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The Book Of The Prophet
Isaiah


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  • Introduction To Isaiah The Prophet
  • Chronological Order Of The Prophets
  • Index to Other Books of the Bible

    Foot Notes And References




    CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE PROPHETS.
    According To Usher.





    INTRODUCTION
    TO
    THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET

    ISAIAH.

    Isaiah is justly accounted the chief of the writing prophets. He has the more comprehensive testimony and is distinctively the prophet of redemption. Nowhere else in the Scriptures written under the law have we so clear a view of grace. The New Testament Church does not appear (Ephesians 3:3-10), but Messiah in His Person and sufferings, and the blessing of the Gentiles through Him, are in full vision.

    Apart from his testimony to his own time, which includes warnings of coming judgments upon the great nations of that day, the predictive messages of Isaiah cover seven great themes:

    • I. Israel in exile and divine judgment upon Israel's oppressors.

    • II. The return from Babylon.

    • III. The manifestation of Messiah inhumiliation

    • IV. The blessing of the Gentiles.

    • V. The manifestation of Messiah in judgment ("the day of vengeance of our God").

    • VI. The reign of David's righteous Branch in the kingdom-age.

    • VII. The new heavens and the new earth.

    Isaiah is in two chief divisions:

    • I. Looking toward the captivities, Isaiah 1:1-39:8.

    • II. Looking beyond the captivities, Isaiah 40:1-66:24.

      These chief divisions fall into subdivisions, as indicated in the text.

      The events recorded in Isaiah cover a period of 62 years (Ussher).







    PART I.
    LOOKING TOWARD THE CAPTIVITIES:
    CHAPTERS 1.-39.

    B.C. 760.






    718_4; Isaiah 7:2, Syria is confederate with Ephraim

      Samaria.

        In the prophetic books "Ephraim" and "Israel" are the collective names of the ten tribes who, under Jeroboam, established the northern kingdom, subsequently called Samaria (1 Kings 16:24), and were (B.C. 722) sent into an exile which still continues (2 Kings 17:1-6). They are distinguished as "the outcasts of Israel" from "the dispersed of Judah" (Isaiah 11:12). "hidden" in the world (Matthew 13:44) they, with Judah, are yet to be restored to Palestine and made one nation again (Jeremiah 23:5-8; Ezekiel 37:11-24).






    713_1; Isaiah 1:1-23, Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth
    [Isaiah 1:2-23

      Case Against Judah.

        Isaiah chapter one, down to verse 23, states the case of Jehovah against Judah.

        Chastening, according to Deuteronomy Chapters 28 and 29, had been visited upon Israel in the land (Isaiah 1:5-8), and now the time of expulsion from the land is near. But just here Jehovah renews the promise of the Palestinian Covenant of future restoration and exaltation (Isaiah 1:26, 27; Isaiah 2:1-4).






    714_1; Isaiah 1:26, And I will restore thy judges as at the first

        Under the kingdom the ancient method of administering the theocratic government over Israel is to be restored.
        Cf. Judges 2:18; Matthew 19:28.






    714_2; Isaiah 2:2, that the mountain of the LORD's house




    716_1; Isaiah 4:2, In that day shall the branch of the Lord

      The Name Of Christ

        A name of Christ, used in a fourfold way:

        His character as Son of man, the "last Adam," the "second Man" (1 Corinthians 15:45-47), reigning, as Priest-King, over the earth in the dominion given to and lost by the first Adam.

      • Matthew is the Gospel of the "Branch of David";
      • Mark of "Jehovah's Servant, the Branch";
      • Luke of "the man whose name is the Branch";
      • John of "the Branch of Jehovah."





    718_1; Isaiah 6:2, Above it stood the seraphims




    718_2; Isaiah 6:13, yet in it shall be a tenth






    718_3; Isaiah 6:13b, it shall be a tenth, and it shall return




    718_4; Isaiah 7:2, Syria is confederate with Ephraim

      Ephram & Israel Collective Names Of The Ten Tribes.

        In the prophetic books "Ephraim" and "Israel" are the collective names of the ten tribes who, under Jeroboam, established the northern kingdom, subsequently called Samaria (1 Kings 16:24), and were (B.C. 722) sent into an exile which still continues (2 Kings 17:1-6). They are distinguished as "the outcasts of Israel" from "the dispersed of Judah" (Isaiah 11:12). "hidden" in the world (Matthew 13:44) they, with Judah, are yet to be restored to Palestine and made one nation again (Jeremiah 23:5-8; Ezekiel 37:11-24).






    719_1 Isaiah 7:13, And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David

      A Prophecy For The "House Of David."

