Prophecies Fulfilled in Scripture

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

• [PROPHECY] God told Noah a great flood would destroy all life on the earth → GEN 7:17-23

And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

• [PROPHECY] God told Noah a great flood would destroy all life on the earth → GEN 7:17-23

For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.

• [FULFILLS] God told Noah a great flood would destroy all life on the earth ← GEN 6:13, 17

So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.

Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of 22½ feet.

And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.

Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

• [PROPHECY] Noah said Canaan would become a servant to his brothers → JOSH 9:23; JUDG 1:28; 1KI 9:20-21 MEDIUM

Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

• [PROPHECY] God promised Abraham a land, descendants, and that he would father a great nation → GEN 22:17; EX 1:7

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

And Yahweh took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

• [PROPHECY] Abraham's offspring would be as many as the stars → DT 1:10; HEB 11:12

Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

• [PROPHECY] God told Abraham his descendants would be enslaved 400 years in a foreign land then leave with great wealth → EX 12:35-41

But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

• [PROPHECY] Abraham would die in peace at a good old age → GEN 25:8

In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

• [PROPHECY] The fourth generation would return → JOSH 10:40-42; 11:23

On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

• [PROPHECY] The land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates would belong to Abraham's descendants → 1KI 4:21; 2CH 9:26

The angel of Yahweh proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for Yahweh has heard your cry of affliction.

• [PROPHECY] Ishmael would father a numerous people, dwelling east of his brothers, in conflict → GEN 25:12-18

He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

• [PROPHECY] Abraham would be the father of many nations and kings would come from him → GEN 36:31; 2SA 5:3; ROM 4:16-17

No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

• [PROPHECY] Ishmael would father twelve rulers and become a great nation → GEN 25:13-16

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

Then Yahweh said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

• [PROPHECY] Sarah would have a son at this time next year → GEN 21:1-2; ROM 9:9

because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to Yahweh against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

• [PROPHECY] The angels said God was about to destroy Sodom → GEN 19:24-25

Then Yahweh rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from Yahweh out of the heavens.

• [FULFILLS] The angels said God was about to destroy Sodom ← GEN 19:13

Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

Now Yahweh attended to Sarah as He had said, and Yahweh did for Sarah what He had promised.

• [FULFILLS] Sarah specifically (not Hagar) would bear Isaac the next year ← GEN 17:19-21
• [FULFILLS] Sarah would have a son at this time next year ← GEN 18:10

So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

• [FULFILLS] God promised Abraham a land, descendants, and that he would father a great nation ← GEN 12:1-3

And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.

• [FULFILLS] Abraham would die in peace at a good old age ← GEN 15:15

This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

• [FULFILLS] Ishmael would father a numerous people, dwelling east of his brothers, in conflict ← GEN 16:11-12

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

• [FULFILLS] Ishmael would father twelve rulers and become a great nation ← GEN 17:20

Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

• [PROPHECY] Two nations from Rebekah's womb → GEN 27:29; 2SA 8:14

May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

• [FULFILLS] Two nations from Rebekah's womb ← GEN 25:23

His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

• [PROPHECY] Isaac's prophecy that Esau would live by the sword and eventually break Jacob's yoke → 2KI 8:20-22

You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

• [PROPHECY] God promised to bring Jacob back to the land → GEN 33:18; GEN 35:6

After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

• [FULFILLS] God promised to bring Jacob back to the land ← GEN 28:15

So Jacob and everyone with him arrived in Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

• [FULFILLS] God promised to bring Jacob back to the land ← GEN 28:15

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

• [FULFILLS] Abraham would be the father of many nations and kings would come from him ← GEN 17:4-6

We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

• [PROPHECY] Joseph dreamed his brothers and family would bow down to him → GEN 42:6; GEN 43:26; GEN 50:18

“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

• [PROPHECY] Joseph said the cupbearer would get his job back in three days → GEN 40:20-21

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

• [PROPHECY] Joseph said the baker would be hanged in three days → GEN 40:20-22

Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

• [FULFILLS] Joseph said the cupbearer would get his job back in three days ← GEN 40:12-13
• [FULFILLS] Joseph said the baker would be hanged in three days ← GEN 40:18-19

Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

• [PROPHECY] Joseph predicted 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of severe famine in Egypt → GEN 41:53-57

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads of grain are seven years. The dreams have the same meaning.

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.

It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt,

but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.

Moreover, because the dream was given to Pharaoh in two versions, the matter has been decreed by God, and He will carry it out shortly.

When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,

• [FULFILLS] Joseph predicted 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of severe famine in Egypt ← GEN 41:25-32

the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.

When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.

Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.

• [FULFILLS] Joseph dreamed his brothers and family would bow down to him ← GEN 37:7-9

When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought, and they bowed to the ground before him.

• [FULFILLS] Joseph dreamed his brothers and family would bow down to him ← GEN 37:7-9

“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.

• [PROPHECY] God told Jacob he would become a great nation in Egypt, be brought back, and Joseph would close his eyes → EX 1:7; GEN 50:1; GEN 50:13

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

• [PROPHECY] Jacob said Ephraim the younger would be greater than Manasseh → NUM 1:33-35; DT 33:17

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

• [PROPHECY] Reuben → 1CH 5:1

Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.

• [PROPHECY] Simeon and Levi → Fulfilled

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.

Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

• [PROPHECY] Judah's brothers would bow to him and he would rule over his enemies → 1CH 5:2; 2SA 5:1-3

Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

• [PROPHECY] Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore; he shall become a haven for ships → Fulfilled

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

• [PROPHECY] Issachar → Fulfilled MEDIUM

He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Dan shall provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

• [PROPHECY] Dan would provide justice for his people → JUDG 13:2; JUDG 16:31 MEDIUM

He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

• [PROPHECY] Dan would be like a snake by the road that strikes suddenly → JUDG 18:27-30 MEDIUM

Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

• [PROPHECY] Gad → 1CH 5:18-22 MEDIUM

Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

• [PROPHECY] Asher → DT 33:24 MEDIUM

Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

• [PROPHECY] Naphtali is a deer let loose; he uses beautiful words → JUDG 4:6; 5:18 MEDIUM

Joseph is a fruitful vine— a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

• [PROPHECY] Joseph → Fulfilled in Joseph's history; his sons Ephraim and Manasseh became two of the largest tribes

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.

The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

• [PROPHECY] Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night divide the spoil → JUDG 20:15-16; 1SA 9:1-2 MEDIUM

Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.

• [FULFILLS] God told Jacob he would become a great nation in Egypt, be brought back, and Joseph would close his eyes ← GEN 46:3-4

They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

• [FULFILLS] God told Jacob he would become a great nation in Egypt, be brought back, and Joseph would close his eyes ← GEN 46:3-4

His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”

• [FULFILLS] Joseph dreamed his brothers and family would bow down to him ← GEN 37:7-9

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

• [PROPHECY] Joseph said God would bring Israel out of Egypt and to take his bones with them → EX 13:19; JOSH 24:32

And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

• [FULFILLS] God promised Abraham a land, descendants, and that he would father a great nation ← GEN 12:1-3
• [FULFILLS] God told Jacob he would become a great nation in Egypt, be brought back, and Joseph would close his eyes ← GEN 46:3-4

“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

• [PROPHECY] God told Moses the people would worship Him on this same mountain → EX 19:1-2; EX 24:4-5

The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.’

• [PROPHECY] God told Moses Pharaoh would refuse but Israel would leave with Egyptian wealth → EX 7-12

But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.

And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.

Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what Yahweh says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

• [PROPHECY] If Pharaoh refused, God would kill Pharaoh's firstborn son → EX 12:29

and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”

Yahweh answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses Pharaoh would refuse but Israel would leave with Egyptian wealth ← EX 3:18-22

You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.

But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,

Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

And the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”

So Moses and Aaron did just as Yahweh had commanded them.

Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron,

“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as Yahweh had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as Yahweh had said.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

Then say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.

This is what Yahweh says: By this you will know that I am Yahweh. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

• [PROPHECY] The Nile would be turned to blood → EX 7:20-21

The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

And Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

Moses and Aaron did just as Yahweh had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

• [FULFILLS] The Nile would be turned to blood ← EX 7:17

The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as Yahweh had said.

Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.

So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

And seven full days passed after Yahweh had struck the Nile.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what Yahweh says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses Pharaoh would refuse but Israel would leave with Egyptian wealth ← EX 3:18-22

But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

And Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to Yahweh to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh.”

Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like Yahweh our God.

The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to Yahweh for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

And Yahweh did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.

They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.

When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as Yahweh had said.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as Yahweh had said.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what Yahweh says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, Yahweh, am in the land.

• [PROPHECY] God would spare the land of Goshen from the flies and set His people apart → EX 8:24

I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”

And Yahweh did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

• [FULFILLS] God would spare the land of Goshen from the flies and set His people apart ← EX 8:22-23

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”

But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to Yahweh our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahweh our God as He commands us.”

Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”

“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to Yahweh, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to Yahweh.”

Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to Yahweh,

and Yahweh did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses Pharaoh would refuse but Israel would leave with Egyptian wealth ← EX 3:18-22

But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

then the hand of Yahweh will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

• [PROPHECY] Egypt's livestock would die tomorrow but not one animal of Israel → EX 9:6

Yahweh set a time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh will do this in the land.”

And the next day Yahweh did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

• [FULFILLS] Egypt's livestock would die tomorrow but not one animal of Israel ← EX 9:4-5

Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.

Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.

The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as Yahweh had said to Moses.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

• [PROPHECY] The worst hail ever would fall at this time tomorrow → EX 9:23-25

So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of Yahweh hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

but those who disregarded the word of Yahweh left their servants and livestock in the field.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and Yahweh sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So Yahweh rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

• [FULFILLS] The worst hail ever would fall at this time tomorrow ← EX 9:18

The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.

The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

Pray to Yahweh, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to Yahweh. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.

But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear Yahweh our God.”

(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to Yahweh. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as Yahweh had said through Moses.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses Pharaoh would refuse but Israel would leave with Egyptian wealth ← EX 3:18-22

and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am Yahweh.”

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

• [PROPHECY] Locusts would come into Egypt tomorrow → EX 10:13-15

They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.

They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship Yahweh their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship Yahweh your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”

“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to Yahweh.”

Then Pharaoh told them, “May Yahweh be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

No, only the men may go and worship Yahweh, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night Yahweh sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

• [FULFILLS] Locusts would come into Egypt tomorrow ← EX 10:4

The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.

