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Matthew Poole’s Bible Commentary

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Isaiah Matthew Poole

Chapters

  1. Call to Repentance; Judgment and Promise.
  2. The Future Glory of Zion; Judgment on Nations.
  3. Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah; Societal Decay.
  4. The Future Glory and Purification of Zion.
  5. The Song of the Vineyard; Woes to the Wicked.
  6. Isaiah’s Vision of God and Prophetic Commissioning.
  7. The Sign of Immanuel; the Syro-Ephraimite War.
  8. Prophecies about Assyria and the Coming Darkness.
  9. Prophecy of a Child Born to Rule; Light in Darkness.
  10. Assyria’s Judgment and the Remnant of Israel.
  11. The Coming of the Righteous King; Peace.
  12. Praise and Thanksgiving for God’s Salvation.
  13. Judgment against Babylon and the Day of the Lord.
  14. The Fall of Babylon; Taunt against the King.
  15. Lament over Moab’s Destruction.
  16. A Call for Refuge in Moab and Future Judgment.
  17. Judgment against Syria and Israel.
  18. Prophecy Concerning Cush and Future Events.
  19. Judgment against Egypt and Future Blessing.
  20. Isaiah’s Symbolic Act Concerning Egypt and Cush.
  21. Oracles Concerning Babylon, Edom, and Arabia.
  22. Judgment on Jerusalem; the Prophecy of Shebna.
  23. Prophecy against Tyre; its Future Desolation.
  24. The Lord’s Judgment on the Earth; Global Desolation.
  25. Praise for God’s Deliverance and Future Blessings.
  26. The Song of Trust; Deliverance and Restoration.
  27. The Deliverance of Israel and Judgment on Leviathan.
  28. Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem; Coming Judgment.
  29. Judgment on Jerusalem; Future Restoration.
  30. Woe to Rebellious Judah; Promise of Restoration.
  31. Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt; Deliverance Promised.
  32. A Future King’s Righteousness and Transformation.
  33. Woe to the Destroyer; Future Blessing for Zion.
  34. God’s Judgment on the Nations; Edom’s Desolation.
  35. Joyful Restoration of Zion; Transformation of the Wilderness.
  36. Assyrian Invasion of Judah; Rabshakeh’s Message.
  37. Hezekiah’s Prayer; God’s Deliverance from Assyria.
  38. Hezekiah’s Illness and Recovery; God’s Promise.
  39. Envoys from Babylon; Prophecy of Exile.
  40. Comfort and Promise of God’s Coming Deliverance.
  41. God’s Support for Israel; Promise of Victory.
  42. The Servant of the Lord; Prophecy of Justice.
  43. Israel’s Redemption and Promise of Restoration.
  44. God’s Promises; Rebuke of Idolatry.
  45. Cyrus’s Role in God’s Plan; Sovereignty and Righteousness.
  46. God versus Idols; Promises of Salvation.
  47. Babylon’s Fall; Humiliation and Judgment.
  48. Rebuke of Israel’s Disobedience; Promise of Deliverance.
  49. The Servant’s Mission; Restoration of Israel.
  50. The Servant’s Suffering and Obedience.
  51. Comfort for the Oppressed; Future Restoration.
  52. The Lord’s Salvation; Zion’s Redemption.
  53. The Suffering Servant; Atonement for Sins.
  54. God’s Everlasting Covenant and Restoration of Zion.
  55. Invitation to Salvation; Blessings of the Lord.
  56. Salvation for All; True Worship and Justice.
  57. Warnings to the Wicked; Promises of Renewal.
  58. True Fasting and Social Justice; God’s Response.
  59. Sin’s Separation from God; Promise of Redemption.
  60. The Glory of Zion; Future Blessings.
  61. The Servant’s Mission; Promises of Restoration.
  62. Zion’s Future Glory and Salvation.
  63. God’s Vengeance and Redemption; Lament and Praise.
  64. Prayer for Mercy and Intervention; Longing for Righteousness.
  65. New Heavens and New Earth; Judgment and Blessings.
  66. Final Judgment and Restoration; New Creation.

Isaiah

The Argument

THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts:

1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites.

2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These were immediately called by God, and inspired, as with other singular gifts and graces, so particularly with a supernatural knowledge of Divine mysteries, and of future things, and invested by God with an authority superior not only to the ordinary teachers of the church, but in some sort even to the civil powers of the nation. These holy prophets, whose writings are contained in the sacred Scripture, are sixteen. Of these Isaiah is first in place, and, as may seem probable, in time also. But undoubtedly he was contemporary with Hosea, whom others suppose to have been before him. Compare Isaiah 1.1, with Hosea 1.1. The Jews tell us that he was of the blood royal of Judah, which is uncertain. But undoubtedly he was the prince of all the prophets, whether we consider the great extent and variety of his prophecies, the excellency and sublimity of those mysteries which were revealed to him and by him, the majesty and elegancy of his style, or the incomparable liveliness and power of his sermons. He doth so evidently and fully describe the person, and offices, and sufferings, and kingdom of Christ, that some of the ancients called him the fifth evangelist. And it is observed, that there are more testimonies and quotations in the New Testament taken out of Isaiah than out of all the other prophets.