Isaiah
Part 1
The key word of Isaiah is salvation. This word
appears 26 times, but only 7 times in the other
prophetic books combined.
The theme of the book is found Isaiah’s name,
which means “Salvation is of the Lord.”
Isaiah 1:18 " 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.
Isaiah 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give
you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and
bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:6 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.
Isaiah 53:6 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.
Key phrase is “Holy One of Israel” which appears
25 times.
Key chapter is Isaiah 53, which describes the
suffering servant.
Isaiah’s 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 God’s 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
Predictions fulfilled in his lifetime:
•Judah to be delivered from Syria and Israel (7:47, 16)
•Syria an Israel to be destroyed by Assyria (8:4;
17:1-14)
•Assyria to invade Judah (8:7-8)
•Philistines to be conquered (14:28-32)
•Moab to be plundered (15, 16)
•Egypt and Ethiopia to be conquered by Assyria
(20:4)
•Arabia to be pillaged (21:13-17)
•Tyre to be subdued (23:1-12)
•Jerusalem to be delivered from Assyria (36)
•Hezekiah’s life to be extended 15 years (38:5)
Predictions fulfilled after his lifetime:
•Babylonian captivity (39:5-7)
•Babylon to be overthrown by Cyrus (46:11)
•Medes and Elamites would also devastate Babylon
(13:17; 21:2; 48:14)
•Babylon’s perpetual desolation (13:20-22)
•Cyrus called by name (44:28; 45:1,4)
•Cyrus’ conquest of the world (41:2-3)
•Cyrus to liberate the captives [200 years after Isaiah
predicted it] (45:13)
•Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalem (44:28; 45:13)
•Israel to be restored (27:12-13; 48:20; 51:14)
•Israel’s religion to permeate Egypt and Assyria (19: 1825)
•Israel’s religion to spread over the whole world (27:2-6)
•Tyre’s captivity and restoration (23:13-18)
•Edom’s perpetual desolation (34:5-17)
Predictions about the Messiah:
•His arrival (40:3-5)
•His virgin birth (7:14)
•Galilee to be the scene of his ministry (9:1-2)
•His Deity and the Eternity of His throne (9:6-7)
•His sufferings (Isa. 53)
•To die with the wicked (53:9)
•To be buried with the rich (53:9)
•Might and gentleness of His reign (40:10-11)
•Righteousness and goodness of His reign ( 32:18; 61:1-3)
•His justice and kindness (42;3-4, 7)
•His rule over Gentiles (2:2-3; 42:1,6; 49:6; 55:45; 56:6; 60:3-5
•His vast influence (49:7, 23)
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.
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 1:1;
2:1; 13:1).
He was married to a prophetess (8:3) and had
two sons who had prophetic names that
symbolized his message (8:3-4; 7:3): ShearJashub (“the remnant shall return”, Isa 7:3) and
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (“in-speed-spoil-bootyhastens”, Isa 8:3).
Isaiah received his visions in the days of “Uzziah,
Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah” (Isa
1:1). It is generally thought the vision of the
throne scene which occurred “in the year Uzziah
died” Isa. 6:1 was the beginning point of his
ministry as a prophet (739 B.C.).
This would mean Isaiah prophesied
approximately fifty years (739-690 B.C.).
Assyria accepted, and the capital of Israel
(Samaria) fell in 722 B.C.
King Hezekiah heeded Isaiah and God rewarded
his faith by killing 185,000 Assyrians (Isa 36-37).
Later, in a moment of weakness Hezekiah showed
the ambassadors from Babylon (Assyria’s enemy)
the house of his treasures (Isa 39:1-2).
This prompted Isaiah to foretell that the king’s
treasures and his descendants would be taken
away to Babylon (Isa 39:5-7).
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.
The following are the lessons taught by Isaiah:
1. He rebuked the sins of the people and to persuade them
to repent and do the will of God.
2. 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.
3. He uttered prophecies that would later be fulfilled
which proved that God is Deity and that His Word never
fails.
4. He proclaimed the glorious hope of the Messiah’s
coming.
5. He taught spiritual and moral lessons that applied
during his day and apply to us today.
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 (4953)
•THE FUTURE GLORY FOR GOD’S PEOPLE (54-66)
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.
Isaiah 6:8 "Here am I! Send me."
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God; And your sins have hidden His
face from you, So that He will not hear.
Isaiah 57:20 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."
Isaiah 20:2 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.
"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.
Isaiah 14:12 " 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!
Isaiah 14:4 that you will take up this proverb
against the king of Babylon, and say: "How the
oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!
Titles of Christ that come from Isaiah:
•Immanuel (7:14)
•Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, and Prince of Peace (9:6-7)
•King (32:1)
•Servant (42:1)
•Redeemer (49:26)
•Arm of the Lord (53:1)