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Isaiah Bible Study Resources

December 4, 2017 By Krisan Marotta

Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Isaiah.

Bible Study: Isaiah: Servant Songs


Jump to: Background; ** Maps; ** Key Words; ** Encyclopedias; ** Commentaries; ** Articles; ** GotQuestions ** Next **


Basics

The prophet Isaiah ministered in and around Jerusalem as a prophet to Judah during the reigns of 4 kings of Judah: Uzziah (called “Azariah” in 2 Kings), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (1:1), from ca. 740–686 B.C.  Isaiah was a contemporary of Hosea and Micah.

Biblical background: 2 Kings 15-21 and 2 Chronicles 26-33

Themes

Indictment of Jerusalem is an introduction to the themes of the whole book.

  • 1:2-3 – covenant breach
  • 1:4-9 – Israel’s refusal to be God’s people
  • 1:10-20 – the problem of corrupt worship
  • 1:21-23 – reiteration of the effects of Jerusalem’s harlotry
  • 1:24-26 – threat of punishment as discipline
  • 1:27-31 – salvation for the remnant
  • 2:2-4 – future role of Mount Zion when Israel lives like the people of God.
  • Return from exile as a new exodus (Isaiah 43:2-7; Isaiah 43:16-21; Isaiah 54:10-12)

Cyrus, King of Persia

  • Predictions of return under Cyrus: Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 31:25; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:11.
  • Cyrus as a “messianic” figure (called his “anointed” in 45:1; a man of God’s choice, appointed for a redemptive purpose toward God’s people who brings judgment on God’s foes and is given dominion over the nations as an agent of YHWH.
  • Jacob Abbott: Cyrus the Great (1904)

Genre: Understanding Prophecy

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Section 1: Background

Background & Outlines

  • Introduction to the Prophets
  • Introduction to the Exile and Return
  • Chart: Bible History at a glance
  • Blue Letter Bible: Old Testament Timeline
  • Biblehub: Isaiah Overview
  • Biblehub: Isaiah Chronology
  • Biblehub: The Divided Kingdom
  • Chart: Kings of Israel & Judah
  • Bible Atlas: Assyria
  • Bible Atlas: Babylon
  • Bible Atlas: Jerusalem
  • Ray C Stedman: Overview of the Book
  • John MacArthur: Author, Date, Background
  • Jensen’s Survey of the Old Testament
  • Isaiah quotes in the New Testament
  • Interesting Facts About Isaiah from BibleCharts.org
  • Isaiah Chart by Paul Shockley
  • Isaiah Overview Chart by Charles Swindoll
  • Visual Overview by Mark Barry
  • James van Dine: Analysis of Isaiah
  • David Malick: An Introduction to Isaiah
  • JVernon McGee: Isaiah Introduction
  • Charles Swindoll: Book of Isaiah Overview
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Section 2: Maps

Maps from Bible-History.com

  • Assyrian Conquests
  • Judah under Babylon
  • Judah under Hezekiah
  • Babylonian Empire

Maps from Holman Bible Atlas

The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah

  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (1)
  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (2)
  • The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (3)
  • The Campaign of Shishak
  • Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus
  • The Omride Dynasty
  • The Golden Ages of the 9th & 8th centuries BCE
  • Phoenician Trade and Civilization
  • Trade Routes throughout the Middle East
  • Elijah and Elisha
  • The Revolt of Jehu
  • The Rise of Assyria
  • Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah
  • The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III
  • Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites
  • The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel
  • Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria
  • Prophets of the 8th Century BCE

Judah Alone amid International Powers

  • Hezekiah’s Preparation for Revolt
  • Judah under King Hezekiah
  • Hezekiah’s Jerusalem
  • Sennacherib’s Campaign against Judah
  • Assyria in the 7th century BCE
  • The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
  • The Reign of Josiah
  • The Districts of Judah under King Josiah
  • The Golden Age of King Josiah
  • Nebuchadnezzar’s Campaigns against Judah

The Persian Period

  • World Powers of the 6th century BCE
  • The Conquests of Cyrus the Great
  • The Persian Empire
  • The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah
  • Judah in the 5th century BCE
  • Palestine after the Exile
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Section 3: Key Words

Key Words in Isaiah (NAS77)

Occurrences are based on New American Standard Text. “4x/3v” means the word appears 4 times in 3 verses. “3x” means the word appears 3 times in 3 verses.

