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ISAIAH

ISAIAH. BOOK OF JUDGMENT (WOE) 1-39 Authored by Isaiah proper I.1-12 THE LORD IS KING 1:1-31 A Situation of Crisis ESV Isaiah 1:1 The vision of the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

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ISAIAH

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  1. ISAIAH

  2. BOOK OF JUDGMENT (WOE) 1-39 Authored by Isaiah proper I.1-12 THE LORD IS KING • 1:1-31 A Situation of Crisis • ESV Isaiah 1:1 The vision of the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah

  3. Vision he “saw”Heb. “hazah” (cf. Num 24:4; 1 Sam 3:1; Ezek 7:13, 26 etc.) • IsaiahWhy"å[.v;(y>means in Hebrew “Yahweh saves.” • The Kings and History. • The Kings of Judah are given and provide excellent background for the events and prophesies Isaiah delivers. • Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah • 2 Chron. 26-66 • The kings of Israel are not his reference point, but provide crucial background for many of the events in Isaiah’s oracles. • 2 Kings 15-20

  4. Isaiah 1:2-3 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” • Know: [d:êy" “Yada” To know by experience. This is written in 1st person masc. singular. It is meant to address all the people individualistically.

  5. Isaiah 1:4-6 • “Ah” in Heb. Hoi, is a cry and sigh of “alas” or “how sad.” • Key words show the action was on their part • Forsaken • Spurned • Turned • Hebrew: • Vs. 4 “forsaken” Azab Wbåz>['Is the same word used for divorce. • Vs. 6 “slash wounds, lacerations, and bleeding wounds • The phrase “be beaten” is in what is called the “passive voice.”

  6. Isaiah 1:11-13 • Sacrifice is not sacrifice unless its sacrifice • Psalm 51:17 • 1 Samuel 15:22 • Malachi 1:10 • Isaiah 1:24-27

  7. Vs. 18 • There are mixed views on the meaning of “reason together.” • Some scholars say it is the final stages of a lawsuit • Others say this is the Lord’s final summary before the jury of heaven before the verdict is read • Oswalt in NICOT pg. 101 notes the best way to understand this is God is asking the people to re-examine the two alternatives before them. “Continue in your way and be destroyed or obey God and be blessed” (Oswalt pg. 101).

  8. Mixed views on the meaning of “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” • Some believe this is directly referring to leprosy • Other scholars (Like Walt Kaiser, Skinner, Kiel and Delitzsch) have pointed out the Hebew and even LXX Greek texts lack evidence of sarcastic interrogative tone. • Best to see this passage as “Though it looks things are beyond hope, they can still change. You can still choose what is right and reconcile with God.”

  9. Isaiah 1:29 29 "You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen. • Sacred Gardens and Oaks • Ceremony of Assyrian Kings purification.

  10. 2:1 – 4:6 JUDAH & JERUSALEM God’s Jerusalem and Man’s • Isaiah 2:1 • Isaiah literally saw “The Word.” In Hebrew “HaDabar.” • Geoffory Grogan in the “Expositors Bible Commentary suggests there is a verbal element to the vision or message received here.

  11. “Word” in Hebrew can refer to “word, matter or thing.” God gives “words” to His people. i. Luke 12:11-12 ii. Hab. 1:1 iii. Dictation Theory a). God wants to use you as you are b). 2 Peter 1:21

  12. Isaiah 1:6-22 • Summary of this section • Vs. 22 “Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?” • Vs. 6 “You have abandoned Your people” • 1:2 said it well “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. i. God is not a dead beat dad ii. He is a loving Father that gets pushed away

  13. This section is laden with punishment for pride • Vs. 11 • Vs. 12 • Vs. 17 • Isaiah 2:13-16 • A lot of the verbiage in this section is Phonecian • Historical Note • Principle

  14. Isaiah 3:1 – 4:1 Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem • The structure of this section. By Barry Webb in “The Message of Isaiah” pg. 48-51. • 3:1-7 “What’s going to happen?” • 3:8-12 “Why is it going to happen/” • 3:13-15 “Charges against the Elders and Royal Court” • 3:16 – 4:1 “Charges against their female counter-parts”

  15. 3:1-7 “What is going to happen?” • Isaiah 3:1 • This is literally fulfilled some time later in chapters 36-37. • The Lord is about to “Take” • Cf. Hosea and Gomer (Hosea 2:5-14) • Vs. 2-3 Remove the leaders • Vs. 4-5 Breakdown of social order • What Assyria begins Babylon will finish 100 years later (Webb, pg. 49).

  16. 3:8-12 “Why is it going to happen?” • Vs. 8-9The wickedness of the people • Vs. 12 Bad leadership • 3:13-15 “charges against the Elders and Royal Court” • 3:16 – 4:1 “Charges against their female counterparts”

  17. 5:1-30 The Branch Isaiah 4:2 In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. • The verbs used here are the fruition of David’s last words. • 2 Samuel 23:5 • The Prophets exhibit four marvelous pictures of the “Branch” • Literary masterpieces of Isaiah • Branch of David Jer. 23:5-6

  18. 5:1-30 The Branch • Literary masterpieces of Isaiah • Branch of David Jer. 23:5-6 • My servant the Branch Zech. 3:8 • The man named Branch Zech. 6:12 • The Branch of the Lord Isa. 4:2 cf. Jn 20:31 of Johns presentation of Christ from God. • The Difference between these • The first three focus on the human, royal or servant aspects of the Branch • Isaiah’s is purely divine. The “branch of Yahweh”

