A STUDY OF ISAIAH Index ISAIAH ......................................................... 3 Outline .......................................................... 4 Chapter 1 ....................................................... 7 Chapter 2 ..................................................... 10 Chapter 3 ..................................................... 12 Chapter 4 ..................................................... 13 Chapter 5 ..................................................... 14 Chapter 6 ..................................................... 16 Chapter 7 ..................................................... 18 Chapter 8 ..................................................... 19 Chapter 9 ..................................................... 20 Chapter 10 ................................................... 21 Chapter 11 ................................................... 23 Chapter 12 ................................................... 25 Chapter 13 ................................................... 26 Chapter 14 ................................................... 27 Chapter 15 ................................................... 29 Chapter 16 ................................................... 30 Chapter 17 ................................................... 31 Chapter 18 ................................................... 32 Chapter 19 ................................................... 32 Chapter 20 ................................................... 34 Chapter 21 ................................................... 35 Chapter 22 ................................................... 35 Chapter 23 ................................................... 36 Chapter 24 ................................................... 37 Chapter 25 ................................................... 38 Chapter 26 ................................................... 39 Chapter 27 ................................................... 40 Chapter 28 ................................................... 41 Chapter 29 ................................................... 43 Chapter 30 ................................................... 44 Chapter 31 ................................................... 46 1 Chapter 32 ................................................... 47 Chapter 33 ................................................... 48 Chapter 34 ................................................... 50 Chapter 35 ................................................... 51 Chapter 36 ................................................... 53 Chapter 37 .................................................. 54 Chapter 38 ................................................... 56 Chapter 39 ................................................... 58 Chapter 40 ................................................... 59 Chapter 41 ................................................... 63 Chapter 42 ................................................... 65 Chapter 43 ................................................... 68 Chapter 44 ................................................... 70 Chapter 45 ................................................... 72 Chapter 46 ................................................... 76 Chapter 47 ................................................... 77 Chapter 48 ................................................... 79 Chapter 49 ................................................... 81 Chapter 50 ................................................... 84 Chapter 51 ................................................... 86 Chapter 52 ................................................... 88 Chapter 53 ................................................... 90 Chapter 54 ................................................... 92 Chapter 55 ................................................... 94 Chapter 56 ................................................... 96 Chapter 57 ................................................... 98 Chapter 58 ................................................... 99 Chapter 59 ................................................. 101 Chapter 60 ................................................. 104 Chapter 61 ................................................. 107 Chapter 62 ................................................. 109 Chapter 63 ................................................. 110 Chapter 64 ................................................. 112 Chapter 65 ................................................. 113 Chapter 66 ................................................. 