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Isaiah holds up God’s unmatched holiness: it exposes empty worship, proud power, and unjust life; yet that same holiness makes a way to cleanse, preserve a remnant, and bring lasting peace under God’s promised rule.

Author: Isaiah son of Amoz
Date: Prophetic ministry in Judah, c. 740-700 BC
Location: Judah/Jerusalem
Audience: Judah and Jerusalem under Assyrian pressure
Genre: Prophetic vision and oracles

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Map and timeline

Movement

Holy judgment and restoration

Artifact

Prophetic vision and servant hope

Biblical Timeline

Kingdom

Creation

Kingdom

New creation

Isaiah context: 1000 BC - 586 BC

Biblical Timeline

Kingdom

Isaiah context

Kingdom / 1000 BC - 586 BC

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Creation4000 BCPatriarchs2000 BCExodus1500 BCKingdom1000 BC2nd Temple400 BCChurchAD 100

Isaiah context is set in the kingdom period, where Israel's monarchy from David and Solomon to exile.

Setting

Historical context

The setting is Judah in a volatile era of shifting power and pressure from Assyria, with political fear and spiritual compromise inside the nation. Isaiah addresses royal decisions, public worship, and social injustice while warning that foreign threat and internal decay are tied to turning from God.

Map

Structure and argument

The book moves from charges against Judah and Jerusalem to purging judgment that aims at restoration; it alternates between warnings and future hope, mixing public speeches, vivid images, and sign-like moments; later sections widen to nations and a coming day when God’s reign brings justice and peace.

Argument Flow

KeyIntroductionArgumentWarningAppealExplanationProgrammatic StatementConclusionIllustrationTransitionExhortationThanksgiving

