Hope for restoration
Isaiah warns against relying on Egypt, then gives a message for the nations and Israel’s eventual restoration: Isaiah 30–32; 34–35 After all the prophesied doom, …
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Tell us nice things
Isaiah warns against relying on Egypt, then gives a message for the nations and Israel’s eventual restoration: Isaiah 30–32; 34–35 Judah’s efforts to …
The fate of the gods and Leviathan
Isaiah’s prophesies about the earth being destroyed and Israel restored, but not necessarily in that order: Isaiah 24–27 To those …
Isaiah’s prophecy: a dried-up Nile in Egypt
Isaiah’s prophesies about Cush, Egypt, Babylon, Edom, Arabia, and Shebna (Hezekiah’s official): Isaiah 18–23 In a series of devastating prophecies …
Hezekiah changes God’s mind
Hezekiah almost dies from illness, but prays and is healed; he then shows Babylonian envoys around the palace and temple, …
Sennacherib goes home, gets assassinated
Hezekiah prays for help, Sennacherib says not to bother because he always wins, God answers Hezekiah’s prayer: 2 Kings 19:1–19; …
Sennacherib: Assyrians to reap what they sowed
Sennacherib invades Judah and gets ready to besiege Jerusalem: 2 Chronicles 32:1–8;2 Kings 18:13–18; Isaiah 36:1–3; 2 Kings 18:19–37; Isaiah 36:4–22; …
Hezekiah turns the nation around
Hezekiah becomes king, reforms religious practices, and turns the nation back to God: 2 Kings 18:1−4; 2 Chronicles 29−31 Hezekiah’s …
The countdown starts for Moab
Isaiah prophesies against Babylon, Assyria, Moab and Philistia; and promises Judah a return to Jerusalem: Isaiah 13−16 Isaiah prophesied a devastating fate for …
Isaiah sees Jerusalem restored in the last days
Isaiah prophesies against Jerusalem and Judah, with (messianic) promises of a future restoration: Isaiah 1:21−5:30 Now Israel had fallen, Judah would be next. …
Bring back the priests
Isaiah prophesies against Samaria and Jerusalem; Samaria/Israel falls and its people exiled permanently to Assyria, and here’s why: Isaiah 28−29; 2 …
A doomed Damascus?
Isaiah prophesies against Damascus; Ahaz turns away from God and takes Judah with him: Isaiah 17:1−14; 2 Chronicles 28:16−21; 2 Kings …
Don’t think like everyone else does
Isaiah prophesies about the Messiah and also the Assyrian invasion with its implications for Assyria and Judah : Isaiah 8−12 Isaiah saw a day …
Unless your faith is firm, I cannot make you stand firm
Jotham then Ahaz rule Judah; Israel and Aram attack Ahaz, who doesn’t quite listen to Isaiah’s promise and buys the …
Hear nothing, see nothing, have nothing
Five kings in Israel; Jotham becomes king of Judah; Isaiah starts prophesying: 2 Kings 14:28−29; 2 Kings 15:8−29; 2 Kings …
But my work seems so useless
Isaiah prophesies the fall of Babylon and the coming of the Messiah: Isaiah 48:12–52:12 Why are these chapters of Isaiah here, …
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