Isaiah: chapter summaries
Judgment, comfort, and the coming servant and king.
- 1 God’s case against rebellious Judah
- 2 The Lord’s mountain; the day of the Lord
- 3 Judgment on Jerusalem’s leaders
- 4 The Branch of the Lord
- 5 The song of the vineyard
- 6 Isaiah’s vision and call
- 7 The sign of Immanuel
- 8 Trust God, not fear
- 9 A child is born; judgment on Israel
- 10 Woe to Assyria’s pride
- 11 The shoot from Jesse
- 12 A song of thanks
- 13 Oracle against Babylon
- 14 The fall of Babylon’s king
- 15 Oracle against Moab
- 16 Moab’s plea
- 17 Oracle against Damascus
- 18 Oracle against Ethiopia
- 19 Oracle against Egypt
- 20 Isaiah’s sign against Egypt and Ethiopia
- 21 Oracles on Babylon, Dumah and Arabia
- 22 Oracle on Jerusalem
- 23 Oracle against Tyre
- 24 The Lord lays waste the earth
- 25 A feast for all peoples
- 26 A song of trust
- 27 Israel’s vineyard restored
- 28 Woe to Ephraim’s drunkards
- 29 Woe to Ariel
- 30 Woe to those who trust Egypt
- 31 Egypt is no help
- 32 A righteous king
- 33 The Lord our king
- 34 Judgment on the nations
- 35 The joy of the redeemed
- 36 Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem
- 37 Hezekiah prays; Jerusalem delivered
- 38 Hezekiah’s illness
- 39 Envoys from Babylon
- 40 Comfort, comfort my people
- 41 Do not fear, I am with you
- 42 The Lord’s servant
- 43 You are mine
- 44 The folly of idols
- 45 Cyrus, the Lord’s anointed
- 46 Babylon’s idols fall
- 47 The fall of Babylon
- 48 Listen, stubborn Israel
- 49 The servant, a light to the nations
- 50 The servant’s obedience
- 51 Awake, arm of the Lord
- 52 Good news of peace
- 53 The suffering servant
- 54 Sing, O barren one
- 55 Come, all who are thirsty
- 56 Foreigners welcomed; blind watchmen rebuked
- 57 Idolatry condemned; comfort for the humble
- 58 True fasting
- 59 Sin separates; the Redeemer comes
- 60 Arise, shine
- 61 Good news for the poor
- 62 A new name for Zion
- 63 The Lord’s vengeance and mercy
- 64 Prayer for God to come down
- 65 New heavens and a new earth
- 66 True worship and final hope