  • Lord (417x); God (127v) Lord of Hosts (63x);  NOTE: “I am the Lord”; “no one besides Me”; “no other”
  • earth (93x); heavens (19x); heaven (11x)
  • day (87x) – Note: “day of Lord”; “last day”; “in that day”
  • Israel (87x); Judah (26x); remnant (13x)
  • holy (52v) – Note: “Holy One of Israel”
  • nations (52x); nation (19x); Assyria (37v);  Babylon (13x)/Chaldeans (7x)
  • glory (35v)
  • salvation (25x); compassion (14x); joy (19x); covenant (12x)
  • servant (22x)
  • woe (20x); sword (18x)
  • redeemer (13x); redeemed (12x); redemption (1x)
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Section 4: Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

  • Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary: Isaiah, Theology of
  • Holman Bible Dictionary: Isaiah
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible: Isaiah; Isaiah, Book of
  • McClintock and Strong: Isaiah
  • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Isaiah
  • Kitto’s Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature: Isaiah
  • Isaiah means “The salvation of the Lord” – Hitchcock’s Bible Names
  • American Tract Society Isaiah
  • Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Isaiah
  • Chabad Knowledge Base Isaiah
  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary Isaiah
  • Fausset Bible Dictionary Isaiah
  • Hastings’ Dictionary of the NT Isaiah
  • Whyte’s Bible Characters Isaiah
  • Watson’s Theological Dictionary Isaiah
  • The Nuttall Encyclopedia Isaiah
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Section 5: Commentaries

Commentaries

  • Top 5 Commentaries on the Book of Isaiah – Ligonier.org
  • Best Commentaries on Isaiah – Tim Challies
  • Commentary Reviews: Isaiah
  • Calvin’s Commentary on the Bible: Isaiah
  • Albert Barnes Notes on the Whole Bible: Isaiah
  • Matthew Henry’s Complete Complete Commentary on the Bible: Isaiah
  • Geneva Study Bible: Isaiah
  • Reformation Study Bible Notes: Isaiah
  • Precept Austin Commentaries & Sermons: Isaiah
  • Charles Swindoll – Overview of Isaiah
  • Paul Apple: Jehovah is Salvation
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Section 6: Articles

