The Prophets · Old Testament
Isaiah
Isaiah is book 23 of 66 and belongs to the Prophets in the Old Testament. It has 66 chapters, each with source-checked General, Historical and Literary context. 51 people are indexed in its passages.
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Chapters
- Isaiah 1: Isaiah 1: the Lord's case against a rebellious nation
The book opens as the vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of four named kings of Judah. The Lord summons… - Isaiah 2: Isaiah 2: the mountain of the Lord and the day against all that is lofty
A second heading introduces the word Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In the last days the mountain of the Lord's house… - Isaiah 3: Isaiah 3: Jerusalem stripped of its supports and the daughters of Zion
The Lord of hosts takes away from Jerusalem and Judah every stay and staff, bread and water and a long list of leaders: the mighty man, the judge… - Isaiah 4: Isaiah 4: seven women, the branch of the Lord and a cloud over Zion
The short chapter opens in that day with seven women taking hold of one man, offering to eat their own bread and wear their own apparel if only they… - Isaiah 5: Isaiah 5: the song of the vineyard and six woes
The speaker sings a song for his wellbeloved about a vineyard on a fruitful hill. The owner fenced it, cleared the stones, planted the choicest vine… - Isaiah 6: Isaiah 6: the throne vision in the year king Uzziah died
The prophet reports that in the year king Uzziah died he saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and lifted up, with his train filling the temple… - Isaiah 7: Isaiah 7: Ahaz, the two kings and the sign of Immanuel
In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, march on Jerusalem but… - Isaiah 8: Isaiah 8: Maher-shalal-hash-baz and the overflowing river
The Lord tells the prophet to take a great roll and write on it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz, and he takes Uriah the priest and… - Isaiah 9: Isaiah 9: a great light, a child born, and a hand stretched out still
The dimness will not be as it was when the land of Zebulun and Naphtali was afflicted, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the… - Isaiah 10: Isaiah 10: the Assyrian as the rod of the Lord's anger
A woe falls on those who write unrighteous decrees that rob the poor, and the refrain of the stretched-out hand closes it. The Lord addresses the… - Isaiah 11: Isaiah 11: the rod from the stem of Jesse and the gathered remnant
A rod comes out of the stem of Jesse and a Branch grows from his roots. The spirit of the Lord rests on him, named as wisdom and understanding… - Isaiah 12: Isaiah 12: a song of praise for the day of salvation
In that day a single voice will say, O Lord, I will praise thee, because though the Lord was angry his anger is turned away and he has comforted the… - Isaiah 13: Isaiah 13: the burden of Babylon and the day of the Lord
The chapter is headed as the burden of Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. A banner is raised on a high mountain and a hand shaken so an army… - Isaiah 14: Isaiah 14: the taunt over the king of Babylon and burdens on Assyria and Palestina
The Lord will have mercy on Jacob, set Israel in their own land and make their captors their captives. In the day of rest Israel will take up a… - Isaiah 15: Isaiah 15: the burden of Moab, a night of ruin and weeping
The burden of Moab begins with two cities laid waste in the night, Ar of Moab and Kir of Moab, both brought to silence. Moab goes up to Bajith and… - Isaiah 16: Isaiah 16: Moab's plea for shelter, its pride, and a three-year limit
The burden continues with a command to send the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela through the wilderness to the mount of the daughter of Zion… - Isaiah 17: Isaiah 17: the burden of Damascus and the thinning of Jacob
The burden of Damascus announces that Damascus is taken away from being a city and becomes a ruinous heap, and the cities of Aroer are left to flocks… - Isaiah 18: Isaiah 18: a woe to the land beyond the rivers of Ethiopia
A woe is spoken to the land shadowing with wings beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, a land that sends ambassadors by sea in vessels of bulrushes. The… - Isaiah 19: Isaiah 19: the burden of Egypt, from civil war to blessing
The burden of Egypt opens with the Lord riding a swift cloud into Egypt; the idols shake and Egypt's heart melts. He sets Egyptian against Egyptian… - Isaiah 20: Isaiah 20: Isaiah walks naked and barefoot as a sign against Egypt and Ethiopia
The chapter is dated to the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, and fought against it and took it. At that time the… - Isaiah 21: Isaiah 21: the watchman's cry that Babylon is fallen, with Dumah and Arabia
The burden of the desert of the sea comes like whirlwinds in the south from a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared to the speaker: the… - Isaiah 22: Isaiah 22: the valley of vision, Shebna's tomb and Eliakim's key
The burden of the valley of vision asks a city full of stirs why it has gone up to the housetops; its slain did not die by the sword, and its rulers… - Isaiah 23: Isaiah 23: the burden of Tyre and the merchant city brought low
