WorksheetsLesson 6
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Isaiah chapter ___ to 23 seems to be a new section of his book. These contain oracles of judgment against various nations.
a)
13
b)
12
c)
15
d)
14
2.
Assyria posed the greatest danger in Isaiah’s day. But chapters 13-23 deal mainly with other threats, ___ being the most important.
a)
Babylon
b)
Israel
c)
Media
d)
Syria
3.
It was 728 BC when ___ took Babylon.
a)
Tiglath-pileser III
b)
Nabopolassar
c)
Nebuchadnezzar II
d)
Cyrus
4.
Tiglath-pileser III took Babylon and was proclaimed king of Babylon under the throne name ___. (see 2 Kings 15:19, 1 Chron. 5:26)
a)
Pulu (or Pul)
b)
Nabopolassar
c)
Pileser
d)
Sennacherib
5.
Assyrian kings ___ Babylon several times.
a)
retook
b)
killed
c)
dispersed
d)
exiled
6.
In 626 BC the Chaldaean ___ restored Babylonian glory by making himself king in Babylon.
a)
Nabopolassar
b)
Tiglath-pileser III
c)
Nebuchadnezzar II
d)
Sennacherib
7.
Babylon participates with ___ in the defeat of Assyria.
a)
Media
b)
Syria
c)
Persia
d)
Egypt
8.
Who is the son of Nabopolassar?
a)
Nebuchadnezzar II
b)
Tiglath-pileser III
c)
Nabopolassar
d)
Xerxes I
9.
Who was the king who conquered and exiled Judah?
a)
Nebuchadnezzar II
b)
Tiglath-pileser III
c)
Nabopolassar
d)
Xerxes I
10.
When did the city of Babylon finally end?
a)
539 BC
b)
482 BC
c)
331 BC
d)
626 BC
11.
In 539 BC, when ___ captured Babylon for the MedoPersian Empire (see Daniel 5), the city lost its independence forever.
a)
Cyrus the Persian
b)
Xerxes I
c)
Nabopolassar
d)
Alexander the Great
12.
___ took Babylon from the Persians in 331 BC without a fight.
a)
Alexander the Great
b)
Cyrus the Persian
c)
Xerxes I
d)
Nabopolassar
13.
Where is the location of ancient Babylon today?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Turkey
d)
Saudi Arabia
14.
The doom of Babylon, described in Isaiah ___, liberates the descendants of Jacob, who have been oppressed by Babylon (Isa. 14:1–3).
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
12
15.
Isaiah 13 dramatizes the fall of Babylon as a divine judgment. The warriors who take the city are ___ (Isa. 13:2–5).
a)
God’s agents
b)
maggots and worms
c)
realms of death
d)
dead kings
16.
Isaiah 13 dramatizes the fall of Babylon as a divine judgment. The time of judgment is called ___ (Isa. 13:6, 9).
a)
the day of the Lord
b)
maggots and worms
c)
heart of the seas
d)
realm of death
17.
Isaiah 13 dramatizes the fall of Babylon as a divine judgment. God’s anger is so powerful it affects the ___ (Isa. 13:10, 13).
a)
heavenly bodies and earth
b)
maggots and worms
c)
realm of death
d)
plants and animals
18.
In response to the fall of Babylon (Isa. 13), which frees God’s people, Isa. 14 utters a figurative taunt against the king of Babylon. What is it about?
a)
dead kings greeting their new colleague
b)
maggots and worms on the bed
c)
commentary on the state of the dead
d)
the fall of Lucifer
19.
Every year on the 5th day of the Babylonian New Year Festival, the king was required to remove his royal insignia before approaching the statue of ___ so his kingship could be reaffirmed.
a)
Marduk
b)
Beelzebub
c)
Dagon
d)
Baal
20.
Babylonian kings did not suffer from lack of self-esteem (Daniel 4, 5), instead, they're aspiring to be ___ (Isa. 14:14).
a)
like the most High
b)
a golden statue
c)
a great mountain
d)
the sands of the sea
21.
As in Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28 identifies heaven-daring arrogance with the ruler of a city. Who is he?
a)
Satan
b)
Xerxes
c)
Cyrus
d)
Nabopolassar
22.
Satan has a proud imagination: `You have said, I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the ___, yet you are but a mortal, and no god` (Ezek. 28:2, NRSV).
a)
seas
b)
animal
c)
city
d)
human
23.
In Isaiah 14 a taunt against Satan is blended into a taunt against the king of Babylon. Which of the following is FALSE?
a)
Satan does not work through human agents
b)
Rev. 12:9 identifies the dragon as Satan
c)
Satan is the Roman power represented by Herod
d)
The Babylon of Revelation is proud
24.
In the Babylonian language, the name is `bab ili`, which means: ___, referring to the place of access to the divine realm.
a)
the gate of gods
b)
the great tower
c)
the confused mind
d)
the heaven's ladder
25.
When Jacob awoke from a dream in which he saw a ladder connecting heaven and earth, he exclaimed: `This is none other than the house of God, and this is the ___ (Gen. 28:17, NRSV).
a)
gate of heaven
b)
love of heaven
c)
river of heaven
d)
foot of heavn
26.
When Jacob awoke from a dream in which he saw a ladder connecting heaven and earth, he named the place ___ which means `house of God.`
a)
Bethel
b)
Gethsemane
c)
Mount Nebo
d)
Bethlehem
27.
Following oracles against individual nations in, ___ describes on a worldwide scale the climactic defeat of God’s enemies and the deliverance of His people.
a)
Isaiah 24-27
b)
Isaiah 13-23
c)
Isaiah 28-34
d)
Isaiah 35-41
28.
Isaiah 13 and 14 explore the idea of judgment, including the motif of the day of the Lord. Which of the following is NOT true?
a)
Judgment could not come to God’s people
b)
Judgment is a divine initiative
c)
The judgment could come over a foreign nation
d)
Judgment of the Lord has universal application
29.
The idea of judgment is a recurrent theme in the prophetic literature of the Bible. Which of the following is NOT true?
a)
Judgment comes by people's initiative
b)
The day of the Lord may be a day of restoration
c)
The day of the Lord could be a day of destruction
d)
Judgment could bring the end of an era of distress
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