
Maps were created by Andrew Livingston.
Jacket
Isaiah, illustration by Gustave Doré
Sunset, pots, valley and flowers, olive tree, photographs by Carrilyn Clarkson
Falls, grapes, ship, photographs by Arnold H. Green
Gates, stone, lambs, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Laver, photograph by Andy North
Tomb, photograph by Justin Craig
Donald W. Parry, photograph by Bradley Slade
Acacia, photograph by D. Kelly Ogden
Frontispiece
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page v
Camels, photograph by Arnold H. Green
Spring, acacia tree, fish, plow, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page vi
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page ix
Photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page x
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Pages xii–1
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 3
Illustration by Gustave Doré
Page 4
Trough, ox, asses, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 5
Huts, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 6
Cistern at Jabal Sabir, photograph by Arnold H. Green
Grain, photograph by Brent Hall
Page 7
Cistern at Gibeon, grain storage, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 8
Vineyard, winepress, photographs by Tana
and Mac Graham
Page 9
Photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 10
Photograph by Biblical Archaeological Review Mesop 4-085 © Erich
Lessing/Art Resource, N.Y.
Page 11
Sycomore, photograph by Arnold H. Green
Bricks, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 12
Photograph © by Hershel Shanks
Page 14
Natural chalk, beaten chalk stone, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 15
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 16
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 17
Broken pottery, cow, photographs by Tana
and Mac Graham
Page 18
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 19
Temples, photographs by Andy North
Page 20
Dovecote, loom, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 21
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 22
Photograph by Justin Craig
Page 23
Wildlife, horse, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Pages 24–25
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 26
Ship, bees, razor, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 27
Photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 29
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 30
Photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 32
Illustrations by Anne Stewart
Page 33
Mire, nest, photographs by Tana and Mac
Graham
Page 34
Saw, ax, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 35
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 36
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 38
Photograph by Biblical Archaeological Review Mesop 4-090 © Erich
Lessing/Art Resource, N.Y.
Page 39
Grain, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Market, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 40
Photograph by Biblical Archaeological Review Mesop 4-085 © Erich
Lessing/Art Resource, N.Y.
Page 41
Lachish, photograph by Justin Craig
Throne, photograph by Biblical Archeaological Review Mesop 4-083
© Erich Lessing/Art Resource, N.Y.
Page 42
Housetops, clay, photographs by Tana and
Mac Graham
Page 43
Gates, millstones, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Pages 44–45
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 46
Oak, wineskin, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Wineskin and pots, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 47
Tambourine, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Man with harp, photograph by Mindy Anderson
Page 48
Cart, gazelles, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 49
Tombs, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Absalom's tomb, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 50
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 51
Bed, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Ruins, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 52
Photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 53
Idols, fire, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 54
Damascus Gate, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Seashore, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 55
Sea of Galilee, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Bear, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 56
Photograph by Justin Craig
Page 57
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Pages 58–59
Photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 60
Laver, photograph by Andy North
River, photograph by D. Kelly Ogden
Page 61
Palace, top, photograph by Brent Hall
Palace, photograph by D. Kelly Ogden
Page 62
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 63
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 64
Soaring eagle, © by Frank Oberle, featured in Rebecca L. Grambo, ed., Eagles: Masters of the Sky
(Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill, 1997), p. 20.
Perched eagle, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 65
Acacia tree, photograph by D. Kelly Ogden
Mount Carmel, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 66
Photograph by Mindy Anderson
Page 67
Photograph by Justin Craig
Page 68
Photograph by Biblical Archaeological Review Mesop 4-089, © Erich
Lessing/Art Resource, N.Y.
Page 69
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 70
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 71
Family, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Flat bread, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 72
Stream, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Garden, photograph by Brent Hall
Page 73
Grapes, photograph by Arnold H. Green
Sheepfold, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Pages 74–75
Photograph by Justin Craig
Page 76
Lambs, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Wool on loom, photograph by Patti O'Connor-Seger
Page 77
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 78
Winnowing wheat, photograph by
Arnold H. Green
Sunrise, photograph by S. Kent Brown
Page 79
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 80
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 81
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 82
Herodian cornerstones, early cornerstones, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 84
Plow, plowman and ass, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 85
Thicket, shepherd, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 86
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 87
Old man, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Clouds, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 88
Wall close-up, photograph by Brent Hall
Gate, "Golden Gate in Jerusalem" © Zev Radovan
Page 89
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 90
"The ankle bone of a crucified man." © Zev Radovan
Page 91
Red olive oil, photograph by Matthew J. Grey
Olive press, photograph by Tana and Mac
Graham
Page 92
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 93
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 94
Garden Tomb © Richard Nowitz
River, photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 95
Clay pots, potter, photographs by Carrilyn
Clarkson
Pages 96–97
Photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 99
Photograph "Temple Reflections" © 2000 by Leigh Gunnell
Page 101
Waves, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Sand dunes, photograph by D. Kelly Ogden
Page 102
Leopard, goats, photographs by Tana and
Mac Graham
Boy, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 103
Photograph by D. Kelly Odgen
Page 104
Idols, white blossoms, almond blossoms, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 105
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 106
Reeds, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Parched earth, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Pages 106–107
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 108
Threshing floor, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Sledge, photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 109
Below Banias Falls, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Dan River, photograph by Arnold H. Green
Page 110
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 111
Bracelets, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Bedouin woman, photograph by D. Kelly Ogden
Page 112
Photograph © by Garo Nalbandian
Page 113
Palm tree, photograph by Mindy Anderson
Mountain, photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 114
Camel, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 115
Pitcher, bowl, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Pages 116–117
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 118
Plowshares, pruning hook, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 119
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 121
Oak, cedars, photographs by Arnold H. Green
Page 122
Castle watchtower, photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Wall, photograph by John W. Welch
Page 123
Bats, thorns, photographs by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 124
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 125
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 126
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 127
Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham
Page 128
Photograph by Carrilyn Clarkson
Page 129
Illustration by Andrew Livingston
Page 131
Christ in a Red Robe by Minerva Teichert © by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Courtesy of Museum of Church History
and Art. Used by Permission.
