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Isaiah

Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

• Author
  • Isaiah 1:1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
  • Isaiah “Yahweh Is Salvation”
  • Isaiah was martyred during the reign of Manasseh. Most believed he was cut into.
• Date
  • 700-690 B.C.
  • Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
• Theme
  • God’s Salvation
• Purpose
  • To declare God’s displeasure with Judah, Israel, and surrounding nations due to their disobedience
    • Isaiah 1:2-4 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me; The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master’s crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider. Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.
  • A warning to God’s people and a call to repentance
    • Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
  • A message of hope for the faithful remnant
    • Isaiah 37:31 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.
      • Remnant is the people who would come back from Babylon.
• Content
  • 2 Parts:
    • Chapters 1-39
      • God’s Judgment
    • Chapters 40-66
      • God’s Salvation and Restoration
  • Judgment and hope of restoration Isaiah 1:1-6:13
    • Isaiah 2:6 For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with eastern ways; They are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they are pleased with the children of foreigners.
    • Isaiah 6:11-13 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
      • the tenth is the remnant and the one that didn’t leave.
      • they are few and heavily persecuted.
  • Trust in Assyria or God Isaiah 7:1-12:6
    • 2 Kings 16:7-8 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hand of the king of Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me. And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king’s house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
  • Prophecies about nations Isaiah 13:1-23:18
    • Prophecy concerning
      • Babylon
      • Assyria
      • Philistia
      • Moab
      • Syria
      • Israel
      • Ethiopia
      • Egypt
      • Edom
      • Arabia
      • Jerusalem
      • Tyre
  • Israel’s judgment and deliverance Isaiah 24:1-27:13
    • Isaiah 24:5-6 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left.
    • Isaiah 27:2-6 In that day sing to her, A vineyard of red wine! the LORD, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day. Fury is not in Me. Who would set briers and thorns against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. Or let him take hold of My strength That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me. Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, A fill the face of the world with fruit.
  • Warnings, judgment, and future glory Isaiah 28:1-35:10
    • Isaiah 31:1-5 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, And rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, And in horsemen because they are very strong. But who do Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster, And will not call back His words, But will arise not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the LORD! against the house of evildoers, And against the help of those who work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; And their horses are flesh, and not spirit When the LORD stretches out His hand, Both he who helps will fall, And he who is helped will fall down; They all will perish together. For thus the LORD has spoken to me: “As a lion roars, And a young lion over his prey (When a multitude of shepherds is summoned against him. He will not be afraid of their voice Nor be disturbed by their noise), So the LORD of hosts will come down To fight Like birds flying about, So will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem. Defending, He will also deliver it; Passing over, He will preserve it. for Mount Zion and for its hill.
  • King Hezekiah and Assyria Isaiah 36:1-39:8
    • Isaiah 38:5-6 Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.”
  • Promises of deliverance Isaiah 40:1-56:8
    • Isaiah 40:1-5 “Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned; For she has received from the LORD’S hand Double for all her sins.” The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth; The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together, For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
  • The future kingdom Isaiah 56:9-66:24
    • Isaiah 60:1 (NKJV) Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.
    • Isaiah 60:1(AMP) Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you-rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory or the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!
    • Isaiah 61:6-7 But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast. Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
• Christ in the Book of Isaiah
  • The book of Isaiah contains more prophecies about the Messiah than any other Old Testament book. Seventeen chapters contain prophetic references to Christ.
  • Christ is spoken of:
    • The Lord
    • Branch of the Lord
    • Immanuel
    • Wonderful Counselor
    • Mighty God
    • Everlasting Father
    • Prince of Peace
    • Rod of Jesse
    • Cornerstone
    • King
    • Shepherd
    • Servant of Yahweh
    • Elect One
    • The Holy One of Isreal appears 25 times
    • Lamb of God
    • Leader and Commander
    • Redeemer
    • Anointed One
  • Isaiah Chapter 53
  • Isaiah Chapter 61