.
What is the Resurrection?
Isaiah 25:4 calls the Lord a refuge from the storm and a shade from this.
What is heat?
In Isaiah 29:11–12, a sealed book is presented first to someone learned and then to someone described as this.
What is “not learned”?
Isaiah 30:21 describes hearing guidance say, “This is the way,” followed by these three words.
What is “walk ye in it”?
Isaiah 29:13 warns that people may draw near to God with their mouths while this is far from Him.
What is their heart?
Isaiah 28:16 describes a foundation in Zion. In whom can we place our trust when life feels uncertain?
Who is Jesus Christ?
Isaiah 35:1–2 says the desert will rejoice and blossom like this flower.
What is a rose?
Isaiah 29:14 and this event both point to the Lord restoring His gospel in the latter days.
What is the Restoration?
Isaiah 30:18 teaches that the Lord waits so He can be this toward us.
What is gracious?
A student is tempted to change who they are to gain approval online. Name one choice that would move them toward Zion instead of the pride Isaiah associates with Babylon.
What is choosing humility, integrity, or loyalty to Christ? (Accept a thoughtful, specific example)
Isaiah 25:8–9 joins victory over death with the words “we will be glad and rejoice in his” this.
What is salvation?
Isaiah 35:5–6 pictures blind eyes opened, deaf ears unstopped, and the lame leaping. What larger promise do these images convey?
What is the Lord’s power to heal and restore?
Name one way a teenager can take part in the Lord’s marvellous work today.
What is sharing faith in Christ, inviting someone to learn, serving, or participating in temple and family history work? (Accept a thoughtful example)
Someone feels they have wandered too far from God to return. What message from Isaiah 29, 30, or 35 would you offer them?
How can the Lord help us return, heal, and begin again?