1. Isaiah became a prophet in the same year that King Uzziah died (Isa. 6:1, 8).
2. God judges nations for their sin.
3. Idolatry is utterly foolish and futile.
4. Hezekiah recognized that the gods of the surrounding nations were not gods at all, but only the work of men’s hands (Isa. 37:18–19).
5. Isaiah 52:13–53:12 predicts the suffering of Christ for our sins.

In Isaiah, God is glorifying Himself through the salvation of a wayward people so that He might demonstrate His superior goodness in the salvation sinners, the damnation of the wicked, and for the preservation of His people for His eternal glory, and their eternal joy.

The author identifies himself as Isaiah, the son of Amoz, and many biblical writers confirm this. The book also includes a song authored by King Hezekiah (Isa. 38:9–20).

Isaiah was called to be a prophet in the same year that King Uzziah died (740 B.C.). The last event recorded in the book is the death of Sennacherib (681 B.C.), which means Isaiah most likely finished it during the reign of Manasseh (687–643 B.C.).

“So I said:
‘Woe is me, for I am undone!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.’ ”

Isaiah 6:5

“Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
As when at first He lightly esteemed
The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
In Galilee of the Gentiles.
The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.”

Isaiah 9:1–2

“Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

Isaiah 53:4–6

Search out and destroy your idols, they are worthless and dangerous.

God does and will judge sinful nations.

Christ is the perfect substitute who died to redeem a chosen people.

Repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ!

Judgment begins in the house of God.

1. The “Branch of the Lord” (Isa. 4:2)
2. Immanuel (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:22–23)
3. The Light (Isa. 9:1; Matt. 4:13–16)
4. “Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isa. 9:6–7)
5. A Rod from the Stem of Jesse (Isa. 11)
6. A Stone Laid in Zion (Isa. 28:16; Rom. 9:33; 10:11)
7. The Blind, Deaf, Lame, and Dumb Healed (Isa. 35:5–6)
8. Israel’s Redeemer (Isa. 41:14; Gal. 4:4–5; Tit. 2:13–14)
9. A Light to the Gentiles (Isa. 42:1–9; 49:6; Luke 2:32; Acts 13:47; 26:22–23)
10. The Beating of the Messiah (Isa. 50:6)
11. The Suffering Servant (Isa. 52:13–53:12; Acts 8:32–35)

1. Judgment on the Nations (Isa. 1–39)
   1. The Vision Concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isa. 1–12)
   2. The Vision Concerning the Nations (Isa. 13–27)
   3. The Deliverer (Isa. 28–35)
   4. Historical Interlude (Isa. 36–39)
2. The Comfort of the Suffering Servant (Isa. 40–66)
   1. The One True God and the Idols (Isa. 40–48)
   2. Contrasts the Idols with the One True God and the Suffering Servant (Isa. 49–57)
   3. Proclaims the End of the Babylonian Captivity, and Casts a Vision of Future Glory (Isa. 58–66)