116 2 ISAIAH Commentary by Dr. Mark G. Cambron This begins the PROPHETICAL BOOKS of the Old Testament. As we begin to study the Old Testament Prophets, it is well to remember that a prophet is God’s spokesman, one who speaks for God. People think that a prophet is only a “foreteller” when, in reality, he is a “forthteller.” God always raised up a prophet during the time of apostasy. What he said had reference mostly to local situations and Israeli conditions. And remember, too, that it is the prophecy of Daniel who foretells and forthtells the plan of God for the “time of the Gentiles.” The subject matter of Old Testament Prophecy is divided into the following seven parts — and we want to point out at this time that not all the prophets foretold all the seven things, for many of them lived many years after the first prophecies had been fulfilled; therefore, we look at all the prophecies, as a whole, we learn that all prophecies fall into the seven categories: (1) The prophet spoke to his Own People; (2) He foretold the coming 70 Year Captivity; (3) Then he saw the Restoration from that Babylonian Captivity; (4) The First Coming of Christ; (5) World Wide Dispersion of the Jews; (6) The Great Tribulation was next in his prophecy; and (7) The Kingdom Reign of the Lord Jesus Christ. Chronological Outline: PRE-EXILE PROPHETS Israel Judah Jonah (to Nineveh). Some say this is the Isaiah oldest prophecy. Amos Micah Hosea Nahum All these prophecies covered 102 years. Then there is a SILENCE of 70 years. Obadiah Habakkuk Joel Zephaniah Jeremiah (extends into the Exile) From Jeremiah to Ezekiel was 94 years. Daniel Ezekiel After Ezekiel comes a silence of 50-75 years. POST-EXILE PROPHETS Haggai Zechariah After Zechariah comes a silence of 100-125 years. Malachi After Malachi comes a silence of 400 years to the next and last: John the Baptist. As we study this great Book, we notice that Isaiah is a little Bible in itself. We know that our Bible is divided into TWO divisions — Isaiah is divided into TWO divisions. There 3 are 39 Books in the first, and 27 in the second; there are 39 chapters (we know that chapters are man-made, however) in the first part of Isaiah, and 27 chapters in the second part of Isaiah. The FIRST DIVISION of the Bible has to do with Israel and their sins — the same as with the first division of the Book of Isaiah. The SECOND DIVISION of the Bible has to do with Christ’s coming and suffering, and the Second Coming of Christ in glory — the same with the second division of Isaiah. Isaiah 1-6 covers the time of Kings Ussiah and Jotham found in II Chronicles 26-27. Isaiah 7-14 covers the time of King Ahaz, found in II Chronicles 28. Isaiah 15-66 covers the time of King Hezekiah, found in II Chronicles 29. King Manasseh, tradition claims, put Isaiah to death by placing him in a hollow tree and sawing it in two (Hebrews 11:37). Outline I. Prophecies Anticipating the Captivity (1-35) A. Concerning Israel (1-12) 1. The Indictment and Judgment of the Nation (1-5) a. Her Past (1:1-15) b. Her Present (1:16-31) c. Her Future (2-5) (1) Exaltation (2:1-5) (2) Tribulation (2:6-4:1) (3) Purification (4:2-6) (4) Tribulation (5) 2. The Call and Commission of the Prophet (6) “Woe, Lo, and Go” 3. The Desolation & Emancipation of the People (7-12) a. Her Signs (7:1-8:4) b. Her Distress (8:5-22) c. Her Hope (9:1-7) d. Her Warning (9:8-10:4) e. Her Enemy (10:5-34) Assyria as an enemy: God used this nation as an instrument to punish this hypocritical Israel — God’s Own People f. Her restoration (11) g. Her Thanksgiving (12) B. Concerning the Gentiles (13-26) 1. The Burden of Babylon (13:1-14:27) (Prophetic Warning) 2. The Warning to Philistia (14:28-42) 4 3. The Burden of Moab (15-16) 4. The Burden of Damascus (17:1-11) 5. The Woe to Assyria (17:12-14) 6. The Assurance to Ethiopia (18) 7. The Burden of Egypt (19-20) 8. The Burden of Babylon (21:1-10) Both the rivers Euphrates and Nile are called seas. Euphrates is called, too, the flood. 9. The Burden of Eden (21:11-12) 10. The Burden of Arabia (21:13-17) 11. The Burden Upon Jerusalem (22:1-14) 12. Denunciation of Shebna (22:15-25) 13. The Burden of Tyre (23) 14. The Establishment of Israel (24-26) C. Concerning Israel (27-35) 1. Her Restoration (27) 2. Her Warnings (28-33) a. Woe to Ephraim (28) This is the Northern Kingdom b. Woe to Ariel (29:1-14) Jerusalem c. Woe to Those Who Hide Their Plans from God (29:15-24) d. Woe to the Pro-Egypt Party (30) e. Woe to Those Who Trust in Horses and Chariots (31-32) f. Woe to the Assyrian Spoiler (33) 3. Her Enemies (34) 4. Her Ransom (35) II. History Concerning Hezekiah (36-39) A. Invasion of Sennacherib (36:1-3) B. Insolence of Rabshakeh (36:4-22) C. Intention of God (37:1-7) D. Intervention of God (37:8-18) E. Intercession of Hezekiah (37:19-20) F. Intervention of God (37:21-38) G. Illness of Hezekiah (38:1-3) H. Intervention of God (38:4-22) I. Iniquity of Hezekiah (39) Pride lifted his head — II Chronicles 32:25-31 III. Prophecies Anticipating Deliverance (40-66) 5 A. The Deliverance (40-48) 1. The Announcement