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Keith Essex
Isaiah


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  1. Isaiah [MSB, 934-6; ESVSB, 1233-9; HSB, 1123-7; MKP, 436-42]
    1. Introduction
      1. Title: "Isaiah" ["Yahweh is Salvation" or "Yahweh will Save"] (Isa 1:1; 2:1; 7:3; 13:1; 20:2, 3; 37:2, 5, 6, 21; 38:1, 4, 21; 39:3, 5, 8; see 2 Kgs 19:2, 5, 6, 20; 20:1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 19; cf. 2 Chr 26:22; 32:32)
      2. Focus: [See Geographic References in Isaiah]
        Judah (Isa 1:1; 2:1; 3:1, 8; 5:3, 7; 7:1, 6, 17; 8:8; 9:21; 11:12, 13; 19:17; 22:8, 21; 26:1; 36:1, 7; 37:10, 31; 38:9; 40:9; 44:26; 48:1; 65:9)
        and Jerusalem (Isa 1:1; 2:1, 3; 3:1, 8; 4:3, 4; 5:3; 7:1; 8:14; 10:10, 11, 12, 32; 22:10, 21; 24:23; 27:13; 28:14; 30:19; 31:5, 9; 33:20; 36:2, 7, 20; 37:10, 22, 32; 40:2, 9; 41:27; 44:26, 28; 51:17; 52:1, 2, 9; 62:6, 7; 64:10; 65:18, 19; 66:10, 13, 20);
        Zion (Isa 1:8, 27; 2:3; 3:16, 17; 4:3, 4, 5; 8:18; 10:12, 24, 32; 12:6; 14:32; 16:1; 18:7; 24:23; 28:16; 29:8; 30:19; 31:4, 9; 33:5, 14, 20; 34:8; 35:10; 37:22, 32; 40:9; 41:27; 46:13; 49:14; 51:3, 11, 16; 52:1, 2, 7, 8; 59:20; 60:14; 61:3; 62:1, 11; 64:10; 66:8);
        city [ir] (Isa 1:8, 26; 22:2, 9; 26:1; 32:14, 19; 36:15; 37:33, 34, 35; 38:6; 45:13; 48:2; 52:1; 60:14; 62:12; 66:6);
        city [qiryah] (Isa 1:21, 26; 22:2; 29:1; 32:13; 33:20)
      3. Date: 739-681 BC (Isa 1:1; 6:1; 37:38) [See Isaiah's Dated Oracles in Historical Context]
        1. Uzziah (Isa 1:1; 6:1; 7:1; see 2 Kgs 14:21-22; 15:1-7 [790-739 BC])
        2. Jotham (Isa 1:1; 7:1; see 2 Kgs 15:5-7, 32-38 [750-731 BC])
        3. Ahaz (Isa 1:1; 7:1, 3, 10, 12; 14:28; see 2 Kgs 15:38; 16:1-20 [743-715 BC])
        4. Hezekiah (Isa 1:1; 36:1-39:8; see 2 Kgs 18:1-20:21 [728-686 BC])
        5. {Manasseh (see 2 Kgs 21:1-18 [695-642 BC])}
    2. Major Themes [see NIDOTTE, 4:725-32]
      1. Yahweh, [See References to Yahweh in Isaiah]
        "The Holy One of Israel" (cf. 2 Kgs 19:22; Ps 71:22; 78:41; 89:18; Jer 50:29; 51:5; Ezek 39:7; 25x – Isa 1:4; 5:19, 24; 10:20; 12:6; 17:7; 29:19; 30:11, 12, 15; 31:1; 37:23; 41:14, 16, 20; 43:3, 14; 45:11; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; 60:9, 14);
        "The Holy One of Jacob" (Isa 29:23);
        "The Holy One" (Isa 10:17; 40:25; 43:15; 49:7) [MSB, 937]
      2. The Sinfulness of Judah (Isa 1; 2; 3; 5; 6; 29; 30; 31; 39)
        & Yahweh's Judgment (Isa 1; 2; 3; 5; 6; 8; 10; 29; 30; 31; 32; 39)
      3. The Sinfulness of the Nations (Isa 10; 13-23; 28; 34)
        & Yahweh's Judgment (Isa 10; 24; 34; 47)
      4. The Salvation of Yahweh (Isa 11:11-16; 12:1-2; 19:20; 25:9; 33:2, 6; 37:35; 38:20; 43:11-13; 45:17, 22; 49:6; 51:5, 6, 8; 56:1; 59:16, 17; 60:16; 61:10; 63:1, 8)