Title and setting for the vision

Introduction

1:1

Rebellion charged and devastation described

Argument

1:2-9

Worship rejected as empty performance

Warning

1:10-15

Call to change, with outcomes stated

Appeal

1:16-20

Jerusalem’s corruption and leadership failures

Explanation

1:21-23

Judgment that purges and then restores

Programmatic Statement

1:24-27

Final verdict on rebels and idols

Conclusion

1:28-31

A future center for instruction and peace

Programmatic Statement

2:1-4

A brief call to walk in light

Appeal

2:5

Charges of compromise, wealth, and idols

Warning

2:6-9

Terror before Yahweh humbles pride

Warning

2:10-11

A sweeping list of what gets lowered

Illustration

2:12-16

Idols vanish as people flee and discard them

Warning

2:17-21

Final line: stop trusting mere humans

Conclusion

2:22

Support removed and leadership collapses

Explanation

3:1-7

Charge stated and outcomes contrasted

Argument

3:8-11

Leaders mislead and harm the people

Warning

3:12

Courtroom scene against the elders

Warning

3:13-15

Pride exposed and humiliation announced

Warning

3:16-17

Catalogue of finery to be taken

Illustration

3:18-23

Reversal, defeat, and a grieving city

Conclusion

3:24-26

A desperate plea for a name

Illustration

4:1

A new day of restored growth

Transition

4:2

Who remains is set apart

Explanation

4:3

Cleansing through justice and fire

Explanation

4:4

Protective covering over Zion’s gatherings

Conclusion

4:5-6

A song about a cared-for vineyard

Illustration

5:1-2

Judah asked to judge the vineyard

Argument

5:3-7

Woe for land-grabbing and its collapse

Warning

5:8-10

Woe for drunken feasts and blindness

Warning

5:11-17

More woes naming twisted moral life

Warning

5:18-23

Therefore judgment comes through a distant army

Explanation

5:24-30

A throne vision fills the temple

Introduction

6:1-4

Isaiah’s crisis and cleansing

Explanation

6:5-7

The call and the volunteer

Programmatic Statement

6:8

A message that hardens hearing

Warning

6:9-10

How long until the land empties

Explanation

6:11-12

A felled tree leaves a stump

Conclusion

6:13

Threat at Jerusalem and royal fear

Introduction

7:1-2

Isaiah meets Ahaz with steadying message

Argument

7:3-9

Offer of a sign and refusal

Transition

7:10-12

Given sign and near-term timetable

Explanation

7:13-17

Foreign swarms and a hired razor

Warning

7:18-20

Life in a thorns-filled leftover land

Conclusion

7:21-25

A named sign is recorded

Illustration

8:1-4

Quiet waters refused, flood unleashed

Explanation

8:5-8

Plans collapse before God with us

Warning

8:9-10

Reject panic, fear the Lord

Exhortation

8:11-15

Seal the message, wait with signs

Transition

8:16-18

Turn from mediums to the testimony

Warning

8:19-22

Light and release after deep gloom

Explanation

9:1-5

A promised ruler and lasting peace

Programmatic Statement

9:6-7

A word lands on proud Israel

Introduction

9:8-10

Enemies raised up, anger continues

Warning

9:11-12

No return, leaders removed and judged

Warning

9:13-17

Wickedness spreads, society consumes itself

Warning

9:18-21

Woe for unjust laws and courts

Warning

10:1-4

Assyria appointed as an instrument

Explanation

10:5-7

Assyria boasts of conquered cities

Illustration

10:8-11

The boast exposed and corrected

Argument

10:12-15

Assyria cut down like a forest

Illustration

10:16-19

A remnant returns and fear lifts

Appeal

10:20-27

The invader advances, then is felled

Conclusion

10:28-34

A new Davidic shoot empowered

Argument

11:1-2

How he judges and rules

Argument

11:3-5

Peaceful creation under his reign

Argument

11:6-9

A signal for nations and exiles

Argument

11:10-12

Old rivalries end, foes subdued

Argument

11:13-14

A cleared route for return

Argument

11:15-16

Thanks after anger turns away

Thanksgiving

12:1

Confident trust in God’s salvation

Programmatic Statement

12:2

Joyful drawing from salvation’s wells

Illustration

12:3

Public thanks and proclamation

Exhortation

12:4

Singing spreads to all the earth

Conclusion

12:5-6

Signal raised for the attack

Introduction

13:1-5

Day of the Lord breaks in

Warning

13:6-10

Reason and scale of the judgment

Explanation

13:11-13

Panic, flight, and slaughter

Illustration

13:14-16

The Medes named as instrument

Explanation

13:17-18

Babylon left empty and wild

Conclusion

13:19-22

Restoration and reversal for Jacob

Programmatic Statement

14:1-2

From hard service to taunt song

Transition

14:3-7

Creation and the grave greet his fall

Illustration

14:8-11

Boastful climb, sudden plunge

Explanation

14:12-15

Bystanders judge his disgrace

