Objects
sandal in Isaiah 11
SAN-dul
This thing shows up in Isaiah 11:15: “Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real thing in a real place.
Isaiah 11:15
“Yahweh will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will split it into seven streams, and cause men to march over in sandals.”
What kids can learn
When you hear sandal in Isaiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this thing in the story on purpose.
Read Isaiah 11:15 again tomorrow and ask what the thing is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Isaiah 11:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
YahwehwillutterlythetongueoftheEgyptiansea;andwithhisscorchinghewavehishandovertheRiver,andwillsplititintosevenstreams,andcausementomarchoverinsandals.