Places
Galilee in Isaiah 9
GAL-ih-lee
This place shows up in Isaiah 9:1: “But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Isaiah 9:1
“But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.”
What kids can learn
When you hear galilee in Isaiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Isaiah 9:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Isaiah 9:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Butthereshallbenomoregloomforherwhowasinanguish.IntheformerheintocontemptthelandofZebulunandthelandofNaphtali;butinthelattertimehehasmadeitglorious,bythewayofthesea,beyondtheJordan,ofthenations.