Argument

14:16-20

Babylon’s line and land cut off

Warning

14:21-23

Oath of purpose over nations

Programmatic Statement

14:24-27

Philistia warned and Zion affirmed

Warning

14:28-32

Overnight ruin in Moab’s key cities

Introduction

15:1

Public mourning spreads across towns

Illustration

15:2-3

Cries reach far beyond Moab

Explanation

15:4

Flight route traced in sorrow

Argument

15:5

Land fails and wealth is carried off

Explanation

15:6-7

Borders echo, judgment presses harder

Warning

15:8-9

Tribute urged as Moab scatters

Appeal

16:1-2

A plea to shelter the fugitives

Appeal

16:3-5

Moab’s pride leads into mourning

Explanation

16:6-7

Ruined fields and silenced vineyards

Illustration

16:8-10

Grief deepens and prayer fails

Warning

16:11-12

Earlier word, now a timed sentence

Conclusion

16:13-14

Damascus and Ephraim Brought Low

Warning

17:1-3

Loss Described Through Harvest Images

Illustration

17:4-6

Turned From Idols to the Maker

Explanation

17:7-8

Desolation Traced to Forgetting God

Explanation

17:9-11

Nations Roar, Then Vanish Overnight

Conclusion

17:12-14

Call to a Distant River Nation

Introduction

18:1-2

Global Notice of a Signal and Trumpet

Transition

18:3

The Lord Watches in Quiet Poise

Explanation

18:4

Sudden Pruning Before the Harvest

Argument

18:5

Aftermath Left for Birds and Beasts

Warning

18:6

A Gift Carried to Mount Zion

Conclusion

18:7

Yahweh arrives and unravels Egypt

Argument

19:1-4

The Nile collapses and fields dry

Argument

19:5-7

Workers mourn as trades fall apart

Argument

19:8-10

Leaders exposed as foolish and lost

Argument

19:11-15

Egypt panics at Yahweh’s raised hand

Argument

19:16-17

A turn to worship and healing in Egypt

Argument

19:18-22

A highway unites nations in blessing

Argument

19:23-25

A date marker in Assyrian campaign

Introduction

20:1

Isaiah performs a commanded sign-act

Illustration

20:2

The sign-act is explained and timed

Explanation

20:3

Assyria’s captives mirror the sign

Warning

20:4

Coastlands react to failed hopes

Conclusion

20:5-6

A hard vision of an invading force

Introduction

21:1-2

The prophet reels as danger nears

Explanation

21:3-5

A watchman is appointed to report

Transition

21:6-7

The watchman announces Babylon’s collapse

Conclusion

21:8-10

A night question and an unsettled answer

Warning

21:11-12

Caravans hide as refugees flee war

Illustration

21:13-15

A timed verdict on Kedar’s strength

Programmatic Statement

21:16-17

Rooftops, panic, and sudden collapse

Introduction

22:1-4

The day of confusion and siege

Explanation

22:5-7

Defenses made, but God ignored

Argument

22:8-11

A call to mourn answered with feasting

Warning

22:12-14

Shebna confronted and removed

Warning

22:15-19

Eliakim installed with shared authority

Explanation

22:20-24

The secure peg finally gives way

Conclusion

22:25

Shock for sea traders and coasts

Introduction

23:1-4

News spreads and lament deepens

Explanation

23:5-7

Who planned the fall of Tyre

Programmatic Statement

23:8-9

Commands to flee and lose rest

Warning

23:10-12

Example of ruin by mighty powers

Illustration

23:13-14

Seventy years and redirected profit

Conclusion

23:15-18

The Lord empties the whole earth

Warning

24:1-6

Joy collapses in the ruined city

Illustration

24:7-12

A remnant sings, the speaker grieves

Transition

24:13-16

No escape as the earth shakes

Warning

24:17-20

Punishment ends with Zion’s reign

Conclusion

24:21-23

Praise for planned and finished deeds

Thanksgiving

25:1-2

Why even the powerful give honor

Explanation

25:3-5

A mountain feast and lifted veil

Programmatic Statement

25:6-7

Death ended and a public response

Illustration

25:8-9

Moab humbled under God’s hand

Warning

25:10-11

Fortified walls brought to dust

Conclusion

25:12

A song of the secure city

Introduction

26:1-4

The proud city is brought low

Explanation

26:5-7

Waiting for God’s judgments

Warning

26:8-11

Peace ordained and false rulers ended

Thanksgiving

26:12-15

Trouble like labor without deliverance

Illustration

26:16-18

The dead rise as judgment arrives

Conclusion

26:19-21

The sea monster is brought down

Introduction

27:1

A guarded vineyard and offered peace

Illustration

27:2-6

Measured discipline and sin removed

Explanation

27:7-9

A ruined city shows the verdict

Warning

27:10-11

Harvesting the scattered for worship

Conclusion

27:12-13

Ephraim's proud crown brought low

Warning

28:1-6

Drunken leaders mock and are answered

Argument

28:7-13

Jerusalem scoffers trust false safety

Warning

28:14-15

A sure foundation exposes their refuge

