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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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