OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• A father and his rebellious sons (1-9)

• Jehovah hates formalistic worship (10-17)

• “Let us set matters straight” (18-20)

• Zion to be restored as a faithful city (21-31)

2

• Jehovah’s mountain elevated (1-5)

  • Swords into plowshares (4)

• Jehovah’s day humiliates the haughty (6-22)

3

• Judah’s leaders mislead the people (1-15)

• Zion’s flirtatious daughters judged (16-26)

4

• Seven women to one man (1)

• What Jehovah makes sprout will be glorious (2-6)

5

• Song about Jehovah’s vineyard (1-7)

• Woes over Jehovah’s vineyard (8-24)

• God’s anger against his people (25-30)

6

• Vision of Jehovah in his temple (1-4)

  • “Holy, holy, holy is Jehovah” (3)

• Isaiah’s lips cleansed (5-7)

• Isaiah commissioned (8-10)

  • “Here I am! Send me!” (8)

• “How long, O Jehovah?” (11-13)

7

• Message to King Ahaz (1-9)

  • Shear-jashub (3)

• Sign of Immanuel (10-17)

• Consequences of unfaithfulness (18-25)

8

• The coming Assyrian invasion (1-8)

  • Maher-shalal-hash-baz (1-4)

• Do not fear—“God is with us!” (9-17)

• Isaiah and his children as signs (18)

• Turn to the law, not to demons (19-22)

9

• A great light for the land of Galilee (1-7)

  • Birth of the “Prince of Peace” (6, 7)

• God’s hand against Israel (8-21)

10

• God’s hand against Israel (1-4)

• Assyria—​God’s rod of anger (5-11)

• Punishment on Assyria (12-19)

• A remnant of Jacob to return (20-27)

• God will judge Assyria (28-34)

11

• Righteous rule of the twig of Jesse (1-10)

  • Wolf and lamb reside together (6)

  • Knowledge of Jehovah to fill the earth (9)

• A remnant restored (11-16)

12

• Song of thanksgiving (1-6)

  • “Jah Jehovah is my strength” (2)

13

• Pronouncement against Babylon (1-22)

  • The day of Jehovah is near! (6)

  • Medes to overthrow Babylon (17)

  • Babylon never to be inhabited (20)

14

• Israel to dwell in its own land (1, 2)

• Taunt against the king of Babylon (3-23)

  • Shining one to fall from heaven (12)

• Jehovah’s hand to crush the Assyrian (24-27)

• Pronouncement against Philistia (28-32)

15

• Pronouncement against Moab (1-9)

16

• Message against Moab continued (1-14)

17

• Pronouncement against Damascus (1-11)

• Nations to be rebuked by Jehovah (12-14)

18

• Message against Ethiopia (1-7)

19

• Pronouncement against Egypt (1-15)

• Egypt will get to know Jehovah (16-25)

  • An altar to Jehovah in Egypt (19)

20

• Sign against Egypt and Ethiopia (1-6)

21

• Pronouncement against the wilderness of the sea (1-10)

  • Keeping watch from the watchtower (8)

  • “Babylon has fallen!” (9)

• Pronouncement against Dumah and the desert plain (11-17)

  • “Watchman, what of the night?” (11)

22

• Pronouncement about the Valley of Vision (1-14)

• Steward Shebna replaced by Eliakim (15-25)

  • Symbolic peg (23-25)

23

• Pronouncement against Tyre (1-18)

24

• Jehovah to empty the land (1-23)

  • Jehovah King in Zion (23)

25

• Rich blessings on God’s people (1-12)

  • Jehovah’s banquet of fine wine (6)

  • No more death (8)

26

• Song about trust and salvation (1-21)

  • Jah Jehovah, the eternal Rock (4)

  • Earth’s people to learn righteousness (9)

  • “Your dead will live” (19)

  • Enter the inner rooms and hide (20)

27

• Leviathan killed by Jehovah (1)

• Song about Israel as a vineyard (2-13)

28

• Woe to Ephraim’s drunkards! (1-6)

• Judah’s priests and prophets stagger (7-13)

• “A covenant with Death” (14-22)

  • Precious cornerstone in Zion (16)

  • Jehovah’s unusual work (21)

• Jehovah’s wise discipline illustrated (23-29)

29

• Woe to Ariel! (1-16)

  • Lip service condemned (13)

• Deaf will hear; and blind will see (17-24)

30

• Egypt’s help completely useless (1-7)

• People reject the prophetic message (8-14)

• Strength by showing trust (15-17)

• Jehovah shows his people favor (18-26)

  • Jehovah, the Grand Instructor (20)

  • “This is the way” (21)

• Jehovah to execute judgment on Assyria (27-33)

31

• True help is from God, not from humans (1-9)

  • Egypt’s horses are flesh (3)

32

• A king and princes will rule for true justice (1-8)

• Complacent women warned (9-14)

• Blessings when spirit poured out (15-20)

33

• Judgment and hope for the righteous (1-24)

  • Jehovah is Judge, Lawgiver, and King (22)

  • No one will say: “I am sick” (24)

34

• Jehovah’s vengeance on the nations (1-4)

• Edom to be desolated (5-17)

35

• Paradise restored (1-7)

  • Blind will see; deaf will hear (5)

• Way of Holiness for redeemed ones (8-10)

