Isaiah 17: Judgment on Damascus and Israel
Isaiah 17 announces the ruin of Damascus and the weakening of Israel because they forgot the God of their salvation. It ends with the sudden collapse of the plundering nations that roar against God's people.
Isaiah 16: Moab's Pride and Coming Judgment
Isaiah 16 continues the oracle against Moab, urging its people to send lambs to Zion and give refuge to fugitives, while promising a throne established in loving kindness and truth. Moab's pride and idolatry will not prevail, and within three years its glory will be brought into contempt, leaving only a small remnant.
Isaiah 15: Moab's Sudden Ruin and Weeping
Isaiah 15 is a prophetic oracle against Moab, announcing its sudden destruction and the resulting widespread mourning. It depicts the people's flight, their cries of distress, and the prophet's own heart crying out for Moab.
Isaiah 14: Fall of Babylon and Philistia
Isaiah 14 begins with God's promise to restore Israel and ends with oracles against Babylon and Philistia. The chapter centers on a taunt against the king of Babylon, describing his pride and downfall, and affirms that God's purposes for the whole earth will stand.
Isaiah 13: Judgment on Babylon
Isaiah 13 is a prophetic oracle against Babylon, announcing that God will muster an army to destroy it because of its evil and arrogance. It depicts the terror of the day of Yahweh, the cosmic signs, and the final desolation of the city.
Isaiah 12 Thanksgiving and Trust
Isaiah 12 is a song of thanksgiving and trust from those who have experienced God's anger turned away and His comfort restored. It calls for joyful drawing from salvation's wells and proclaiming God's excellent deeds to all the earth.
Isaiah 11: The Branch and Peaceful Kingdom
Isaiah 11 portrays a future ruler from Jesse's line who is filled with Yahweh's Spirit and judges with righteousness. It also depicts a restored creation where predators and prey live together in peace, and God gathers the remnant of His people from many nations.
Isaiah 10: Judgment on Assyria and Hope for Remnant
Isaiah 10 declares woe on those who legislate injustice and announces that Assyria, though used by God as a rod, will itself be judged for its arrogant self-exaltation. The chapter ends with a promise that a remnant of Israel will return and lean on Yahweh, and that the Assyrian yoke will be broken.
Isaiah 8: Signs, Assyria, and the Fear of God
Isaiah 8 records a prophetic sign through the birth of a son named Maher Shalal Hash Baz, announcing that Assyria will plunder Damascus and Samaria before the child can speak. It also warns Judah not to fear conspiracies or seek mediums, but to fear Yahweh alone, who will be a sanctuary for some and a stumbling stone for others.
Isaiah 7: The Sign of Immanuel
Isaiah 7 records the prophet Isaiah meeting King Ahaz as Syria and Ephraim threaten Jerusalem, assuring him their plan will fail if he trusts God. When Ahaz refuses to ask for a sign, God gives the sign of a virgin conceiving a son named Immanuel, but also announces that Assyria will bring devastation on Judah.
Isaiah 5: The Vineyard and Woes
Isaiah 5 uses a vineyard parable to show God's care for Israel and Judah and their failure to produce justice and righteousness. It then pronounces a series of woes against specific sins and warns of coming judgment through foreign nations.
Isaiah 4: Branch, Cleansing, and Canopy
Isaiah 4 begins with seven women asking one man to let them be called by his name to remove their reproach. It then promises that Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious, that survivors in Zion will be called holy after being washed and purged, and that Yahweh will create a cloud, smoke, and flaming fire over Mount Zion with a pavilion for shade and refuge.
Isaiah 3: Judgment on Judah's Leaders
Isaiah 3 announces that God will strip Jerusalem and Judah of every kind of support, from bread and water to skilled leaders, replacing them with children and oppressors. It exposes the arrogance of the wealthy and the women of Zion, and declares that God himself will judge the elders for crushing the poor.
Isaiah 2: Pride, Idols, and the Mountain of Yahweh
Isaiah 2 presents a vision of all nations flowing to Yahweh's mountain to learn his ways, followed by a stark warning that human pride and idolatry will be brought low in the day of Yahweh. The chapter calls the house of Jacob to walk in Yahweh's light and to stop trusting in mere humans.
Isaiah 1: Rebellion, Repentance, and Redemption
Isaiah 1 records a vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem, where Yahweh indicts a rebellious people for empty worship and social injustice. It calls them to wash themselves, do good, and seek justice, promising that though sins are scarlet they can become white as snow, and warning of judgment for those who refuse.