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Outline of Isaiah

  1. Introduction: God’s Servants, Now and Then (1:1–5:30)
    1. God’s Denunciation, Appeal, and Promise (1:1–31)
    2. The Problem: What Israel Is Versus What She Will Be (2:1–4:6)
      1. The Destiny of the House of Jacob (2:1–5)
      2. The House of Jacob Forsaken (2:6–4:1)
      3. Israel Restored (4:2–6)
    3. A Harvest of Wild Grapes (5:1–30)
  2. A Call to Servanthood (6:1–13)
  3. Lessons in Trust—the Basis of Servanthood (7:1–39:8)
    1. God or Assyria? No Trust (7:1–12:6)
      1. Children, Signs of God’s Presence (7:1–9:7)
      2. Measured by God’s Standards (9:8–10:4)
      3. Hope for Restoration (10:5–11:16)
      4. The Song of Trust (12:1–6)
    2. God: Master of the Nations (13:1–35:10)
      1. God’s Judgment on the Nations (13:1–23:18)
      2. God’s Triumph over the Nations (24:1–27:13)
      3. The Folly of Trusting the Nations (28:1–33:24)
      4. Trusting God or the Nations: Results (34:1–35:10)
    3. God or Assyria? Trust (36:1–39:8)
      1. The Assyrian Threat (36:1–37:38)
      2. The Human Limits of Trust (38:1–39:8)
  4. The Vocation of Servanthood (40:1–55:13)
    1. Introduction: The Servant’s Lord (40:1–31)
    2. Motive for Servanthood: Grace (41:1–48:22)
      1. The Servants of the Lord: His Witnesses (41:1–44:22)
      2. The Lord Delivers His Servants (44:23–46:13)
      3. The Lord’s Testimony (47:1–48:22)
    3. Means of Servanthood: Atonement (49:1–55:13)
      1. Anticipation of Reconciliation (49:1–52:12)
      2. Revelation of the Means of Reconciliation (52:13–53:12)
      3. Invitation to Reconciliation (54:1–55:13)
  5. V. The Marks of Servanthood: Divine Character (56:1–66:24)
    1. Human Inability (56:1–59:21)
      1. Humility and Holiness (56:1–57:21)
      2. Righteousness and Ritual (58:1–59:21)
    2. The Lord Has Glorified You (60:1–62:12)
    3. Divine Ability (63:1–66:24)
      1. Israel’s Faithfulness; the Lord’s Faithfulness (63:1–65:16)
      2. The Final Judgment (65:17–66:24)