Page 133
Poppies, olive tree, photographs by Brent
Hall
Sea, mountainside, photographs by Carrilyn Clarkson
Temple, photograph by Carmen Cole
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SCRIPTURE INDEX
Isaiah 1:1, p. 2
Isaiah 1:3, p. 4
Isaiah 1:8, p. 5
Isaiah 1:16, p. 60
Isaiah 1:18, p. 76
Isaiah 1:30, p. 46
Isaiah 2:2–3, p. 96
Isaiah 2:4, p. 118
Isaiah 2:10, p. 119
Isaiah 2:12–13, p. 121
Isaiah 2:13, 15; p. 122
Isaiah 2:16, p. 26
Isaiah 2:20, p. 123
Isaiah 3:1, 8; p. 6
Isaiah 5:1–2, p. 8
Isaiah 5:11, p. 46
Isaiah 5:12, p. 47
Isaiah 5:18, p. 48
Isaiah 5:30, p. 99
Isaiah 7:3, p. 9
Isaiah 7:8, p. 10
Isaiah 7:18, p. 26
Isaiah 7:20, p. 26
Isaiah 7:23–25, p. 29
Isaiah 8:6–7, p. 30
Isaiah 8:14, p. 77
Isaiah 9:1–2, p. 78
Isaiah 9:3, p. 79
Isaiah 9:4, p. 79
Isaiah 9:9–10, p. 11
Isaiah 10:5–6, p. 33
Isaiah 10:14, p. 33
Isaiah 10:15, p. 34
Isaiah 10:17, p. 123
Isaiah 10:22, p. 99
Isaiah 11:1, p. 80
Isaiah 11:6, p. 102
Isaiah 13:14, p. 48
Isaiah 14:22–23, p. 35
Isaiah 18:3, p. 103
Isaiah 21:15, p. 38
Isaiah 22:9–11, p. 12
Isaiah 22:15–16, p. 49
Isaiah 23:1–3, p. 39
Isaiah 24:20, p. 124
Isaiah 25:2, p. 61
Isaiah 25:11–12, p. 50
Isaiah 27:9, p. 14
Isaiah 28:1, p. 15
Isaiah 28:16, p. 82
Isaiah 28:20, p. 51
Isaiah 28:24, p. 84
Isaiah 30:13, p. 16
Isaiah 30:14, p. 16
Isaiah 30:27–28, p. 125
Isaiah 31:7, p. 104
Isaiah 32:1–2, p. 85
Isaiah 32:14, p. 17
Isaiah 33:4, p. 62
Isaiah 33:12, p. 126
Isaiah 34:6, p. 127
Isaiah 35:1–2, p. 105
Isaiah 35:6–7, p. 106
Isaiah 36:1, p. 41
Isaiah 36:7, p. 18
Isaiah 37:14–15, p. 19
Isaiah 37:27, p. 42
Isaiah 38:12–14, p. 20
Isaiah 40:3, p. 63
Isaiah 40:9, p. 107
Isaiah 40:11, p. 85
Isaiah 40:31, p. 64
Isaiah 41:15, p. 108
Isaiah 41:18, p. 109
Isaiah 41:19–20, p. 65
Isaiah 41:25, p. 42
Isaiah 42:3, p. 86
Isaiah 44:22, p. 86
Isaiah 44:28, p. 22
Isaiah 45:2, p. 43
Isaiah 46:1, p. 52
Isaiah 46:4, p. 87
Isaiah 46:6, p. 52
Isaiah 47:2, p. 43
Isaiah 48:18, p. 67
Isaiah 49:2, p. 110
Isaiah 49:10, p. 67
Isaiah 49:16, p. 88
Isaiah 49:18, p. 111
Isaiah 50:11, p. 53
Isaiah 51:1–2, p. 69
Isaiah 53:2, p. 89
Isaiah 53:5, pp. 90, 91
Isaiah 53:6, p. 93
Isaiah 53:7, p. 93
Isaiah 53:9, p. 94
Isaiah 54:2, p. 112
Isaiah 54:17, p. 69
Isaiah 55:1, p. 94
Isaiah 55:12, p. 113
Isaiah 56:10, p. 54
Isaiah 57:20, p. 54
Isaiah 58:5, p. 70
Isaiah 58:6–7, p. 71
Isaiah 58:11, p. 72
Isaiah 59:10, p. 55
Isaiah 59:11, p. 55
Isaiah 60:6–7, p. 114
Isaiah 60:20, p. 128
Isaiah 63:1–3, p. 130
Isaiah 63:11–14, p. 23
Isaiah 64:8, p. 95
Isaiah 65:4, p. 57
Isaiah 65:8, p. 73
Isaiah 65:10, p. 73
Isaiah 66:20, p. 115