They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.

Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh your God and against you.

Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to Yahweh your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to Yahweh.

And Yahweh changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.

No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship Yahweh. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”

But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to Yahweh our God.

Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship Yahweh our God, and we will not know how we are to worship Yahweh until we arrive.”

But Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.

“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”

“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses Pharaoh would refuse but Israel would leave with Egyptian wealth ← EX 3:18-22

Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

And Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.

So Moses declared, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

• [PROPHECY] About midnight every firstborn in Egypt would die → EX 12:29-30

and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.

Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.

But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.

Now Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses Pharaoh would refuse but Israel would leave with Egyptian wealth ← EX 3:18-22

“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.

Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.

If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.

Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is Yahweh’s Passover.

On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.

And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to Yahweh, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.

So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.

For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.

You are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”

And the Israelites went and did just what Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Now at midnight Yahweh struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

• [FULFILLS] If Pharaoh refused, God would kill Pharaoh's firstborn son ← EX 4:22-23
• [FULFILLS] About midnight every firstborn in Egypt would die ← EX 11:4-6

During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship Yahweh as you have requested.

Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

• [FULFILLS] God told Abraham his descendants would be enslaved 400 years in a foreign land then leave with great wealth ← GEN 15:13-14

And Yahweh gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all Yahweh’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

Because Yahweh kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to Yahweh, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.

And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.

A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.

The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.

If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate Yahweh’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”

Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron.

And on that very day Yahweh brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

• [FULFILLS] Joseph said God would bring Israel out of Egypt and to take his bones with them ← GEN 50:24-25

But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see Yahweh’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

• [PROPHECY] The Egyptians you see today you will never see again → EX 14:30

That day Yahweh saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.

• [FULFILLS] The Egyptians you see today you will never see again ← EX 14:13

The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.

• [PROPHECY] The nations of Canaan would hear and melt in fear → JOSH 2:9-11; JOSH 5:1

Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O Yahweh, until the people You have bought pass by.

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.’”

• [PROPHECY] They would eat meat at twilight and bread in the morning → EX 16:13-15

That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

• [FULFILLS] They would eat meat at twilight and bread in the morning ← EX 16:12

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that Yahweh has given you to eat.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

• [PROPHECY] God promised Amalek would be utterly blotted out from under heaven → 1SA 15:1-9; 1CH 4:43

“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of Yahweh. Yahweh will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

• [PROPHECY] Yahweh would war against Amalek from generation to generation → 1SA 15:7-8; 1CH 4:43 MEDIUM

In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses the people would worship Him on this same mountain ← EX 3:12

After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

• [FULFILLS] God told Moses the people would worship Him on this same mountain ← EX 3:12

Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to Yahweh.

You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

• [PROPHECY] In siege, people would eat their own children → 2KI 6:28-29; LAM 4:10

I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

• [PROPHECY] Israel's cities and sanctuaries would be laid waste if they disobeyed → 2KI 25:9-10; 2CH 36:19

And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.

Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

• [PROPHECY] The land would rest and enjoy its Sabbaths while Israel was in exile → 2CH 36:21

As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.

Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God.

• [PROPHECY] Even in exile God would not reject Israel but remember His covenant → EZR 1:1-3; NEH 1:8-9

But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.”

those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

• [FULFILLS] Jacob said Ephraim the younger would be greater than Manasseh ← GEN 48:19

And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of Yahweh, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat.

• [PROPHECY] Israel would eat meat for a whole month → NUM 11:31-33

You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected Yahweh, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Now a wind sent by Yahweh came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about three feet above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

• [FULFILLS] Israel would eat meat for a whole month ← NUM 11:18-20

All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than sixty bushels, and they spread them out all around the camp.

But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh burned against the people, and Yahweh struck them with a severe plague.

But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.

• [PROPHECY] Caleb would enter the land and his descendants would inherit it → JOSH 14:13-14

So tell them: As surely as I live, declares Yahweh, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.

• [PROPHECY] That generation would die in the wilderness over 40 years → NUM 26:64-65; JOSH 14:6-15

Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me.

Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.

As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness.

Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.

In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.

I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because Yahweh is not among you.

• [PROPHECY] If they went up without God they would fall by the sword → NUM 14:45

For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from Yahweh, He will not be with you.”

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

• [FULFILLS] If they went up without God they would fall by the sword ← NUM 14:42-43

Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:

• [PROPHECY] The earth would open and swallow Korah and his men → NUM 16:31-33

If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then Yahweh has not sent me.

But if Yahweh brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated Yahweh with contempt.”

As soon as Moses had finished saying all this, the ground beneath them split open,

• [FULFILLS] The earth would open and swallow Korah and his men ← NUM 16:28-30

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.

The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”

• [PROPHECY] The staff of the man God chose would sprout → NUM 17:8; HEB 9:4

The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

• [FULFILLS] The staff of the man God chose would sprout ← NUM 17:5

But Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

• [PROPHECY] Moses and Aaron would not enter the Promised Land because of their unbelief at the rock → NUM 20:24-29 (Aaron); DT 34 (Moses)

“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

• [FULFILLS] Moses and Aaron would not enter the Promised Land because of their unbelief at the rock ← NUM 20:12

Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor.

Remove Aaron’s priestly garments and put them on his son Eleazar. Aaron will be gathered to his people and will die there.”

So Moses did as Yahweh had commanded, and they climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole congregation.

After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

When the whole congregation saw that Aaron had died, the entire house of Israel mourned for him thirty days.

Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

• [PROPHECY] Israel's king would be greater than Agag → 1SA 15:8

Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.

• [PROPHECY] Edom would become Israel's possession → 2SA 8:14

Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

• [PROPHECY] Amalek's end would be destruction → 1SA 15:7-8; 1CH 4:43 MEDIUM

Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

• [FULFILLS] That generation would die in the wilderness over 40 years ← NUM 14:28-35

For Yahweh had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.

• [PROPHECY] Nations left in the land would become thorns in Israel's sides → JUDG 2:1-3

Again Yahweh spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:

• [FULFILLS] Simeon and Levi ← GEN 49:5-7

“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.

The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend 1,500 feet from the wall on every side.

You are also to measure 3,000 feet outside the city on the east, 3,000 feet on the south, 3,000 feet on the west, and 3,000 feet on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.

The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.

The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

Then Yahweh said to Moses,

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.

These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,

or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,

then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled

and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.

This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.

If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, Yahweh, dwell among the Israelites.”

See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that Yahweh swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”

• [PROPHECY] Israel would enter and possess the land sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob → JOSH 21:43-45 MEDIUM

Yahweh your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.

• [FULFILLS] Abraham's offspring would be as many as the stars ← GEN 15:5

Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.

• [PROPHECY] Moses would see the land but not cross over. Joshua would lead the people in → DT 34:4-5; JOSH 1:1-2

But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”

After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and provoking Him to anger—

• [PROPHECY] Israel's eventual idolatry would lead to exile and scattering → 2KI 17:6; 2KI 17:18-23; 2KI 25:11; 2KI 25:21

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Then Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which Yahweh will drive you.

And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

Instead, you must seek the place Yahweh your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

• [PROPHECY] God would choose one place to put His Name → 1KI 8:29; 2CH 6:6

When you enter the land that Yahweh your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”

• [PROPHECY] Israel would one day ask for a king like all the nations → 1SA 8:5

If, however, you do not obey Yahweh your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

• [PROPHECY] Curses in the city and country if you do not obey → Fulfilled repeatedly throughout Israel's history during periods of apostasy

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.

The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

• [PROPHECY] The heavens above your head shall be bronze, the earth beneath you iron; rain turned to powder and dust → Fulfilled in droughts in Elijah's day (1KI 17) and others

Yahweh will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Yahweh will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

• [PROPHECY] Yahweh will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways → Fulfilled in Israel's military defeats

Yahweh will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

• [PROPHECY] Yahweh will bring you and your king to a nation you have not known; you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, a byword → Fulfilled in Assyrian exile of northern kingdom and Babylonian exile of Judah

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which Yahweh will drive you.

Yahweh will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

• [PROPHECY] Yahweh will bring a nation against you from afar, from the ends of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, whose language you shall not understand; a nation of fierce countenance → 2KI 25:1-4

a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.

They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that Yahweh your God has given you.

“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which Yahweh your God has banished you,

• [PROPHECY] Yahweh will gather you again from all the nations where He has scattered you; if any are driven to the farthest parts under heaven, He will bring you back → EZR 1:1-5; NEH 1:8-9. Many Christians see a further fulfillment in the modern State of Israel since 1948; others read it differently. MEDIUM

and when you and your children return to Yahweh your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,

then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which Yahweh your God has scattered you.

Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

And Yahweh your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

And Yahweh said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

• [PROPHECY] After Moses' death Israel would forsake God, leading to disasters foretold in the Song of Moses → Judges-Kings

On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of Yahweh to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”

• [PROPHECY] After Moses died Israel would turn corrupt and disaster would come → JUDG 2:11-15

Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”

• [PROPHECY] Moses would see the land from far away but not enter it → DT 34:1-5

Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

• [PROPHECY] Let Reuben live and not die, nor let his men be few → Partially fulfilled MEDIUM

And concerning Judah he said: “O Yahweh, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”

• [PROPHECY] Moses prayed that God would help Judah against his foes → JUDG 1:1-2 MEDIUM

Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

• [PROPHECY] Levi → Fulfilled in the Levitical priesthood and their teaching role throughout Israel's history

He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

Bless his substance, O Yahweh, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”

Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of Yahweh rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”

• [PROPHECY] Benjamin → JOSH 18:16; JOSH 18:28 MEDIUM

Concerning Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by Yahweh with the precious dew from heaven above and the deep waters that lie beneath,

• [PROPHECY] Joseph → Fulfilled in Ephraim and Manasseh's wealth, size, and dominance in the northern kingdom

with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,

with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.

His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

• [FULFILLS] Jacob said Ephraim the younger would be greater than Manasseh ← GEN 48:19

Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.

• [PROPHECY] Zebulun and Issachar → Fulfilled in their trading and coastal wealth MEDIUM

They will call the peoples to a mountain; there they will offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they will feast on the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

• [PROPHECY] Gad → Fulfilled in Gad's warrior reputation (1 Chr 12:8) and their eastern land inheritance

He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered Yahweh’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”

Concerning Dan he said: “Dan is a lion’s cub, leaping out of Bashan.”

