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The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Life of Isaiah
son of Amoz
prophet in Jerusalem 740-701 BC
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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
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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