The chapter opens as the burden of Tyre. Ships of Tarshish are told to howl because the city is laid waste, with no house and no entering in, and the… - Isaiah 24: Isaiah 24: the Lord empties the earth and reigns in Zion
The chapter announces that the Lord makes the earth empty and waste, turns it upside down and scatters its inhabitants. Every rank is levelled… - Isaiah 25: Isaiah 25: praise for the ruined city and the feast on the mountain
The chapter is a song of praise addressed to the Lord. The speaker calls the Lord my God and vows to exalt and praise him for wonderful things and… - Isaiah 26: Isaiah 26: the song of the strong city and the dead who live
The chapter is introduced as a song to be sung in the land of Judah in that day. The singers have a strong city whose walls are salvation, and they… - Isaiah 27: Isaiah 27: leviathan slain, the vineyard kept, and Israel gathered one by one
In that day the Lord with his sword punishes leviathan the piercing serpent and the crooked serpent, and slays the dragon in the sea. In that day a… - Isaiah 28: Isaiah 28: woe to Ephraim's drunkards and the foundation stone in Zion
The chapter opens with a woe to the crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, whose beauty is a fading flower on the head of the fat valleys. The… - Isaiah 29: Isaiah 29: woe to Ariel, the sealed book, and the deaf who hear
The chapter opens with a woe to Ariel, the city where David dwelt, told to add year to year and kill sacrifices. The Lord says he will distress… - Isaiah 30: Isaiah 30: woe to those who go down to Egypt, and the Lord who waits to be gracious
The Lord pronounces woe on rebellious children who take counsel but not of him and go down into Egypt to trust in the shadow of Pharaoh. Pharaoh's… - Isaiah 31: Isaiah 31: woe to those who trust Egypt's horses, and the Lord who fights for Zion
The chapter opens with a woe on those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, chariots and horsemen because they are many and strong, and… - Isaiah 32: Isaiah 32: a king in righteousness, careless women warned, and the spirit poured out
The chapter opens with a king who will reign in righteousness and princes who rule in judgment. A man will be a hiding place from wind, a covert from… - Isaiah 33: Isaiah 33: woe to the spoiler, the Lord rises, and Zion sees the king in his beauty
The chapter opens with a woe to one who spoils without being spoiled and deals treacherously without being dealt with treacherously; when he stops… - Isaiah 34: Isaiah 34: the Lord's sword on the nations and on Idumea, and the land left to owls
The nations, peoples, the earth and the world are summoned to hear. The indignation of the Lord is on all nations and his fury on their armies; he… - Isaiah 35: Isaiah 35: the desert blossoms and the ransomed return to Zion
The wilderness and solitary place will be glad and the desert will rejoice and blossom as the rose, blossoming abundantly with joy and singing. The… - Isaiah 36: Isaiah 36: Rabshakeh's speech at the wall of Jerusalem
In the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria comes up against all the defenced cities of Judah and takes them. He sends… - Isaiah 37: Isaiah 37: Hezekiah's prayer, Isaiah's word, and the Assyrian camp struck
Hezekiah hears the report, rends his clothes, puts on sackcloth and goes into the house of the Lord. He sends Eliakim, Shebna and the elders of the… - Isaiah 38: Isaiah 38: Hezekiah's sickness, the sun's shadow, and his writing
In those days Hezekiah is sick unto death, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, brings the Lord's word: set thine house in order, for thou shalt… - Isaiah 39: Isaiah 39: the envoys from Babylon and Hezekiah's treasures
At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sends letters and a present to Hezekiah, because he has heard that Hezekiah was… - Isaiah 40: Comfort and strength for the weary
A message of comfort addresses Jerusalem, announcing that her warfare is ended and her iniquity pardoned. Voices call for a way to be prepared and… - Isaiah 41: Isaiah 41: the islands summoned, Israel my servant, and the idols challenged
The islands are told to keep silence and the people to come near to judgment. The speaker asks who raised up the righteous man from the east and made… - Isaiah 42: Isaiah 42: behold my servant, a new song, and the blind servant who does not see
The Lord presents his servant, whom he upholds, his elect on whom he has put his spirit; he will bring forth judgment to the Gentiles, will not cry… - Isaiah 43: Isaiah 43: fear not, I have redeemed thee; ye are my witnesses
The Lord who created Jacob and formed Israel says fear not: he has redeemed them and called them by name; they are his. Through waters and fire they… - Isaiah 44: Isaiah 44: Jacob my servant, the idol made from firewood, and Cyrus named as shepherd
The Lord tells Jacob his servant and Israel his chosen to hear; the one who formed them from the womb says fear not, Jacob, and Jesurun whom I have… - Isaiah 45: Isaiah 45: Cyrus called by name and the God who says there is none else
