ISAIAH OUTLINE

 

Features:  Messianic Prophecies. (Sometimes spoken of as the “Fifth Gospel.”)

Time: Captivity of the Northern Tribes. (around 721 BC) under the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah.

Isaiah is sometimes viewed as “The prince of the prophets” because of the beauty and lofty nature of his visions.

Chap.

Key Words

Vision

Outline

 

 

 

 

SECTION I.  JUDAH, ISRAEL & ASSYRIA (Chap. 1-35)

 

 

 

 

I.         JUDAH AND JERUSALEM’S WARNINGS (Chap. 1-6)

1:

Introduction

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A.  GENERAL INTRODUCTION (1:1-1:31)

 

 

 

1.    Prologue: A people who do not know.

(Concerning Judah & Jerusalem)

 

 

 

2.    Their terrible condition (1:2-9)

 

 

 

3.    Hypocritical worship (1:10-17)

 

 

 

4.    Appeal to reason (1:18-20)

 

 

 

5.    Lament Jerusalem’s corrupt state (1:21-23)

 

 

 

6.    Intention to purify them (1:24-31)

 

2:

Mountain

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B.   THEIR JUDGMENT ANALYZED (2:1--5:30)

 

 

 

1.        A glorious future (2:1-4)

(The mountain of the Lord’s house)

 

 

 

2.        Present corruption (2:5-11)

 

 

 

3.        The Day of the Lord (1:12-22)

3:

Judgment

 

4.        The removal of order (3:1-12)

 

 

 

5.        Jehovah will contend with them  (3:13-15)

 

 

 

6.        Judgment on the proud women (3:16--4:1)

4:

Branch

 

7.        The Branch of the Lord

(4:2-6) –MESSIANIC (Mat 2:23)

5:

Vineyard

(# ?)

8.    Song parable of the VINEYARD (5:1-7)

 

 

 

9.    Woe’s because of wickedness (5:8-23)

 

 

 

10.  The fire of Jehovah’s anger (5:24-25)

 

 

 

11.  Signal for enemies to come (5:26-30)

 

6:

Call

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C.   THE CALL OF ISAIAH (chapter 6)

(In the year that Uzziah died 2Kings 15:1-5)

 

 

                                                  

 

II.  ISRAEL AND SYRIA’S CONSPIRACY AGAINST JUDAY TO BE PUNISHED BY ASSYRIA  (IMMANUEL VISIONS) (chapters 7-12)

 

7:

Emmanuel

 

A.    MESSAGES TO AHAZ (chapter 7) 

 

 

 

 

 INTRO: Confederacy between Israel & Syria (7:1-2)

 

 

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        1.  Ephraim (Israel) to be broken in 5 years (7:3-9)

 

 

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 2.  The Lord’s sign: Virgin’s child; Time till Judah invaded by Assyria less than age child would eat butter (curd) and honey (7:10-25).

MESSIANIC (cf. Mat. 1:22-23)

 

 

 

 

B.   MESSAGES TO ISAIAH (8:--12:)

8:

Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz

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1.    Isaiah’s son, a sign--Assyrian conquest coming before the child can talk (8:1-4)

 

 

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2.    Assyrian Conquest Coming (8:5--12:6)

 

 

 

a.   Flood from Assyria (8:5-22) 

MESSIAH (8:8 cf. Mat. 1;23)

MESSIAH (8:14 cf. Rom 9:33; 1Pet 2:8)

MESSIAH (8:18 cf. Heb. 2:13)

9:

Child

 

b.   Reassurance of the coming child king on the throne of David (9:1--10:4) 

MESSIAH (9:1-2 see Mat. 4:14-16)

MESSIAH  (9:6-7 see Lk. 1:32-33; Ac. 2:30)

c.        God’s wrath certain “His anger is not turned away”

9:8-12. “His anger is not turned away”

9:13-17 “His anger is not turned away”

9:18-21 “His anger is not turned away”

10:

Assyria

 

10:1-4 “His anger is not turned away”

 

 

(10:5 # ?)

d    Warning to Assyria, their judgment coming.(10:5-34).

MESSIAH (“Remnant” –10:20-22 cf. Rom 9:27; 11:5)

11:

Branch

 

e.    Restoration promised. (chapters 11-12)

 

 

 

1)       The shoot of Jesse (11:1-5)

MESSIAH (see Mt. 2:23; Rev. 5:5; 19:15; 22:16)

 

 

 

2)       The wolf and the lamb lay down in peace (11:6-9)

 

 

 

3)       The ensign for the nations (11:10-16)

MESSIAH (see Rom 15:12; Rev 22:16)

12:

Song

 

4)    Praise song for salvation (chapter 12)

 

 

 

 

III. JUDGMENT UPON THE NATIONS (chapters 13-23)

 

13:

Babylon

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BURDEN OF BABYLON (13:1--14:27)

 

 

 

1.   Nations called against her (13:1-5)

 

 

 

2.   Wail for coming calamities (13:6-16)

 

 

 

3.   Medes to be stirred up and Babylon desolated (13:17-22)

14:

Parable

 

4.   Promise return of Jacob (14:1-2)

 

 

 

5.   Parable against the king of Babylon (14:3-20)

 

 

 

6.   God will cut off the yoke of Babylonia and Assyria (14:21-27)

 

 

 

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BURDEN OF PHILISTIA (14:28-32)

 

 

 

 (In the year that Ahaz died)   

 

 

 

 “Smoke from the North”          

                 

15:

Moab

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BURDEN OF MOAB (chapters 15, 16:)

 

 

 

1.        Weeping of Moab (15:1-9)

16:

Pride

 

2.        Admonition to shelter God’s people (16:6-12)

MESSIAH (16:5 cf. Lk 1:22; Ac. 2:30)

 

 

 

3.        Pride of Moab its downfall (16:6-12)

4.        Within 3 years, only small remnant spared (16:13-14)

 

17:

Damascus

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BURDEN OF DAMASCUS (SYRIA)

 

 

 

1.        Only a gleaning left (17:1-11)

 

 

 

2.        Nations against God’s people destroyed

18:

Ethiopia

 

3.    The land of rustling wings –beyond Ethiopia will bring gifts. (chapter  18)

 

19:

Egypt

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BURDEN OF EGYPT 

To be smitten and healed “In that day”

 

20:

False Hopes

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EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA ARE FALSE HOPES

 

 

 

(Year Tartan, sent by Sargon, took Ashdod in Samaria.)

Assyria to lead away Egyptians “Naked and barefoot”

 

 

 

 

21:

Babylon

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BURDEN OF THE DESERT OF THE SEA (21:1-10)

 

 

 

(Babylon to fall)        

 

 

 

 

 

Edom

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 BURDEN OF DUMAH   (21:11-12)

 

 

 

(Edom’s coming Long night)

 

 

 

 

 

Arabia

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BURDEN OF ARABIA  (21:13-17)

 

 

 

(To diminish within the year)

 

 

 

 

22:

Jerusalem

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BURDEN OF THE VALLEY OF VISION (JERUSALEM)

 

 

 

1.    Condemnation for behavior in crisis rather than trusting God. (22:1-14; cf. 2Chron 32)