Table of Contents

Title Page 3
Copyright Page 4
Table of Contents 5
How to Use This eBook 7
Acknowledgments 8
Methodology: An Introductory Essay 10
General Bibliography 18
Abbreviations 22
Isaiah 30
Heading (1:1) 37
Courtroom Summons (1:2–31) 38
The Last Days for the Lord’s Mountain (2:1–22) 51
Judgment on Jerusalem, Judah, and Their Women (3:1–4:1) 61
The Branch of Yahweh (4:2–6) 65
Allegory of the Vineyard (5:1–7) 66
Woes and Judgments against Oppressors (5:8–30) 69
Isaiah’s Commission and Message (6:1–13) 74
Isaiah and Ahaz (7:1–9) 87
Immanuel’s Sign (7:10–25) 90
Assyria Is Coming (8:1–10) 97
Wait for God (8:11–22) 101
A Child Is Born (9:1–7) 104
Condemnation of Israel’s Sinful Pride (9:8–10:4) 111
Condemnation of Assyria’s Sinful Pride (10:5–19) 115
A Returning Remnant (10:20–34) 119
Oracle of the Coming Ideal King (11:1–16) 121
A Praise Hymn (12:1–6) 126
An Oracle against Babylon (13:1–22) 127
Babylon Taunted (14:1–23) 133
Oracle against Assyria (14:24–27) 138
Oracle against Philistia (14:28–32) 139
Oracle against Moab (15:1–16:14) 140
Oracle against Damascus (17:1–14) 144
Oracle against Cush (18:1–7) 148
Oracle against Egypt (19:1–25) 151
Blessings for Egypt, Assyria, and Israel (19:16–25) 159
Prophetic Signs for Egypt and Cush (20:1–5) 162

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Babylon’s Doom (21:1–10) 164
Prophecies against Edom and Arabia (21:11–17) 166
Oracle against Jerusalem (22:1–25) 168
Oracle against Tyre (23:1–18) 173
Judging the Earth (24:1–23) 176
God’s Blessing on Zion (25:1–12) 179
Judah’s Salvation Song (26:1–21) 181
Israel’s Restoration (27:1–13) 183
Drunken Ephraim (28:1–13) 186
Jerusalem’s Covenant with Death (28:14–29) 188
Siege of Ariel (29:1–10) 190
Vision of Restoration (29:11–24) 192
Woe to the Obstinate (30:1–5) 193
Oracle against Animals of the Negev (30:6–14) 195
Grace Offered to Zion (30:15–26) 197
Judgment on Assyria (30:27–33) 198
Woe to Those Turning to Egypt (31:1–9) 199
Righteous Rule (32:1–8) 200
Warning to Women (32:9–20) 201
Promised Help in Distress (33:1–24) 203
All Nations Judged (34:1–17) 208
Bursting Joy (35:1–10) 211
Assyria Besieges Jerusalem (36:1–22) 214
Prophecy of Deliverance (37:1–13) 220
Hezekiah’s Prayer and God’s Response (37:14–38) 221
Hezekiah’s Illness and Extension of Life (38:1–22) 227
Babylonian Envoys (39:1–8) 229
Yahweh Returns to Jerusalem (40) 232
God’s Accusations (41:1–29) 240
Yahweh Works through His Servant, Blind and Deaf Israel (42:1–25) 243
God the Merciful Creator (43:1–14) 250
Rebuffing God’s Mercy (43:15–28) 254
The Lord’s Servant (44:1–5) 256
Rejecting Idols (44:6–23) 259
Restored Jerusalem (44:24–28) 260
Cyrus, a Messiah (45:1–25) 262
Babylon’s Gods vs. Israel’s God (46:1–13) 266
Babylon’s Abasement (47:1–15) 270
Stubborn Israel Accused (48:1–11) 275
God’s Call of Love (48:12–22) 276
The Servant of the Lord (49:1–7) 277

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 Israel Restored (49:8–26) 279
Sin and Obedience (50:1–11) 283
Zion’s Comfort (51:1–16) 284
Drunk on God’s Wrath (51:17–23) 286
Zion’s Enthronement (52:1–12) 287
God’s Servant Suffers (52:13–53:12) 289
Barren Zion Vindicated (54) 294
Compassion for the Oppressed (55:1–13) 296
Outsiders Made Insiders (56:1–8) 299
Accusing the Wicked (56:9–57:13) 300
The Contrite Revived (57:14–21) 306
Fasting: The Good and the Bad (58:1–14) 307
Sin, Separation, and Redemption (59:1–21) 309
Jerusalem’s Glory Restored (60:1–22) 310
God’s Good Favor (61:1–11) 313
Zion’s Coming Salvation (62:1–12) 314
God’s Angry Vengeance (63:1–6) 316
Prayer for God’s Love and Mercy (63:7–64:12) 317
Dispensing Judgment and Salvation (65:1–16) 318
Heaven and Earth Renewed (65:17–25) 320
God Repays Good and Ill (66:1–6) 321
Mother Zion Rejoices (66:7–14) 324
Judgment and Hope (66:15–24) 325
Picture Index 373
The New International Version Appendix 407

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