Isaiah

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Isaiah Part 1
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The key word of Isaiah is salvation. This word
appears 26 times, but only 7 times in the other
prophetic books combined.
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The theme of the book is found Isaiahs name,
which means Salvation is of the Lord.
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Isaiah 118 " Come now, and let us reason
together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are
like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow
Though they are red like crimson, They shall be
as wool.
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Isaiah 714 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give
you a sign Behold, the virgin shall conceive and
bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
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Isaiah 96 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a
Son is given And the government will be upon His
shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government
and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne
of David and over His kingdom, To order it and
establish it with judgment and justice From that
time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD
of hosts will perform this.
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Isaiah 536 All we like sheep have gone astray
We have turned, every one, to his own way And
the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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Key phrase is Holy One of Israel which appears
25 times.
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Key chapter is Isaiah 53, which describes the
suffering servant.
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Isaiahs favorite designation for Jehovah
(Yahweh) is The Lord of Hosts, used 62 times in
the book. The name designates the Lord as
omnipotent, and...is used by all the writing
prophets except Ezekiel, Joel, Obadiah, and
Jonah. The term hosts designated the armies of
Israel. It could also refer to the angels, the
heavenly messengers of the Lord, and to the stars
as Gods hosts. When, as here, it appears without
further qualification, it designates the Lord as
the God of all hosts, and is thus an equivalent
expression for the all-powerful God. - Edward
J. Young
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• Predictions fulfilled in his lifetime
• Judah to be delivered from Syria and Israel
  (74-7, 16)
• Syria an Israel to be destroyed by Assyria (84
  171-14)
• Assyria to invade Judah (87-8)
• Philistines to be conquered (1428-32)
• Moab to be plundered (15, 16)
• Egypt and Ethiopia to be conquered by Assyria
  (204)
• Arabia to be pillaged (2113-17)
• Tyre to be subdued (231-12)
• Jerusalem to be delivered from Assyria (36)
• Hezekiahs life to be extended 15 years (385)

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• Predictions fulfilled after his lifetime
• Babylonian captivity (395-7)
• Babylon to be overthrown by Cyrus (4611)
• Medes and Elamites would also devastate Babylon
  (1317 212 4814)
• Babylons perpetual desolation (1320-22)
• Cyrus called by name (4428 451,4)
• Cyrus conquest of the world (412-3)
• Cyrus to liberate the captives 200 years after
  Isaiah predicted it (4513)
• Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalem (4428 4513)
• Israel to be restored (2712-13 4820 5114)
• Israels religion to permeate Egypt and Assyria
  (19 18-25)
• Israels religion to spread over the whole world
  (272-6)
• Tyres captivity and restoration (2313-18)
• Edoms perpetual desolation (345-17)

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• Predictions about the Messiah
• His arrival (403-5)
• His virgin birth (714)
• Galilee to be the scene of his ministry (91-2)
• His Deity and the Eternity of His throne (96-7)
• His sufferings (Isa. 53)
• To die with the wicked (539)
• To be buried with the rich (539)
• Might and gentleness of His reign (4010-11)
• Righteousness and goodness of His reign ( 321-8
  611-3)
• His justice and kindness (423-4, 7)
• His rule over Gentiles (22-3 421,6 496
  554-5 566 603-5
• His vast influence (497, 23)

