Isaiah Study Journal & Commentary

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Isaiah Study Journal by R. JaceAllred

ContentsPurpose of Study & Themes............................................................................................................1

Isaiah 1.............................................................................................................................................1

Isaiah 2.............................................................................................................................................2

Isaiah 3.............................................................................................................................................2

Isaiah 4.............................................................................................................................................3

Isaiah 5.............................................................................................................................................3

Isaiah 6.............................................................................................................................................4

Isaiah 7.............................................................................................................................................4

Isaiah 8.............................................................................................................................................5

Isaiah .............................................................................................................................................5

Isaiah 1!...........................................................................................................................................5

Isaiah 11...........................................................................................................................................6

Isaiah 12...........................................................................................................................................6

Isaiah 13...........................................................................................................................................7

Isaiah 14...........................................................................................................................................7

Isaiah 15...........................................................................................................................................7

Isaiah 16...........................................................................................................................................8

Isaiah 17...........................................................................................................................................8

Isaiah 18...........................................................................................................................................8

Isaiah 1...........................................................................................................................................

Isaiah 2!...........................................................................................................................................

Isaiah 21...........................................................................................................................................

Isaiah 22.........................................................................................................................................1!

Isaiah 23.........................................................................................................................................1!

Isaiah 24.........................................................................................................................................1!

Isaiah 25.........................................................................................................................................11

Isaiah 26.........................................................................................................................................11


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Isaiah 27.........................................................................................................................................12

Isaiah 28.........................................................................................................................................12

Isaiah 2.........................................................................................................................................13

Isaiah 3!.........................................................................................................................................13

Isaiah 31.........................................................................................................................................14

Isaiah 32.........................................................................................................................................14

Isaiah 33.........................................................................................................................................15

Isaiah 34.........................................................................................................................................15

Isaiah 35.........................................................................................................................................15

Isaiah 36.........................................................................................................................................16

Isaiah 37.........................................................................................................................................16

Isaiah 38.........................................................................................................................................17

Isaiah 3.........................................................................................................................................17

Isaiah 4!.........................................................................................................................................17

Isaiah 41.........................................................................................................................................18

Isaiah 42.........................................................................................................................................1

Isaiah 43.........................................................................................................................................1

Isaiah 44.........................................................................................................................................2!

Isaiah 45.........................................................................................................................................2!

Isaiah 46.........................................................................................................................................2!

Isaiah 47.........................................................................................................................................21

Isaiah 48.........................................................................................................................................21

Isaiah 4.........................................................................................................................................22

Isaiah 5!.........................................................................................................................................23

Isaiah 51.........................................................................................................................................24

Isaiah 52.........................................................................................................................................24

Isaiah 53.........................................................................................................................................25

Isaiah 54.........................................................................................................................................25

Isaiah 55.........................................................................................................................................26

Isaiah 56.........................................................................................................................................26

Isaiah 57.........................................................................................................................................27

Isaiah 58.........................................................................................................................................27


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Isaiah 5.........................................................................................................................................28

Isaiah 6!.........................................................................................................................................2

Isaiah 61.........................................................................................................................................2

Isaiah 62.........................................................................................................................................2

Isaiah 63.........................................................................................................................................3!

Isaiah 64.........................................................................................................................................3!

Isaiah 65.........................................................................................................................................31

Isaiah 66.........................................................................................................................................31

Purpose of Study & ThemesThere "i## $e% hih#ihted "ithin the 'ourna#% themes (orrespondin "ith this (o#or s(heme)

• Israe#*s Idea#+Idy##i( ,uture

• Israe#*s present state of (ondition

• The s(atterin of Israe#

• The atherin of Israe#

Isaiah 1

Main Point: The prefa(e to the "ords of Isaiah. The -ord "i## not put up "ith the iniuities of

Israe# any #oner. Their iniuities% /in(#ude re$e##iousness% the (ommission of so(ia# in'usti(es%

and the ne#e(t of true temp#e "orship.01 The -ord sti## inites them to repent% $ut "arns them of

the (omin diine 'udment if they fai# to do so.

V1-4: The - prospered and (ared for is peop#e for so #on. ot"ithstandin is mer(ies

upon them% they do not no" im they fai# to een (onsider im.V5-9: The (hi#dren of Israe# are so point#ess#y (ontinuin on in their re$e##ious "ays. They are

si(% yet they do not $e#iee they are si(. They are deso#ate% yet they puff themse#es up. If it

"ere not for the 9$rahami( (oenant% :erusa#em and Israe# "ou#d $e #ie unto Sodom and

;omorrah.

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V10-15: The sym$o#s and (oenants that are in p#a(e to prompt spiritua# meanin% are sti## $ein

offered $ut $ear no spiritua# sinifi(an(e for the peop#e.

V16-20: / Its peop#e hae mi=ed the "ays of the "or#d

in "ith their #ies. They are no #oner (onse(rated% nor seein for su(h. They are #ie /"ine

mi=ed "ith "ater03.

V25-27: Sin(e Israe# is meant to $e the (ity of rihteousness% ;od "i## purify it. is 'udment

sha## (ome oer it.

V28-31) ;od?s po"er sha## em$arrass those "ho eer de(ided to turn a"ay from ;od to"ards

ido#atry. This is a dou$#e prophe(y suestin that in the #atter days ;od "i## a#so pure from the

earth those "ho refuse to turn to im.

Isaiah 2

Main Point: The (ontrast $et"een the peop#e of ;od in the future ersus ho" Israe# is (urrent#y%

is #are. Those "ho are the peop#e of ;od and "i## re(eie his mer(y are those "ho stay near to

im% and #earn of is "ays. Those "ho are on the other side of the spe(trum are those "ho are

pridefu#% do "hateer they "ant% d"e## in mi=ed (ompany renderin themse#es impure.

V1-5: 9 prophe(y for the #ast days. The peop#e of ;od "i## not #earn of "ar% $ut "i## #earn in the

house of the -% and they "i## "a# in is "ays. /The -?s house sha## $e esta$#ished in

the top of the mountains% and sha## $e e=a#ted a$oe the hi##s@04 The peop#e of ;od in the #ast

days "i## $e those "ho ather in the temp#e.

V6-9) Instead of "orshippin ;od% the house of :a(o$ has turned to ido#atry and hae mi=ed

themse#es "ith fa#se prophets from the east instead of :esus Christ from the east. This

"i(edness (omes from the (o##e(tie pride and apostasy of the peop#e.

V10-22: ;od "i## $rin do"n the pridefu#. ;od is "arnin is peop#e of the (omin of the day

of the - in "hi(h if they are not prepared then they "i## perish.

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Isaiah 3

Main Point: The -ord?s peop#e are fu## of pride. They are hypo(rites% spiritua# adu#terers% and

apatheti( to"ards serin their fe##o" man. ;od?s standards hae not (haned) o$edien(e

pre(edes $#essins% re$e##ion pre(edes destru(tion.

V1-8: The (hi#dren of Israe# and their "i(edness "i## (ause reat anar(hy and they "i## $e

s(attered and s(arred.

V9-11: They try to hide their sin% $ut do not rea#iAe that their (ountenan(e "itnesses aainst

them. ;oodness has a#"ays a((ompanied rihteousness% and destru(tion has a#"ays

a((ompanied "i(edness. Bou are $#essed if you do% (ursed if you do not.

V12-15: :esus stands to p#ead. The peop#e hae no (ompassion for one another. The peop#e do

not tae (are of the needy and the poor.