        The prophecy is not addressed to the faithless Ahaz, but to the whole "house of David." The objection that such a far-off event as the birth of Christ could be no "sign" to Ahaz, is, therefore, puerile. It was a continuing prophecy addressed to the Davidic family, and accounts at once for the instant assent of Mary (Luke 1:38).






    719_2 Isaiah 7:15, Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil

      Young Immanuel.

        Indicating the plainness and simplicity of the life in which the young Immanuel should be brought up.






    720_1 Isaiah 8:12, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say

      Attempt To Terrify Judah.

        The reference is to the attempt to terrify Judah by the confederacy between Syria and Samaria (Isaiah 7:1, 2).






    720_2 Isaiah 8:18, the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel

      Comming Judgment, Return Of A Remnant

        The primary application here is to the two sons of Isaiah, Maher-shalal-hash-baz = "haste ye, haste ye to the spoil," a "sign" of the coming judgment of the captivity of Judah; Shear-jashub = "a remnant shall return," a "sign" of the return of a remnant of Judah at the end of the seventy years (Jeremiah 25:11, 12; Daniel 9:2).

        The larger and final reference is to our Lord (Hebrews 2:13, 14).






    721_1; Isaiah 9:7, there shall be no end, upon the throne of David




    721_2; Isaiah 9:12, For all this his anger is not turned away

      Chastized, But Not Abandoned.

        See verses 17, 21, and Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 10:4.

        TThe context explains. Jehovah's hand is outstretched still because His chastisement is followed by no amendment on the part of Israel.






    722_1; Isaiah 10:12, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work




    722_2; Isaiah 10:20, it shall come to pass in that day




    723_1; Isaiah 11, The Davidic Kingdom Established

      The order of events

        Isaiah 10. and 11., is noteworthy. Isaiah chapter 10 gives the distress of the Remnant in Palestine in the great tribulation (Psalm 2:5; Revelation 7:14), and the approach and destruction of the Gentile hosts under the Beast (Daniel 7:8; Revelation 19:20).

        Isaiah chapter 11 immediately follows with its glorious picture of the kingdom-age. Precisely the same order is found in Revelation chapters 19 and 20.

        (See "Kingdom," Old Testament, Genesis 1:26-28; Zechariah 12:8. See "Kingdom," New Testament Luke 1:31-33; I Corinthians 15:28.

        Also Matthew 3:2; Ref. Note Page 996_1; Matthew 6:33; Ref. Note Page 1003_1.)

        That nothing of this occurred at the first coming of Christ is evident from a comparison of the history of the times of Christ with this and all the other parallel prophecies. So far from regathering dispersed Israel and establishing peace in the earth. His crucifixion was soon followed (A.D. 70) by the destruction of Jerusalem, and the utter scattering of the Palestinian Jews amongst the nations.






    723_2; Isaiah 11:2, there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse

      Prophetic Picture Of Glory

        This chapter is a prophetic picture of the glory of the future kingdom. This is the kingdom announced by John Baptist as "at hand."

        It was then rejected, but will be set up when David's Son returns in glory (Luke 1:31, 32; Acts 15:15, 16).






    724_1; Isaiah 13:1, The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.

      [Isaiah 13:8]

      A "Burden,"

        Hebrew word is massa = a heavy, weighty thing, is a message, or oracle concerning Babylon, Assyria, Jerusalem, etc. It is "heavy" because the wrath of God is in it, and grievous for the prophet to declare.






    724_2; Isaiah 13:1, burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see

      Babylon

        The city, Babylon, is not in view here, as the immediate context shows. It is important to note the significance of the name when used symbolically. "Babylon" is the Greek form: invariably in the O.T. Hebrew the word is simply Babel, the meaning of which is confusion, and in this sense the word is used symbolically.

        By political Babylon is meant the Gentile world-system. (See "World," John 7:7; Revelation 13:8.)

        It may be added that, in Scripture symbolism, Egypt stands for the world as such; Babylon for the world of corrupt power and corrupted religion; Nineveh for the pride, the haughty glory of the world.






    725_1; Isaiah 13:19, And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees

      Isaiah 13. 12-16

      Apocalyptic Judgments

        Isaiah (Verses 12-16) looks forward to the apocalyptic judgments (Revelation chapters 6-13.).

        Isaiah 13:17-22 have a near and far view. They predict the destruction of the literal Babylon then existing; with the further statement that, once destroyed, Babylon should never be rebuilt (cf. Jeremiah 51:61-64).

        All of this has been literally fulfilled. But the place of this prediction in a great prophetic strain which looks forward to the destruction of both politico-Babylon and ecclesio-Babylon in the time of the Beast shows that the destruction of the actual Babylon typifies the greater destruction yet to come upon the mystical Babylons.

