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    ISAIAH

    OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

    • 1

      • A father and his rebellious sons (1-9)

      • Jehovah hates formalistic worship (10-17)

      • “Let us set matters straight” (18-20)

      • Zion to be restored as a faithful city (21-31)

    • 2

      • Jehovah’s mountain elevated (1-5)

        • Swords into plowshares (4)

      • Jehovah’s day humiliates the haughty (6-22)

    • 3

      • Judah’s leaders mislead the people (1-15)

      • Zion’s flirtatious daughters judged (16-26)

    • 4

      • Seven women to one man (1)

      • What Jehovah makes sprout will be glorious (2-6)

    • 5

      • Song about Jehovah’s vineyard (1-7)

      • Woes over Jehovah’s vineyard (8-24)

      • God’s anger against his people (25-30)

    • 6

      • Vision of Jehovah in his temple (1-4)

        • “Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah” (3)

      • Isaiah’s lips cleansed (5-7)

      • Isaiah commissioned (8-10)

        • “Here I am! Send me!” (8)

      • “How long, O Jehovah?” (11-13)

    • 7

      • Message to King Ahaz (1-9)

        • Shear-jashub (3)

      • Sign of Immanuel (10-17)

      • Consequences of unfaithfulness (18-25)

    • 8

      • The coming Assyrian invasion (1-8)

        • Maher-shalal-hash-baz (1-4)

      • Do not fear—“God is with us!” (9-17)

      • Isaiah and his children as signs (18)

      • Turn to the law, not to demons (19-22)

    • 9

      • A great light for the land of Galilee (1-7)

        • Birth of the “Prince of Peace” (6, 7)

      • God’s hand against Israel (8-21)

    • 10

      • God’s hand against Israel (1-4)

      • Assyria—​God’s rod of anger (5-11)

      • Punishment on Assyria (12-19)

      • A remnant of Jacob to return (20-27)

      • God will judge Assyria (28-34)

    • 11

      • Righteous rule of the twig of Jesse (1-10)

        • Wolf and lamb reside together (6)

        • Knowledge of Jehovah to fill the earth (9)

      • A remnant restored (11-16)

    • 12

      • Song of thanksgiving (1-6)

        • “Jah Jehovah is my strength” (2)

    • 13

      • Pronouncement against Babylon (1-22)

        • The day of Jehovah is near! (6)

        • Medes to overthrow Babylon (17)

        • Babylon never to be inhabited (20)

    • 14

      • Israel to dwell in its own land (1, 2)

      • Taunt against the king of Babylon (3-23)

        • Shining one to fall from heaven (12)

      • Jehovah’s hand to crush the Assyrian (24-27)

      • Pronouncement against Philistia (28-32)

    • 15

      • Pronouncement against Moab (1-9)

    • 16

      • Message against Moab continued (1-14)

    • 17

      • Pronouncement against Damascus (1-11)

      • Nations to be rebuked by Jehovah (12-14)

    • 18

      • Message against Ethiopia (1-7)

    • 19

      • Pronouncement against Egypt (1-15)

      • Egypt will get to know Jehovah (16-25)

        • An altar to Jehovah in Egypt (19)

    • 20

      • Sign against Egypt and Ethiopia (1-6)

    • 21

      • Pronouncement against the wilderness of the sea (1-10)

        • Keeping watch from the watchtower (8)

        • “Babylon has fallen!” (9)

      • Pronouncement against Dumah and the desert plain (11-17)

        • “Watchman, what of the night?” (11)

    • 22

      • Pronouncement about the Valley of Vision (1-14)

      • Steward Shebna replaced by Eliakim (15-25)

    • 23

      • Pronouncement against Tyre (1-18)

    • 24

      • Jehovah to empty the land (1-23)

        • Jehovah King in Zion (23)

    • 25

      • Rich blessings on God’s people (1-12)

        • Jehovah’s banquet of fine wine (6)

        • No more death (8)

    • 26

      • Song about trust and salvation (1-21)

        • Jah Jehovah, the eternal Rock (4)

        • Earth’s people to learn righteousness (9)

        • “Your dead will live” (19)

        • Enter the inner rooms and hide (20)

    • 27

      • Leviathan killed by Jehovah (1)

      • Song about Israel as a vineyard (2-13)

    • 28

      • Woe to Ephraim’s drunkards! (1-6)

      • Judah’s priests and prophets stagger (7-13)

      • “A covenant with Death” (14-22)

        • Precious cornerstone in Zion (16)

        • Jehovah’s unusual work (21)

      • Jehovah’s wise discipline illustrated (23-29)

    • 29

      • Woe to Ariel! (1-16)

        • Lip service condemned (13)

      • Deaf will hear; and blind will see (17-24)

    • 30

      • Egypt’s help completely useless (1-7)

      • People reject the prophetic message (8-14)

      • Strength by showing trust (15-17)

      • Jehovah shows his people favor (18-26)

        • Jehovah, the Grand Instructor (20)

        • “This is the way” (21)

      • Jehovah to execute judgment on Assyria (27-33)

    • 31

      • True help is from God, not from humans (1-9)

        • Egypt’s horses are flesh (3)

    • 32

      • A king and princes will rule for true justice (1-8)

      • Complacent women warned (9-14)

      • Blessings when spirit poured out (15-20)

    • 33

      • Judgment and hope for the righteous (1-24)

        • Jehovah is Judge, Lawgiver, and King (22)

        • No one will say: “I am sick” (24)

    • 34

      • Jehovah’s vengeance on the nations (1-4)

      • Edom to be desolated (5-17)

    • 35

      • Paradise restored (1-7)

        • Blind will see; deaf will hear (5)

      • Way of Holiness for redeemed ones (8-10)