V16-26: /Stret(hed forth ne(s. This portrays "omen "ho #oo side"ays to see if others noti(etheir $eauty as they pran(e a#on the "ay or as they #oo up"ards "ith hih heads in a proud

manner@ the e=pression denotes a peop#e "ho pay ido#atrous heed to others rather than to ;od

a$oe.05 I fee# #ie no e=p#anation is needed $eyond this des(ription of $oth the (hi#dren of Israe#

in Isaiah?s time% and modern times.

Isaiah 4

Main Point: Those "ho surie the 'udments in the day of the -% "i## $e a temp#e

attendin peop#e% /for it is their temp#e orientation that "i## he#p them es(ape his 'udments.0

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Those "ho are #eft% as "e## as the earth% "i## $e rene"ed and $eautifu#.

Isaiah 5

Main Point: ;od?s (hosen peop#e are not (hoosin im. ot"ithstandin a## that e has $#essed

them "ith% they do not een (onsider% and so is 'udments "i## (ome upon them. ;od "i## raise

an ensin and ather Israe#.

V1-7: Dsin a story to a(t as ana#oy% ;od sho"s to the ouse of Israe# that there is nothin that

e has not done for them. e (reates perfe(t (onditions to $rin forth rihteousness% yet the

resu#t is $itterness. Therefore% ;od "i## tae a"ay a## of the $#essins and prote(tions and there




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"i## $e nothin said that "i## $e "e## for the ouse of Israe#. ot on#y is this app#i(a$#e to

Isaiah?s ouse of Israe#% it app#ies in a## eras "hen this is read.

V8-10) /Seere anuish and distress resu#tin from ;od?s 'udments% "hi(h "i## (ome upon the

ui#ty in a## aes of the "or#d% in(#udin our o"n.07 Those "ho are pridefu# and refuse to he#p the

poor "i## e=perien(e these horrors.V11-12: The pro$#em is that they "i## not een (onsider ;od. They (onsider the "or#d#y thins.

V13-19: They see sins "ithout seein ;od. The "i(ed "i## $e hum$#ed $y ;od?s

'udments.

V20-25: Ehen ;od?s 'udments (ome upon /@them that (a## ei# ood% and ood ei# that put

darness for #iht% and #iht for darness that put $itter for s"eet% and s"eet for $itter@08% they

"i## no" that it "as $e(ause they #et o of the "ays of ;od. They "i## no" that they on#y

(ared a$out themse#es. ;od is not 'ust (on(erned a$out those "ho are "i(ed. e "i## a#so (a##

the rihteous.

V26-30: Those "ho heed the (a## to (ome to Fion "i## (ome "ithout fear. The estoration of the

;ospe# of :esus Christ is the ensin% as "e## as the Goo of Hormon.

Isaiah 6

Main Point) Isaiah is (omforted in his ision of :esus Christ. e is (ommanded and

strenthened for the purpose of his (a##in to prea(h and prophesy to the "i(ed ouse of Israe#.

V1-4: Isaiah sees the -ord and it is a sa(red e=perien(e.

V5-8: Isaiah fee#s inadeuate $efore ;od $ut is purified "ith the o#y ;host.

V9-12: The -ord te##s Isaiah ho" #on it "i## tae unti# :erusa#em repents. They "i## not repent

een "hi#e they are $ein destroyed) s(atterin of Israe#.

V13: There "i## $e some that sha## return.

Isaiah 7Main Point: Commanded to hae trust in ;od a((ordin to tempora# matters% een offerin the

Immanue# prophe(y for a sin 9haA re'e(ts. 9nother instan(e of ;od $#essin and prote(tinIsrae# "ith them disreardin it a##.

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V1-9: Isaiah is (ommanded to see 9haA. e is to hae trust in ;od% reard#ess of the seemin#y%

impendin po#iti(a# and "armonerin (ountries $rinin doom. This has app#i(ation in our day%

meanin that "e as the peop#e of ;od% shou#d tae no fear of "ars and rumors of "ars in the

"or#d. ur trust in ;od shou#d $e reater than our trust in man% or his po#i(y% or his mi#itary.

V10-16: ;od is so "i##in to ie 9haA a sin "hi(h sha## sho" his "i##inness to prote(t him. 9irin sha## (on(eie and $ear a son@

V17-25: The ens#aement of :erusa#em is prophesied. Pride (oers the #and. The ouse of Israe#

and its promised $#essins "i## $e(ome spoi#ed.

Isaiah 8

Main Point:

V1-4: The Immanue# Prophe(y has its #itera#% immediate fu#fi##ment "ith the "ife of Isaiah.

V5-8: The ouse of Israe# re'e(ts the "aters of Shi#oah% or the ;ospe# of :esus Christ% so the

"aters of the rier% or the armies of the in of 9ssyria sha## oer(ome them.

V9-10: 9#thouh they may try to mae "or#d#y defense p#ans% they sha## a## (rum$#e. ;od has

a#ready ien them a (han(e to $e prote(ted from these daners% $ut they don?t een (onsider

im. 9## "or#d#y a##ian(es sha## (rum$#e.

V11-18: The -ord (ommands is peop#e to not asso(iate themse#es mu(h "ith those "ho hae

fear of "ars. The reason they hae so mu(h time and enery and a mindset to fo(us on fearin

"ar is $e(ause they do not fear ;od enouh. This is 'ust another instan(e of ;od?s peop#e "hoe has #on stried to tae (are ofJ inorin im.

V19-22: The "i(ed #oo unto other sour(es for truth $e(ause they hae #ost the o#y ;host.

Those peop#e that don?t hae the o#y ;host are in darness. They are a#"ays su$'e(t to

(onfusion and anuish.

Isaiah

Main Point: :esus Christ "i## destroy a## "i(edness from off the earth. ;od?s prophets te##

Israe# of the doom that (omes to them% $ut they "i## not #isten. Their sufferin and s(atterin is

des(ri$ed.

V1-7: :esus Christ is prophesied to $e Kin of Kins% Saior of the Eor#d. e "i## usher in the

Hi##ennium and destroy a## "or#d#y indoms. Dnto us% the ouse of Israe#% a son is ien. Dnto

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V8-12: The -ord has (a##ed prophets to (a## repentan(e to Israe#% $ut their pride and stu$$ornness

preents them from repentin. The -ord?s "arnin is not rea(hin them they "i## $e destroyed

$y their enemies.

V13-17: Those "ho are meant to $e the #eaders of the peop#e are not #eadin them to

rihteousness% $ut rather to destru(tion. The peop#e are "i(ed $e(ause of them.V18-21: The impendin doom is des(ri$ed as famine% "ar% fami#y aainst fami#y% and diine

'udment on (ause of "i(edness.

Isaiah 1!

Main Point: Israe# is hypo(riti(a#% in that they turn do"n the needy "hen they a(tua##y are in

need from ;od?s he#p. They are pridefu# and "i##fu##y re$e# aainst ;od.

V1-4: Israe#% meant to $e the (hosen peop#e% are (ommittin so(ia# in'usti(es su(h as turnin

a"ay from the poor and needy. The -ord maes a po"erfu# point "hen he ass /@to "hom "i##

ye f#ee for he#p>0 They hae $een refusin to hum$#e themse#es to $e he#pfu# to those "ho

need he#p% so one day "hen they "i## rea##y need he#p% they "i## $e put uite e=a(t#y in the same

position to $e for he#p.

V5-19: Israe# shou#d $e 'uded as stri(t#y% if not more stri(t#y% than its (ontemporaries. The

differen(e thouh% is that Israe# has foreno"#ede of ;od% "hi#e the others do not. /Sha## the

a=e $oast itse#f aainst him that he"eth there"ith> or sha## the sa" manify itse#f aainst him

that shaeth it>01! Israe# is the a=e that $oasts its strenth oer ;od?s L $est des(ri$ed as open

re$e##ion.