        Cf. Ref. Note Page 724_2.






    726_1; Isaiah 14:12, fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning



    727_1; Isaiah 14:26, the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth

      The Final Crash.

        This universality is significant and marks the whole passage as referring, not merely to a near judgment upon Assyria, but in a yet larger sense to the final crash of the present world-system at the end of the age.

        No other such universal catastrophe on the nations is known to Scripture.





    727_2; Isaiah 15:1, The burden of Moab



    728_1; Isaiah 17:1, The burden of Damascus.



    729_1; Isaiah 18:2, That sendeth ambassadors by the see

      The Alliance Denounced.





    735_1; Isaiah 26:19, The dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise

      Bodies, or body?

        Eliminate the supplied words, men, and, together with. "Body" is in the plural, "bodies." Verses 19-21, with chapter 27., constitute Jehovah's answer to the plaint* of Israel, verses 11-18.

        Verse 19 should read: "Thy dead shall live: my dead bodies shall rise" (i.e. the dead bodies of Jehovah's people).

        The restoration and re-establishment of Israel as a nation is also spoken of as a resurrection (Ezekiel 37:1-11), and many hold that no more than this is meant in Isaiah 26:19.

        But since the first resurrection is unto participation in the kingdom (Revelation 20:4-6), it seems the better view that both meanings are here.

          Thesarus:

        • *[adj.] "an impressionable age"; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature"
        • [adj,] able to adjust readily to different conditions: "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; an elastic clause in a contract"




    737_1; Isaiah 29:3, And I will camp against thee round about

      The Near and Far Prophetic Message.

        Here, as often in prophecy, and especially in Isaiah, the near and far horizons blend.

        • The near view is of Sennacherib's invasion and the destruction of the Assyrian host by the angel of the lord (Isaiah Chapters 36, and 37.);

        • the far view is that of the final gathering of the Gentile hosts against Jerusalem at the end of the great tribu- lation (Psalm 2:5; Revelation 7:14), when a still greater deliverance will be wrought.

          (See "Times of the Gentiles," Luke 21:24; Revelation 16:14.)

          The same remark applies also to Isaiah 28:14-18, where there is a near reference to the Egyptian alliance ("we have made a covenant," etc.), while the reference to the stone (verse 16) carries the meaning forward to the end-time, and the covenant of unbelieving Israel with the Beast (Daniel 9:27).





    740_1; Isaiah 30:27, Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far

      Who Will Sift The Nations.

        The imagery of verses 27, 28 is cumulative. Judah is making an alliance with Egypt when she might be in league with Him whose judgment upon the world-powers will be like a terrible thunder-tempest (verse 27), turning streams into torrents neck-deep (verse 28, i.e.); who will sift the nations in their own sieve of vanity (or "destruction"), and put His bridle into the jaws of the peoples.





    740_2; Isaiah 32:1, Behold a king shall reign in righteousness




    PART II.
    LOOKING BEYOND THE CAPTIVITIES:
    CHAPTERS 40.-66




    747_1; Isaiah 40:1, Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God

      The Key Note To 2nd Isaiah.

        The first two verses of Isaiah 40. give the key-note of the second part of the prophecy of Isaiah. The great theme of this section is Jesus Christ in His sufferings, and the glory that shall follow in the Davidic kingdom. (See "Christ in Old Testament," sufferings. Genesis 4:4; Hebrews 10:10; glory, 2 Samuel 7:8-15; Zechariah 12:8.)

        Since Israel is to be regathered, converted, and made the centre of the new social order when the kingdom is set up, this part of Isaiah appropriately contains glowing prophecies concerning those events. The full view of the redemptive sufferings of Christ (e.g. Isaiah 53.) leads to the evangelic strain so prominent in this part of Isaiah (e.g. Isaiah 44:22, 23; Isaiah 55:1-3).

        The change in style, about which so much has been said, is no more remarkable than the change of theme. A prophet who was also a patriot would not write of the sins and coming captivity of his people in the same exultant and joyous style which he would use to describe their redemption, blessing, and power.

        In John 12:37-44 quotations from Isaiah 53. and 6. are both ascribed to Isaiah.






    748_1; Isaiah 41:2, Who raised up the righteous man from the east

      Rise Of Persian Power.

        The reference here seems to be to Cyrus, whose victories and rapid growth in power are here ascribed to the providence of God.

        Verses 5-7 describe the effect upon the nations of the rise of the Persian power. They heartened each other, and made (verse 7) new idols.