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The earliest copy of Isaiah in the original
Hebrew language was A.D. 900 for many years, but
thanks to the discover of the Dead Sea Scrolls in
1947, we have a copy that dates back 100 B.C. and
confirms that the authenticity of the A.D. 900
copy.
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His name means salvation of the Lord or the
Lord is salvation, and is symbolic of his
message. He is described as the son of Amoz
(Isa 11 21 131). He was married to a
prophetess (83) and had two sons who had
prophetic names that symbolized his message
(83-4 73) Shear-Jashub (the remnant shall
return, Isa 73) and Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz
(in-speed-spoil-booty-hastens, Isa 83).
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Isaiah received his visions in the days of
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of
Judah (Isa 11). It is generally thought the
vision of the throne scene which occurred in the
year Uzziah died Isa. 61 was the beginning
point of his ministry as a prophet (739 B.C.).
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This would mean Isaiah prophesied approximately
fifty years (739-690 B.C.).
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Assyria accepted, and the capital of Israel
(Samaria) fell in 722 B.C.
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King Hezekiah heeded Isaiah and God rewarded his
faith by killing 185,000 Assyrians (Isa 36-37).
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Later, in a moment of weakness Hezekiah showed
the ambassadors from Babylon (Assyrias enemy)
the house of his treasures (Isa 391-2). This
prompted Isaiah to foretell that the kings
treasures and his descendants would be taken away
to Babylon (Isa 395-7). With this prophecy as
an introduction, in chapters 40-66 Isaiah speaks
from the viewpoint of Babylonian exile and
foretells of the coming pardon, deliverance, and
restoration.
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• The following are the lessons taught by Isaiah
• He rebuked the sins of the people and to persuade
  them to repent and do the will of God.
• He warned his people about the impending doom of
  Judah because of their unfaithfulness. This came
  to pass 100 years later when Jerusalem was
  destroyed and her people were taken into
  Babylonian captivity.
• He uttered prophecies that would later be
  fulfilled which proved that God is Deity and that
  His Word never fails.
• He proclaimed the glorious hope of the Messiahs
  coming.
• He taught spiritual and moral lessons that
  applied during his day and apply to us today.

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• GENERAL OUTLINE
• THE ASSYRIAN PERIOD - CONFLICT AND VICTORY (1-39)
• PROPHECIES CONCERNING JUDAH AND JERUSALEM (1-12)
• PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE NATIONS (13-27)
• THE SOURCE OF TRUE DELIVERANCE (28-35)
• HISTORICAL INTERLUDE (36-39)
• THE BABYLONIAN PERIOD - HOPE FOR TROUBLED TIMES
  (40-66)
• THE ONE TRUE GOD VERSUS IDOLS (40-48)
• SALVATION THROUGH THE SUFFERING SERVANT (49-53)
• THE FUTURE GLORY FOR GODS PEOPLE (54-66)

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1. It will increase our faith in Jesus as the
   Messiah.
2. It will strengthen our hope in God as the One who
   is ultimately in control of all things, and will
   bring His purposes to pass.
3. It will inspire a deeper love for God.
4. It will increase our understanding as to how God
   ruled in the nations of men in the past, and how
   Christ may exercise His rule in the nations
   today.

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Isaiah 68 "Here am I! Send me."
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Isaiah 592 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God And your sins have hidden His
face from you, So that He will not hear.
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Isaiah 5720 But the wicked are like the troubled
sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up
mire and dirt. 21 "There is no peace," Says my
God, "for the wicked."
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Isaiah 202 at the same time the LORD spoke by
Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and remove
the sackcloth from your body, and take your
sandals off your feet." And he did so, walking
naked and barefoot. 3 Then the LORD said, "Just
as My servant Isaiah has walked naked and
barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder
against Egypt and Ethiopia, 4 "so shall the king
of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners
and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old,
naked and barefoot, with their buttocks
uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
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"Sackcloth was regarded as the appropriate dress
for prophets it was made of the coarse hair of
the goat." As for the instruction here to walk
naked and barefoot, it is a mistake to think that
Isaiah was totally nude. Hailey's quotation from
Delitzsch has this "What Isaiah was directed to
do was simply opposed to common custom, not to
moral decency."No doubt, he actually wore a loin
cloth or some other very abbreviated garment.
This instead of the prophet's customary dress was
sensational enough.
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Isaiah 1412 " How you are fallen from heaven, O
Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down
to the ground, You who weakened the nations!
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Isaiah 144 that you will take up this proverb
against the king of Babylon, and say "How the
oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!
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• Titles of Christ that come from Isaiah
• Immanuel (714)
• Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
  Father, and Prince of Peace (96-7)
• King (321)
• Servant (421)
• Redeemer (4926)
• Arm of the Lord (531)

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