Isaiah Outline

Background

Prophet to Judah during the reigns of 4 kings.
Tradition is that he was sawed in half.
Book has 66 books; 39 on the coming judgement, 27 on the restoration. Often called a 'mini bible'.

I. Intro : Put Sin Away (1-5)

v16-20 "Remove the evil of your deeds...Come let us reason together, though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow"
1. Call to repentance (1)

1:1-1:15 Judah has rebelled
1:16-1:20 Call to repentance
1:21-1:31 God will judge and redeem

2. Reckoning is coming (2-3)

2:1-4 The mountain of the Lord (his reign) will be established.
2:5-3:15 Day of Reckoning
3:16-3:26 Judah's women denounced (bald women)
3:4 "and I will make mere lads their princes, and capricious children will rule over them"

3. Remnant preserved (4)

Branch of the Lord (?) will be glorious
No major promise for material propserity ("shelter to give shade..., refuge and protection from the storm")
THe Lord will create over Zion a cloud by day and fire by night; "for over all the glory will be a canopy" (v5)

4. Vineyard parable (5)

5:1-5:7 Israel/Judah is a worthless vineyard that God will destroy
5:8-5:23 Woes to the Wicked
5:24-5:30 God will destroy them

5:26-30 A distant nation will do the destruction

5:13 "Therefore my people go into exile for their lack of knowledge"

II. Isaiah's Call (6)

6:1-6:7 Isaiah's vision of God and cleansing
6:8-6:13 Isaiah's call

Isaiah says, "Send me!" (v8)
They won't listen to Isaiah (God will render them unable to understand) (v9,10).
God will devastate the land and take them to far away (v11,12).
There will be a remnant ("The holy seed is its stump" v13).

III. Judah's Deliverance, Immediate and Future (7-12)

1. Israel will not defeat Judah (7)

Sign of Immanuel (7:10-7:16)

2. Syria (Israel's allies against Judah) will fall to Assyria (8)

Son born to Isaiah as sign of the coming destruction against Syria (8:1-6)
God is against Israel (9:8)

3. Messiah in Galilee

IV. Judgement On The Nations (13-24)

1. Babylon is going to be judged (13:1 - 14:23)

The Medes will defeat Babylon (13:17-22)
Israel's taunt against Babylon (14:1-14:23)

2. Assryia will be judged (14:2-28)
3. Philistia will be judged (14:29-32)
4. Moab will be judged (15:1-16:13)
5. Damascus will be judged (17:1-17:14)
6. Message about/to Cush (18:1-18:7)
7. Message about/to Egypt(19:1-19:14)
8. Assyria will defeat Cush and Egypt (20:1-20:6)
9. Babylon will fall (21:1-21:10)
10. Edom will fall (21:11-21:12)
11. Arabia will fall (21:13-21:17)
12. Jerusalem will fall (22:1-22:25)
13. Tyre will fall (23:1-23:18)
14. The whole World will be judged (24:1-24:23)

V. Praise to God (25:1-12)

Song Of Praise (25:1-12)
Song Of Trust (26:1-21)

VI. God will deliver Israel (27:1-27:13)
VII. Israel/Judah Must Turn To God (28:1-35:)

1. Israel will be punished (28:1-13)
2. Judah/Jerusalem is warned (28:14-29:16)
3. Long term blessing affirmed (29:17-24)
4. Warning against relying on Egypt (30:1-30:17)
5. God has compassion (30:19-30:33)
6. Egypt can't help you, don't even think about it (31:1-31:9)
7. God's long term plan for goodness (32:1 - 32:20)

VIII. Judgement Stuff (33-35)

1. The righteous judgement of God (33:1-31:9)
2. God will judge all the nations (34:1-34:17)
3. God will restore his people (35:1-10)

IX. Hezekiah Narrative

Hezekiah vs the Assyrians (36,37)

1. Sennacherib (assyria) invades judah, and calls on Jerusalem to surrender (36:1-36:22)
2. Hezekiah asks God for help (37:1-37:21)
3. Hezekiah delvers God's word: deliverance is coming (37:21-37:35)
4. God kills the Assyrians (37:36-37:38)

Narrative: Hezekiah vs the Deathly Illness (38,39)

1. Hezekiah becomes mortally ill, etc (38:1-38:8)
2. Hezekiahs song (38:9-38:21)
3. Hezekiahs is judged for showing wealth to the Babylonians (39:1-39:8)

X. God's Power (40-44)

1. The Greatness of God (40-42)

God's servant (42:1-4)

2. Judah Redeemed (43:1-13)
3. Babylon Punished (43:14-21)
4. God's plans for Judah (44:1-8)
5. Useless Idols (44:9-20)
6. Conclusion (44:21-23)

XI. To Babylon (44:24-47)

1. Cyrus As God's Servant (44:24-45:7)
2. God over the earth (45:8-45:25)
3. Against Babylon (46,47)

XII. To Israel (45-59)

1. Israel's rebelliousness (48:1-11)
2. God's plans for Israel (48:12-52:12)

salvation to the world (49:1-13)

3. The Suffering Servant (52:13-53)
4. God talks with Israel (54-59

future hope (54-56)
evil condemned (useless fasting in 58) (57-59:8)
confession (59:9-20)

XII. The Glorious Future (60-66)

1. Israel's National Restoration (60-62)
2. God's Vengeance On The World (63:1-6)
3. Request For Help (63:7-64)
4. God Will Choose a New People(65:1-16)
5. New Heavens and Earth (65:17-26)
6. Disobedience Condemned (66:1-9)
7. Happy Ending (66:10-24)