V20-23: Israe#% "i## one day% $e athered aain. 9 portion of the ouse of Israe# is ood.

V24-34: Isaiah te##s the peop#e to not $e afraid of 9ssyria% $e(ause ;od is in (ontro# and "i##

eentua##y destroy them.

Isaiah 11

Main Point: The Hi##ennium "i## $e a time of reat i(tory and a## those "ho trusted in Christ

"i## $e re"arded.

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V10-16: The -ord "i## mae an ensin and ather Israe# for the se(ond time. 0 o$ody (ompetes "ith :ehoah and is

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V29-32: Pa#estina is "arned of its pride% for the -ord?s prophets are not on#y in (hare of the

house of Israe# a#one.

Isaiah 15

Main Point: Hoa$ "as traditiona##y no"n to $e a $itter enemy "ith Israe#. Thus% in this

(onte=t% Hoa$ "i## suffer and $e destroyed% /despite the fa(t that they are prosperous in tradin

and (ommer(e011 This tempora# fu#fi##ment is a#so sym$o#i( of "hat "i## happen in the #ast days

"hen Hoa$ the "i(edJ "i## $e destroyed% despite their (ontradi(tory su((ess and prosperity.

Isaiah 16

Main Point: The a$so#ute destru(tion of Hoa$% an enemy of Israe#% is a type and sym$o# of "hat"i## happen to the "i(ed in the #ast days. It "i## happen in the same "ay that happened to the

a(tua# Hoa$ites. There "i## $e no happiness% no 'oy% no satisfa(tion that "i## (ome from $ein a

Hoa$ite or from $ein in Hoa$.

V1-5: 9s the Hoa$ites are seein for refue $e(ause of the destru(tion of their (ity% they appea#

to :udah. This has spiritua# imp#i(ations that re#ates to the p#an of sa#ation) In the #ast days% the

throne of aid "i## $e set up aain and :esus Christ "i## $e the in. 9s the "i(ed are

destroyed% some "i## try to appea# for he#p from the Hi##ennia# Kin% :esus Christ.

V6-8: Hoa$ and its apostate (ondition "i## $e destroyed and rief sha## spread eery "hi(h "ay.

V9-11: Hoa$?s sorro" is further des(ri$ed. There "i## $e no state of happiness or 'oy in any "ay

for the "i(ed.

V12-14: Hoa$ "i## try to pray to its fa#se ods and their ods "i## do nothin for them een

thouh they o to their hih san(tuary to pray.

Isaiah 17

Main Point: amas(us sha## $e destroyed% and Israe# sha## $e s(attered.

V1-5: amas(us is 'uded of ;od and "i## $e destroyed. Israe#% $e(ause she has $een "i(ed%"i## e=perien(e simi#ar 'udment% and "i## $e s(attered.

V6-8: The day "hen Israe# "i## $e s(attered and amas(us destroyed% the "i(ed "i## not #oo

unto their apostate "orship seri(es. They "i## #oo to the true ;od "ith respe(t and reeren(e.

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V9-11: Gefore Israe# is s(attered% they "i## not e=perien(e sorro"% as they $ein p#antin. Gut in

the day of harest% they "i## reap rief and sadness.

V12-14: Eoe is pronoun(ed upon 9ssyria.

Isaiah 18

Main Point: The "ho#e "or#d "i## noti(e an ensin #ifted up on a mountain% and our duty is to

hear it% $e(ause it is from ;od. Those "ho hear it% "i## fo##o" it a## the "ay to the - of

osts. Those "ho fai# to hear it "i## $e part of a## the dead $odies that "i## (oer the earth.

V1-6: ;od "i## send messeners out to pro(#aim the (omin of :esus Christ and the

esta$#ishment of Fion. Ehen an ensin is #ifted up on the mountains% hear it do not inore it.

There "i## $e so many dead $odies of the "i(ed that (oer the earth.

V7: Israe# "i##% at that time% $e athered to Hount Fion. The - of osts "i## d"e## on

Hount Fion.

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Chur(h% "e shou#d neer p#a(e our trust in armed for(es or po"erfu# (ountries. ur trust shou#d

$e in :esus Christ.0

Isaiah 21

Main Point: The po"er of ;od "i## oer(ome the "i(ed% name#y Ga$y#on% umah% and the

peop#e of Kedar.

V1-10: Isaiah?s ision of the s"ift destru(tion of Ga$y#on an(ient #itera# and fiuratie modernJ

is so terri$#e that the e=perien(e of the ision pains Isaiah to the point "here he (annot s#eep.

V11-12: umah is "eary of #iin in a "or#d of apostasy and "onders ho" mu(h niht remains.

V13-17: “Hany of the peop#e of Kedar "i## $e destroyed. Its refuees "i## f#ee the Nrieousness

of "ar?013

Isaiah 22

Main Point: The out(omes of :erusa#em and indiidua#s "ithin the (ity are put forth. :erusa#em

"i## proud#y re$ue ;od unti# the day they die. She$na and


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Isaiah 23

Main Point: Tyre% the reat (ity of (ommer(e "i## $e destroyed and forotten for seenty years.

9fter "hi(h% it "i## return to its "i(edness. Tyre?s ri(hes "i## $e ifted to the -ord and his

peop#e.

V1-16: The reat (ity of Tyre is representatie of a## the "or#d #ie Ga$y#on. It "as a #eader in

(ommer(e and tradin. ;od promises that Tyre in a## its "or#d#iness "i## $e destroyed and

forotten% $ut then "i## re$ui#d and return to its "i(edness.

V17-18: Tyre "i## $rin ri(hes to the -ord and his peop#e.

Isaiah 24

Main Point: The destru(tions of the iniuitous pre(ede the Se(ond Comin of :esus Christ. Therihteous "i## (ry out to ;od for mer(y and in 'oy. 9stronomi(a# eents "i## o((ur.

V1-12: The destru(tions of the Se(ond Comin "i## happen $e(ause Israe# "i## $rea the

eer#astin (oenant% and "i## $ein to (hane ;od?s #a"s. The merriness of the "i(ed "i##

(hane into a sih and they "i## riee.

V13-15: 9t that time% the -ord?s peop#e% or the mem$ers of is (hur(h "i## (ry unto im for

mer(y. is name "i## $e #orified.

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Main Point: The Hi##ennium is spoen of as a #orious time "hen the rihteous "i## eep their

minds on :esus. Ehi#e Fion a((epts those "ho are rihteous% the proud (ities "i## $e destroyed.

The -ord (a##s is peop#e to enter their (ham$ers "hi#e e destroys the "i(ed "ho remain% as a

fu#fi##ment of the sym$o#i( nature of the Passoer.

V1-4: In the #and of :udah% hymns of praise dire(ted to"ards :esus Christ "i## $e sun. The peop#e of :udah trust so mu(h in im that their "a##s are 'ust the sa#ation of ;od. The (ity?s

ates a##o" on#y the rihteous to enter. /Those of the stron (ity "i## hae perfe(t pea(e if their

mind rests on :ehoah and if they trust in him.015 In other "ords% the peop#e in Fion "i## not $e

made to $e perfe(t% $ut "i## sti## hae to a##o" their minds to stay on :esus.

V5-11: In star (ontrast to stron (ity in the #and of :udah% is the #ofty (ity "here the proud

d"e##. The prophe(y is that the - of hosts "i## $rin this (ity do"n to the dust. The prayer

a$out the -ord?s 'udments is offered $y Israe#. /Ehen "i## this prayer $e uttered> This prayer or

one #ie it has $een offered $y the rihteous sin(e the $einnin of the "or#d% for it sets forth

their desires for ;od?s 'udments. The prayer shou#d a#so represent our desires.016

V12-19: This prayer (ontinues% and the -ord promises the resurre(tion.

