IntroductionIsrael taken into captivity by Assyria (Assyria lately conquered by Babylonia)Judah -- Southern Kingdom was taken into captivity later.  The nation was never really restored until 1946.  But, a remnant came back to rebuild the temple, etc.Isaiah 10In verse 20 . . . ."in that day" --> a reference to the futureIsaiah 11Verse 1 "A shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse" (there will be a new and better David)Verse 10 "Then it will come about in that day that the nations will resort to the root of Jesse, who will stand as a signal for the people; and His resting place will be glorious."Ezekiel 34 -- "I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out . . . and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered . . . And will bring them to their own land . . . Will set over them on shepherd, My servant David and he will feed them from himself and be their shepherd . . And I will make a covenant of peace with them . . . Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they  . . . Are my people."Scripture, rightly taken, orients our perspective such that we realize that God is in control and knows what he's doing (and that the world doesn't revolve around us).Isaiah 12 -- praise to the Lord for the things done "in that day"Isaiah 13 -- "prophecies concerning Babylon"Nebuchadnezzar conquered Judah and took them into exile. Per Bill "I'll use 'em but I won't bless 'em."The fall of Babylon at the hand of the Meades and Persians is documented in Daniel. (And referenced in Isaiah