Articles

  • Uri Yosef: Who is the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53? Part 1 – The Jewish Interpretation Valid or Not?
  • Uri Yosef: Who is the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53? Part 2 – The Christian Interpretation Valid or Not?
  • Joseph Alexander:Isaiah Translated and Explained – Volume 1 (Isaiah 1-35)
  • Joseph Alexander: Isaiah Translated and Explained – Volume 2 (Isaiah 36-66)
  • Isaiah 40-48 A Sermonic Challenge to Open Theism – Trevor Craigen
  • H. L. Ellison, Men Spake from God, 2nd edn.. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1958. (from chapter 6 of Men Spake from God- H.L. Ellison)
  • Preaching Isaiah: Dispensational Issues – Neal Cushman
  • Lucifer in Isaiah 14:12-17 Dennis Bratcher
  • The Immanuel Prophecy, by William Brooks
  • Isaiah 1:18 – Declaration, Exclamation or Interrogation? – Robert D Culver
  • The Purpose of the Book of Isaiah – William J Dumbrell
  • An Analysis of Isaiah 40:1-11 – Terry W Eddinger
  • Isaiah 6:9-13 in the Context of Isaiah’s Theology – Craig A Evans
  • The Preposition B in Isaiah 27:13 – F C Fensham
  • Israel’s Mission to the Nations in Isaiah 40-55: An Update – M A Grisanti
  • Isaiah’s Immanuel – Edward E Hindson
  • A Note on Isaiah 45:9 – Alger F Johns
  • Who’s Who and What’s What in Isaiah 53 – Gordon D Kirchhevel
  • Isaiah 40-55 As Anti-Babylonian Polemic – Eugene H Merrill
  • Isaiah 40:20 Towards a Solution – A R Millard
  • Sennacherib’s Attack on Hezekiah – A R Millard
  • Context and Content in the Interpretation of Isaiah 7:14 – J A Moyter
  • Trust in the Lord – Hezekiah, Kings and Isaiah – John W Olley
  • A Note on Paul’s Use of Isaiah – Douglas A Oss
  • The Servant of the Lord: Language and Interpretation: D F Payne
  • The Nature of Faith in Isaiah – G C I Wong
  • Flying Serpents?  (Also article by D J Wiseman)
  • The NT Use of the Old Testament (36 mentions of Isaiah) – R L Thomas.
  • Paul van Gorder: Isaiah – The Old Testament Presents… Reflections of Christ
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Section 7: Got Questions

GotQuestions.org

  • Book of Isaiah – Bible Survey
  • What are the Major Prophets and Minor Prophets?
  • Does the Harbinger Really Predict America’s Future?
  • What Is Source Criticism? 
  • What is the Deutero-Isaiah theory? Was the Book of Isaiah written by multiple Isaiahs?
  • What should we learn from the life of Isaiah?
  • What does the Bible mean when it refers to a “Daughter of Zion”? 
  •  Who was King Uzziah in the Bible?
  •  What does it mean that God is holy, holy, holy?
  •  What are seraphim? Are seraphs angels?
  •  Is ‘virgin’ or ‘young woman’ the correct translation of Isaiah 7:14?
  •  Where does the Old Testament predict the coming of Christ?
  •  Why wasn’t Jesus named Immanuel?
  • What Is the Day of the Lord?
  • What does it mean that Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6)?  
  • What does it mean that Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)? 
  • Why are both Jesus and Satan referred to as the morning star? 
  • How, why, and when did Satan fall from heaven?
  • Is Lucifer Satan? Does the Fall of Lucifer Describe Satan?
  • Was Satan in charge of music in Heaven?
  •  Did God Create Satan?
  •  What Is the Significance of the City of Petra in the Bible?
  • What is the Key of David?
  •  What Is an Anthropomorphism?
  •  What Does It Mean that Jesus Christ Is the Cornerstone?
  •  What Is a Threshing Floor?
  •  What Does It Mean that God Is a Consuming Fire?
  •  What Does It Mean that Jesus Is the Alpha and the Omega?
  • Who Was Cyrus in the Bible?
  • Why does Isaiah 45:7 say that God created evil?
  • What does it mean and when will it happen that every knee shall bow?
  • Does God Know the Future?
  • If God knew that Satan would rebel, why did He create him?
  •  What is process theology?
  • What are the four Servant Songs in Isaiah?
  • What Does the Bible Say about Peace?
  • Why did Jesus have to experience so much suffering?
  •  What did Jesus look like?
  • ‘The Suffering Servant’ a prophecy about Jesus? 
  •  What does it mean that “by His stripes we are healed”?
  •  Where do the Hebrew Scriptures prophesy the death and resurrection of the Messiah?
  • Will All Israel Be Saved in the End Times?
  • What is the meaning of “Hephzibah” in the Bible?
  •  Why are all of our righteous acts considered filthy rags?
  • Will we remember our earthly lives when we are in Heaven? 
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Section 8: Next

Next: Jeremiah

Previous: Song of Solomon

Resources: by Book of the Bible

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