        At verse 8 the prophet addresses Israel. Since it was their God who raised up Cyrus, they should expect good, not evil, from him (verses 8-20).

        Verses 21-24 form a contemptuous challenge to the idols in whom the nations are trusting.






    749_1; Isaiah 41:8, thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen




    750_1; Isaiah 42:6, give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles

      There is a twofold account of the Coming Servant:

      • (1) He is represented as weak, despised, rejected, slain;

      • (2) and also as a mighty conqueror, taking vengeance on the nations and restoring Israel (e.g. Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 63:1-4).

      The former class of passages relate to the first advent, and are fulfilled; the latter to the second advent, and are unfulfilled.





    750_2; Isaiah 42:6, give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles




    753_1; Isaiah 44:28, That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd

      Another Birth Prophesied.

        Cf. 1 Kings 13:2, where Josiah was mentioned by name three hundred years before his birth.





    753_2; Isaiah 45:1, Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus




    754_1; Isaiah 45:7, I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things

      Evil Defined.

        Hebrew word: ra, translated "sorrow," "wretchedness," "adversity," "afflictions," "calamities," but never translated sin.

        God created evil only in the sense that He made sorrow, wretchedness, etc., to be the sure fruits of sin.






    757_1; Isaiah 49:8, Israel To Be Preserved And Restored.

      The Remnant.

        The Lord Jesus and the believing remnant of Israel are here joined. What is said is true of both.






    757_2; Isaiah 49:12, from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim

      Possible Chinese.

        The word is supposed to refer to a people of the far East, perhaps the Chinese.






    760_1; Isaiah 52:14, his visage was so marred more than any man

      Un-Recognizable.

        The literal rendering is terrible: "So marred from the form of man was His aspect that His appearance was not that of a son of man" — i.e. not human — the effect of the brutalities described in Matthew 26:67, 68; Matthew 27:27-30.






    765_1; Ref. Job 6:23, the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?,
    Ref. Isaiah 59:20, And the Redeemer shall come to Zion




    Redemption

      In the Greek New Testament there are three words used tat are translated redemption in our English Bible.

    • The First is exagorazo, which means to "buy out," especially, purchasing a slave.

    • The Second is apolutrosis, which means to pay a ransom for deliverance from physical torture. Third is lutroo, which means to pay a ransom for a slave and then to set him free.

    • The third is precisely what Christ did to redeem humanity from the death sentence from sin – our debt was completely satisfied by our Lord's blood shed on Calvary – He set us free.

        Titus 2:13-14, " Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

        1 Peter 1:18, 19: "Forasmuch as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."

        Jesus Christ not only redeemed us when we were slaves to sin, but He then set us free from the bonds of sin. No longer do we have to serve sin and Satan, but we are free to serve our Saviour! * We are God's very own, being redeemed by Him. Every Christian therefore should wear a sign in his heart, "Not for sale."

        ~~Unknown






    765_2; Isaiah 59:20b, the Redeemer shall come to Zion

      Outcalling Of The Church.

        The time when the "Redeemer shall come to Zion" is fixed, relatively, by Romans 11:23-29 as following the completion of the Gentile Church. That is also the order of the great dispensational passage, Acts 15:14-17.

        In both, the return of the Lord to Zion follows the outcalling of the Chruch.






    766_1; Isaiah 61:2, To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD

      The Day Of Grace, and The Day Of Vengeance.

        Observe that Jesus suspended the reading of this passage in the synagogue at Nazareth (Luke 4:16-21) at the comma in the middle of Isaiah 61:2.

        The first advent, therefore, opened the day of grace, "the acceptable year of Jehovah," but does not fulfil the day of vengeance. That will be taken up when Messiah returns (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10). Cf. Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 35:4-10.

        The last verse, taken with the 4th, gives the historic connection: the vengeance precedes the regathering of Israel, and synchronizes with the day of the lord (Isaiah 2:10-22; Revelation 19:11-21; also Isaiah 63:1-6).





    768_1; Isaiah 63:16, Doubless thou art our father
    Ref. Acts 17:28-29, (Verse 29), we are the offspring of God




    768_2; Isaiah 64:8, O Lord, thou art our father

      Israel, God, Father Relationship






    769_1; Isaiah 65:17, For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth

      New Heaven and Earth

        Verse 17 looks beyond the kingdom-age to the new heavens and the new earth (see refs. at "create"), but verses 18-25 describe the kingdom-age itself. Longevity is restored, but death, the "last enemy" (1 Corinthians 15:26), is not destroyed till after Satan's rebellion at the end of the thousand years (Revelation 20:7-14).






    769_m; Isaiah 65:17, behold, I create new






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