Isaiah

In this chapter we see Hezekiah, King of Judah, praying for deliverance and asking Isaiah to pray for their deliverance from the Assyrians. Isaiah assures Hezekiah off God’s deliverance. Then the Assyrian king threatens them again and returns home and is killed by two of his sons as God said.

Principles: trusting that God will deliver His people and that He is intimately aware of everything happening is what you should do.

Hezekiah gets very sick and is told by God through Isaiah that he should put his affairs in order because he is going to die. Hezekiah prays that God will let him live because he has been faithful to God. God replies that He has heard his prayers and will give him an additional 15 years. Then Hezekiak writes a poem about the prospect of losing his life and getting it back again. Isaiah tells the kings servant what to do to heal Hezekiah.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, at mei dolore tritani repudiandae. In his nemore temporibus consequuntur, vim ad prima vivendum consetetur. Viderer feugiat at pro, mea aperiam

Principles: God hears our prayers and answers.

The king of Babylon sent people to visit Hezekiah with gifts because he’d heard that Hezekiah had been sick. Hezekiah showed the visitors everything in his kingdom including the royal treasures stored up. Isaiah questioned Hezekiah about what he’d shown the visitors. Hezekiah told him “everything.” Isaiah prophesied that one day the Babylonians would take away everything into captivity including some of his own sons. Hezekiah replied that it was a good word because at least there would be peace during his time.

So many principles: just because someone gives you a gift doesn’t mean that their intentions are pure. Just because someone is your “friend” now doesn’t mean they will remain your friend. Peace at all costs is too heavy of a price. What others think is an acceptable amount of loss because it doesn’t hurt them doesn’t mean it will be acceptable to you (his sons would be taken and made eunuchs). Leadership can trend to delusion.

This chapter is the prophecy used to talk about John the Baptist. It also talks about the greatness, glory, and majesty of God.

Principles: There is nothing that we can teach God or advise Him on to inform Him.t them doesn’t mean it will be acceptable to you (his sons would be taken and made eunuchs). Leadership can trend to delusion.

This chapter is one of calling out the false gods around the world. They are called to account and have nothing to show for their power. It also talks about God caring for His people and the poor.

Principles: God is the only real one.

This chapter talks about Jesus and how He carries out God’s plan and does so in perfect alignment with God’s character. The next section is a section of praise to God. The final section talks about how Israel has been shown the truth but doesn’t follow it.

Principles: God has told us His plan. We have to listen and obey.

This chapter talks about how God has treated Israel as special among all the nations. He has let other nations fall by the wayside in order to save Israel. Despite all that, they haven’t followed Him. That’s why He had allowed them to experience hardship.

Principles: God loves His children without end but our actions separate us from Him.

This chapter starts by comforting Israel giving them hope. It then goes on to talk about those who worship idols and how meaningless it is. In the third section it takes about how Jerusalem will be restored through Cyrus. God will use him to restore Jerusalem and the temple.

Principles: worshipping something handmade is not logical and is foolish. God used people to accomplish His plan.

In this chapter, Isaiah talks about how God has used Cyrus for the benefit of Israel. He chose Cyrus to conquer.

Principles: God uses people and resources of His choosing that may or may not be “Christian” to accomplish His purpose.

Isaiah shares how do many are deceived by false gods (of Babylon in this particular instance). Those gods can’t protect the people and the people can’t protect the gods. Yet the one and only true God has been there for them for their entire history. God is ready to move on behalf of His people and He’s telling them to get ready.

Principles: we can’t put our trust in things that are inanimate.

This chapter talks about the fall of Babylon. God allowed His people to be taken captive by Babylon because they had rebelled against Him. However, Babylon was harsh to them and had committed its own atrocities. So God was going to take them out.

Principles: just because you are used by God does not give you permission to ignore His ways and rules.

The subtitle of the chapter intro is God’s stubborn people. It talks about how the Israelites were stubborn in submitting to God. However, God told them what He was going to so that they couldn’t credit their idols for doing it. He was rescuing them for His namesake. In the second section, it talks about their rescue from Babylon through God’s using Cyrus.

Principles: The description of God’s stubborn people is not limited to the Israelites. God uses who He pleases to accomplish His plan.

Isaiah talks about his calling from God. Then he talks about how God will rescue Israel.