• [PROPHECY] Dan is a lion's whelp; he shall leap from Bashan → JUDG 18:27-29 MEDIUM

Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of Yahweh; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”

• [PROPHECY] Naphtali → Fulfilled in Naphtali's fertile northern territory around the Sea of Galilee MEDIUM

And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.

• [PROPHECY] Asher → Fulfilled in Asher's coastal olive oil abundance and Phoenician trade wealth
• [FULFILLS] Asher ← GEN 49:20 MEDIUM

May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And Yahweh showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,

• [FULFILLS] Moses and Aaron would not enter the Promised Land because of their unbelief at the rock ← NUM 20:12
• [FULFILLS] Moses would see the land from far away but not enter it ← DT 32:52

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,

the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.

And Yahweh said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

• [FULFILLS] Moses would see the land but not cross over. Joshua would lead the people in ← DT 3:27-28

So Moses the servant of Yahweh died there in the land of Moab, as Yahweh had said.

And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.

The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face—

no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that Yahweh sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,

and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Now after the death of His servant Moses, Yahweh spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

• [FULFILLS] Moses would see the land but not cross over. Joshua would lead the people in ← DT 3:27-28

“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.

and said to them, “I know that Yahweh has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

• [FULFILLS] The nations of Canaan would hear and melt in fear ← EX 15:14-16

For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.

When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for Yahweh your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

• [FULFILLS] The nations of Canaan would hear and melt in fear ← EX 15:14-16

And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”

• [PROPHECY] God said the wall of Jericho would fall when the people shouted → JOSH 6:20

At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before Yahweh is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”

• [PROPHECY] Joshua cursed the rebuilder of Jericho: would lay its foundation at the cost of his firstborn and gate at the cost of his youngest → 1KI 16:34

The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of Yahweh burned against the Israelites.

• [FULFILLS] Yahweh will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways ← DT 28:25

Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.

And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of Yahweh until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

“O, Lord Yahweh,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”

But Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.

Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.

In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that Yahweh selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that Yahweh selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that Yahweh selects shall come forward man by man.

The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh and committed an outrage in Israel.’”

So Joshua arose early the next morning and had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward, and the family of Zabdi was selected.

And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.

So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing a pound and a quarter, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.

They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before Yahweh.

Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today Yahweh will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So Yahweh turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

• [FULFILLS] Noah said Canaan would become a servant to his brothers ← GEN 9:25 MEDIUM

So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded.

• [FULFILLS] The fourth generation would return ← GEN 15:16

Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

And because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that Yahweh had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

• [FULFILLS] The fourth generation would return ← GEN 15:16

Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what Yahweh said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

• [FULFILLS] That generation would die in the wilderness over 40 years ← NUM 14:28-35

I was forty years old when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.

Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to Yahweh my God.

On that day Moses swore to me, saying, ‘Surely the land on which you have set foot will be an inheritance to you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed Yahweh my God.’

Now behold, as Yahweh promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,

still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.

Now therefore give me this hill country that Yahweh promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with Yahweh’s help I will drive them out, as Yahweh has spoken.”

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

• [FULFILLS] Caleb would enter the land and his descendants would inherit it ← NUM 14:24

Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.

(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.

Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

• [FULFILLS] Benjamin ← DT 33:12 MEDIUM

Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

• [FULFILLS] Benjamin ← DT 33:12 MEDIUM

The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon: Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah

• [FULFILLS] Simeon and Levi ← GEN 49:5-7

and included Beersheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem,

Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah,

Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen—thirteen cities, along with their villages.

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,

and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.

The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.

The third lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Zebulun: The border of their inheritance stretched as far as Sarid.

• [FULFILLS] Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore; he shall become a haven for ships ← GEN 49:13

It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.

From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.

Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.

It also included Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. There were twelve cities, along with their villages.

This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Zebulun, including these cities and their villages.

Thus Yahweh gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

• [FULFILLS] Israel would enter and possess the land sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ← DT 1:8 MEDIUM

And Yahweh gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Not one of all Yahweh’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

• [FULFILLS] Joseph said God would bring Israel out of Egypt and to take his bones with them ← GEN 50:24-25

“Judah shall go up,” answered Yahweh. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”

When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.

• [FULFILLS] Noah said Canaan would become a servant to his brothers ← GEN 9:25 MEDIUM

Now the angel of Yahweh went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

• [FULFILLS] Nations left in the land would become thorns in Israel's sides ← NUM 33:55

and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

And the Israelites did evil in the sight of Yahweh and served the Baals.

• [FULFILLS] After Moses died Israel would turn corrupt and disaster would come ← DT 31:29

Thus they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked Yahweh to anger,

for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

Then the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of Yahweh was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely Yahweh, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.

• [FULFILLS] Naphtali is a deer let loose; he uses beautiful words ← GEN 49:21 MEDIUM

“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because Yahweh will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,

• [PROPHECY] Deborah prophesied Sisera would be killed by a woman, not Barak → JUDG 4:21

But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.

• [FULFILLS] Deborah prophesied Sisera would be killed by a woman, not Barak ← JUDG 4:9

Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

• [FULFILLS] Naphtali is a deer let loose; he uses beautiful words ← GEN 49:21 MEDIUM

Then Yahweh said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”

• [PROPHECY] God said He would save Israel from Midian with only three hundred men → JUDG 7:22

And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, Yahweh set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

• [FULFILLS] God said He would save Israel from Midian with only three hundred men ← JUDG 7:7

But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

• [PROPHECY] Jotham said fire would come between Abimelech and the men of Shechem to destroy both → JUDG 9:56-57

In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.

• [FULFILLS] Jotham said fire would come between Abimelech and the men of Shechem to destroy both ← JUDG 9:20

And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

• [FULFILLS] Dan would provide justice for his people ← GEN 49:16 MEDIUM

For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

• [PROPHECY] Angel foretold Samson would be a Nazirite from birth and begin Israel's deliverance from Philistines → JUDG 14:4; JUDG 15:14-15; JUDG 16:30

(Now his father and mother did not know this was from Yahweh, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

• [FULFILLS] Angel foretold Samson would be a Nazirite from birth and begin Israel's deliverance from Philistines ← JUDG 13:5

When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.

• [FULFILLS] Angel foretold Samson would be a Nazirite from birth and begin Israel's deliverance from Philistines ← JUDG 13:5

He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.

Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.

• [FULFILLS] Angel foretold Samson would be a Nazirite from birth and begin Israel's deliverance from Philistines ← JUDG 13:5

Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

• [FULFILLS] Dan would provide justice for his people ← GEN 49:16 MEDIUM

After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

• [FULFILLS] Dan would be like a snake by the road that strikes suddenly ← GEN 49:17 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Dan is a lion's whelp; he shall leap from Bashan ← DT 33:22 MEDIUM

There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.

They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.

The Danites set up idols for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.

On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.

• [FULFILLS] Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night divide the spoil ← GEN 49:27 MEDIUM

Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.

• [PROPHECY] Eli's family line would be cut off and lose its strength → 1SA 22:18-20; 1KI 2:27

You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.

And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.

And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.

• [PROPHECY] Eli's two sons Hophni and Phinehas would die on the same day → 1SA 4:11

Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.

• [PROPHECY] Samuel told judgment was coming on Eli's house that 'both ears would tingle' to hear → 1SA 4

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”

Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

• [FULFILLS] Yahweh will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways ← DT 28:25
• [FULFILLS] Samuel told judgment was coming on Eli's house that 'both ears would tingle' to hear ← 1SA 3:11-14

The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.

When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has Yahweh brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”

So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.

On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of Yahweh had entered the camp,

the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.

Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

• [FULFILLS] Eli's two sons Hophni and Phinehas would die on the same day ← 1SA 2:34

That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.

Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.

“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.

The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.

Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.

As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.

And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”

“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

• [FULFILLS] Israel would one day ask for a king like all the nations ← DT 17:14

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

• [PROPHECY] Samuel warned that a king would take their goods and they would cry out to be free of him → 1KI 12:4 MEDIUM

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but Yahweh will not answer you on that day.”

Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

• [FULFILLS] Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night divide the spoil ← GEN 49:27 MEDIUM

And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

• [PROPHECY] God told Samuel a man from Benjamin would come to him the next day to be anointed king → 1SA 9:17; 1SA 10:1

When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

• [FULFILLS] God told Samuel a man from Benjamin would come to him the next day to be anointed king ← 1SA 9:16

Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not Yahweh anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

• [FULFILLS] God told Samuel a man from Benjamin would come to him the next day to be anointed king ← 1SA 9:16

When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

• [PROPHECY] Samuel gave Saul signs of who he would meet on the road home → 1SA 10:9-10

As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

• [FULFILLS] Samuel gave Saul signs of who he would meet on the road home ← 1SA 10:2

When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.

But now your kingdom will not endure; Yahweh has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of Yahweh.”

• [PROPHECY] Saul's kingdom would not last and God would choose a man after His own heart → 1SA 16:13; ACTS 13:22

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of Yahweh.

• [FULFILLS] God promised Amalek would be utterly blotted out from under heaven ← EX 17:14

This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.

Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

• [FULFILLS] Yahweh would war against Amalek from generation to generation ← EX 17:16 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Amalek's end would be destruction ← NUM 24:20 MEDIUM

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

• [FULFILLS] Israel's king would be greater than Agag ← NUM 24:7

Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

So Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

• [PROPHECY] Samuel told Saul his kingdom would be torn from him and given to a better neighbor → 1SA 16:13; 2SA 5:3

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

• [FULFILLS] Saul's kingdom would not last and God would choose a man after His own heart ← 1SA 13:14
• [FULFILLS] Samuel told Saul his kingdom would be torn from him and given to a better neighbor ← 1SA 15:28

So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

• [FULFILLS] Eli's family line would be cut off and lose its strength ← 1SA 2:31-33

He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

Moreover, Yahweh will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”

• [PROPHECY] At Endor, Samuel said Saul and his sons would die the next day → 1SA 31:6

So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.

• [FULFILLS] At Endor, Samuel said Saul and his sons would die the next day ← 1SA 28:19

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

• [FULFILLS] Judah's brothers would bow to him and he would rule over his enemies ← GEN 49:8

Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you Yahweh said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before Yahweh. And they anointed him king over Israel.