        1. The Light (Isa 9:2; 42:16; 49:6; 58:8-11; 60:1, 19, 20) [MSB, 949]
        2. The Child (Isa 7:14; 9:6-7) [MSB, 950]
        3. The Shoot, Branch (Isa 11:1) [MSB, 953, 942]
        4. The Stone, Rock (Isa 28:16-17; 32:1-2) [MSB 975, 981]
        5. The Servant (Isa 42:1-9; 49:1-13; 50:4-11; 52:13-53:12) [MSB, 996-7, 1009-10, 1011-2, 1015-7]
        6. The Redeemer of Israel (Isa 41:14; 43:14; 44:16, 24; 47:4; 48:17; 49:7, 26; 54:5, 8; 59:20; 60:16; 63:16) [MSB, 995]
        7. The Second Exodus (Isa 11:11-16; 40:3-5; 41:17-20; 42:14-16; 43:1-3, 14-21; 48:20-21; 49:8-12; 51:9-10; 52:11-12; 55:12-13; 58:8; 60:2, 19; 63:7-9) [MSB, 953-4]
        8. The Second Moses
          1. Endued with Yahweh's Spirit (Isa 42:1; cf. Num 11:25)
          2. Will Establish Justice (Isa 42:1, 3, 4; cf. Deut 4:8)
          3. Called by Yahweh (Isa 49:1-2; cf. Exod 3:1-4:12)
          4. Will Give a Covenant (Isa 42:6; 49:8; cf. Exod 24:1-11)
          5. Will Be Rejected (Isa 49:7; 50:6; 53:3; cf. Exod 2:14; Num 12)
          6. His Humility (Isa 42:2-3; 53:2; cf. Num 12:3)
      5. The Spirit of Yahweh (Isa 11:2; 32:15; 34:16; 40:7, 13; 42:1; 44:3; 48:16; 59:19; 61:1; 63:10, 14)
      6. The Sovereignty of Yahweh (Isa 41:21-23; 42:9; 43:9-10; 44:6-8; 45:21; 46:9-11; 48:3)
      7. Trust [batah] (Isa 12:2; 14:30; 26:4; 30:12, 15; 31:1; 32:17; 36:4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15; 42:17; 47:8, 10; 50:10; 59:4) [NIDOTTE, 1:644-9] /
        Faith ['aman] (Isa 1:21, 26; 7:9; 8:2; 28:16; 43:10; 49:7; 53:1; 55:3) [HSB, 1137]
      8. Covenant (Isa 24:5; 28:15, 18; 33:8; 42:6; 49:8; 54:10; 55:3; 56:4, 6; 59:21; 61:8)
    3. Purpose: The holy Yahweh will not permit unholiness in His people [Jerusalem], so He will therefore deal with them in such a way as to chasten and purge them and make them fit to participate in His program of extending His rule over the Gentiles.
    4. The Literary Structure (see outline: Isaiah Structures; An Adaptation of the Traditional Structure of ISAIAH; The Book of Isaiah Chiastic; and An Alternate Approach to the Literary Structure of ISAIAH.)
      [note: Assyria - Isa 7:17, 18, 20; 8:4, 7; 10:5, 12, 24; 11:11, 16; 14:25; 19:23-25; 20:1, 4, 6; 23:13; 27:13; 30:31; 31:8; 36:1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 15, 16, 18; 37:4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 18, 21, 33, 36, 37; 38:6; 52:4;
      Babylon - Isa 13:1, 19; 14:4, 22; 21:9; 39:1, 3, 6, 7; 43:14; 47:1; 48:14, 20]
    5. Bibliography
      1. Exegetical:
        • Oswalt, The Book of Isaiah (NICOT). 2 vols.
        • Young, The Book of Isaiah. 3 vols.
