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The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Life of Isaiah
- son of Amoz
- prophet in Jerusalem 740-701 BC
- Hezekiah (king of Judah)
- Assyria
- Syria
- kingdom of Israel (the northern kingdom, Samaria)
- theme: Judah overrun by Assyria, but nation still preserved (not completely destroyed)
- theme: Ephraim (Israel) destroyed as a nation
- theme: the fall of Syria
- theme: destruction of Assyria
- theme: eventual fall of Jerusalem
- 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
- theme: 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
Chapters
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