• [FULFILLS] Abraham would be the father of many nations and kings would come from him ← GEN 17:4-6
• [FULFILLS] Samuel told Saul his kingdom would be torn from him and given to a better neighbor ← 1SA 15:28

He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So Yahweh made David victorious wherever he went.

• [FULFILLS] Two nations from Rebekah's womb ← GEN 25:23
• [FULFILLS] Edom would become Israel's possession ← NUM 24:18

Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

• [PROPHECY] Nathan told David the sword would never depart from his house; his child by Bathsheba would die; his wives would be publicly violated → 2SA 12:18 (child dies); 2SA 16:21-22 (Absalom takes David's concubines on the roof); ongoing strife in David's family

This is what Yahweh says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” “Yahweh has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of Yahweh, the son born to you will surely die.”

On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”

• [FULFILLS] Nathan told David the sword would never depart from his house; his child by Bathsheba would die; his wives would be publicly violated ← 2SA 12:10-14

Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

• [FULFILLS] Nathan told David the sword would never depart from his house; his child by Bathsheba would die; his wives would be publicly violated ← 2SA 12:10-14

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of Yahweh and thus fulfilled the word that Yahweh had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.

• [FULFILLS] Eli's family line would be cut off and lose its strength ← 1SA 2:31-33

behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.

• [PROPHECY] God promised Solomon unmatched wisdom plus riches and honor → 1KI 4:30-31; 1KI 10:23

Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

• [FULFILLS] The land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates would belong to Abraham's descendants ← GEN 15:18

For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

• [FULFILLS] David would have a son named Solomon, a man of peace who would build God's house ← 1CH 22:9-10

Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

• [FULFILLS] God promised Solomon unmatched wisdom plus riches and honor ← 1KI 3:12-13

He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

• [FULFILLS] David would have a son named Solomon, a man of peace who would build God's house ← 1CH 22:9-10

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

• [FULFILLS] God would choose one place to put His Name ← DT 12:5

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

• [PROPHECY] If Israel turned to idols the temple would become a heap and Israel would be cut off → 2KI 25:9; 2KI 25:21 MEDIUM

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—

• [FULFILLS] Noah said Canaan would become a servant to his brothers ← GEN 9:25 MEDIUM

their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.

So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

• [FULFILLS] God promised Solomon unmatched wisdom plus riches and honor ← 1KI 3:12-13

Then Yahweh said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

• [PROPHECY] God told Solomon the kingdom would be torn from his son but one tribe spared for David's sake → 1KI 12

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.

• [PROPHECY] Ahijah tore his cloak into twelve pieces and gave Jeroboam ten tribes → 1KI 12:16; 1KI 12:20

But I will take ten tribes of the kingdom from the hand of his son and give them to you.

• [PROPHECY] One tribe would stay with Solomon's son so David would always have a lamp in Jerusalem → 1KI 12:20

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

• [FULFILLS] God told Solomon the kingdom would be torn from his son but one tribe spared for David's sake ← 1KI 11:11-13

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

• [FULFILLS] Samuel warned that a king would take their goods and they would cry out to be free of him ← 1SA 8:17-18 MEDIUM

Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from Yahweh, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,

• [FULFILLS] Ahijah tore his cloak into twelve pieces and gave Jeroboam ten tribes ← 1KI 11:31

but Rehoboam still reigned over the Israelites living in the cities of Judah.

Then King Rehoboam sent out Adoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste and escaped to Jerusalem.

So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

• [FULFILLS] Ahijah tore his cloak into twelve pieces and gave Jeroboam ten tribes ← 1KI 11:31
• [FULFILLS] One tribe would stay with Solomon's son so David would always have a lamp in Jerusalem ← 1KI 11:35-36

And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:

“Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah, all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people

that this is what Yahweh says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of Yahweh and turned back according to the word of Yahweh.

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.

If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.

On the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a month of his own choosing, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had set up in Bethel. So he ordained a feast for the Israelites, offered sacrifices on the altar, and burned incense.

Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] A man of God named King Josiah about 300 years before he reigned → 2KI 23:15-16

And he cried out against the altar by the word of Yahweh, “O altar, O altar, this is what Yahweh says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “Yahweh has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”

• [PROPHECY] The man of God said the altar at Bethel would split and its ashes pour out → 1KI 13:5

And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

• [FULFILLS] The man of God said the altar at Bethel would split and its ashes pour out ← 1KI 13:3

but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

• [PROPHECY] The disobedient man of God would not be buried with his fathers → 1KI 13:24

As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

• [FULFILLS] The disobedient man of God would not be buried with his fathers ← 1KI 13:22

Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!

• [PROPHECY] Every male of Jeroboam's house would be cut off → 1KI 15:29

Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For Yahweh has spoken.

As for you, get up and go home. When your feet enter the city, the child will die.

• [PROPHECY] Jeroboam's son would die the moment his mother stepped into the city → 1KI 14:17

For Yahweh will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking Yahweh to anger.

• [PROPHECY] Israel would be uprooted and scattered beyond the Euphrates → 2KI 17:6

Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

• [FULFILLS] Jeroboam's son would die the moment his mother stepped into the city ← 1KI 14:12

As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that Yahweh had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

• [FULFILLS] Every male of Jeroboam's house would be cut off ← 1KI 14:10-11

Then the word of Yahweh came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

• [PROPHECY] Jehu prophesied Baasha's dynasty would be wiped out like Jeroboam's → 1KI 16:11-12

“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.

So now I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat:

Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”

As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.

• [FULFILLS] Jehu prophesied Baasha's dynasty would be wiped out like Jeroboam's ← 1KI 16:1-4

So Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, according to the word that Yahweh had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that Yahweh had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

• [FULFILLS] Joshua cursed the rebuilder of Jericho: would lay its foundation at the cost of his firstborn and gate at the cost of his youngest ← JOSH 6:26

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

• [PROPHECY] Elijah said there would be no dew or rain until he said so → 1KI 18:45; JAS 5:17
• [FULFILLS] The heavens above your head shall be bronze, the earth beneath you iron; rain turned to powder and dust ← DT 28:23-24

Then a revelation from Yahweh came to Elijah:

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

So Elijah did what Yahweh had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah:

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

But she replied, “As surely as Yahweh your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

for this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day Yahweh sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

• [PROPHECY] The widow's flour and oil would not run out until the rain came → 1KI 17:16

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that Yahweh had spoken through Elijah.

• [FULFILLS] The widow's flour and oil would not run out until the rain came ← 1KI 17:14

Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

Then he cried out to Yahweh, “O Yahweh my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to Yahweh, “O Yahweh my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

And Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of Yahweh from your mouth is truth.”

Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

• [FULFILLS] Elijah said there would be no dew or rain until he said so ← 1KI 17:1

Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.

• [FULFILLS] Elijah was told to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, and judgment would come through them ← 1KI 19:15-17

Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am Yahweh.’”

• [PROPHECY] A prophet told Ahab God would hand the huge Aramean army to him that day → 1KI 20:20-21

and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.

• [FULFILLS] A prophet told Ahab God would hand the huge Aramean army to him that day ← 1KI 20:13

Then the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.

Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Because the Arameans have said that Yahweh is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.’”

• [PROPHECY] God would give Israel victory in the valley to show He is Lord of hills and valleys → 1KI 20:29

For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.

• [FULFILLS] God would give Israel victory in the valley to show He is Lord of hills and valleys ← 1KI 20:28

And the prophet said to the king, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”

• [PROPHECY] Ahab's life would be taken in place of the enemy king he let go → 1KI 22:35

Tell him that this is what Yahweh says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what Yahweh says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

• [PROPHECY] Elijah told Ahab: dogs would lick his blood where they licked Naboth's; Jezebel would be eaten by dogs → 1KI 22:38; 2KI 9:35-36

When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of Yahweh.

This is what Yahweh says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.

I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’

And Yahweh also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”

• [PROPHECY] Because Ahab humbled himself, the ruin of his house would come in his son's days → 2KI 9:25-26; 2KI 10:11

So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

• [PROPHECY] Micaiah predicted Israel would scatter and Ahab would not return alive from Ramoth Gilead → 1KI 22:34-37

But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, Yahweh has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”

• [PROPHECY] Micaiah predicted Israel would scatter and Ahab would not return alive from Ramoth Gilead → 1KI 22:34-37

However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

• [FULFILLS] Micaiah predicted Israel would scatter and Ahab would not return alive from Ramoth Gilead ← 1KI 22:17, 28

The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.

• [FULFILLS] Ahab's life would be taken in place of the enemy king he let go ← 1KI 20:42

As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

So the king died and was brought to Samaria, where they buried him.

And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that Yahweh had spoken.

• [FULFILLS] Elijah told Ahab: dogs would lick his blood where they licked Naboth's; Jezebel would be eaten by dogs ← 1KI 21:19-23

Therefore this is what Yahweh says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.

• [PROPHECY] Elijah told Ahaziah he would not get up from his bed but die → 2KI 1:17

And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what Yahweh says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”

• [PROPHECY] Elijah told Ahaziah he would not get up from his bed but die → 2KI 1:17

“You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”

• [PROPHECY] If Elisha saw Elijah taken up he would receive the double portion → 2KI 2:12; 2KI 2:15

As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

• [FULFILLS] If Elisha saw Elijah taken up he would receive the double portion ← 2KI 2:10

When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

• [FULFILLS] If Elisha saw Elijah taken up he would receive the double portion ← 2KI 2:10

For Yahweh says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’

• [PROPHECY] The dry valley would fill with water without rain and Moab would be defeated → 2KI 3:20; 2KI 3:24

This is a simple matter in the sight of Yahweh, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.

• [FULFILLS] The dry valley would fill with water without rain and Moab would be defeated ← 2KI 3:17-18

But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.

• [FULFILLS] The dry valley would fill with water without rain and Moab would be defeated ← 2KI 3:17-18

And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”

• [PROPHECY] Elisha told the Shunammite woman she would hold a son in a year → 2KI 4:17

But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

• [FULFILLS] Elisha told the Shunammite woman she would hold a son in a year ← 2KI 4:16

But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what Yahweh says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

• [PROPHECY] Twenty loaves would feed a hundred men with food left over → 2KI 4:44

So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of Yahweh.

• [FULFILLS] Twenty loaves would feed a hundred men with food left over ← 2KI 4:43

Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”

• [PROPHECY] Naaman would be healed if he washed seven times in the Jordan → 2KI 5:14

So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.