V20-21: The -ord inites the rihteous to (#ose the doors and stay inside "hi#e the "i(ed are

destroyed% hearenin $a( to the Passoer. The earth "i## no #oner sorro" for the un'ust $#ood

that "as spi##ed.

Isaiah 27

Main Point: The prosperity of the peop#e of the -ord and the missionary "or performed $y

su(h "i## (ause a## nations and their ido#s to perish. The nations throuhout the "or#d "i## $e

athered one $y one.

V1-6: In the day of the Hi##ennium% the -ord "i## prosper is saints e=(eedin#y. Satan "i## $e

punished% and Israe# "i## $#ossom% su$seuent#y fi##in the "ho#e earth "ith fruit missionary

"or% atherin a## nationsJ.

V7-11: The ido#s of the "i(ed "i## (hara(teristi(a##y not hae mer(y in the day of the -ord?s

'udment.

V12-13: 9## "i## ather to Fion% one $y one.

Isaiah 28

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Main Point: The -ord does not (are for tit#es. e (ares for humi#ity and rihteousness. It "i## $e to /@those

"ho ua#ify themse#es throuh humi#ity and rihteousness.018 To o$tain the "ord of the -ord% it

(omes day $y day% or pre(ept $y pre(ept.

V14-15: The #eaders of :udah made a (oenant "ith he##% $e(ause they trust in man and not the

-ord.

V16-17: The peop#e of Fion hae a (orner stone to rest upon% and that is :esus Christ. It is the

on#y true foundation that (an neer $e shaen.

V18-22: In the end% the (oenant of he## "i## not stand% for it "i## $e tramp#ed $y Christ.

V23-29: 9s inferred from the para$#e of the farmer% Israe# "i## $e athered.

Isaiah 2

Main Point: The "or#d "i## fa## into a ;reat 9postasy after the ho#y peop#es of :erusa#em and of the ephites fa##. Israe# "i## $e s(attered and the "ho#e "or#d "i## fa## under apostasy. 9s the

Goo of Hormon arises out of the dust% the peop#e in spiritua# darness "i## #eae the darness.

9## those that fiht aainst Fion "i## anish instant#y% and "i## $e remem$ered #ie a fadin

dream.

V1-6: 9rie# Q /propheti( name for :erusa#em.01 :erusa#em "i## $e $rouht #o" and destroyed.

,rom the Goo of Hormon% "e no" the same "i## happen "ith the ephite nation. The -

of hosts "i## isit those "ho re'e(t the ospe# "ith thunder% fire% earthuaes% and the deourin

fire.

V7-8: 9## of the nations "ho fiht aainst Fion% a#thouh po"erfu#% mihty% and fero(ious% "i##

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V9-12: There "i## e=ist an apostate (ondition amon the "ho#e "or#d. The Goo of Hormon "i##

$e taen to a man% and he "i## not $e a$#e to read it $e(ause it is sa(red and sea#ed.

V13-17: Conditions of the ;reat 9postasy are) hypo(risy% professin to no" ;od $ut a(tua##y

do not do rihteousness% hidin their "i(edness% no"in not their o"n Haer% nor een

(onsiderin it.V18-24: The effe(ts of the (omin of the Goo of Hormon "hen ;od (a##s toether the

atherin of Israe# are that peop#e "i## (ome out of spiritua# darness) the deaf "i## hear the

"ords of the $oo% the $#ind "i## sha## "i## see out of darness and o$s(urity% and a## "i##

understand and fear the ;od of Israe#.

Isaiah 3!

Main Point: Those "ho do not "ait on the -ord "i## $e $urned. Eoe is pronoun(ed upon those

"ho put their trust in man and fai# to put their trust in ;od. -isten to the prophets and see thetruth.

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V8-9: The "i(ed 9ssyrian "i## fa## from the s"ord% /not of a mihty man02!% and a## the "i(ed

"i## $e afraid of the sina# of the (omin of :esus Christ% "hi(h "i## $e the esta$#ishment of the

rihteous (ountry Fion.

Isaiah 32

Main Point: T"o so(ia#+e(onomi( differen(es e=ist $et"een the "i(ed and the rihteous. The

so(ia#ity "i## $e so (arefree (ontrast that "ith the $a($itin% ossip% hypo(risy% and apathy of

the "or#d. Industry "i## $e pea(efu# and (onstant in Fion% "hi#e those "ho remain in the "or#d

"i## $e pe#ted $y the daners that they inored from the prophets "hi(h testified "ou#d (ome

unto them.

V1-8: Ehen Christ is Kin% there "i## $e no more $a($itin% or ossipin% or hypo(risy% or

peop#e "ho are apatheti( to those "ho are sufferin.

V9-20: Those "ho (ou#d (are #ess a$out the "arnins and e=hortations of the prophets need torepent or "i## fa(e impendin doom. The (ontrast of the harshness of ari(u#ture of the "i(ed

$et"een the (arefree nature of produ(tiity of the rihteous is ast.

Isaiah 33

Main Point: There "i## e=ist $efore the se(ond (omin% the "i(ed "ho $rin forth thorns that

(hoe the rest of the fruit. This is (ontrasted "ith the rihteous% "ho "i## "ithstand the $urnins

of ;od.

V1-12: There "i## $e $efore the (omin of the -ord% those that dea# trea(herous#y "ith theinno(ent. Those that $rin forth thorns instead of fruit "i## $e deoured up $y the fire that (omes

from ;od.

V13-24: The peop#e that "i## "ithstand the eer#astin $urnins soon to (ome of ;od% "i## $e the

rihteous that "a# upriht#y. The peop#e that are rihteous "i## d"e## on hih% and "i## readi#y

a(no"#ede that the - is 'ude% #a"ier% and in.

Isaiah 34

Main Point: The rihteous "i## $e re(ompensed for a## the traedies and (ontroersies that it hassuffered ;od $rins 'usti(e. The earth "i## $e (#eansed from its te#estia# state to $e made

(e#estia#% so that #ife may (ontinue "ith eterna# marriae (ontinuin on een throuh this time

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V1-10: The Se(ond Comin "i## $e a day of 'udment from ;od. The fero(ious po"er of ;od

upon the "i(ed is des(ri$ed that the $urnin% /sha## not $e uen(hed niht nor day.021 It is a#so

des(ri$ed as the /year of re(ompenses for the (ontroersy of Fion.022

V11-15: The (omp#ete and utter destru(tion of the "or#d is to (#eanse it from its te#estia# state.

V16-17: ;od promises that the rihteous that are in the $oo of #ife "i## $e a$#e to #ie in a(e#estia# earth foreer. /This is a rare #d Testament referen(e to eterna# marriae.023 n this

(e#estia# earth "i## the rihteous #ie% spouse "ith spouse% and (ontinue on "ith #ife.

Isaiah 35

Main Point:

V1-2: eferen(in the preious (hapter a $it% the earth "i## sin hymns of praise for the

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V12-21: The messener speas to a## the (itiAens of :erusa#em% and te##s them to ie up their

fiht and (ome out to the armies of 9ssyria% and they "i## tae them (aptie. eAeiah

(ommanded them to not say a "ord% and they did not say a "ord.

V22: They rent their (#othes.

Isaiah 37

Main Point: Startin out $y rea#iAin their terri$#e (ondition that they?re in% they immediate#y o

to the temp#e and rend their (#othes. eAeiah prays unto the - and ass for his prote(tion.

e a#so ass him for an assuran(e that he "i## $e prote(ted from the 9ssyrian army. The 9ssyrian

army is smitten% and Senna(heri$ heads $a( and ends up ettin murdered $y his o"n fami#y.