Explanation

28:16-22

Listen: farming shows purposeful stages

Illustration

28:23-26

Different threshing, one wise counselor

Conclusion

28:27-29

Ariel warned of coming siege

Warning

29:1-4

Attackers vanish like a night dream

Illustration

29:5-8

A stunned people cannot read

Explanation

29:9-12

Lip service answered by a shocking act

Warning

29:13-14

Secret plots rebuked by potter imagery

Argument

29:15-16

A quick reversal brings justice and clarity

Explanation

29:17-21

Jacob’s renewed honor and teachable spirit

Conclusion

29:22-24

Woe over the Egypt alliance

Warning

30:1-7

Record their refusal to hear

Explanation

30:8-11

Collapse pictured and flight foretold

Warning

30:12-17

Grace, guidance, and idols discarded

Appeal

30:18-22

Renewed land and healed wounds

Illustration

30:23-26

Yahweh’s arrival and Assyria’s end

Conclusion

30:27-33

Woe for leaning on Egypt

Warning

31:1

God overrules human power

Explanation

31:2-3

Two images of divine defense

Illustration

31:4-5

Call to return and renounce idols

Appeal

31:6-7

Assyria’s defeat and Zion’s fire

Conclusion

31:8-9

A just ruler brings clarity

Programmatic Statement

32:1-4

Names corrected and motives exposed

Explanation

32:5-8

An urgent address to carefree women

Warning

32:9-11

Mourning over ruined land and city

Illustration

32:12-14

Renewal when the Spirit is poured out

Transition

32:15-18

Final contrast and closing blessing

Conclusion

32:19-20

Woe to the destroyer, hope for Zion

Warning

33:1-6

Desolation and failed peace talks

Explanation

33:7-9

God rises to judge the nations

Programmatic Statement

33:10-13

Who can live with consuming fire

Warning

33:14-16

The king’s beauty replaces terror

Illustration

33:17-19

Zion secure under God’s rule

Conclusion

33:20-22

Spoil shared and sickness removed

Conclusion

33:23-24

Summons to hear the global verdict

Introduction

34:1-2

Graphic aftermath and cosmic collapse imagery

Illustration

34:3-4

The sword turns toward Edom

Explanation

34:5-7

A set time of payback for Zion

Warning

34:8-10

Ruins measured out for emptiness

Explanation

34:11-13

Wild creatures replace human life

Illustration

34:14-15

Written confirmation and lasting allotment

Conclusion

34:16-17

Desert Turns to Joyful Bloom

Introduction

35:1-2

Strength for Weak Hands and Hearts

Exhortation

35:3-4

Blind See, Streams Flood the Desert

Illustration

35:5-7

The Highway of Holiness Appears

Programmatic Statement

35:8-9

Everlasting Joy Crowns the Redeemed

Conclusion

35:10

Assyria advances and envoys meet

Introduction

36:1-3

Rabshakeh attacks Judah’s trust

Argument

36:4-7

He boasts of power and permission

Argument

36:8-10

Judah asks for private speech

Transition

36:11-12

Public appeal to abandon Hezekiah

Appeal

36:13-17

He compares Yahweh to defeated gods

Argument

36:18-20

Silence kept, report delivered to king

Conclusion

36:21-22

Hezekiah seeks help through Isaiah

Appeal

37:1-7

Assyria renews threats by letter

Warning

37:8-13

Hezekiah lays the letter before Yahweh

Appeal

37:14-20

Yahweh answers and confronts Assyria

Explanation

37:21-29

Promise of survival and city defense

Argument

37:30-35

Assyrian army collapses and king falls

Conclusion

37:36-38

Death notice and Hezekiah’s plea

Argument

38:1-3

God’s answer and added years

Argument

38:4-6

A sign shown on the shadow

Argument

38:7-8

Hezekiah recalls his near death

Argument

38:9-14

Bitterness reframed as restored life

Argument

38:15-17

Praise belongs to the living

Argument

38:18-20

Closing notes on remedy and sign

Argument

38:21-22

Babylon Sends Letters and a Gift

Argument

39:1

Hezekiah Displays His Full Wealth

Argument

39:2

Isaiah Questions the Visitors’ Purpose

Argument

39:3

Hezekiah Confirms What They Saw

Argument

39:4

Isaiah Announces a Divine Message

Argument

39:5

Future Loss to Babylon Foretold

Argument

39:6-7

Hezekiah Accepts the Pronouncement

Argument

39:8

Comfort announced and a way prepared

Introduction

40:1-5

Human frailty contrasted with lasting word

Explanation

40:6-8

Good news cries: God comes to shepherd

Appeal

40:9-11

Creator’s unmatched wisdom over nations

Argument

40:12-17

Idols shown as crafted and unstable

Illustration

40:18-20

Look up: the ruler who names stars

Argument

40:21-26

Complaint answered with strength for the weary

Exhortation

40:27-31

A courtroom call and idol workshop

Introduction

41:1-7

Israel named and steadied by God

Explanation

41:8-13

A weak people turned into a tool

Illustration

41:14-16

Water and trees in the wasteland

Illustration

41:17-20

