A Commentary on Isaiah

Isaiah Chapter 1  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 1 This bunch of misguided God dropouts has walked out on God.  We wonder why bother even trying

  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 10 The judges were making laws that made victims by denying rights to the poor, orphans and widows.  The prophet

 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 11 From the stump of Jesse a root will produce a branch and God will give him extraordinary powers and he

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 12 God withdrew his anger and moved in to help them come home.  Now they are singing his praises─GOD─yes, GOD is

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 13 The horsefly from the Euphrates chased the heifer of the Nile─the hammer from Mesopotamia beat down the army of Pharoah─the

  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 14 Israel will be coming home, however they must serve their 70 year sentence.  The good news is that their

Isaiah chapter 15    INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 15 T he Moabites were a product of Lot’s incest with his daughters.  They dwelt eastward along

 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 16 Refugees are seen at the border crossing of willow creek seeking counsel─trying to stay hid from their enemies─begging other nations

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 17 Syria was sometimes called Aram. Their country lay on the north-east of Canaan and Mount Lebanon.  They were conquered by

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 18 This land has been called the “land of flies and  mosquitoes.  This land was crisscrossed with rivers and inhabited by

 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 19 God catches a cloud and has a first class seat as he heads for Egypt, the idols quake with fear

  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 2 God tells us that he will establish his church in the last days in Zion and that the word

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 20 General Tartan, commander in chief in Syria, stormed the city of Ashdod and captured it.  In the same year (712

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 21 Isaiah has a vision regarding the future of Babylon─it will be attacked by the Persians and destroyed─never to be inhabited

 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 22 On the housetops and hanging over the railing to get a better view of the crises.  The leaders had fled

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 23 Tyre was one of the two greatest cities in the world.  As great in that day as N.Y. or London

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 24 J erusalem is fallen and Judea is ruined  ̶God has overthrown the entire country ̶God has cut off head and

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 25 God wants us to put on the garment of praise and deck ourselves with the ornament of righteousness.  We praise

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 26 In this chapter you will see the redeemed saints singing and chanting a hymn of praise.  They are referred to

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 27 The song continues from the previous chapter─picture Jerusalem as a ruin and the Jews as Babylonian slaves.  Somehow they dust

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 28 The prophet has a word for these beer-bellied winesops─someone tough is going to flatten their city.  Priest and prophet alike

 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 29 Ariel is about to experience a blood bath.  They will be encircled with an army from Assyria—the enemy will build

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 3 God is going to take away their food supply—their war machine is going to be destroyed.  There is going to

ISAIAH CHAPTER 30 They had vexed Gods Holy Spirit and turned to Egypt for help.  Foreign aid was sent to Egypt and when Pharaoh’s army

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 31 They never gave God a thought—what they want is horses and cavalry, with an alliance with Egypt they felt secure.

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 32 Hezekiah and his princes and officers shall govern in equity and wisdom.  They will protect the innocent and oppressed.  He

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 33 Woe to the Assyrians, their doom will soon happen.  The spoils were pounced on like a locust devouring the crops.

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 34 The land of Edom” Gen. 36:16, was mountainous.  It was called “the mountain of Seir.”  It is a wild and

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 35 God is bringing the exiles home.  Valleys, hills, mountains, trees and grass are rejoicing for their return.  Weak hands and

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 36 Sennacherib has dispatched his field commander to Jerusalem for an unconditional surrender─the meeting was held close to the public laundry

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 37 A day of trouble had arrived for the administration of Hezekiah.  Assyria had reneged on its peace treaty and invaded Israel.

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 38 Hezekiah was the 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz an idolator.  He came to the throne in the 25th

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 39 Hezekiah entertains an envoy from Babylon─he is so delighted with the letter and gifts that he opens all the vaults

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 4 With the death toll in the millions and the main populace sold into slavery a few surviving women are desperate

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 40 These people had lost heart and hope so the prophet laid the unction of expectation on their soul.  He tells

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 41 God calls for a champion of justice (Cyrus) and makes him ruler over 49 countries.  He pulverizes every enemy and

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 42 The Messiah is coming─the spirit of the LORD is on him─he is anointed to preach good tidings, fix peoples broken

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 43 God’s message to Israel is this: fear not for I am behind your cause.  I bought you, I called you,

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 44 God wants them to know who formed them and tells them that he will bear them.  Carry them and deliver

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 45 Cyrus is selected for the execution of this important and dangerous enterprise.  God says that the gates of the city

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 46 Cyrus, who is so often marked out in the predictions of Scripture, advanced the glory of both nations to its

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 47 Nebuchadnezzar abandoned himself to idolatry, pride, and other pieties.  Out of his immense spoils he formed a monstrous golden image

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 48 Jacob who was surnamed Israel was boasting and proud that they lived in the Holy city and pretended that they

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 49 God had called Cyrus before his birth and made him sharp as a sword.  His words penetrated from mainland to

 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 5 Isaiah is singing a song about a vineyard that had been well cared for—it had been grubbed, briers cut and

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 50 God had not divorced Israel, she had left God by her misconduct.  God had not sold Israel, she sold herself

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 51 They were quarried from the Rock─God.  They are told to reflect upon their roots─Abraham and Sarah─no children but God made

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 52 God tells the exiles to put on the garment of praise and strength─remove the fetters and the metal band that

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 53 This chapter takes us from the crib to the cross to the crown.  When God came in human flesh no

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 54 This chapter deals with the future glory of Zion.  (Future from Isaiah’s day but fulfilled when the exiles returned.)  The

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 55 Free! God spread a banquet for the exiles─He provided the nourishment for their physical needs and their soul food.  All

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 56 God calls for his people to be fair and just, for he was coming to rescue them.  The people who

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 57 Righteous men are perishing and nobody seems to care─they find rest and escape the calamity to come.  An evil brood

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 58 Shout it out!  Show my people what is wrong with their lives.  These pious snobs pretended to enjoy Bible reading

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 59 God’s hand was not too short nor was he hard of hearing.  They had shut God out of their life

  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 6 In 759 B.C. Isaiah saw the LORD sitting upon his throne seraphim’s were hovering above him they were singing

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 60 Israel was to rise, shine in splendor.  Darkness as black as night was to cover the rest of the world.

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 61 God sends Cyrus to open the prisons─this is the year of the LORD’s pardon and the day of vengeance of

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 62 The prophet couldn’t hold his tongue and stop praying till the judges were restored, and Zion’s converts were righteous and

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 63 Edom─brother of Israel thru Esau.  The land of Edom” Gen. 36:16, was mountainous.  It was called  “the mountain of Seir.” 

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 64 They wanted God to rip the skies open and come down like he did at Mt. Sinai.  Mountains would shutter

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 65 Gentiles had not sought after God but now they are seeking him.  They hadn’t bothered to ask but now they

  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 66 Heaven is God’s throne─no house on earth can compare.  God was not looking for a house, he was looking

  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 7 The king of Israel and Syria are going to war with Judah.  The heart of Ahaz was moved like

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 8 God told Isaiah to get his wife pregnant and that the boy will be a sign to Israel that an

  INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH CHAPTER 9 Zebulun and Naphtali was a land that death overshadowed and Isaiah prophecies that it will be a place where