The chapter opens with the Lord addressing Cyrus as his anointed, saying he holds his right hand, will subdue nations before him, go before him and… - Isaiah 46: Isaiah 46: Bel and Nebo carried into captivity while the Lord carries Jacob
The chapter begins with Bel bowing down and Nebo stooping. Their idols are loaded on beasts and cattle as heavy burdens, and the text says they could… - Isaiah 47: Isaiah 47: the daughter of Babylon told to come down and sit in the dust
The whole chapter addresses one figure, the virgin daughter of Babylon, also called the daughter of the Chaldeans. She is told to come down, sit in… - Isaiah 48: Isaiah 48: the obstinate house of Jacob refined in affliction and told to leave Babylon
The Lord calls the house of Jacob to hear. They are called by the name of Israel, come out of the waters of Judah, swear by the Lord's name and call… - Isaiah 49: Isaiah 49: the servant called from the womb and Zion told she is not forgotten
A first-person speaker tells the isles that the Lord called him from the womb, made his mouth like a sharp sword, hid him as a polished shaft in his… - Isaiah 50: Isaiah 50: the bill of divorcement and the one who gives his back to the smiters
The Lord opens with questions: where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, and to which creditor did he sell you? He answers that they sold… - Isaiah 51: Isaiah 51: look to the rock you were hewn from, and awake, arm of the Lord
The Lord calls those who follow after righteousness to look to the rock they were hewn from and the pit they were dug from, that is, to Abraham their… - Isaiah 52: Isaiah 52: Zion told to awake, the messenger's feet, and the servant whose face is marred
Zion is told to awake and put on her strength and beautiful garments, because the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter her. Jerusalem is to… - Isaiah 53: Isaiah 53: the despised servant who bears the iniquity of many
The chapter opens with a question from an unnamed we: who has believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? The speakers describe… - Isaiah 54: Isaiah 54: the barren woman told to sing and enlarge her tent
A barren woman who never bore or travailed is told to sing, because the desolate woman has more children than the married wife. She must enlarge her… - Isaiah 55: Isaiah 55: come to the waters without money, and the word that does not return void
The chapter calls everyone who thirsts to come to the waters, and those with no money to buy wine and milk without price. It asks why they spend… - Isaiah 56: Isaiah 56: a place for the stranger and the eunuch, and watchmen who cannot bark
The Lord commands his hearers to keep judgment and do justice because his salvation is near. Blessed is the man who does this, keeps the sabbath from… - Isaiah 57: Isaiah 57: the righteous perish unnoticed, the sons of the sorceress, and peace to far and near
The chapter opens by saying the righteous perish and merciful men are taken away without anyone laying it to heart, and that they enter into peace… - Isaiah 58: Isaiah 58: the fast the Lord has chosen and the sabbath called a delight
An unnamed hearer is told to cry aloud like a trumpet and show the Lord's people and the house of Jacob their sins. The Lord says they seek him daily… - Isaiah 59: Isaiah 59: iniquities that separate, a confession in the first person plural, and the Lord's own arm
The chapter says the Lord's hand is not too short to save nor his ear too heavy to hear; their iniquities have separated them from God and hidden his… - Isaiah 60: Isaiah 60: arise, shine, for thy light is come
A feminine figure is told to arise and shine because her light has come and the Lord's glory has risen on her. Darkness covers the earth and its… - Isaiah 61: Isaiah 61: the anointed speaker sent to the meek and the mourners of Zion
A speaker says the Spirit of the Lord God is upon him because the Lord has anointed him to preach good tidings to the meek, bind up the… - Isaiah 62: Isaiah 62: Zion renamed Hephzi-bah and her land Beulah
A speaker vows not to hold his peace for Zion's sake or rest for Jerusalem's sake until her righteousness shines like brightness and her salvation… - Isaiah 63: Isaiah 63: the winepress trodden alone and a prayer that calls the Lord our father
The chapter begins with a question: who is this coming from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah? The answer is I that speak in righteousness, mighty… - Isaiah 64: Isaiah 64: a plea that the Lord would rend the heavens, and a confession of filthy rags
The prayer continues with a wish that the Lord would tear open the heavens and come down so that the mountains would flow at his presence, like fire… - Isaiah 65: Isaiah 65: the Lord answers a rebellious people and creates new heavens and a new earth
The Lord says he is sought by those who did not ask for him and found by those who did not seek him. He has spread out his hands all day to a… - Isaiah 66: Isaiah 66: heaven my throne, Zion's sudden birth, and the fire that is not quenched
The Lord says heaven is his throne and earth his footstool, asks where the house is that they build for him, and says he looks to the one who is…