      2. English Interpretation:
        • Motyer, The Prophecy of Isaiah.
        • Smith, Isaiah (NAC). 2 vols.
      3. Expositional:
        • Ortland, Jr., Isaiah: God Saves Sinners (PTW).
    6. Selected Interpretive Problems
      1. The Authorship / Unity of Isaiah [ESVSB, 1233-4] [See Isaiah Charts: ISAIAH 1:2 - 35:10; ISAIAH 1:2 - 12:6]
        1. Critical Viewpoints
          1. Isaiah (Isa 1-39); "Deutero-Isaiah" (Isa 40-66)
          2. Isaiah (Isa 1-39); "Deutero-Isaiah" (Isa 40-55); "Trito-Isaiah" (Isa 56-66)
          3. A Redaction of "Isaianic" Material around a Nucleus of Isaiah's Message
        2. Orthodox Viewpoints
          1. One Author, Isaiah [Oswalt; Young; Motyer]
          2. One Editor of Isaiah's Oracles [Smith]
      2. The Child / Son (Isa 7:14) [MSB, 947; ESVSB, 1254-5; HSB, 1137, 1139]
        1. A Child of Ahaz / Isaiah's Day Only
        2. The Virgin-born Child Only (i.e. Exclusively Messianic) [Young; Motyer; Smith (?)]
        3. A Child in Ahaz / Isaiah's Day Who Foreshadowed the Messiah [Oswalt; Ortland; EBC; BKC]
      3. Babylon (Isa 13:1-14:23) [MSB, 955-8; ESVSB, 1265-9; HSB, 1148-51] [See Isaiah Charts: ISAIAH 13:1 - 27:13]
        1. Historic Babylon / Symbol of All Human Defiance against God [Ortland]
        2. Assyria (cf. Isa 14:24-25) [Motyer]
        3. The Fall of Babylon in 689 BC (cf. Isa 21:1-10) [BKC]
        4. The Fall of Babylon in 539 BC (cf. Isa 13:17-18)
        5. The Fall of Babylon Foreshadowing the Future Fall of Babylon (cf. Isa 13:6, 9, 20-22)
          1. Double Meaning [Oswalt; Young; Motyer]
          2. Blended, yet Distinct [Smith (?)]
      4. The King of Babylon (Isa 14:12-14) [MSB, 958; ESVSB, 1267; HSB, 1050-1]
        1. The Human King Only [Oswalt; Young; Motyer; Smith; Ortland; BKC]
        2. The Human King as a Type of Satan [EBC]
        3. Satan Only
      5. The Identity of the "Servant" [MSB, 996; ESVSB, 1315; HSB, 1192; see MSJ, 8:2 (Fall, 1997) 191-210] [See Isaiah Charts: ISAIAH 28:1 - 35:10; ISAIAH 40:1 - 66:24; ISAIAH 40:1 - 48:22; and ISAIAH 49:1 - 57:21.]
        1. The Nation, Israel (Isa 41:8-9; 42:19; 43:10; 44:1-2, 21; 45:4; 48:20; 49:3; cf. Isa 49:5-6) [Oswalt; Young; Motyer; EBC]
        2. The Righteous Remnant of Israel [EBC]
        3. An Individual (Isa 42:1-7; 49:1-7; 50:4-11; 52:13-53:12)
          1. The Prophet, Isaiah (cf. Isa 20:3)
          2. The Coming Messiah, the New Moses / Ideal Israel [Oswalt; Young; Motyer; Ortland; EBC]
        [See Isaiah Charts: The Structure of Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12; and ISAIAH 58:1 - 66:24.]
      6. The New Heavens and the New Earth (Isa 65:17; 66:22) [MSB, 1033; ESVSB, 1359]
        1. The Temporal Kingdom Only
        2. The Eternal State Only [Motyer (?); Ortland; EBC (?)]
        3. The Church Age and Eternal State [Young]
        4. The Church Age, Temporal Kingdom; and Eternal State [Oswalt]
        5. The Temporal Kingdom and the Eternal State [BKC]
          1. Double Fulfillment
          2. Blended, yet Distinct
    7. Preaching Isaiah

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