Principles: even when it seems like God isn’t around, He has a plan and He’s caring for you.

This chapter notes that Israel has been put into bondage because of their sin comparing them to a child and mother put into slavery because of their sins. God was not responsible for putting them there. He has the power to free them and do much greater things. The chapter also talks about how V Isaiah is the obedient servant of God.

Principles: we put ourselves in tough places. God is our rescuer.

This chapter goes back and forth between the voice of God speaking and Isaiah speaking. It starts out with God reminding them of their origins in Abraham and how He made them a great nation. Then there is confirmation by Isaiah. Then back to God speaking about His care and protection. Then back to Isaiah calling for God’s protection. Then it talks about how God will turn the trials they’ve been going through on their persecutors.

Principles: God understand what we are going through and will turn our trials against those who are persecuting us.

This chapter is calling the Israelites to freedom from their captivity. It is a joyous perspective and one where the people are told to come back to God’s favor. The end of the chapter points to the suffering of Jesus for the world’s benefit.

Principles: There is joy in returning to God. He will fully care for us.

This is a prophecy about Jesus and His sacrifice. It tells of some of the things He would go through including His rejection, death, and burial.

Principles: when God is for you no one can stand against you.

This prophecy is one of encouragement to Israel that God is calling them back from captivity. He is saying that He will make them bountiful and that they will not experience this again. No weapon formed against them will prosper.

Principles: when God is for you no one can stand against you.

This prophecy is one of encouragement to Israel that God is calling them back from captivity. He is saying that He will make them bountiful and that they will not experience this again. No weapon formed against them will prosper.

Principles: when God is for you no one can stand against you.

This chapter talks about showing love to foreigners who seek to follow God…not just those that are from the same country. It also says to treat eunuchs well. God says He will care for both the foreigner and the eunuch beyond what they could expect. God condemns sinful leaders who are focused on pleasures instead of doing what is right and required.

Principles: treat all those around you with God’s love

This chapter covers God responding to this that have been worshiping false gods condemning them for their idolatry and rejection of God.

Principles: God rejects those who worship false gods but sustains those that are humble before Him.

In this chapter there is a comparison between true worship and “lip service.” We can “do” church/go through the motions but not really live it.

Principles: God wants true worship and relationship.

This chapter notes that God is able to hear us and save us but we are too often separated from Him by our sin. It has been so rampant that God has intervened against the sin to save those that are unjustly affected by sin. In the end of the chapter, God makes a covenant for His Spirit to be with those who He has rescued and for His Word to remain with them.

Principles: Our sin gets in the way of our relationship with God. However, God in His living grace makes a way for us despite our sin.

This chapter talks about how God will restore Israel and Jerusalem. God will remove them from their state of punishment and make them prosperous to glorify Himself. God will be the center of their community.

Principles: the focus of everything is on the glory of God and our relationship to Him.

This is the prophecy that Jesus quotes in the synagogue announcing his ministry. It tells how He has come to change the fortunes of the people of Israel and the world at large.

Principles: Jesus, our redeemer, changed everything for our good.

In this chapter Isaiah speaks of his prayer for Jerusalem to return to righteousness before God. He determines to pray continuously for Jerusalem until it does and is known for being holy before the Lord.

Principles: God puts things on our hearts to pray for.

This chapter reflects how God is judging those that have been enemies of His people. He is champion to those that need rescuing. Then the chapter transition to praise to God for His work for us

Principles: God is our rescuer and strength. He deserves our praise for His care and conquering our enemies.

In this chapter, Isaiah wishes that God would “burst” through the heavens and come to their rescue, making their oppressors shake in fear. However, he recognizes that due to their sin, God has allowed them to go through the results of their sin and rejection of God.

Principles: God is able to come to our rescue but sometimes our rejection of that rescue gets in the way.

This is God speaking to Israel saying He called out to them but no one was listening. He tried to help but no one wanted His help. He said He wold destroy all of Israel for their sin but there are still some that are faithful. Then He talks of a promised future of redemption for His people.

Principles: God always has a remnant of His people. God loves His remnant.

This chapter speaks of rejecting those that have chosen to worship false gods and the restoration of those that serve the true God and the remnant of Israel.

Principles: God saves a remnant. God rejects those who worship false gods.