Places
Tarshish in Isaiah 66
TAR-shish
This place shows up in Isaiah 66:19: ““I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Isaiah 66:19
““I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.”
What kids can learn
When you hear tarshish in Isaiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Isaiah 66:19 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Isaiah 66:19
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
“Iwillsetaamongthem,andIsendthosewhoescapeofthemtothenations,toTarshish,Pul,andLud,whodrawthebow,toTubalandJavan,tofar-awayislands,whohavenotheardmyfame,norhaveseenmyglory;andtheyshalldeclaremyglorythenations.