  19. D. 5:1-30 The Bitter Vintage 5:1-7 The parable • Form and Structure (Barry Webb, The Message of Isaiah in The Bible Speaks Today) • Literary masterpieces of Isaiah • You can’t even begin to capture in English the beauty found in the original Hebrew • It is written as a song i. Starts off as a love song and moves to a heavy metal mosh pit with the instruments being smashed. • Starts as a song (vs. 1-2) and moves to courtroom language (3 – ff)

  20. Commentary: • Vs. 1 “I will sing. . .” • The singer is Isaiah, the beloved is God and the vineyard is Judah. • Vineyard imagery and language vs. 1-2: • Fertile hillside (Terrist farming in Judah/ Jerusalem) • Cleared it of stones • Built a watchtower • Cut out a winepress as well

  21. Watchtower

  22. Watchtower at Yad HaShmonah

  23. Hinge verse for courtroom language vs. 3. • Isaiah 5:3-4 • Sour grapes is not the result of sweet settings. It’s the byproduct of a bad seed or acidic soil. • Each of the Woe’s on the remainder of the chapter are all a list of sour fruit that justifies God’s sentence. • Note the imagery, common to any Israelite tending a vineyard: • Pruned and Cultivated • Briers and Thorns • Clouds not to rain • Take away its hedge & break down its wall

  24. The sentence vs. 5 Isaiah 5:5 “Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard” • Isaiah 5:7 • This verse is a masterpiece in Hebrew. Many have attempted to capture its eloquence and force in English but have failed to do so. • He looked for Justice “Mispat” but saw bloodshed “Mispah” For righteousness “sedahkah” but heard cries of distress “seahkah” • One of the best translations to English by G.H. Bos reads “For measures he looked – but lo massacres! For right – and lo riot!”

  25. 5:8-23 The Six Woes • This whole section is structured by “Woe” and “Therefore.” • The woes are the sour fruit describes in 5:1-7 and reflect back to the condition and judgment on the vineyard (Israelites and Judah) • Vs. 2, 4 Greed and land grabbing • Vs. 11-12 Drunken Debauchery • Vs. 18-19 Arrogant Defiance of God • Vs. 20 Self Justifying sophistry • Vs. 21 Conceit • Vs. 22-23 Perversion of Justice

  26. The conditions of the environment were there during the reign of Uzziah (AKA Azariah) 2 Ki. 15:1-7 & 2 Chron. 26:1-23. • These are the problems prevalent in our society today. The corrupting of power and riches 1 Tim. 6:9-10, Lev. 25:23-28, Deut. 8:11, 17-18. 5:24-30 God’s Scavengers • Theses are the predators who will ravage the unprotected vineyard

  27. STRUCTURESETTINGSYNTAXSPIRITUAL FORMATION ISAIAH 6

  28. STRUCTURE ISAIAH 6

  29. B. 6:1-13 The Prophets Call • Barry Webb offers the best outline for this passage: • Vision of God 6:1-4 • Confession 6:5 • Cleansing 6:6-7 • Comissioning 6:8-13

  30. C. The Woe oracles from “bad Fruit” and last one is pronounced on himself. 1. The woes are the sour fruit described in 5:1-7 and reflect back to the condition and judgment on the vineyard (Israelites and Judah) • Vs. 2,4 Greed and land grabbing • Vs. 11-12 Drunken Debauchery • Vs. 18-19 Arrogant Defiance of God • Vs. 20 Self Justifying sophistry • Vs. 21 Conceit • Vs. 22-23 Perversion of Justice • Isaiah 6:5 5 "Woe to me!"

  31. SETTING(History) ISAIAH 7:1-12:6

  32. Isaiah 6:1 “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on the throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.” • Uzziah 2 Ki. 15:1-7 & 2 Chron. 26:1-27:9) • Uzziah AKA Azariah (2Ki. 14:21; 15:1-7) • 740 BC • Tiglath Pileser III in year 5 of his reign • Time of transition • Dies from Pride and Leprosy (2 Chron. 26:19-21)

  33. Isaiah 6:1 “In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on the throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.” • Setting of the Vision • Holy Place in Heaven (Heb 8:5)

  34. SYNTAX(LANGUAGE & COMMENTARY) ISAIAH 7:1-12:6

  35. Vision 6:1-4 • vs. 1 “Filled the temple”lk'(yheh;“heykal” This word for temple. • Vs. 2 ~ypi’r"f.Seraphim • Vs. 3 ~yaiîlem meleem “Full” • Train of His robe filled the temple • Whole earth full of His glory • House was filled with smoke • Vs. 3 “Holy” vAd±q' Kadosh

  36. Vision 6:1-4 • vs. 1 “Filled the temple”lk'(yheh;“heykal” This word for temple. • Vs. 2 ~ypi’r"f.Seraphim • Vs. 3 ~yaiîlem meleem “Full” • Train of His robe filled the temple • Whole earth full of His glory • House was filled with smoke • Vs. 3 “Holy” vAd±q' Kadosh

  37. B. Confession 6:5 NIVIsaiah 6:5 “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined!” 1. “I am ruined” Lit. to be silenced (Motyer, Tyndale 71). C. Cleansing 6:6-7 1. Coal: Two places it could have come from i. Coal from altarLev. 16:12

  38. D. Commissioning 6:8-13 1. These verses are quoted extensively in the NT (Matt. 13:14-15; Mk. 4:10-12; Lk. 8:10; Jn. 12:39-41) and twice by Paul (Acts 28:26-27; Rom. 11:8) 2. Commentary: i. Vs. 8 “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I, send me!” a). Hebrew for “Us” is plural

  39. 3. NIV Isaiah 6:9 He said, “Go and tell this people: “Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving. Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.“ a). To hear in Hebrew is equivalent “to obey” b). The prophets call to preach, “blind and deaf”

  40. SPIRITUAL FORMATION ISAIAH 6

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