Ehen in dou$t% do not re#y on a (ountry "ith a #are army or promises of prote(tion. e#y on

Christ% "ho "i## proide the prote(tion% een in tempora# matters #ie prote(tion from armies.

V1-5: eAeiah and his adisors a## aree that if they are to es(ape the impendin doom fromoer(omin them and the remnant that sti## remains% they "i## need to petition the -ord for he#p.

So they o to Isaiah.

V6-7: Isaiah ies fu## assuran(e that the 9ssyrians "i## #eae and the in "i## fa## dead $y the

s"ord in his o"n #and.

V8-13: The messener of the 9ssyrian in (omes $a( to eAeiah after hearin the trou$#e

oin on "ith the Kin of 9ssyria% and inuires "hy he "i## thin to "ithstand 9ssyria "hen a##

of the other (ities and their ods hae $een utter#y destroyed.

V14-20: eAeiah prays to ;od% tain the matter at hand to im. e is sure that the other #ands

"ere destroyed $e(ause their ods "ere not od at a##% yet he prays for mer(y from ;od tode#ier them from the 9ssyrians.

V21-36: The -ord promises prote(tion. 185%!!! 9ssyrian "arriors are s#ain $y an ane# of the

-ord.

V37-38: In an ironi( turnofeents% Senna(heri$ oes $a(. Ehi#e "orshippin in the temp#e% he

is s#ain $y his t"o sons. e "as the one te##in eAeiah and :erusa#em that their od "ou#d not

prote(t them in the end it "as the a((user that ended up unprote(ted.

Isaiah 38

Main Point: eAeiah sho"s a reat e=amp#e of "hat those "ho are si( are to do on(e they et

"ord that their si(ness is nih unto death. e prays unto ;od for hea#in so that his #ife (ou#d

$e e=tended% and the - e=tends it for fifteen more years.

V1-3: eAeiah ets "ord that he is a$out to die $y the "ord of Isaiah. e oes to pray to ;od

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V4-8: The -ord "i## add fifteen years to his #ife. e a#so ets assuran(e from the -ord that he

"i## $e de#iered from the 9ssyrians and their army.

V9-22: eAeiah "rites a psa#m of praise and humi#ity $e(ause he has $een saed $y ;od from

his si(ness that "as pushin him (#ose to death.

Isaiah 3

Main Point: The Ga$y#onian (aptiity is prophesied to eAeiah $y Isaiah. eAeiah a((epts

this prophe(y as rihteous 'udment from ;od and a#ues the pea(e that "i## permeate

throuhout the rest of his #ife.

V1-2: The in of Ga$y#on hears that eAeiah has $een mira(u#ous#y hea#ed and as su(h ies

him a ift. eAeiah sho"s the Ga$y#onians a## of his "ea#th.

V3-8: Isaiah prophesies unto eAeiah that the Ga$y#onians "i## (ome to tae :erusa#em (aptie

and "i## tae off his sons. There "i## $e pea(e in his day.

Isaiah 4!

Main Point: ;od (ommands Fion to $rin the messae of the ospe# to a## the "or#d. ;od

(ontro#s a## that oes on in the "or#d% and so e is the one that "i## strenthen Fion to a##o" the

messae to rea(h a## the "or#d. There is nothin that e=ists to (ompare "ith ;od and the po"er

that e has.

V1-2: The estoration of Israe#.

V3-8: The prophe(y of :ohn the Gaptist and ho" he "i## pae the "ay for the (omin of the

Hessiah.

V9-11: Fion is (ommanded to not hide its prosperity they are inspired to $rin the messae of

the ospe# to a## the "or#d. ;od feeds a## the "or#d.

V12-17: The "or#d is nothin to ;od "hen speain of po"er. ;od (reated the "or#d% and

dire(ts a## thins that o((ur. e is the one that uides the o#y ;host so that it affe(ts man for

ood. 9## "or#d#y thins are nothin to ;od% for in the #on term they mean nothin. In rea#ity% it

is the rihteousness of ;od that #asts foreer.

V18-27: Eor#d#y peop#e attempt to rep#a(e ;od% $ut "ith "hat> othin in the "or#d made $y

man (an (ompare to ;od and is po"er. ;od inites us to (ome to the rea#iAation that ;od

(ontro#s eerythin and as su(h (an he#p in a## thins.

V28-31: The eer#astin ;od neer faints or s#a(ens his strenth. Those "ho "ait upon ;od

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Isaiah 41

Main Point: ;od (ontinues to spea of his o"n po"er. e promises that the Han from the east"i## he#p Fion $e presered. They shou#d not heed fear% $e(ause the ;od "ho (reated a## is "ith

them. The o#y ne of Israe# "i## do eerythin in his po"er to proide for his peop#e. n the

other hand% ido#s are nothin.

V1-9: Israe# is (ommanded to tae trust in ;od and not in ido#s% for ;od is e "ho raised up the

Han from the east. Those "ho are the serants of ;od "i## $e presered.

V10-29: Rery poeti(a##y% the o#y ne of Israe# (omforts Fion% sayin /fear not.0 e "i## upho#d

us "ith the riht hand. ;od "i## proide his peop#e "ith the too#s to oer(ome pro$#ems and

tria#s. The -ord "i## hear the (ries of the needy he "i## do eerythin in his po"er to proide for

them. ;od finishes it off $y (ontrastin his o"n po"er "ith that of fa#se ido#s and thro"s do"n 'udment to those "ho "orship them.

Isaiah 42

Main Point: Christ "i## $e a #iht to the $#ind. e "i## $rin the ;enti#es the (oenant% and "i##

he#p those that stru#e $#ind#y or deaf#y as those "ho no" the #a"% $ut do not o$sere it.

V1-4: Isaiah speas of the Hessiah. e "i## (ome "ith the Spirit of ;od in him% and he "on?t

fai#.

V5-16: ;od ies his son :esus Christ to $e a serant to his (hi#dren. e "i## open the eyes of

the $#ind% $rin prisoners out of prison% and "i## $rin the (oenant to the ;enti#es. Christ "i##

hae an a(tie part in destroyin the "i(ed "hen it is a## said and done.

V17-25: /The -ord (ommands the spiritua##y $#ind and deaf (hi#dren of Israe# to hear and see the

truth.025 Some of the peop#e of Israe# hae a hard time re(oniAin the part that o$edien(e p#ays.

/Hany truths "ere reea#ed to the house of Israe#% $ut did they did not o$sere them% sho"in

their #a( of o$edien(e. Hany of us find ourse#es in a simi#ar situation.

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Main Point: 9#thouh Israe# has forotten the -ord% :ehoah reminds us that "e are pre(ious in

his siht and that "e hae $een (reated for #ory. The -ord "i## $rin to pass mu(h ood@

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Main Point: The e=amp#e of Cyrus and of Christ (an inspire peop#e to a((omp#ish

rihteousness. In the end% ;od "i## hae 'ustified a## the seed of Israe#.

V1-4: Cyrus% "ho is a type of Christ% "i## free those "ho "ere taen (aptie into Ga$y#on.

V5-19: This su((ess $y Cyrus (an on#y $e attri$uted to ;od "ho prepared the "ay for him to

a((omp#ish so reat a tas. /;od remains hidden to the diso$edient and un$e#ieer. Sometimeshe a#so remains hidden to the rihteous% to try their faith.028

V20-25: The -ord (ommands those "ho hae $een res(ued from (aptiity to #oo unto him.

