Come Follow Me Insights This Week: October 3

Take this 3-question quiz first to see how much you know BEFORE you read!

Created on September 18, 2022 By

Tasha

October 3: Come Follow Me Quiz

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How did Isaiah die?

Translated

Old Age

As a martyr

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What kind of Hebrew literary device was used in the last 7 chapters of Isaiah?

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Chiasmus

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Why would Joseph Smith likely not have known about chiasmus and been able to add it himself to the Book of Mormon?

It wasn’t widely known until the 1890’s

It wasn’t widely known until the 1900’s

It wasn’t widely known until the 1930’s

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The average score is 60%

This Week's Reading: Isaiah 58-66

Come Follow Me Insight #1

What happened to Isaiah after he stopped writing and prophesying? Tradition says that the only reason Isaiah stopped his prophetic work was because he died as a martyr. How? Again tradition says that Isaiah died by being “sawn asunder” or cut in two with a saw. (Source)

Come Follow Me Insight #2

Chiasmus is a literary device used throughout the Bible (including in these final chapters of Isaiah). The basic chiastic structure is for one line (or section of writing) to correspond directly with the line (or section) opposite it. Chiasmus can be as simple as two lines such as in Proverbs 15:1:

1. A soft answer turneth away wrath:
2. But grievous words stir up anger

Or it can be multiple lines or even chapters such as in Isaiah 59-66. (Source)

Come Follow Me Insight #3

Chiasmus is one of the great “proofs” of the authenticity of the Book of Mormon. Mosiah 3:18-19 is a wonderful example of chiastic structure:

Men will drink damnation to their souls unless
	They humble themselves
		and become as little children
			believing that salvation is in the atoning blood of Christ;
				for the natural man
					is an enemy to God
						and has been from the fall of Adam
					and will be forever and ever
				unless he yieldeth to the Holy Spirit
			and putteth off the natural man
		and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ
	and becometh as a child
submissive, meek and humble. (Mosiah 3:18–19)

Joseph Smith would definitely NOT have known about chiasmus since it wasn’t widely known about until the 1930’s. (Source)

My Favorite Scriptures for the Week

1. 1. Isaiah 58:6
  2. Isaiah 58:13
  3. Isaiah 59:8
  4. Isaiah 59:21
  5. Isaiah 60:19
  6. Isaiah 64:8
  7. Isaiah 65:25

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