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I. Isaiah 1—39
A. Indictment of Israel and Judah
Chapter 1
The vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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Chapter 2
This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
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B. The Book of Emmanuel
Chapter 6
The Sending of Isaiah. In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple.
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Then the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the fuller’s field,
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Chapter 8
A Son of Isaiah. The Lord said to me: Take a large tablet, and inscribe on it with an ordinary stylus, “belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,”
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Disciples of Isaiah. For thus said the Lord—his hand strong upon me—warning me not to walk in the way of this people:
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C. Oracles Against the Foreign Nations
Chapter 13
Babylon. An oracle concerning Babylon; a vision of Isaiah, son of Amoz.
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Chapter 20
Isaiah’s Warning Against Trust in Egypt and Ethiopia. In the year the general sent by Sargon, king of Assyria, came to Ashdod, fought against it, and captured it—
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at that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah, the son of Amoz: Go and take off the sackcloth from your waist, and remove the sandals from your feet. This he did, walking naked and barefoot.
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Then the Lord said: Just as my servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and portent against Egypt and Ethiopia,
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D. Apocalypse of Isaiah
Chapter 24
Judgment upon the World and the Lord’s Enthronement on Mount Zion
See! The Lord is about to empty the earth and lay it waste; he will twist its surface, and scatter its inhabitants:
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He sent Eliakim, the master of the palace, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to tell the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz,
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When the servants of King Hezekiah had come to Isaiah,
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Then Isaiah, son of Amoz, sent this message to Hezekiah: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you have prayed concerning Sennacherib, king of Assyria: I have listened!
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Chapter 38
Sickness and Recovery of Hezekiah. In those days, when Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you shall not recover.”
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Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:
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Then Isaiah said, “Bring a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil for his recovery.”
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Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say to you? Where did they come from?” Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon.”
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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
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Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and stability in my lifetime.”
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II. Isaiah 40—55
A. The Lord’s Glory in Israel’s Liberation
Chapter 40
Promise of Salvation
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.
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III. Isaiah 56—66
Chapter 56
Salvation for the Just
Thus says the Lord: Observe what is right, do what is just, for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.