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"i## $e athered and (ome unto Fion "here they "i## a## $e $ond toether in (harity. Those "ho

oppose Fion% name#y those "ho $e#on to the reat and a$omina$#e (hur(h "i## destroy

themse#es.

V1-4: ,rom the Goo of Hormon "e (ome to understand that een $efore the first erse $eins%

a (#arifi(ation is made so that "e may understand that the ouse of Israe# is s(attered $e(ause ofthe "i(edness of those "ho are meant to "at(h oer the ouse of Israe#.

In the first erse "e (ome to understand that a (ertain serant "as (a##ed to sere $efore

he "as $orn. Isaiah notes eiden(es in the "ay that his "ords are pier(in to the peop#e

o$ious#y he is $#essed $y ;od to #a$or. This (ertain serant sti## fee#s #ie he has #a$ored in ain

and fee#s that there is no $enefit that has (ome from it. Bet% he trusts that true and rihteous

'udment #ies "ith ;od and that on#y e no"s the true resu#t of his "or. 9((ordin to

Understanding Isaiah on pae 425% "e (ome to understand that this (ertain serant spoen

of (an $e sym$o#i( of anyone from Isaiah% to :esus Christ% to :oseph Smith. The sym$o#i(

serant?s name is Israe#.

V5-12: The purpose of this (ertain serant is a rand one. It is to $e a #iht for those sou#s that

are in darness. 9#thouh man despises the edeemer of Israe#% prin(es and ins sha## one day

a(no"#ede that e is the o#y ne of Israe#. The peop#e in darness "i## a## (ome to Christ.

V13-17: The son of the -ord to the peop#e in darness is that e "i## hae mer(y upon the

aff#i(ted L e "i## (omfort is peop#e. eerthe#ess% the peop#e of Israe# fee# that they are #ost

and forotten% yet the -ord speas to and (omforts them.

V18-23: Thins "i## $e different in Fion. ,rom pae 433 of Understanding Isaiah "e

understand that /In Fion% "e $ind ourse#es to others "ith a $ond of (harity. This $ondin%

"hi(h $rins us to union and oneness% is the ery essen(e of Fion. o$ody "i## fee# a#one or

#ost.

V24-26: The enemies of the house of Israe# "i## re(eie 'usti(e. The enemies "i## turn aainst

ea(h other and fiht unti# the death. 9## sha## no" in a reat manifestation of po"er that :esus

Christ is the Saior and edeemer of the "or#d.

Isaiah 5!

Main Point: The strenth of man is #ie unto spars "hi#e the strenth and "isdom of ;od is#ie unto the sun. e has a## po"er to sae. 9#thouh opposition may (onfront ;od?s peop#e% it

does not mean that e has forotten them. e strenthens throuhout the tria#s and tri$u#ations

of his peop#e.

V1-4: 9 $eautifu# metaphor is used to (ontrast the faith#essness of the peop#e of Israe# "ith the

a##(onsumin po"er that ;od possesses. ,rom Understanding Isaiah pae 43 it reads% /;od

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$oth mer(y and 'usti(e% a((ordin to our faith and our "ors.0 It is a po"erfu# testimony of the

potentia# po"er that (an $e o$tained $y ;od% and a po"erfu# (ondemnation to"ards the peop#e

"ho fein fo##o"in im yet do not e=perien(e is redeemin po"er.

V5-6: Perse(ution and opposition do not support the (#aim that ;od is not "at(hfu# of is

serants. ;od strenthens us to et throuh the perse(ution.V7-9: The perse(ution mentioned in the erses $efore (an on#y $e passed throuh "ith a stron

$e#ief that ;od 'ustifies eery situation. The seemin#y $ad situations are on#y temporary. ;od?s

po"er shou#d $e trusted $e(ause it is permanent. Those "ho mo( and do "i(ed#y are

supported% $ut on#y for a short "hi#e.

V10-11: Israe# "a#s $y her o"n #iht% or "isdom. They do their o"n "i##. They inore ;od?s

#iht $e(ause they surround themse#es "ith their o"n fae #iht. This sym$o#ism suests the

pettiness of the "isdom of man is #ie unto spars or a fire at $est% and (ontrasts it "ith ;od?s

"isdom% or #iht% "hi(h is #ie unto the sun and noonday.

Isaiah 51

Main Point: ;od?s po"er is infinite and eterna#. e has sent many eiden(es and assuran(es that

e "ants to $#ess Israe#% $ut eeryone is /drunen0 and so they #at(h on to the hope and po"er

that (omes from man. 9## of the house of Israe# is (ommanded to a"ae and to (ome to

understand that there is no reater po"er than that "hi(h (omes from the 9tonement of :esus

Christ. Ehen it a## (omes do"n to the end% Christ "i## inter(ede for the rihteous% and the "i(ed"i## hae to re"ard.

V1-3: The -ord promises that as the house of Israe# #oos to its #eaders% in this (ase 9$raham and

Sarah% they "i## $e assured of ;od?s po"er. The o#y ne of Israe# has fu#fi##ed is promises

that e made to 9$raham% so e "i## do the same "ith you.

V4-6: ;od?s po"er is in eerythin. is "ord is po"erfu#. e is infinite and eterna#.

V7-8: Those that understand the po"er of ;od understand that shou#d fo##o" is rihteousness.

Those that fo##o" ;od?s rihteousness "i## e=ist a#onside ;od?s rihteousness and $e(ome

permanent. The peop#e of ;od shou#d not "orry $e(ause of those "ho are "i(ed. The "i(ed

"i## not adhere to ;od?s permanent rihteousness% so they "i## not stay for #on.

V9-16: ;od tries to (onin(e is peop#e that they shou#d strenthen themse#es "ith is po"er.

e ass them "hy they try to a##y themse#es "ith the po"er of manind% and set at nauht the

po"er of ;od. ;od assures is peop#e that they are prote(ted $y im.

V17-20: Israe# is (ommanded to a"ae. The t"o prophets that #ie dead in the street in the #ast

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V21-23: :esus Christ is the Hediator. e "i## tae a"ay the $urden of those "ho repent throuh

the 9tonement L Israe#?s enemies "i## hae that $urden foreer.

Isaiah 52

Main Point: ;od?s po"er is aain e=emp#ified so as to persuade a## the "or#d to fo##o" his

rihteousness. If the house of Israe# repents as it is athered% then they "i## $e part of Fion and

parti(ipate in the 'oyous o((asion.

V1-6: The -ord aain (ommands the house of Israe# to a"ae. The house of Israe# "i## $e

s(attered $e(ause they do not (onsider im anymore. They "i## then $e athered and they "i##

(ome to no" that the -ord is ;od.

V7-8: The #eaders of the (hur(h are spoen of at this point. They "i## $rin ood tidins to those

"ho are ood. Fion "i## re'oi(e.

V9-10: The ood effe(ts that "i## (ome from ;od atherin Israe# on(e aain are that a## "i## $e

'oyfu# and (omforted $e(ause :erusa#em "i## $e redeemed. 9## the ends of the earth see the

sa#ation of ;od and re(oniAe that e is.

V11-12: ;od (ommands us to $e ho#y. If you de(ide to #eae sin and Ga$y#on% the -ord "i## o

$efore you% and the ;od of Israe# "i## $e $ehind you.

V13-15: 9 (ertain /serant0 "i## $e e=a#ted. The (ommon interpretation of "ho the serant is% is

that it is the Hessiah.

Isaiah 53

Main Point: :esus Christ is the "ay out of darness. is 9tonement "as p#anned for and

purposefu#. e suffered for peop#e. e "as un'ust#y a((used.