• [FULFILLS] Naaman would be healed if he washed seven times in the Jordan ← 2KI 5:10

Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

• [FULFILLS] In siege, people would eat their own children ← LEV 26:29

So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of Yahweh! This is what Yahweh says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, six quarts of fine flour will sell for half an ounce of silver, and twelve quarts of barley will sell for half an ounce of silver.’”

• [PROPHECY] Elisha predicted: famine over in 24 hours, food prices would crash; the king's officer would see it but not eat → 2KI 7:16-20

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if Yahweh were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that six quarts of fine flour sold for half an ounce of silver, and twelve quarts of barley sold for half an ounce of silver, according to the word of Yahweh.

• [FULFILLS] Elisha predicted: famine over in 24 hours, food prices would crash; the king's officer would see it but not eat ← 2KI 7:1-2

Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, twelve quarts of barley will sell for half an ounce of silver, and six quarts of fine flour will sell for half an ounce of silver.”

And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if Yahweh were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For Yahweh has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

• [PROPHECY] Elisha warned of a famine that would last seven years → 2KI 8:2-3

So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines.

• [FULFILLS] Elisha warned of a famine that would last seven years ← 2KI 8:1

At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But Yahweh has shown me that in fact he will die.”

• [PROPHECY] Elisha said Ben hadad would die, not recover → 2KI 8:15

“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

• [PROPHECY] Elisha's tearful prophecy to Hazael → 2KI 10:32-33; 2KI 13:3; 2KI 13:22

“But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

• [PROPHECY] Elisha said Hazael would become king of Aram → 2KI 8:15
• [FULFILLS] Elijah was told to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, and judgment would come through them ← 1KI 19:15-17

But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.

• [FULFILLS] Elisha said Ben hadad would die, not recover ← 2KI 8:10
• [FULFILLS] Elisha said Hazael would become king of Aram ← 2KI 8:13

In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

• [FULFILLS] Isaac's prophecy that Esau would live by the sword and eventually break Jacob's yoke ← GEN 27:39-40

So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over Yahweh’s people Israel.

• [PROPHECY] Elisha sent a prophet to anoint Jehu and command him to wipe out Ahab's house → 2KI 9:24; 2KI 9:35-36; 2KI 10:11
• [FULFILLS] Elijah was told to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, and judgment would come through them ← 1KI 19:15-17

And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh shed by the hand of Jezebel.

The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, both slave and free, in Israel.

I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.

And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

• [FULFILLS] Elisha sent a prophet to anoint Jehu and command him to wipe out Ahab's house ← 2KI 9:6-10

And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, Yahweh lifted up this burden against him:

• [FULFILLS] Because Ahab humbled himself, the ruin of his house would come in his son's days ← 1KI 21:29

‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares Yahweh, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares Yahweh.’ Now then, according to the word of Yahweh, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”

But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

• [FULFILLS] Elijah told Ahab: dogs would lick his blood where they licked Naboth's; Jezebel would be eaten by dogs ← 1KI 21:19-23
• [FULFILLS] Elisha sent a prophet to anoint Jehu and command him to wipe out Ahab's house ← 2KI 9:6-10

So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of Yahweh, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.

So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and priests, leaving him without a single survivor.

• [FULFILLS] Because Ahab humbled himself, the ruin of his house would come in his son's days ← 1KI 21:29
• [FULFILLS] Elisha sent a prophet to anoint Jehu and command him to wipe out Ahab's house ← 2KI 9:6-10

Nevertheless, Yahweh said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

• [PROPHECY] God told Jehu his sons would sit on Israel's throne to the fourth generation → 2KI 15:12

In those days Yahweh began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory

• [FULFILLS] Elisha's tearful prophecy to Hazael ← 2KI 8:12

from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

But the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to it. But now you will strike down Aram only three times.”

• [PROPHECY] King Jehoash would beat Aram only three times → 2KI 13:25

And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.

• [FULFILLS] Elisha's tearful prophecy to Hazael ← 2KI 8:12

Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities of Israel.

• [FULFILLS] King Jehoash would beat Aram only three times ← 2KI 13:19

This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that Yahweh, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.

• [PROPHECY] Jonah son of Amittai foretold that Jeroboam II would win back Israel's borders → 2KI 14:25
• [FULFILLS] Jonah son of Amittai foretold that Jeroboam II would win back Israel's borders ← 2KI 14:25

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.

• [FULFILLS] I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu; I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel ← HOS 1:4-5
• [FULFILLS] God would rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword ← AMOS 7:9

And he did evil in the sight of Yahweh, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.

As for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

So the word of Yahweh spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”

• [FULFILLS] God told Jehu his sons would sit on Israel's throne to the fourth generation ← 2KI 10:30

So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

• [FULFILLS] Before a particular child knew good from evil, both Syria and Israel would be devastated and 3 more ← IS 7:16; IS 8:3-4; IS 17:1-3; AMOS 1:3-5

Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.

• [FULFILLS] The plot of Aram and Israel would fail and Ephraim would be shattered within 65 years and 2 more ← IS 7:7-8; HOS 13:16; MIC 1:6

So Yahweh was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

• [FULFILLS] Israel's eventual idolatry would lead to exile and scattering ← DT 4:25-28

and even Judah did not keep the commandments of Yahweh their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced.

So Yahweh rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

When Yahweh had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following Yahweh and caused them to commit a great sin.

The Israelites persisted in all the sins that Jeroboam had committed and did not turn away from them.

Finally, Yahweh removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.

Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its towns.

• [FULFILLS] The plot of Aram and Israel would fail and Ephraim would be shattered within 65 years ← IS 7:7-8

He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

• [FULFILLS] God would add fifteen years to Hezekiah's life and save the city from Assyria ← 2KI 20:5-6
• [FULFILLS] Hezekiah's life extended 15 years; sundial sign confirmed ← IS 38:5-8

In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

• [FULFILLS] Samaria would bear her guilt and her people would fall by the sword ← HOS 13:16
• [FULFILLS] Samaria would become a heap of rubble and her stones poured into the valley ← MIC 1:6

And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.

The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of Yahweh, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.

Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

Then they called for the king. And Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to them.

• [FULFILLS] Shebna would lose his office and Eliakim would take it ← IS 22:19-20

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

• [PROPHECY] Sennacherib would hear a rumor, go home, and die by the sword in his own land → 2KI 19:37; IS 37:38

So this is what Yahweh says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

• [PROPHECY] Isaiah predicted Sennacherib would NOT enter Jerusalem; he would return the way he came → 2KI 19:35-36

He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares Yahweh.

I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

And that very night the angel of Yahweh went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

• [FULFILLS] Isaiah predicted Sennacherib would NOT enter Jerusalem; he would return the way he came and 8 more ← 2KI 19:32-34; 2KI 20:5-6; IS 8:7-8; IS 10:12; IS 10:27; IS 14:24-27; IS 17:13-14; IS 31:8; HOS 1:6-7

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

• [FULFILLS] God would send Sennacherib back the way he came ← IS 37:29

“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what Yahweh, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] God would add fifteen years to Hezekiah's life and save the city from Assyria → 2KI 18:2; 2KI 19:35-36

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from Yahweh that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”

• [PROPHECY] The shadow on the stairway would go back ten steps as a sign → 2KI 20:11

So Isaiah the prophet called out to Yahweh, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

• [FULFILLS] The shadow on the stairway would go back ten steps as a sign ← 2KI 20:9
• [FULFILLS] Hezekiah's life extended 15 years; sundial sign confirmed ← IS 38:5-8

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh:

• [PROPHECY] Isaiah told Hezekiah his descendants would be carried to Babylon as eunuchs → 2KI 24:13-15; DAN 1:3

The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says Yahweh.

And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

this is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it.

• [PROPHECY] I am bringing calamity on Jerusalem and Judah; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down → Fulfilled in Babylonian destruction 586 BC

I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,

because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”

that this is what Yahweh says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read,

• [PROPHECY] Huldah said disaster would come on Jerusalem because the people served other gods → 2KI 25:9

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

• [PROPHECY] Josiah would die before the disaster and not see it → 2KI 23:29-30

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of Yahweh all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

• [FULFILLS] God would cut off every remnant of Baal and the pagan priests from Jerusalem ← ZEPH 1:4 MEDIUM

Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.

• [FULFILLS] A man of God named King Josiah about 300 years before he reigned ← 1KI 13:1-2
• [FULFILLS] The altars of Bethel would be destroyed and the horns of the altar cut off ← AMOS 3:14 MEDIUM

And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of Yahweh proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.

For Yahweh had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”

• [PROPHECY] God would remove Judah and reject Jerusalem and the temple → 2KI 25:9; 2KI 25:21

From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

• [FULFILLS] Shallum, also called Jehoahaz, would die in exile and never see Judah again ← JER 22:11-12

And Yahweh sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that Yahweh had spoken through His servants the prophets.

As Yahweh had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of Yahweh and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Yahweh.

• [FULFILLS] Isaiah told Hezekiah his descendants would be carried to Babylon as eunuchs ← 2KI 20:16-18

He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

• [FULFILLS] Pashhur the priest and all his household would go into Babylonian captivity and die there ← JER 20:4-6 MEDIUM

Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

• [FULFILLS] Coniah and his mother would be hurled into a foreign land and die there ← JER 22:24-26

The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.

For because of the anger of Yahweh, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

• [FULFILLS] The king who broke his oath to Babylon would die in Babylon ← EZK 17:16

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

• [FULFILLS] Yahweh will bring a nation against you from afar, from the ends of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, whose language you shall not understand; a nation of fierce countenance and 4 more ← DT 28:49-52; IS 3:25-26; EZK 4:1-3; EZK 21:21-22; EZK 24:1-2

And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

• [FULFILLS] A third would die of plague and famine, a third by sword, a third scattered ← EZK 5:12

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

• [FULFILLS] A day of trampling and broken walls would come on Jerusalem ← IS 22:5 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] The prince would leave at dusk through a hole in the wall with his face covered ← EZK 12:12

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

• [FULFILLS] Zedekiah and the survivors would be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar ← JER 21:7

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

• [FULFILLS] Zedekiah would be brought to Babylon but not see it (his eyes blinded) ← EZK 12:13

On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] God would raise up the Chaldeans (Babylonians) to punish Judah ← HAB 1:5-6

He burned down the house of Yahweh, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

• [FULFILLS] Israel's cities and sanctuaries would be laid waste if they disobeyed and 10 more ← LEV 26:31-32; 1KI 9:7-8; 2KI 22:16-17; 2KI 23:27; JER 7:14; JER 13:9-10; JER 19:10-11; JER 37:7-8; AMOS 2:5; MIC 3:12; ZEPH 1:13

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

• [FULFILLS] Israel's eventual idolatry would lead to exile and scattering and 4 more ← DT 4:25-28; IS 5:13; IS 6:11-12; JER 20:4-6; MIC 4:10

Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of Yahweh, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

• [FULFILLS] The temple articles would be carried to Babylon and later brought back ← JER 27:21-22
• [FULFILLS] The wealth of Jerusalem would be plundered and its houses laid waste ← ZEPH 1:13

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

• [FULFILLS] Israel's eventual idolatry would lead to exile and scattering and 3 more ← DT 4:25-28; 1KI 9:7-8; 2KI 23:27; IS 6:11-12

and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.

