Major Prophets
What should a child notice in Isaiah 21?
Isaiah 21 opens with these words: “The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.” The line to keep is Isaiah 21:4: “My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.” Carry the word “heart” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Isaiah 21:4: “My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.” What happens first in Isaiah 21?
Isaiah 21:4
“My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.”
Isaiah 21:3
“Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.”
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Say it
Practice Isaiah 21:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Myheartflutters.Horrorhasfrightenedme.ThetwilightthatIdesiredhasbeenforme.