Three Isaiahs

Pre-Exilic

Exilic

Post-Exilic

Isaiah

He was of the royal family, his father being brother to king Uzziah. He was certainly much at court, especially in Hezekiah’s time, as we find in his story, to which many think it is owing that his style is more curious and polite than that of some other of the prophets, and, in some places, exceedingly lofty and soaring.

The beginning of this book abounds most with reproofs for sin and threatenings of judgment; the latter end of it is full of wood words and comfortable words.

The nature of the prophecy.It is a vision, being revealed to him in a

vision, when he was awake, and heard the words of God, and saw the visions of the Almighty

The subject of the prophecy It was what he saw concerning Judah

and Jerusalem, the country of the two tribes, and that city which was their metropolis; and there is little in it relating to Ephraim, or the ten tribes, of whom there is so much said in the prophecy of Hosea.

The date of the prophecy.Isaiah prophesied in the days of

Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. By this it appears, 1. That he prophesied long, especially if (as the Jews say) he was at last put to death by Manasseh, to a cruel death, being sawn asunder, to which some suppose the apostle refers, Heb. 11:37.

Isa 6:1 NIV - In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.

Dilemma

Isa 6:5 NIV - "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty."

Vision

Isa 6:6 NIV - Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.Isa 6:7 NIV - With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."

Calling

Isa 6:8 NIV - Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

Prophecy of Christ

Isa 9:6 NIV - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Patience in Exile

Isa 40:31 NKJV - But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew [their] strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Isa 53:3 NIV - He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Isa 53:4 NIV - Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

Post-Exilic

Isa 60:1 NIV - "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Isa 60:2 NIV - See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Isa 60:3 NIV - Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

To Eternity