36

• Sennacherib invades Judah (1-3)

• The Rabshakeh taunts Jehovah (4-22)

37

• Hezekiah seeks God’s help through Isaiah (1-7)

• Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem (8-13)

• Hezekiah’s prayer (14-20)

• Isaiah conveys God’s answer (21-35)

• An angel slays 185,000 Assyrians (36-38)

38

• Hezekiah’s sickness and recovery (1-22)

  • Song of gratitude (10-20)

39

• Messengers from Babylon (1-8)

40

• Comfort for God’s people (1-11)

  • A voice in the wilderness (3-5)

• God’s greatness (12-31)

  • Nations like a drop from a bucket (15)

  • God dwells above “the circle of the earth” (22)

  • All stars called by name (26)

  • God never tires out (28)

  • Hoping in Jehovah gives new strength (29-31)

41

• A conqueror from the sunrise (1-7)

• Israel chosen as God’s servant (8-20)

  • “Abraham my friend” (8)

• Other gods challenged (21-29)

42

• God’s servant and his mission (1-9)

  • ‘Jehovah is my name’ (8)

• A new song of praise to Jehovah (10-17)

• Israel is blind and deaf (18-25)

43

• Jehovah regathers his people (1-7)

• The gods on trial (8-13)

  • “You are my witnesses” (10, 12)

• Release from Babylon (14-21)

• “Let us bring our case against each other” (22-28)

44

• Blessings on God’s chosen people (1-5)

• There is no God but Jehovah (6-8)

• Absurdity of man-made idols (9-20)

• Jehovah, Israel’s Repurchaser (21-23)

• Restoration through Cyrus (24-28)

45

• Cyrus anointed to capture Babylon (1-8)

• The clay not to contend with the Potter (9-13)

• Other nations recognize Israel (14-17)

• God is reliable in creation and in revelation (18-25)

  • Earth created to be inhabited (18)

46

• Babylonian idols versus Israel’s God (1-13)

  • Jehovah foretells the future (10)

  • A bird of prey from the sunrise (11)

47

• Fall of Babylon (1-15)

  • Astrologers exposed (13-15)

48

• Israel rebuked and purified (1-11)

• Jehovah to act against Babylon (12-16a)

• God’s teaching beneficial (16b-19)

• “Go out from Babylon!” (20-22)

49

• Assignment of Jehovah’s servant (1-12)

  • A light of nations (6)

• Comfort for Israel (13-26)

50

• Israel’s sins cause problems (1-3)

• Jehovah’s obedient servant (4-11)

  • Tongue and ear of taught ones (4)

51

• Zion restored like the garden of Eden (1-8)

• Comfort from Zion’s mighty Maker (9-16)

• Cup of Jehovah’s wrath (17-23)

52

• Awake, O Zion! (1-12)

  • Beautiful feet of those bringing good news (7)

  • Zion’s watchmen shout in unison (8)

  • Those carrying Jehovah’s utensils must be clean (11)

• Jehovah’s servant will be exalted (13-15)

  • A disfigured appearance (14)

53

• The suffering, death, and burial of Jehovah’s servant (1-12)

  • Despised and avoided (3)

  • Carries sicknesses and pains (4)

  • “Like a sheep to the slaughter” (7)

  • Sin of many carried by him (12)

54

• Barren Zion to have many sons (1-17)

  • Jehovah, husband to Zion (5)

  • Zion’s sons to be taught by Jehovah (13)

  • Weapons against Zion to fail (17)

55

• Invitation to eat and drink for free (1-5)

• Search for Jehovah and his reliable word (6-13)

  • God’s ways higher than man’s (8, 9)

  • God’s word to have sure success (10, 11)

56

• Blessings on foreigners and eunuchs (1-8)

  • A house of prayer for all (7)

• Blind watchmen, speechless dogs (9-12)

57

• Righteous one and loyal ones perish (1, 2)

• Israel’s spiritual prostitution exposed (3-13)

• Comfort for the lowly (14-21)

  • The wicked like the restless sea (20)

  • No peace for the wicked (21)

58

• True and false fasting (1-12)

• Delighting in observing the Sabbath (13, 14)

59

• Israel’s sins cause alienation from God (1-8)

• Confession of sins (9-15a)

• Jehovah intervenes for the repentant (15b-21)

60

• Jehovah’s glory shines on Zion (1-22)

  • Like doves to their dovecotes (8)

  • Gold instead of copper (17)

  • The little one will become a thousand (22)

61

• Anointed to declare good news (1-11)

  • “Year of Jehovah’s goodwill” (2)

  • “Big trees of righteousness” (3)

  • Foreigners to assist (5)

  • “Priests of Jehovah” (6)

62

• Zion’s new name (1-12)

63

• Jehovah’s vengeance on the nations (1-6)

• Jehovah’s loyal love in times past (7-14)

• Prayer of repentance (15-19)

64

• Prayer of repentance continued (1-12)

  • Jehovah “our Potter” (8)

65

• Jehovah’s judgment against idolaters (1-16)

  • Gods of Good Luck and of Destiny (11)

  • “My servants will eat” (13)

• New heavens and a new earth (17-25)

  • Building houses; planting vineyards (21)

  • No one will toil for nothing (23)

66

• True worship and false (1-6)

• Mother Zion and her sons (7-17)

• People gathered to worship in Jerusalem (18-24)