====== The Book of the Prophet Isaiah ====== * [[Old Testament Prophets]] * [[Hezekiah]] * [[Kingdom of Judah]] * [[Isaiah's Writing Style - Groups of Words]] * [[Isaiah's Writing Style - Repetition]] * [[The proud shall be brought low]] * [[A vineyard in a very fruitful hill]] * [[Assyria besieges Jerusalem]] - Isaiah 36-37 * [[Assyria]] ==== Life of Isaiah ==== * son of Amoz * prophet in Jerusalem 740-701 BC * served under [[Hezekiah]] (king of Judah) * [[Assyria]] * Syria * kingdom of Israel (the northern kingdom, Samaria) * Hoshea, vassal king of Israel (to Assyria) * Sargon II (Assyria) * Samaritans (Levites mixed with Assyrians) * Egypt (mostly people looking to them for political alliances) * Sannacherib (Assyria), successor to Sargon * [[Manasseh]], son of Hezekiah (Judah), wicked king who had Isaiah killed === Themes in Isaiah's Writing === * Judah overrun by Assyria, but nation still preserved (not completely destroyed) * Ephraim (Israel) destroyed as a nation * the fall of Syria * destruction of Assyria * __eventual__ fall of Jerusalem * Babylonian captivity of Judah ==== Isaiah's Figurative Geography ==== * [[Babylon]] - wickedness and corruption * [[Egypt]] - wickedness * [[Assyria]] - wickedness, terror * Cannanites, Philistines, Ammorites - practice of idolatry * Lebanon, Bashan - pride and haughtiness -- they were areas with northern mountains and lofty cedars * Ephraim, Samaria - the Northern Kingdom ==== Isaiah and the Book of Mormon ==== [[Isaiah 48]] is the first chapter in the Book of Mormon copied, and almost every verse from the Nephite account is different. ==== Isaiah 13-23 ==== These are chapters giving warnings to certain nations. We have a prophet that's been given the authority to prophecy to neighboring countries. The burden is to warn and to testify. There are nine nations that he warns: Babylon, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Tyre, Ariel (?) ==== Chapters and Themes ==== * [[Isaiah 1]] - restoration, Israel * [[Isaiah 2]] - last days, Millenium, Second Coming * [[Isaiah 3]] - Judah and Jerusalem * [[Isaiah 4]] - Millenium, Zion * [[Isaiah 5]] - The Lord's vineyard, gathering of Israel * [[Isaiah 6]] - Isaiah's calling * [[Isaiah 7]] - Ephraim and Syria war against Judah * [[Isaiah 8]] - Christ * [[Isaiah 9]] - Christ * [[Isaiah 10]] - Assyria, Second Coming * [[Isaiah 11]] - Christ, Millenium, gathering of Israel * [[Isaiah 12]] - Millenium * [[Isaiah 13]] - Babylon, Second Coming * [[Isaiah 14]] - Lucifer, Babylon, Millenium * [[Isaiah 15]] - Moab * [[Isaiah 16]] - Moab * [[Isaiah 17]] * [[Isaiah 18]] - Missionary work in the last days * [[Isaiah 19]] - Egypt * [[Isaiah 20]] - Assyria vs. Egypt * [[Isaiah 21]] - destruction of nations * [[Isaiah 22]] * [[Isaiah 23]] - Tyre * [[Isaiah 24]] - Second Coming * [[Isaiah 25]] - Zion, a psalm of praise * [[Isaiah 26]] * [[Isaiah 27]] * [[Isaiah 28]] * [[Isaiah 29]] - the Book of Mormon, restoration * [[Isaiah 30]] * [[Isaiah 31]] - Israel turns to Egypt for help * [[Isaiah 32]] * [[Isaiah 33]] - Second Coming; cool verses about promises to the righteous * [[Isaiah 34]] - Second Coming * [[Isaiah 35]] * [[Isaiah 36]] * [[Isaiah 37]] * [[Isaiah 38]] * [[Isaiah 39]] * [[Isaiah 40]] - Messianic prophecies * [[Isaiah 41]] * [[Isaiah 42]] * [[Isaiah 43]] * [[Isaiah 44]] * [[Isaiah 45]] * [[Isaiah 46]] * [[Isaiah 47]] * [[Isaiah 48]] * [[Isaiah 49]] * [[Isaiah 50]] * [[Isaiah 51]] * [[Isaiah 52]] * [[Isaiah 53]] * [[Isaiah 54]] * [[Isaiah 55]] * [[Isaiah 56]] * [[Isaiah 57]] * [[Isaiah 58]] * [[Isaiah 59]] * [[Isaiah 60]] * [[Isaiah 61]] * [[Isaiah 62]] * [[Isaiah 63]] * [[Isaiah 64]] * [[Isaiah 65]] * [[Isaiah 66]] ---- * [[Old Testament]] * [[Ecclesiastes]] * [[Jeremiah]]