• [FULFILLS] God promised Amalek would be utterly blotted out from under heaven and 2 more ← EX 17:14; EX 17:16; NUM 24:20

These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.

• [FULFILLS] Reuben ← GEN 49:3-4

And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

• [FULFILLS] Judah's brothers would bow to him and he would rule over his enemies ← GEN 49:8

The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.

• [FULFILLS] Gad ← GEN 49:19 MEDIUM

They waged war against the Hagrites, as well as Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.

And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 captives,

and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

• [FULFILLS] Gad ← DT 33:20-21

But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.

• [PROPHECY] David would have a son named Solomon, a man of peace who would build God's house → 1KI 4:24-25; 1KI 6:14

He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

• [FULFILLS] God would choose one place to put His Name ← DT 12:5

He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

• [FULFILLS] The land from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates would belong to Abraham's descendants ← GEN 15:18

Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

• [PROPHECY] Judah would serve Shishak of Egypt for a time → 2CH 12:9

So King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and seized the treasures of the house of Yahweh and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

• [FULFILLS] Judah would serve Shishak of Egypt for a time ← 2CH 12:8

So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”

• [PROPHECY] Micaiah saw Israel scattered like sheep with no shepherd → 2CH 18:33-34

However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

• [FULFILLS] Micaiah saw Israel scattered like sheep with no shepherd ← 2CH 18:16

The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.

You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of Yahweh on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’”

• [PROPHECY] Judah would not need to fight and would see Yahweh save them → 2CH 20:22-24

The moment they began their shouts and praises, Yahweh set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

• [FULFILLS] Judah would not need to fight and would see Yahweh save them ← 2CH 20:17

The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”

• [PROPHECY] Elijah's letter said King Jehoram would die of a bowel disease → 2CH 21:18-19

After all this, Yahweh afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

• [FULFILLS] Elijah's letter said King Jehoram would die of a bowel disease ← 2CH 21:15

This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.

While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

• [PROPHECY] A prophet said God had decided to destroy King Amaziah → 2CH 25:22-23; 2CH 25:27 MEDIUM

And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home.

• [FULFILLS] A prophet said God had decided to destroy King Amaziah ← 2CH 25:16 MEDIUM

There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of 600 feet.

From the time that Amaziah turned from following Yahweh, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.

• [FULFILLS] A prophet said God had decided to destroy King Amaziah ← 2CH 25:16 MEDIUM

Then Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came to Ahaz but afflicted him rather than strengthening him.

• [FULFILLS] God would bring the king of Assyria against Ahaz and Judah ← IS 7:17

that this is what Yahweh says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,

• [PROPHECY] Huldah said disaster would come on Jerusalem → 2CH 36:19

‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

• [PROPHECY] Josiah would die before the disaster came → 2CH 35:24; 2CH 36:19

So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

• [FULFILLS] Josiah would die before the disaster came ← 2CH 34:28

Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

• [FULFILLS] Israel's cities and sanctuaries would be laid waste if they disobeyed and 3 more ← LEV 26:31-32; 2CH 34:24; 2CH 34:28; AMOS 2:5

Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

• [FULFILLS] Judah would serve Babylon 70 years; then Babylon would be punished ← JER 25:11-12

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of Yahweh spoken through Jeremiah.

• [FULFILLS] The land would rest and enjoy its Sabbaths while Israel was in exile ← LEV 26:34-35

“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may Yahweh his God be with him, and may he go up.’”

And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”

So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem.

King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of Yahweh that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.

• [FULFILLS] The temple articles would be carried to Babylon and later brought back ← JER 27:21-22

Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,

30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.

In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

• [FULFILLS] God's people would go out from Babylon ← IS 48:20
• [FULFILLS] A new exodus from the land of the north would outshine the exodus from Egypt ← JER 16:14-15 MEDIUM

The whole assembly numbered 42,360,

• [FULFILLS] Only a remnant of Israel would return ← IS 10:21-22

in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.

So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

• [FULFILLS] My house shall be built in Jerusalem; My cities shall again spread through prosperity ← ZECH 1:16-17
• [FULFILLS] Zerubbabel laid the temple foundation and his hands would also finish it ← ZECH 4:9

And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from Yahweh our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

• [FULFILLS] A holy remnant would remain like a stump ← IS 6:13 MEDIUM

Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

• [FULFILLS] Even in exile God would not reject Israel but remember His covenant ← LEV 26:44-45
• [FULFILLS] Yahweh will gather you again from all the nations where He has scattered you; if any are driven to the farthest parts under heaven, He will bring you back ← DT 30:1-5 MEDIUM

but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

• [PROPHECY] Haman's wife and friends said he would surely fall before Mordecai → EST 7:10 MEDIUM

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

• [FULFILLS] Haman's wife and friends said he would surely fall before Mordecai ← EST 6:13 MEDIUM

Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

• [PROPHECY] Jerusalem's men would fall by the sword and Zion would sit in ruin → 2KI 25:1-10; LAM 1:1-4 MEDIUM

And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

• [PROPHECY] God's people would go into exile → 2KI 17:6; 2KI 25:11

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

• [PROPHECY] The land would be emptied and the people sent far away → 2KI 25:11; 2KI 25:21

until Yahweh has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken.

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

• [PROPHECY] A holy remnant would remain like a stump → EZR 9:8; ROM 11:5 MEDIUM

But this is what the Lord Yahweh says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

• [PROPHECY] The plot of Aram and Israel would fail and Ephraim would be shattered within 65 years → 2KI 17:5-6; 2KI 17:24

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

• [PROPHECY] Before a particular child knew good from evil, both Syria and Israel would be devastated → 2KI 16:9; 2KI 17:6

Yahweh will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

• [PROPHECY] God would bring the king of Assyria against Ahaz and Judah → 2CH 28:20; 2KI 18:13

And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Yahweh said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

• [PROPHECY] Before the boy Maher shalal hash baz could say Father or Mother, Damascus's and Samaria's wealth would be carried off by Assyria → 2KI 15:29; 2KI 16:9

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

• [PROPHECY] Assyria would flood into Judah up to the neck but not drown it → 2KI 18:13; 2KI 19:35-36

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

• [PROPHECY] After using Assyria against Zion, God would punish the proud king of Assyria → IS 37:36-38; 2KI 19:35-37

A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob— to the Mighty God.

• [PROPHECY] Only a remnant of Israel would return → EZR 2:64-65; ROM 9:27-28

Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.

On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.

• [PROPHECY] The Assyrian yoke would be broken off Judah's neck → 2KI 19:35-36 MEDIUM

Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.

• [PROPHECY] God would stir up the Medes against Babylon → DAN 5:30-31

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

• [PROPHECY] How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning → DAN 5:30 MEDIUM

You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

Yahweh of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

• [PROPHECY] The Assyrian shall be broken in My land; upon My mountains I will tread him underfoot → Fulfilled in Sennacherib's army destroyed outside Jerusalem in 701 BC (2KI 19:35)

I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

Yahweh of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

• [PROPHECY] Behold, Damascus shall be a ruinous heap; the fortress shall cease from Ephraim → 2KI 16:9; 2KI 17:6

The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares Yahweh of Hosts.

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

• [PROPHECY] The raging nations that plunder Judah would be gone before morning → IS 37:36; 2KI 19:35 MEDIUM

In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

At that time gifts will be brought to Yahweh of Hosts— from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers— to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of Yahweh of Hosts.

• [PROPHECY] Cush would bring gifts to Yahweh on Mount Zion → ACTS 8:27 MEDIUM

Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

• [PROPHECY] Babylon is fallen → DAN 5:30-31

For the Lord Yahweh of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

• [PROPHECY] A day of trampling and broken walls would come on Jerusalem → 2KI 25:4-10 MEDIUM

I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

• [PROPHECY] Shebna would lose his office and Eliakim would take it → IS 36:3; 2KI 18:18

On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

• [PROPHECY] Tyre will be forgotten seventy years; after that she will return to her hire → ACTS 21:3-4 MEDIUM

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

And at the end of seventy years, Yahweh will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to Yahweh; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before Yahweh, for abundant food and fine clothing.

Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people

• [PROPHECY] God would speak to His people through foreign tongues → 1CO 14:21-22 MEDIUM

“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

• [PROPHECY] Assyria would fall, but not by the sword of man → IS 37:36; 2KI 19:35

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

• [FULFILLS] Samaria's wound would reach Judah and come to the gate of Jerusalem ← MIC 1:9 MEDIUM

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.

• [FULFILLS] Shebna would lose his office and Eliakim would take it ← IS 22:19-20

Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

• [PROPHECY] Sennacherib would hear a rumor, go home, and fall by the sword in his own land → IS 37:37-38; 2KI 19:37

Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

• [PROPHECY] God would send Sennacherib back the way he came → IS 37:37; 2KI 19:36

Then the angel of Yahweh went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

• [FULFILLS] After using Assyria against Zion, God would punish the proud king of Assyria and 2 more ← IS 10:12; IS 17:13-14; IS 31:8

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

• [FULFILLS] Sennacherib would hear a rumor, go home, and fall by the sword in his own land ← IS 37:7
• [FULFILLS] God would send Sennacherib back the way he came ← IS 37:29

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

• [FULFILLS] Sennacherib would hear a rumor, go home, and die by the sword in his own land ← 2KI 19:7

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what Yahweh, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.

