isaiah
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Life of Isaiah
- son of Amoz
- prophet in Jerusalem 740-701 BC
- served under Hezekiah (king of Judah)
- 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
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 18 - Missionary work in the last days
- Isaiah 19 - Egypt
- Isaiah 20 - Assyria vs. Egypt
- Isaiah 21 - destruction of nations
- Isaiah 23 - Tyre
- Isaiah 24 - Second Coming
- Isaiah 25 - Zion, a psalm of praise
- Isaiah 29 - the Book of Mormon, restoration
- Isaiah 31 - Israel turns to Egypt for help
- Isaiah 33 - Second Coming; cool verses about promises to the righteous
- Isaiah 34 - Second Coming
- Isaiah 40 - Messianic prophecies
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