MICHAEL RYDELNIK AND JAMES SPENCER
OUTLINE
Introduction
I. Prologue: The Indictment of Israel and Call of Isaiah (1:1–6:13)
A. Israel’s Rebellion and the Hope of Restoration (1:1-31)
B. Israel’s Present Judgment and Coming Glory (2:1–4:6)
C. Israel’s Judgment and Exile (5:1-30)
D. Isaiah’s Call to Prophesy (6:1-13)
II. The Judgment of Israel and the Nations (7:1–35:10)
A. A Narrative of a Sign Rejected: Ahaz Chooses to Trust the Nations (7:1–12:6)
1. The Messianic Sign of Immanuel: His Birth (7:1-16)
2. An Oracle of Judgment on Judah, Damascus, and Samaria (7:17–8:22)
3. The Messianic Son of God: His Nature (9:1-7)
4. An Oracle of Judgment on Samaria and Assyria (9:8–10:34)
a. The Judgment of Samaria (9:8–10:4)
b. The Judgment of Assyria (10:5-34)
5. The Messianic Branch of the Lord: His Reign (11:1-16)
6. A Hymn of Praise (12:1-6)
B. The Oracles of Judgment (13:1–35:10)
1. The Oracles against the Nations (13:1–23:18)
a. The Oracle against Babylon (13:1–14:27)
b. The Oracle against Philistia (14:28-32)
c. The Oracle against Moab (15:1–16:14)
d. The Oracle against Syria and Ephraim (17:1-11)
e. The Oracle against Cush (17:12–18:7)
f. The Oracle against Egypt (19:1–20:6)
g. The Oracle against Babylon (21:1-10)
h. The Oracle against Edom (21:11-12)
i. The Oracle against Arabia (21:13-17)
j. The Oracle against Jerusalem (22:1-25)
k. The Oracle against Tyre (23:1-18)
2. The Little Apocalypse (24:1–27:13)
a. The Judgment of the Earth (24:1–25:12)
(1) The Description of the Judgment (24:1-23)
(2) The Responses to the Judgment (25:1-12)
b. The Establishment of God’s Kingdom (26:1–27:13)
3. The Book of Woes (28:1–33:24)
a. The First Woe: For Drunken Mocking (28:1-29)
b. The Second Woe: For Religious Hypocrisy (29:1-14)
c. The Third Woe: For Attempting to Deceive God (29:15-24)
d. The Fourth Woe: For Stubborn Rebellion (30:1-33)
e. The Fifth Woe: For Failure to Trust (31:1–32:20)
(1) God (Not Egypt) Will Deliver Israel (31:1-9)
(2) God Will Establish His Righteous Messianic King (32:1-20)
f. The Sixth Woe: For Destructive Opposition (33:1-24)
4. The Summary of Judgment and Blessing (34:1–35:10)
a. The Power of the Gentiles Will Be Broken (34:1-17)
b. The Redeemed Will See the Kingdom of God (35:1-10)
III. The Blessing of Israel and the Nations (36:1–66:24)
A. A Narrative of a Sign Accepted: Hezekiah Chooses to Trust the Lord (36:1–39:8)
1. Hezekiah and the Assyrians (36:1–37:38)
a. The Attack of Assyria (36:1-22)
b. The Defeat of Assyria (37:1-38)
2. Hezekiah and the Babylonians (38:1–39:8)
a. Hezekiah Healed by the Lord (38:1-22)
b. Hezekiah Reveals His Treasures to the Babylonians (39:1-8)
B. The Oracles of Blessing (40:1–66:24)
1. Deliverance from Babylon (40:1–48:22)
a. God’s Comforting Message (40:1-31)
b. God’s Powerful Deliverance (41:1-29)
c. God’s Chosen Servant (42:1-25)
d. God’s Comforting Assurance (43:1–44:5)
e. God’s Sovereign Authority (44:6-23)
(1) God’s Declaration of His Unique Sovereignty (44:6-8)
(2) Satire on Trusting in Useless Idols (44:9-20)
(3) Admonition to Remember and Return to God (44:21-22)
(4) Concluding Hymnic Praise of God. (44:23)
f. God’s Human Agent (44:24–45:25)
(1) The Description of Cyrus (44:24–45:13)
(2) The Effect of Cyrus (45:14-25)
g. God’s Righteous Judgment (46:1–47:15)
h. God’s Predicted Restoration (48:1-22)
2. Deliverance from Sin (49:1–57:21)
a. The Encouragement of Israel (49:1–52:11)
(1) The Servant’s Roles (49:1-13)
(2) The Lord’s Reassurance of Faithfulness (49:14-26)
(3) The Servant’s Example (50:1-11)
(4) God’s Promised Deliverance (51:1–52:12)
b. The Sacrifice for Israel (52:13–53:12)
(1) God Speaks: The Servant Will Be Exalted Despite His Humiliation (52:13-15)
(2) Israel Speaks: The Servant Was Not Recognized because of His Humiliation (53:1-9)
(3) God Speaks: The Servant Will Be Exalted because of His Humiliation (53:10-12)
c. The Salvation of Israel and the Nations (54:1–57:21)
(1) The Salvation of Israel (54:1–55:13)
(a) The Promise of Salvation (54:1-17)
(b) The Offer of Salvation (55:1-13)
(2) The Salvation of the Nations (56:1–57:21)
(a) The Inclusion of the Gentiles (56:1-8)
(b) The Condemnation of the Wicked (56:9–57:21)
3. Deliverance in the End (58:1–66:24)
a. God’s Initiative Delivers Israel (58:1–60:22)
(1) God Describes Israel’s Sinfulness (58:1–59:8)
(2) Israel Confesses Its Own Sinfulness (59:9-15a)
(3) God Initiates Israel’s Redemption (59:15b-21)
(4) God Will Redeem Israel for His Glory (60:1-22)
b. God’s Messiah Delivers Israel (61:1–63:6)
(1) The Messiah’s Ministry to Israel (61:1-11)
(2) The Messiah’s Restoration of Israel (62:1-12)
(3) The Messiah’s Judgment of Edom (63:1-6)
c. God’s Covenant Faithfulness Delivers Israel (63:7–66:24)
(1) God’s Faithfulness Remembered (63:7-14)
(2) God’s Forgiveness Requested (63:15–64:12)
(3) God’s Deliverance Described (65:1-25)
(4) God’s Glory Descends (65:17–66:24)