    • 36

      • Sennacherib invades Judah (1-3)

      • The Rabshakeh taunts Jehovah (4-22)

    • 37

      • Hezekiah seeks God’s help through Isaiah (1-7)

      • Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (8-13)

      • Hezekiah’s prayer (14-20)

      • Isaiah conveys God’s answer (21-35)

      • An angel slays 185,000 Assyrians (36-38)

    • 38

      • Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery (1-22)

        • Song of gratitude (10-20)

    • 39

      • Messengers from Babylon (1-8)

    • 40

      • Comfort for God’s people (1-11)

        • A voice in the wilderness (3-5)

      • God’s greatness (12-31)

        • Nations like a drop from a bucket (15)

        • God dwells above “the circle of the earth” (22)

        • All stars called by name (26)

        • God never tires out (28)

        • Hoping in Jehovah gives new strength (29-31)

    • 41

      • A conqueror from the sunrise (1-7)

      • Israel chosen as God’s servant (8-20)

        • “Abraham my friend” (8)

      • Other gods challenged (21-29)

    • 42

      • God’s servant and his mission (1-9)

        • ‘Jehovah is my name’ (8)

      • A new song of praise to Jehovah (10-17)

      • Israel is blind and deaf (18-25)

    • 43

      • Jehovah regathers his people (1-7)

      • The gods on trial (8-13)

        • “You are my witnesses” (10, 12)

      • Release from Babylon (14-21)

      • “Let us bring our case against each other” (22-28)

    • 44

      • Blessings on God’s chosen people (1-5)

      • There is no God but Jehovah (6-8)

      • Absurdity of man-made idols (9-20)

      • Jehovah, Israel’s Repurchaser (21-23)

      • Restoration through Cyrus (24-28)

    • 45

      • Cyrus anointed to capture Babylon (1-8)

      • The clay not to contend with the Potter (9-13)

      • Other nations recognize Israel (14-17)

      • God is reliable in creation and in revelation (18-25)

        • Earth created to be inhabited (18)

    • 46

      • Babylonian idols versus Israel’s God (1-13)

        • Jehovah foretells the future (10)

        • A bird of prey from the sunrise (11)

    • 47

      • Fall of Babylon (1-15)

        • Astrologers exposed (13-15)

    • 48

      • Israel rebuked and purified (1-11)

      • Jehovah to act against Babylon (12-16a)

      • God’s teaching beneficial (16b-19)

      • “Go out from Babylon!” (20-22)

    • 49

      • Assignment of Jehovah’s servant (1-12)

        • A light of nations (6)

      • Comfort for Israel (13-26)

    • 50

      • Israel’s sins cause problems (1-3)

      • Jehovah’s obedient servant (4-11)

        • Tongue and ear of taught ones (4)

    • 51

      • Zion restored like the garden of Eden (1-8)

      • Comfort from Zion’s mighty Maker (9-16)

      • Cup of Jehovah’s wrath (17-23)

    • 52

      • Awake, O Zion! (1-12)

        • Beautiful feet of those bringing good news (7)

        • Zion’s watchmen shout in unison (8)

        • Those carrying Jehovah’s utensils must be clean (11)

      • Jehovah’s servant will be exalted (13-15)

        • A disfigured appearance (14)

    • 53

      • The suffering, death, and burial of Jehovah’s servant (1-12)

        • Despised and avoided (3)

        • Carries sicknesses and pains (4)

        • “Like a sheep to the slaughter” (7)

        • Sin of many carried by him (12)

    • 54

      • Barren Zion to have many sons (1-17)

        • Jehovah, husband to Zion (5)

        • Zion’s sons to be taught by Jehovah (13)

        • Weapons against Zion to fail (17)

    • 55

      • Invitation to eat and drink for free (1-5)

      • Search for Jehovah and his reliable word (6-13)

        • God’s ways higher than man’s (8, 9)

        • God’s word to have sure success (10, 11)

    • 56

      • Blessings on foreigners and eunuchs (1-8)

        • A house of prayer for all (7)

      • Blind watchmen, speechless dogs (9-12)

    • 57

      • Righteous one and loyal ones perish (1, 2)

      • Israel’s spiritual prostitution exposed (3-13)

      • Comfort for the lowly (14-21)

        • The wicked like the restless sea (20)

        • No peace for the wicked (21)

    • 58

      • True and false fasting (1-12)

      • Delighting in observing the Sabbath (13, 14)

    • 59

      • Israel’s sins cause alienation from God (1-8)

      • Confession of sins (9-15a)

      • Jehovah intervenes for the repentant (15b-21)

    • 60

      • Jehovah’s glory shines on Zion (1-22)

        • Like doves to their dovecotes (8)

        • Gold instead of copper (17)

        • The little one will become a thousand (22)

    • 61

      • Anointed to declare good news (1-11)

        • “Year of Jehovah’s goodwill” (2)

        • “Big trees of righteousness” (3)

        • Foreigners to assist (5)

        • “Priests of Jehovah” (6)

    • 62

      • Zion’s new name (1-12)

    • 63

      • Jehovah’s vengeance on the nations (1-6)

      • Jehovah’s loyal love in times past (7-14)

      • Prayer of repentance (15-19)

    • 64

      • Prayer of repentance continued (1-12)

        • Jehovah “our Potter” (8)

    • 65

      • Jehovah’s judgment against idolaters (1-16)

        • Gods of Good Luck and of Destiny (11)

        • “My servants will eat” (13)

      • New heavens and a new earth (17-25)

        • Building houses; planting vineyards (21)

        • No one will toil for nothing (23)

    • 66

      • True worship and false (1-6)

      • Mother Zion and her sons (7-17)

      • People gathered to worship in Jerusalem (18-24)