V1-3: The prophe(y of Christ is set forth amaAin#y here. :esus Christ% the Son of ;od "i## $e

tended and (ared for meti(u#ous#y as a ardener "at(hes oer a tender and frai#e p#ant. e "i##

$e /as a root out of a dry round0. Understanding Isaiah on pae 473 interprets this to mean

that Christ "as $orn in /the spiritua# $arrenness of the :e"ish apostasy. The dry round is the

opposite of streams of "ater% "hi(h usua##y denotes tempora# happiness and prosperity. Streams

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V4-9: The sufferins of Christ are prophesied of here. e did it a## for us. e is #iened unto a

#am$ "ho is $rouht to the s#auhter% $e(ause e refuses to not spea out despite a## of the

in'usti(es that happen to him.

V10-12: is sufferins are not for nauht. Christ suffered for a purpose.

Isaiah 54

Main Point: ;od is driin home the point that a#thouh Israe# has $een s(attered% it "as not

$e(ause ;od "as not stron enouh to sae. is po"er and rihteousness e=ists foreer. Those

"ho fee# do"ntrodden% yet trust in ;od "i## $e part of Fion. They "i## $e athered and

strenthened.

V1-10: 9#thouh Israe# has $een ashamed and (onfounded and destroyed and utter#y

em$arrassed% ;od "i## not foret the (oenant "hi(h e has made "ith them. e (ompares the

permanen(e of is indness "ith the seemin#y% $ut fa#se permanen(e of thins #ie mountains

and hi##s.

V11-16: Those "ho fee# #ost and (onfounded "i## $e restored and athered to reatness%

des(ri$ed $y $eautifu# ornaments and (o#ors.

V17: /o "eapon formed aainst0 Fion sha## prosper. This Fion that "as restored to reatness

"i## $e prote(ted $y the 9#mihty ;od.

Isaiah 55

Main Point: :esus Christ offers the initation to (ome unto him% no matter the (ost% $e(ause to

that man "ho repents% "i## re(eie an a$undan(e of forieness. o not #et tempora# matters et

in the "ay "ith your re#ationship "ith ;od. Israe# "i## $e athered and return "ith 'oy.

V1-5: The o#y ne of Israe# inites us to partae of the #iin "aters% "hi(h ies #astin

a#ue. Contrasted "ith this is the "onderin of "hy peop#e "or so hard for somethin that "i##

not endure for ery #on. This is espe(ia##y a pro$#em "hen peop#e inore thins of heaen in

faor of pursuin "or#d#y a((omp#ishments.

V6-7: e "ho sees the -ord "hen e is near "i## re(eie an a$undant pardon from ;od.

V8-13: Ee may stru#e to understand ;od?s p#an for us% his "ays $ein hiher than our "ays%

and his thouhts $ein hiher than our thouhts. The "ord that #eaes ;od?s mouth "i## $e

a((omp#ished. ;od?s "ord (annot fai#. Israe# "i## $e athered and "i## sin hymns of praise.


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Isaiah 56

Main Point: Israe# is (ommanded to eep the "ho#e Sa$$ath. The ;enti#es% out(asts% and others

"i## re(eie the $#essins of the (oenant in the temp#e. The #eaders of Israe# on#y (are for

themse#es.

V1-2: Israe# shou#d eep the Sa$$ath% "hi(h is to say that /@a Sa$$ath "as not on#y the ho#y

day on "hi(h they "orshiped on(e a "ee $ut a#so the periodi( re#iious ho#idays they o$sered.

Keepin a true Sa$$ath is sym$o#i( of eepin the "ho#e (oenant.031 In enera#% the house of

Israe# shou#d o$sere the (ommandments% for his rihteousness and sa#ation is near.

V3-8: The ;enti#es "i## re(eie the $#essins of the temp#e and the (oenant% and they "i## not

$e ept out. The -ord "i## rea(h out to een the out(asts to ather them.

V9-12: Israe#?s #eaders are not as rihteous as they shou#d $e. The -ord (a##s them many names

$e(ause they do not hope for the $est of the peop#e they shou#d "at(h oer. Their on#y desire is

to #oo out for their o"n se#es.

Isaiah 57

Main Point: The (ontrast is made $et"een the #ife of the "i(ed ersus the rihteous. The

"i(ed "i## neer find "hat they "eary themse#es #ooin for. The rihteous "i## $e prote(ted

$y and strenthened $y ;od. n top of any $#essin the rihteous "i## et thouh% is the $#essin

of pea(e.V1-2: Ehen the rihteous die% they enter into pea(e. The "i(ed are untrou$#ed $y the death of

the rihteous.

V3-12: The sins of the apostate Israe#ites are many) they s#ay the (hi#dren as sa(rifi(es% "orship

fa#se ido#s% offer fa#se offerins% see fu#fi##ment in "ron p#a(es. ,or a## this "i(edness does

the apostate house of Israe# "eary itse#f.

V13-21: ;od ies promises of $#essins to the faithfu#% (reatin a star (ontrast $et"een this

pararaph and the preious one. The -ord "i## ie pea(e throuh a## of these $#essins to the

rihteous% of "hi(h the "i(ed "i## tae no part in.



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Isaiah 58

Main Point: The "i(ed of the house of Israe# (orrupt the #a" of the fast $y main it a$out

themse#es. They try to o$tain "or#d#y ain and pride $y seemin more rihteous than another.

,astin is meant to $e out"ard#y positie and serient $y nature. ;od promises ri(h $#essins ifthe #a"s of the fast and of the Sa$$ath are fo##o"ed.

V1-2: Isaiah is (ommanded to #ift up his oi(e #ie unto a trumpet to de(#are the transressions

of the peop#e. The house of Israe# does a## the ritua#s% $ut they #a( somethin yet.

V3-7: The manner in "hi(h they fai# is "ith their manner of fastin. ;od did not mae the #a" of

the fast so that man "ou#d aff#i(t himse#f% and to (ause strife and de$ate. e made it to #ift the

$urdens off of the $urdensome. The house of Israe# fai#s in fastin $e(ause they fast so that they

(an $e seen $y men.

V8-12: ,astin is meant to $rin hea#th and #iht to those "ho are in need. ,astin ino#es

noti(in those "ho are needy and ino#es he#pin them out. Then% as the house of Israe# he#ps

those in need% the -ord "i## he#p the house of Israe# "ith their needs.

V13-14: If the #a" of the fast is proper#y o$sered% and the #a" of the Sa$$ath is taen serious#y%

then the house of Israe# "i## $e $#essed. ;od "i## rene" the (oenant "hi(h he has made "ith the

house of Israe# and they "i## $e athered to the temp#e.

Isaiah 5

Main Point: Christ has po"er to sae% $ut "e must (reate an enironment so that he (an sae us.

Israe# (onfesses their sins $e(ause they no" they "a# in darness and hae #ost hope. Gy

iniuities do "e separate ourse#es from ;od.

V1-8: ;od maes it (#ear that he is not the one "ho has #ost po"er to sae% $ut rather it is his

peop#e that hae #ost their (onne(tion "ith him. Gy iniuities do "e separate ourse#es from him

and mae him seem hidden. The house of Israe# is so far $a( that they run an=ious#y to do ei#%

and are s#o" to remem$er the -ord.

V9-15: 9dmittin their iniuity% the house of Israe# (onfesses their sins. They understand that it

is $e(ause they hae fai#ed to eep the (ommandments that they hae (ome to $e sear(hin for#iht in the darness.

V16-19: Gy the time of the Se(ond Comin% the -ord imse#f "i## $e the inter(essor% the

de#ierer. /The (onte=t suests that the inter(ession here may not $e that of the 9tonement $ut

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V20-21: -atterday Israe# "i## hae the o#y ;host foreer as part of a (oenant. The edeemer

sha## (ome to Fion% and to those "ho turn from transression.

