8. Warning against the folly of an alliance with Egypt (chap. 20). 9. The Fall of Babylon (chap. 21). (1) Its consequences for Judah (21:1-10). (2) Its consequences for the trading tribes of the desert (21:11-17). 10. Judah's unpardonable sin (22:1-14). II. Personal threats and promises (22: 15-25). (1) The doom of Shebna (22: 15-18). (2) The exaltation of Eliakim (22:19-23). 12. The fate of Phoenicia (chap. 23). (1) The elegy (23: 1-14). (2) The revival of Tyre (23: 15-18). THE GREAT WORLD JUDGMENT (Chaps. 24-27) 1. The judgment: the rebels punished (chap. 24). 2. Song of thanksgiving over the destruction of some proud city (25:1-5). 3. The banquet of the nations on Mount Zion (25:6-8). 4. Song over the anticipated destruction of Moab (25:9-12). 5. Song of gratitude and hope (26:1-19). (1) Jerusalem secure: the proud city destroyed (26: 1-6). (4) A yet more glorious day (26: 15-19). 6. Israel's security in the great world judgment (26: 20-27: 1). 7. Song of the vineyard (27: 2-6). 8. Jehovah's mercy to Israel (27: 7-11). 9. Gathered home (27: 12 f). WARNINGS AND PROMISES TO JERUSALEM (Chaps. 28-33) 1. Woe to Samaria (28: 1-6). 2. The scoffers of Jerusalem threatened (28: 7-22). (1) Isaiah's solemn warning to the drunken priests and prophets (28:7-13). (2) The folly of the Egyptian alliance (28: 14-22). 3. The patience and considerateness of the divine purpose (28: 23-29). 4. The character and fate of Jerusalem (29: 1–15). (1) The fate of Jerusalem (29: 1-8). (2) The spiritual torpor and religious formality of the people (29:9-15). 5. Doubters rebuked by a vision of Israel's welfare in the latter days (29: 16-24). 6. The Egyptian alliance a ruinous policy (30: 1-17). (1) The embassy to Egypt (30:1-7). (2) Judah's rebellion and ruin (30:8-17). 7. The final triumph and prosperity of Jerusalem (30:18–33). 8. The folly of the Egyptian alliance (31:1-4). 9. The enemy's downfall (31: 5-9). 10. Rulers and people in the coming days (32: 1-8). 11. Warning to the women (32:9-14). 12. The security and prosperity of the coming days (32:15-20). 13. The present distress and future glory of Jerusalem (chap. 33). (1) The distress (33: 1-9). (2) The deliverance (33: 10-24). THE GOLDEN AGE (Chaps. 34 and 35) 1. The day of vengeance (chap. 34). (1) The destruction of the nations (31:1-4). 2. The joy of the redeemed (chap. 35). HISTORICAL APPENDIX (Chaps. 36-39) 1. Isaiah encourages Hezekiah to resist Sennacherib's summons to surrender Jerusalem (chaps. 36 and 37). (1) First narrative (36: 1-37:9a, 37 f). (2) Second narrative (36: 9-36). 2. Hezekiah's sickness, recovery, and song of thanksgiving (chap. 38). (1) Hezekiah's sickness (38: 1-8). (2) His song of thanksgiving (38:9-20). (3) His recovery (38: 21 f). 3. Hezekiah's vanity and Isaiah's rebuke (chap. 39). 735. Invasion of Judah by Aram (Syria) and Israel. 734. Northern Israel ravaged 732. Capture of Damascus (chief city of Aram) 721. Capture of Samaria (chief city by the Assyrians. of Israel) 711. Capture of Ashdod (one of the chief cities of the Philistines) 701. Invasion of Judah by the Assyrians under Sennacherib. 681. Assassination of Sennacherib. 607. Fall of Nineveh. End of the Assyrian and establishment of the Babylonian empire. 604-561. Reign of Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. 586. Fall of Jerusalem. 586-538. Babylonian exile. 549-546. Conquest of Media and Lydia by Cyrus. End of the Babylonian and establishment of the 537. Jewish exiles return to Palestine. 460 (about). Trito-Isaiah (Chaps. 56-66). Malachi. 445. Nehemiah arrives at Jerusalem, rebuilds the walls, and reorganizes the community. BIBLIOGRAPHY The literature on Isaiah is very extensive. Especially numerous are German monographs dealing with particular critical or historical problems. The following brief list, having in view the needs of the average English or American reader unacquainted with Hebrew and not deeply interested in critical problems, is deliberately confined to English books of a scholarly but untechnical nature. COMMENTARIES T. K. CHEYNE. The Prophecies of Isaiah, 2 vols. (1889). Very thorough and able; the writer has since modified many of his conclusions. J. SKINNER. Isaiah, 2 vols. in The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Scholarly and judicial; especially good on the theological side. O. C. WHITEHOUSE. Isaiah, 2 vols. in The Century Bible. Careful and independent; especially strong on the historical side. H. G. MITCHELL. Isaiah, A study of Chaps. 1-12. A. B. DAVIDSON. Isaiah (in the Temple Bible). TRANSLATIONS T. K. CHEYNE. The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, in Sacred Books of the Old Testament. The prophecies are arranged, so far as possible, in chronological order, with explanatory notes and pictorial illustrations. G. H. Box. The Book of Isaiah. This translation gives special attention to the metrical structure of the book. C. F. KENT. Isaiah is translated in the third volume of The Student's Old Testament, entitled "The Sermons, Epistles, and Apocalypses of Israel's Prophets." With a historical introduction and careful attention to metrical structure. A. F. KIRKPATRICK. S. R. DRIVER. W. R. SMITH. G. A. SMITH. MISCELLANEOUS The Doctrine of the Prophets. The Prophets of Israel, pp. 191-373. The Book of Isaiah, in The Expositor's Bible. Illuminating, eloquent, and stimulating. Jerusalem, vol. II, pp. 132-180. Article on Isaiah in Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. C. F. KENT and F. K. SANDERS. Isaiah is dealt with in vols. I and II of the Messages of the Bible series. A good English paraphrase with brief historical introductions. W. G. JORDAN. Prophetic Ideas and Ideals, pp. 55-108. HISTORIES C. F. KENT. The Divided Kingdom. H. P. SMITH. Old Testament History. J. F. MCCURDY. History, Prophecy, and the Monuments. CHAPTERS 40-66 In addition to the above list, the following books should be added for the study of Chaps. 40-66. A. B. DAVIDSON. The Exile and the Restoration. Old Testament Prophecy (pp. 367-467). A. S. PEAKE. The Problem of Suffering in the Old Testament, pp. 34-72; 172-193. G. C. WORKMAN. The Servant of Jehovah. T. K. CHEYNE. Jewish Religious Life after the Exile, pp. 1-125. 23 |