Idols challenged to predict and act

Argument

41:21-24

Yahweh’s foretold mover and final verdict

Conclusion

41:25-29

The Servant’s mission and gentle way

Programmatic Statement

42:1-7

God’s name and new announcement

Argument

42:8-9

A worldwide call to sing

Exhortation

42:10-12

God advances and leads the blind

Explanation

42:13-17

Deaf ears and failed perception exposed

Warning

42:18-21

Plundered people and the reason why

Conclusion

42:22-25

Named and gathered as God’s own

Introduction

43:1-7

A courtroom challenge for the nations

Argument

43:8-13

Redeemer announces action against Babylon

Programmatic Statement

43:14-15

Past deliverance reframes a new exodus

Explanation

43:16-21

Indictment for weary worship and sin

Warning

43:22-24

Mercy offered, then guilt traced and judged

Conclusion

43:25-28

Chosen servant promised life and growth

Introduction

44:1-5

Only God, only Rock, proved by history

Programmatic Statement

44:6-8

Idol makers exposed as empty and shamed

Warning

44:9-11

Workshop story: from tree to god

Illustration

44:12-17

Blind reasoning and a lie in hand

Explanation

44:18-20

Return to the remembered Redeemer

Appeal

44:21-23

Creator confirms his word through Cyrus

Conclusion

44:24-28

Yahweh appoints Cyrus and explains why

Programmatic Statement

45:1-7

Creation authority answers human objections

Warning

45:8-13

Nations submit and confess hidden God

Illustration

45:14-15

Idol-makers shamed, Israel secured

Conclusion

45:16-17

The Creator speaks openly and rightly

Explanation

45:18-19

A courtroom call to the nations

Appeal

45:20-22

Oath of universal allegiance and final vindication

Conclusion

45:23-25

Idols Collapse and Go into Captivity

Illustration

46:1-2

God Carries Israel from Birth to Age

Explanation

46:3-4

The Making and Moving of a Handmade God

Illustration

46:5-7

A Call to Remember and Face Reality

Appeal

46:8-9

God Announces Outcomes and Executes His Plan

Argument

46:10-11

A Final Address and Near Promise of Deliverance

Conclusion

46:12-13

Babylon brought down and exposed

Argument

47:1-3

A brief claim about the Redeemer

Argument

47:4

Why the mistress of kingdoms falls

Argument

47:5-7

Secure boasting meets sudden loss

Argument

47:8-9

The logic of unseen ruin

Warning

47:10-11

Challenge to magic and omens

Argument

47:12-13

Final collapse and no rescuer

Argument

47:14-15

Naming their claim, exposing its emptiness

Introduction

48:1-2

Past predictions and new disclosures

Explanation

48:3-7

Their betrayal, his restrained anger

Warning

48:8-11

Creator authority and chosen agent announced

Programmatic Statement

48:12-16

Teacher and guide, with missed results

Appeal

48:17-19

Leave Babylon, remember, and final warning

Conclusion

48:20-22

The servant’s calling and wider mission

Programmatic Statement

49:1-7

Promises of release and safe return

Explanation

49:8-13

Zion’s complaint met with reassurance

Argument

49:14-16

Children return and the city overflows

Illustration

49:17-21

Nations carry Zion’s sons and daughters

Explanation

49:22-23

God’s final answer to the captor

Conclusion

49:24-26

Questions that deny wrongful abandonment

Introduction

50:1

No answer to the Redeemer’s call

Argument

50:2-3

A trained voice and willing obedience

Explanation

50:4-5

Suffering endured because help is sure

Illustration

50:6-7

A public challenge to accusers

Argument

50:8-9

Call to trust while walking in darkness

Appeal

50:10

Warning to self-made light makers

Warning

50:11

Remember your beginnings, expect renewal

Illustration

51:1-3

Justice goes out, salvation lasts

Programmatic Statement

51:4-6

Do not fear fading opponents

Exhortation

51:7-8

Call on the arm that saved before

Appeal

51:9-11

God answers fear with comfort and commission

Explanation

51:12-16

Jerusalem staggers under the wrath-cup

Explanation

51:17-20

The cup is removed and reassigned

Conclusion

51:21-23

Zion Called to Rise and Dress

Exhortation

52:1-2

God Explains the Point of Redemption

Explanation

52:3-6

Good News Announces God’s Reign

Programmatic Statement

52:7

Watchmen Sing as Return Becomes Visible

Illustration

52:8-10

A Clean and Ordered Departure

Exhortation

52:11-12

The Servant’s Shock and Worldwide Impact

Conclusion

52:13-15

An Unbelieved Message and a Rejected Life

Introduction

53:1-3

Misread Suffering, Then Its Real Purpose

Explanation

53:4-6

Silent Under Oppression Like a Lamb

Illustration

53:7

Removal by Judgment and an Unjust Burial

Warning

53:8-9

Yahweh’s Plan and the Servant’s Outcome

Programmatic Statement

53:10-11

