Isaiah and other Prophets Warn and Console God’s People
About 5 minutes, from portions of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel
Participants (No need to memorize lines; the aim is to relive sacred events, not to perform)
  Baruch         (Pronounced bar-ook)
  Isaiah
  Jeremiah
  Prompter      Shout a brief line and Echoes repeat it.
  Echoes         Children and all adults who want to take part. Echoes need no script.
Baruch |
My name is Baruch. I am the prophet Jeremiah’s secretary. |
Prompter & Echoes |
600 years before Christ. |
Baruch |
Oh! Here is the prophet Isaiah. |
Isaiah |
In King Uzziah’ final year, I see the Lord high and exalted on a throne; |
Prompter & Echoes |
Woe is me! |
Isaiah |
I am ruined! I have unclean lips, and I have seen the Lord of hosts. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Send me! |
Isaiah |
The Lord sends me to warn both Judah and the pagan nations around her |
Baruch |
How fearful! |
Isaiah |
There is a brighter side. The God of the whole earth will send a Messiah, |
Baruch |
I will read what you prophesied about Him. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Lamb of God! |
Baruch |
Isaiah, God has shown you things far in the future. |
Isaiah |
Yes, He told me, “Look, I create new heavens and a new earth; |
Baruch |
We move on in time. Those dark clouds of oppression are now closer; |
Jeremiah |
I am Jeremiah. The Holy One tells me, “I put My words in your mouth.†|
Prompter & Echoes |
And Jeremiah weeps! |
Baruch |
I have been recording your prophecies on this scroll, Jeremiah. |
Jeremiah |
When his scribe reads a few columns, the King cuts them with a knife, |
Prompter & Echoes |
Oh no! |
Jeremiah |
But God tells me to repeat those prophecies, Baruch. Write them again. |
Baruch |
Jeremiah suffers many abuses; adversaries throw him into a pit of miry clay. |
Jeremiah |
Yes. Everyone is selling their land for whatever they can get for it, |
Baruch |
Ezekiel warns and consoles. |
Prompter & Echoes |
New life! |
Baruch |
Ezekiel also sees a vision of Messiah entering a New Jerusalem, |
Prompter & Echoes |
How painfully sad! |
Baruch |
Pagan soldiers make us sing for their entertainment. |
Prompter & Echoes |
How terrible! |
Baruch |
Yes, it is terrible. We Jews are captives in a pagan land for 70 years. |
Prompter & Echoes |
Come, blessed Messiah, come! |