Isaiah 6!

Main Point (only one paragraph): The e" :erusa#em "i## $e #orious. /In (ontrast to the #iht

of the e" :erusa#em is the darness that (oers the earth and its peop#e.033 Those "ho do not

sere ;od "i## perish at that day. Rio#en(e "i## $e a$o#ished at that day "ithin the $orders of

Fion% and the sun "i## no #oner $e the most po"erfu# #iht% for :esus Christ "i## $e the #iht. The

-ord "i## hasten the "or in his time% and the rihteous "i## inherit the #and foreer.

Isaiah 61

Main Point: Christ "i## $rin #ory to the "or#d in his morta# ministry% as "e## as after his death

and resurre(tion. e "i## restore that "hi(h has $een destroyed. e "i## hea# up the "ounds

(aused $y sin and (aptiity. The rihteous "i## re(eie 'usti(e for a## of the hard thins that they

had to endure% and "i## $e sinin praises and 'oy foreer.

V1-3: The o#y ;host "i## $e upon Christ durin his morta# ministry. 9s this is the $oo of

Isaiah% and dua# fu#fi##ment of prophe(y is (ommonp#a(e% "e a#so no" that this des(ription of

the Saior "i## not 'ust $e "ith the :e"s% $ut a#so as #on as the earth stands. e "i## $rin ood

tidins of pea(e to the mee% he "i## hea# the $roenhearted% pro(#aim #i$erty to the (apties% and

(omfort a## those "ho mourn. 9## "i## #orify ;od in that day.

V4-6: /In the #ast days Israe# "i## $e $#essed to repair% restore% and reinha$it these #ands.

e$ui#din the an(ient ruins (an a#so sym$o#iAe the Saior?s hea#in of o#d "ounds (aused $y sin

and sorro".034 The "or#d "i## re(oniAe that the rihteous are uided $y ;od and that they are

priests of the -ord.

V7-11: In the #ast days% the rihteous "i## $e re(ompensed for a## of the perse(ution and "ars and

tria#s that they fa(ed. This re(ompense "i## not on#y $e eua# to "hat they had to endure% $ut "i##

$e dou$#e that "hi(h they "ere aff#i(ted "ith. The -ord does a## this to (ause rihteousness and praise to o((ur a(ross a## the "or#d.




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Isaiah 62

Main Point: Israe# "i## $e athered and "i## $e dea#t "ith 'ust#y. They "i## $e (a##ed a ho#y

peop#e% $ut it "i## not $e $e(ause of "hat they do on their o"n. It "i## $e $e(ause Christ "i## do

it.

V1-4: In the #ast days% Israe# "i## $e athered for Israe#?s sae. Their "or and their #ies deoted

to the -ord "i## not $e for nauht.

V5-9: Prophets "i## $e set to (ause there to $e praise on earth. Israe# "i## $e athered toether

and $e prote(ted of ;od.

V10-12: Prepare yourse#es for the (omin of the -ord% for he "i## $rin sa#ation. The Goo of

Hormon% the (hur(h of :esus Christ of -atterday Saints% and the (omin of Fion are a## part of

the ensin that means that the -ord is (omin. Israe# and Fion "i## $e (a##ed a ho#y peop#e.

Isaiah 63

Main Point:

V1-6: :esus Christ% the Son of ;od% treads the "inepress a#one. e is the on#y one "ho (ou#d

hae performed the 9tonement so that a## men miht $e $rouht to stand $efore ;od. e "i##

a#so $rin enean(e unto the "i(ed nations in an effort to $rin do"n their strenth unto the

earth.

V7-9: :oseph Smith stated) /ur heaen#y ,ather is more #i$era# in is ie"s% and $ound#ess in

is mer(ies and $#essins% than "e are ready to $e#iee or re(eie.035 ;od?s #oinindness is

$esto"ed mer(ifu##y unto a##.

V10-14: ot"ithstandin the mer(y that ;od sho"s his peop#e% they re$e# aainst ;od. Gut then

they remem$er "hat the -ord had done for Hoses in de#ierin the peop#e from


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Isaiah 64

Main Point: The prayer of the rihteous is the petition of mer(y from ;od. The peop#e

understand their p#a(e "ith the -ord and understand their "eanesses. onethe#ess% they deote

themse#es to him (omp#ete#y.

V1-8: The (oenant peop#e of the -ord pray that mer(y and 'usti(e "i## (ome do"n upon the

fa(e of the earth. They pray for de#ieran(e. They a(no"#ede their "eanesses and their

un(#ean#iness% $ut they (ommit themse#es and (onse(rate themse#es to the "or of ;od and

a(no"#ede his p#an.

V9-12: They pray that Fion and :erusa#em "i## $e restored% and they pray in(essant#y for mer(y.

Isaiah 65

Main Point: The -ord (ontrasts the state of the re'e(ted% "i(ed Israe# "ith the state of the

future% idea# Israe# in Fion durin the Hi##ennium.

V1-7: The -ord e=p#ains "hy an(ient Israe# "as re'e(ted. It "as $e(ause of their pride% and

$e(ause they re'e(ted im. The (ontinua##y prooed the -ord to aner and (orrupted the sa(red

ritua#s and (oenants.

V8-10: Ge(ause there is a sma## rihteous remnant of the house of Israe# sti## #eft% ;od "i## not

(ome to destroy a##. e "i## $#ess them "ith a #and of inheritan(e and "i## $e a pea(efu# p#a(e for

them.

V11-16: Contrasted "ith the rihteous and their #and of inheritan(e is the "i(ed and their

deso#ate #and. They "i## $e utter#y "asted and "i## sorro". They "i## $e a((ursed.

V17-25: The -ord "i## (reate ne" heaens and a ne" earth so #orious that the former heaens

and earth "i## $e forotten. ;od?s purpose in the se(ond (omin is to a##o" the rihteous to $e

'oyfu# there "i## no more e=ist (ryin or "eepin. The state of the Hi##ennia# rein of the -ord is

des(ri$ed. -ife "i## (ontinue on $ut "ith no tria#s.

Isaiah 66


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Main Point: The rea# ey of rihteousness is in doin thins "ith a pure heart and #oe to"ards

;od and to"ards a## men. The an(ient Israe#ites $e(ame apostate $e(ause a#thouh they

supposed they "ere fo##o"in the (ommandments $y (omp#etin the ritua#s and sa(rifi(es% they

"ere doin them for their o"n $enefit in p#a(e of doin them unto ;od. ;od "i## $rin rihteous

'udment upon the ood and the ei#% and "i## $rin to pass the #orious Hi##ennium.

V1-4: The "i(ed Israe# is reproed for their hypo(risy. /Certain#y the -ord "ants our sa(rifi(es%

the out"ard sins of our deotion. Gut he a#so "ants us to understand that out"ard sym$o#s are

empty "ithout the in"ard deotions o$edien(e% repentan(e% humi#ity% ratitude.037

V5-24: The -ord (ommands his peop#e to not ie "ay to those "ho perse(ute you% for in time

they "i## $e ashamed. The -ord "i## e=tend pea(e /#ie a rier0 in the #ast days to the rihteous.

e "i## (omfort his peop#e% and from this eiden(e you "i## re'oi(e $e(ause the "ho#e "or#d "i##

$ein to no" of the -ord :esus Christ. e /"i## (ome "ith fire0 and a## those "ho are apostate

"i## $e (onsumed. ;od no"s a## their "ors and their thouhts% and so he "i## $e in a position

to rihteous#y administer 'udment. 9## sha## (ome to "orship ;od.

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