Final Reward Stated with Reasons

Conclusion

53:12

Joyful call to make room

Introduction

54:1-3

Fear removed, relationship restated

Explanation

54:4-7

Lasting kindness compared to Noah

Argument

54:8-10

City rebuilt with precious stones

Illustration

54:11-12

Children taught, life secured

Explanation

54:13-14

Opposition fails under divine rule

Conclusion

54:15-17

Free provision and a sharp question

Appeal

55:1-2

Promise anchored in a public leader

Explanation

55:3-5

Immediate call to return and be pardoned

Exhortation

55:6-7

Reason given: God’s ways exceed ours

Explanation

55:8-9

Rain and snow picture effective speech

Illustration

55:10-11

Joyful departure and a remade landscape

Conclusion

55:12-13

Justice urged as deliverance nears

Exhortation

56:1-2

Eunuchs assured of lasting honor

Explanation

56:3-5

Foreigners welcomed into worship

Explanation

56:6-7

Gathering expands beyond Israel’s outcasts

Programmatic Statement

56:8

Leaders exposed and judgment invited

Warning

56:9-12

Righteous Taken Away Into Peace

Argument

57:1-2

Summons and First Charge of Idolatry

Explanation

57:3-7

Secret Alliances and Stubborn Fear

Warning

57:8-11

Verdict on Works and False Helpers

Argument

57:12-13

Clear the Way and Divine Nearness

Argument

57:14-16

From Discipline to Healing Peace

Argument

57:17-19

Closing Contrast for the Wicked

Argument

57:20-21

A loud charge against hollow devotion

Introduction

58:1-2

Their complaint and the fast’s real outcome

Argument

58:3-5

What the chosen fast looks like

Explanation

58:6-7

Promised response and a renewed condition

Appeal

58:8-9

Mercy that leads to guidance and rebuilding

Illustration

58:10-12

Sabbath honor and the closing assurance

Conclusion

58:13-14

God can save, sin blocks

Programmatic Statement

59:1-2

Corruption in speech and courts

Illustration

59:3-4

Images of harm and violent paths

Warning

59:5-8

We confess our darkness and delay

Transition

59:9-11

Sins admitted; truth pushed aside

Explanation

59:12-15

God acts when none will intervene

Argument

59:16-18

Worldwide reverence and lasting covenant

Conclusion

59:19-21

Light rises, nations are drawn

Programmatic Statement

60:1-3

Children return and gifts arrive

Illustration

60:4-7

Ships and open gates of tribute

Explanation

60:8-12

Sanctuary honored and shame reversed

Argument

60:13-16

Renewed order replaces violence

Explanation

60:17-18

Everlasting light and lasting growth

Conclusion

60:19-22

Anointed mission to announce and heal

Programmatic Statement

61:1-3

Rebuilding ruins with renewed labor

Illustration

61:4-5

A new public role and honor

Explanation

61:6-7

God’s justice grounds lasting promises

Argument

61:8-9

Joyful response and spreading praise

Conclusion

61:10-11

A vow to speak until glory

Programmatic Statement

62:1-3

Renamed land and renewed marriage joy

Illustration

62:4-5

Watchmen appointed to press for praise

Appeal

62:6-7

A sworn promise of secure harvest

Explanation

62:8-9

Clear the way and raise the signal

Exhortation

62:10

Public proclamation and final new titles

Conclusion

62:11-12

The warrior questioned about bloody clothes

Introduction

63:1-3

Vengeance carried out by his own arm

Explanation

63:4-6

Recounting the Lord’s past compassion

Thanksgiving

63:7-9

Rebellion that reversed the relationship

Warning

63:10

Questions that recall the Exodus rescue

Illustration

63:11-14

Appeal for renewed attention and return

Appeal

63:15-19

A plea for God to come down

Appeal

64:1-3

Recalling God’s unmatched way of acting

Programmatic Statement

64:4

Righteousness remembered, sin confessed

Explanation

64:5

A catalogue of communal failure

Warning

64:6-7

Appeal grounded in Father and potter

Appeal

64:8-9

Desolation described, final question pressed

Conclusion

64:10-12

God answers a stubborn people's rebellion

Warning

65:1-7

A spared remnant and restored land

Illustration

65:8-10

Those who abandon God face the sword

Warning

65:11-12

Servants thrive while rebels are shamed

Explanation

65:13-16

New creation replaces former troubles

Programmatic Statement

65:17-19

Long life, secure work, and peace

Illustration

65:20-25

God Rejects Empty Worship

Argument

66:1-4

Shame for Those Who Mock

Warning

66:5-6

Zion’s Sudden Birth Imagery

Illustration

66:7-9

Call to Celebrate Jerusalem’s Comfort

Exhortation

66:10-14

Fire Coming Against Corrupt Ritual

Warning

66:15-17

Nations Gathered and Sent Out

Programmatic Statement

66:18-21

Enduring New Creation and Final Contrast

Conclusion

66:22-24

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