• [PROPHECY] Hezekiah's life extended 15 years; sundial sign confirmed → IS 38:8; 2KI 20:11; 2KI 18:2

And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

This will be a sign to you from Yahweh that He will do what He has promised:

I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

• [FULFILLS] Hezekiah's life extended 15 years; sundial sign confirmed ← IS 38:5-8

I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

• [PROPHECY] God would raise up a conqueror from the north and the east → EZR 1:1-2; DAN 5:30-31 MEDIUM

Thus says Yahweh your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

• [PROPHECY] For Israel's sake God would send an army against Babylon → DAN 5:30-31

I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.

• [PROPHECY] God would call a bird of prey from the east to carry out His plan → EZR 1:1-2 MEDIUM

These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.

• [PROPHECY] Babylon's loss would come suddenly, in a single day → DAN 5:30-31

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “Yahweh has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

• [PROPHECY] God's people would go out from Babylon → EZR 1:3-5; EZR 2:1

“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] The barren woman would have more children than the married one → GAL 4:26-27 MEDIUM

“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

• [PROPHECY] God would be found by people who did not seek Him while Israel stayed stubborn → ROM 10:20-21; ACTS 13:46-48

All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares Yahweh. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.

• [PROPHECY] Kings from the north would set their thrones at the gates of Jerusalem → JER 39:3

therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.

• [PROPHECY] God would do to the temple what He did to Shiloh → 2KI 25:9; JER 52:13

“This is what Yahweh says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

• [PROPHECY] God would ruin Judah's pride like a rotted linen belt → 2KI 25:9-11

These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.

Yet behold, the days are coming, declares Yahweh, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as Yahweh lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’

• [PROPHECY] A new exodus from the land of the north would outshine the exodus from Egypt → EZR 1:1-3; EZR 2:1 MEDIUM

Instead they will say, ‘As surely as Yahweh lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.

Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,

• [PROPHECY] God would shatter Jerusalem like a clay jar that cannot be repaired → 2KI 25:9-10; JER 52:13-14

and you are to proclaim to them that this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.

For this is what Yahweh says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.

• [PROPHECY] Pashhur the priest and all his household would go into Babylonian captivity and die there → 2KI 24:14-16; 2KI 25:11 MEDIUM

I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.

And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

‘After that,’ declares Yahweh, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’

• [PROPHECY] Zedekiah and the survivors would be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar → JER 39:5-7; 2KI 25:6-7

For this is what Yahweh says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

• [PROPHECY] Shallum, also called Jehoahaz, would die in exile and never see Judah again → 2KI 23:34

but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”

“As surely as I live,” declares Yahweh, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

• [PROPHECY] Coniah and his mother would be hurled into a foreign land and die there → 2KI 24:15; JER 52:31-34

In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.

I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another land, where neither of you were born—and there you both will die.

And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

• [PROPHECY] Judah would serve Babylon 70 years; then Babylon would be punished → 2CH 36:20-23; EZR 1:1; DAN 9:2

But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares Yahweh, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

• [FULFILLS] Zion would be plowed like a field; Jerusalem become a heap of ruins ← MIC 3:12

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.

• [PROPHECY] Nations would serve Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson until his own land's time came → JER 52:31; DAN 5:30 MEDIUM

All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.

Yes, this is what Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about the articles that remain in the house of Yahweh, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem:

• [PROPHECY] The temple articles would be carried to Babylon and later brought back → 2KI 25:13-15; EZR 1:7-11

‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares Yahweh. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! Yahweh did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.

• [PROPHECY] Jeremiah told false prophet Hananiah he would die that year → JER 28:17

Therefore this is what Yahweh says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against Yahweh.’”

And in the seventh month of that very year, the prophet Hananiah died.

• [FULFILLS] Jeremiah told false prophet Hananiah he would die that year ← JER 28:15-17

For this is what Yahweh says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.

• [PROPHECY] After 70 years, God would visit them and bring them back to this place → EZR 1:1-4

And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.

• [PROPHECY] Zedekiah would see the king of Babylon eye to eye and go to Babylon → JER 39:5-7; JER 52:9-11

Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what Yahweh says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;

• [PROPHECY] Zedekiah would not die by sword but in peace; would be buried with honors of his fathers → JER 52:11 MEDIUM

you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares Yahweh.”

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] Pharaoh's army would go home and the Chaldeans would return and burn Jerusalem ← JER 37:7-8
• [FULFILLS] Pharaoh's arm was broken and would be broken again so he could not help ← EZK 30:21-22

Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet:

“This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

• [PROPHECY] Pharaoh's army would go home and the Chaldeans would return and burn Jerusalem → JER 37:5; JER 39:8; 2KI 25:9

Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

• [FULFILLS] The prince would leave at dusk through a hole in the wall with his face covered ← EZK 12:12

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

• [FULFILLS] Zedekiah and the survivors would be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar ← JER 21:7
• [FULFILLS] Zedekiah would see the king of Babylon eye to eye and go to Babylon ← JER 34:3

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

• [FULFILLS] Pharaoh's army would go home and the Chaldeans would return and burn Jerusalem ← JER 37:7-8

And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of Yahweh had come to him:

• [PROPHECY] Ebed-melech the Ethiopian would be spared because of his trust in God during Jerusalem's fall → JER 39:15-18 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Ebed-melech the Ethiopian would be spared because of his trust in God during Jerusalem's fall ← JER 39:15-18 MEDIUM

“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

But I will deliver you on that day, declares Yahweh, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.

For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares Yahweh.’”

the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.

• [FULFILLS] Baruch's life would be spared wherever he went ← JER 45:5 MEDIUM

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares Yahweh, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

• [PROPHECY] Baruch's life would be spared wherever he went → JER 43:6 MEDIUM

“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] In the last days God would restore Elam → ACTS 2:9 MEDIUM

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares Yahweh.

• [PROPHECY] Babylon's leaders would be made drunk at a feast and sleep forever → DAN 5:1-4; DAN 5:30

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

• [FULFILLS] God told Ezekiel in Babylon the exact day the siege of Jerusalem began ← EZK 24:1-2

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

• [FULFILLS] A third would die of plague and famine, a third by sword, a third scattered ← EZK 5:12

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

• [FULFILLS] Zedekiah would see the king of Babylon eye to eye and go to Babylon ← JER 34:3

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

• [FULFILLS] Zedekiah would not die by sword but in peace; would be buried with honors of his fathers and 2 more ← JER 34:4-5; EZK 12:13; EZK 17:16

On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

He burned down the house of Yahweh, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

• [FULFILLS] God would do to the temple what He did to Shiloh ← JER 7:14
• [FULFILLS] God would shatter Jerusalem like a clay jar that cannot be repaired ← JER 19:10-11

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

• [FULFILLS] Coniah and his mother would be hurled into a foreign land and die there ← JER 22:24-26
• [FULFILLS] Nations would serve Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson until his own land's time came ← JER 27:6-7 MEDIUM

And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

• [FULFILLS] Jerusalem's men would fall by the sword and Zion would sit in ruin ← IS 3:25-26 MEDIUM

She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• [FULFILLS] In siege, people would eat their own children ← LEV 26:29

So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

• [PROPHECY] The cup of judgment would pass to Edom too → MAL 1:3-4 MEDIUM

O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

• [PROPHECY] Zion's punishment was complete and her exile would not be prolonged → EZR 1:1-3 MEDIUM

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.

• [PROPHECY] Ezekiel acted out the siege of Jerusalem on a clay brick → 2KI 25:1-2

Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.

• [PROPHECY] A third would die of plague and famine, a third by sword, a third scattered → 2KI 25:3-11; JER 52:6-16

And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

• [PROPHECY] The prince would leave at dusk through a hole in the wall with his face covered → 2KI 25:4; JER 39:4

But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.

• [PROPHECY] Zedekiah would be brought to Babylon but not see it (his eyes blinded) → JER 52:11; 2KI 25:7

‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord Yahweh, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

• [PROPHECY] The king who broke his oath to Babylon would die in Babylon → JER 52:11; 2KI 24:20

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

• [PROPHECY] The king of Babylon would cast lots at a fork in the road and the lot would fall on Jerusalem → 2KI 25:1

In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.

In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

• [PROPHECY] God told Ezekiel in Babylon the exact day the siege of Jerusalem began → 2KI 25:1; JER 52:4

“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

• [PROPHECY] Ezekiel's wife would die suddenly and he must not mourn → EZK 24:18

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.

• [FULFILLS] Ezekiel's wife would die suddenly and he must not mourn ← EZK 24:16-18

on that day a fugitive will come and tell you the news.

• [PROPHECY] A fugitive would bring news of the fall and Ezekiel's mouth would be opened → EZK 33:21-22

On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

For this is what the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.

• [PROPHECY] Nebuchadnezzar would besiege Tyre and slaughter its mainland villages → EZK 29:18

He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.

He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his axes.

His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.

The hooves of his horses will trample all your streets. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.

“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.

• [FULFILLS] Nebuchadnezzar would besiege Tyre and slaughter its mainland villages ← EZK 26:7-11

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

• [PROPHECY] Pharaoh's arm was broken and would be broken again so he could not help → JER 37:5-8; JER 44:30

Therefore this is what the Lord Yahweh says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

• [FULFILLS] A fugitive would bring news of the fall and Ezekiel's mouth would be opened ← EZK 24:26-27

Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of Yahweh was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

and declare that this is what the Lord Yahweh says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

• [PROPHECY] Mount Seir, Edom, would become a desolate waste → MAL 1:3-4 MEDIUM

I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

• [FULFILLS] Isaiah told Hezekiah his descendants would be carried to Babylon as eunuchs ← 2KI 20:16-18

This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against my lord the king:

• [PROPHECY] Nebuchadnezzar shall be driven from men, dwell with beasts, eat grass like oxen → DAN 4:31-33

You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.

As for the command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots, your kingdom will be restored to you as soon as you acknowledge that Heaven rules.

While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.

• [FULFILLS] Nebuchadnezzar shall be driven from men, dwell with beasts, eat grass like oxen ← DAN 4:24-26

You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”

At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.

• [PROPHECY] MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN → DAN 5:30-31

And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.

PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

• [FULFILLS] Babylon plundered many nations, so the rest of the peoples would plunder Babylon ← HAB 2:7-8

Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

• [FULFILLS] Judah would serve Babylon 70 years; then Babylon would be punished ← JER 25:11-12

Then Yahweh said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

• [PROPHECY] I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu; I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel → 2KI 15:8-12

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and Yahweh said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

• [PROPHECY] I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will have mercy on the house of Judah → 2KI 17:6; 2KI 19:35

Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by Yahweh their God.”

Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

• [PROPHECY] Samaria would bear her guilt and her people would fall by the sword → 2KI 17:5-6; 2KI 18:9-11

And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

• [PROPHECY] I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughters shall prophesy → ACTS 2:16-18; TIT 3:6

Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

This is what Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.

• [PROPHECY] For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four... I will break the gate bar of Damascus → 2KI 16:9

So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says Yahweh.

So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

• [PROPHECY] God would send fire on Judah to burn the strongholds of Jerusalem → 2KI 25:9; 2CH 36:19

On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

• [PROPHECY] The altars of Bethel would be destroyed and the horns of the altar cut off → 2KI 23:15 MEDIUM

Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Hosts.

• [PROPHECY] Israel would be sent into exile beyond Damascus → 2KI 17:6; ACTS 7:42-43

The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”

• [PROPHECY] God would rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword → 2KI 15:8-10

Therefore this is what Yahweh says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

• [PROPHECY] Amaziah would die on pagan soil and Israel would go into exile → 2KI 17:6 MEDIUM

Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.

• [PROPHECY] Samaria would become a heap of rubble and her stones poured into the valley → 2KI 17:5-6; 2KI 18:9-10

For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself.

• [PROPHECY] Samaria's wound would reach Judah and come to the gate of Jerusalem → 2KI 18:13-17; IS 36:1-2 MEDIUM

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

• [PROPHECY] Zion would be plowed like a field; Jerusalem become a heap of ruins → 2KI 25:9-10; JER 26:18

Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

• [PROPHECY] Zion would go to Babylon and there Yahweh would rescue her → 2KI 25:11; EZR 1:1-3

“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

• [PROPHECY] God would raise up the Chaldeans (Babylonians) to punish Judah → 2KI 24:1-2; 2KI 25:8-10

For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.

• [PROPHECY] Babylon plundered many nations, so the rest of the peoples would plunder Babylon → DAN 5:28-31

Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—

• [PROPHECY] God would cut off every remnant of Baal and the pagan priests from Jerusalem → 2KI 23:4-5 MEDIUM

Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

• [PROPHECY] The wealth of Jerusalem would be plundered and its houses laid waste → 2KI 25:9-10; 2KI 25:13

Therefore this is what Yahweh says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares Yahweh of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

• [PROPHECY] My house shall be built in Jerusalem; My cities shall again spread through prosperity → EZR 6:14-15

Proclaim further that this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; Yahweh will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that Yahweh of Hosts has sent me to you.

• [PROPHECY] Zerubbabel laid the temple foundation and his hands would also finish it → EZR 6:14-15

but Esau I have hated, and I have made his mountains a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”

• [FULFILLS] The cup of judgment would pass to Edom too ← LAM 4:21 MEDIUM
• [FULFILLS] Mount Seir, Edom, would become a desolate waste ← EZK 35:3-4 MEDIUM

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom Yahweh is indignant forever.

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

• [FULFILLS] Baby John would be a prophet who goes before the Lord to prepare His way ← LK 1:76-77

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

• [PROPHECY] They will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues; you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake → Fulfilled throughout Acts

On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

• [FULFILLS] Baby John would be a prophet who goes before the Lord to prepare His way ← LK 1:76-77

Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

• [PROPHECY] There are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom → Fulfilled at the Transfiguration six days later (Matt 17:1-8; MK 9:2-8; LK 9:28-36); or at Pentecost (ACTS 2) MEDIUM

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

• [FULFILLS] There are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom ← MT 16:28; MK 9:1; LK 9:27 MEDIUM

There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.

Then Jesus came over and touched them. “Get up,” He said. “Do not be afraid.”

And when they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

• [PROPHECY] James and John would drink the cup of suffering Jesus would drink → ACTS 12:2; REV 1:9

Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

• [PROPHECY] There are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom → Fulfilled at the Transfiguration six days later (Matt 17:1-8; MK 9:2-8; LK 9:28-36); or at Pentecost (ACTS 2) MEDIUM

After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them.

• [FULFILLS] There are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom ← MT 16:28; MK 9:1; LK 9:27 MEDIUM

His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.

And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

For they were all so terrified that Peter did not know what else to say.

Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

Suddenly, when they looked around, they saw no one with them except Jesus.

“We can,” the brothers answered. “You will drink the cup that I drink,” Jesus said, “and you will be baptized with the baptism that I undergo.

• [PROPHECY] James and John would drink the cup of suffering Jesus would drink → ACTS 12:2; REV 1:9

and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

• [PROPHECY] Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me → Fulfilled immediately when disciples went and found exactly as He said

If anyone asks, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will return it shortly.’”

So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,

and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

The disciples answered as Jesus had instructed them, and the people gave them permission.

Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.

While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.

• [FULFILLS] Wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her (regarding Mary of Bethany) ← MK 14:9; MT 26:13

Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

It could have been sold for more than a year's wages and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

• [PROPHECY] Wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her (regarding Mary of Bethany) → MT 26:6-13; MK 14:3-9; JN 12:1-8

So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him,

• [PROPHECY] Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house.' A man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you → Fulfilled

and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”

• [PROPHECY] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times → MT 26:70; MT 26:72; MT 26:74-75; MK 14:68; MK 14:70-72; LK 22:57-58; LK 22:60-62; JN 18:17; JN 18:25-27

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.

• [PROPHECY] Zacharias, your prayer is heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you shall call his name John. He will be great in the sight of the Lord → Fulfilled in LK 1:57-80 with John the Baptist's birth and ministry

He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”

• [PROPHECY] Zechariah would be unable to speak until the promised son was born → LK 1:22; LK 1:63-64

When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.

• [FULFILLS] Zechariah would be unable to speak until the promised son was born ← LK 1:20

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

• [FULFILLS] Zacharias, your prayer is heard; your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you shall call his name John. He will be great in the sight of the Lord ← LK 1:13-17

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”

They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who bears this name.”

So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.

Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

• [FULFILLS] Zechariah would be unable to speak until the promised son was born ← LK 1:20

Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.

All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.

And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us

deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

• [PROPHECY] Baby John would be a prophet who goes before the Lord to prepare His way → LK 3:2-6; MT 3:1-3; MT 11:9-10

to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

• [FULFILLS] Baby John would be a prophet who goes before the Lord to prepare His way ← LK 1:76-77

He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

But I tell you truly, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”

• [PROPHECY] There are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom → Fulfilled at the Transfiguration six days later (Matt 17:1-8; MK 9:2-8; LK 9:28-36); or at Pentecost (ACTS 2) MEDIUM

About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.

• [FULFILLS] There are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom ← MT 16:28; MK 9:1; LK 9:27 MEDIUM

And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.

Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.

They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.

As Moses and Elijah were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ( He did not know what he was saying.)

While Peter was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.

And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was present with them. The disciples kept this to themselves, and in those days they did not tell anyone what they had seen.

saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

• [PROPHECY] Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me → Fulfilled immediately when disciples went and found exactly as He said

If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

So those who were sent went out and found it just as Jesus had told them.

As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

“The Lord needs it,” they answered.

Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters,

• [PROPHECY] Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house.' A man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you → Fulfilled

and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.

• [PROPHECY] Simon, Simon, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren → Fulfilled in Peter's denial (LK 22:54-62), restoration (JN 21:15-19), and leadership from Acts onward

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

• [PROPHECY] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times → MT 26:70; MT 26:72; MT 26:74-75; MK 14:68; MK 14:70-72; LK 22:57-58; LK 22:60-62; JN 18:17; JN 18:25-27

Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

• [FULFILLS] Simon, Simon, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren ← LK 22:31-32

When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.

A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.

But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

And he went outside and wept bitterly.

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

• [PROPHECY] The disciples would be clothed with power from on high while they waited in Jerusalem → ACTS 2:1-4

Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

• [PROPHECY] You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas (a stone) → Fulfilled progressively as Peter becomes the foundational apostle MEDIUM

Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”

• [PROPHECY] You will see greater things than these... You will see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man (to Nathanael) → Fulfilled throughout Jesus's ministry in signs and miracles MEDIUM

Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

• [PROPHECY] Lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest → Fulfilled that day when the Samaritan townspeople came believing (JN 4:39-42) MEDIUM

Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

• [FULFILLS] Lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest ← JN 4:35 MEDIUM

So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

And many more believed because of His message.

They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

• [PROPHECY] The royal official's dying son would live → JN 4:51-53

And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

• [FULFILLS] The royal official's dying son would live ← JN 4:50

So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”

Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.

He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

• [PROPHECY] Lazarus' sickness would not end in death and Jesus would wake him → JN 11:43-44

After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

• [PROPHECY] Lazarus' sickness would not end in death and Jesus would wake him → JN 11:43-44

After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

• [FULFILLS] Lazarus' sickness would not end in death and Jesus would wake him ← JN 11:4, 11

The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

• [FULFILLS] Wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her (regarding Mary of Bethany) ← MK 14:9; MT 26:13

So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,

“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for a year's wages and the money given to the poor?”

Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.

• [PROPHECY] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times → MT 26:70; MT 26:72; MT 26:74-75; MK 14:68; MK 14:70-72; LK 22:57-58; LK 22:60-62; JN 18:17; JN 18:25-27

And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

• [PROPHECY] The Father would give another Advocate, the Spirit of truth, to be in the disciples → ACTS 2:1-4

the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

• [FULFILLS] Peter, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times ← MT 26:34; MK 14:30; LK 22:34; JN 13:38

Astounded and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”

But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”

Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.

These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It is only the third hour of the day!

No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

• [FULFILLS] I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughters shall prophesy ← JOEL 2:28-29

‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,

because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’

Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

• [FULFILLS] The witnesses would carry the gospel to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth ← ACTS 1:8

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

A sense of awe came over everyone, and the apostles performed many wonders and signs.

All the believers were together and had everything in common.

Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.

With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

• [FULFILLS] They will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues; you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake ← MT 10:17-18

greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.

But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!

If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin and then conferred together.

“What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.

But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”

Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.

On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.

There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales,

and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas ( meaning Son of Encouragement),

sold a field he owned, brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.

• [FULFILLS] They will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues; you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake ← MT 10:17-18

With his wife’s full knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds for himself, but brought a portion and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”