Series Editors’ Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
List of Illustrations xix
Introduction 1
The Reception of Isaiah 2
Reception Exegesis 5
Isaiah 1 9
The Title (Isa 1:1) 9
The Ox and the Ass Have More Sense (Isa 1:2–9) 10
Blood on Your Hands (Isa 1:10–20) 14
The Faithful City (Isa 1:21–31) 16
Isaiah 2 19
A Second Title (Isa 2:1) 19
Swords into Ploughshares (Isa 2:2–5) 20
Haughtiness Shall Be Humbled (Isa 2:6–22) 24
Isaiah 3 27
Anarchy in Jerusalem (Isa 3:1–15) 28
The Daughters of Zion are Haughty (Isa 3:16–26; 4:1) 29
Isaiah 4 31
The Pride and Glory of the Survivors (Isa 4:2–6) 32
Isaiah 5 35
The Fate of God’s Vineyard (Isa 5:1–7) 35
Woe to Those Who Are Wise in Their Own Eyes! (Isa 5:8–30) 38
Isaiah 6 41
Holy, Holy, Holy (Isa 6:1–3) 42
Here Am I: Send Me! (Isa 6:4–8) 48
Go and Say to this People, ‘Hear, But Do Not Understand’ (Isa 6:9–13) 50
Isaiah 7 52
Faith and Reason (Isa 7:1–9) 53
The Immanuel Prophecy (Isa 7:10–17) 54
The King of Assyria (Isa 7:18–25) 58
Isaiah 8 59
The Waters of Shiloah (Isa 8:1–10) 60
The Strong Hand of the Lord (Isa 8:11–22) 61
Isaiah 9 65
Galilee of the Nations (Isa 9:1) 65
For Unto Us a Child Is Born (Isa 9:2–7) 66
Wickedness Burns Like a Fire (Isa 9:8–21) 71
Isaiah 10 73
Woe to Those in Power! (Isa 10:1–4) 74
Woe to Assyria! (Isa 10:5–19) 74
Be Not Afraid of Assyria, My People (Isa 10:20–34) 75
Isaiah 11 78
The Noble Stem of Jesse (Isa 11:1–5) 79
The Peaceable Kingdom (Isa 11:6–9) 84
The Messianic Age (Isa 11:10–16) 87
Isaiah 12 91
With Joy Shall You Draw Water from the Wells of Salvation (Isa 12:1–6) 91
Isaiah 13 94
Howl, For the Day of the Lord Is at Hand! (Isa 13:1–22) 95
Isaiah 14 99
The Lord Will Again Choose Israel (Isa 14:1–3) 99
How Art Thou Fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer! (Isa 14:4–23) 100
Prophecies against the Assyrians and the Philistines (Isa 14:24–32) 103
Isaiah 15 105
My Heart Cries Out for Moab (Isa 15:1–14) 105
Isaiah 16 107
Hide the Fugitives, Do Not Betray the Refugees (Isa 16:1–14) 107
Isaiah 17 110
An Oracle Concerning Syria and Ephraim (Isa 17:1–3) 110
The Glory of Jacob Will Be Brought Low (Isa 17:4–14) 111
Isaiah 18 113
A Prophecy Concerning Ethiopia (Isa 18:1–7) 113
Isaiah 19 117
An Oracle Concerning Egypt (Isa 19:1–15) 117
Blessed Be Egypt, My People! (Isa 19:16–25) 119
Isaiah 20 123
Put Not Your Trust in Egypt and Ethiopia (Isa 20:1–6) 123
Isaiah 21 126
Babylon is Fallen! (Isa 21:1–10) 126
Watchman, What of the Night? (Isa 21:11–17) 129
Isaiah 22 133
Let Me Weep Bitter Tears (Isa 22:1–14) 133
The Key of David (Isa 22:15–25) 137
Isaiah 23 139
Howl Ye Ships of Tarshish! (Isa 23:1–18) 139
Isaiah 24 143
The End of the World (Isa 24:1–13) 144
The Last Judgement (Isa 24:14–23) 145
Isaiah 25 149
The Eschatological Banquet 149
Isaiah 26 153
The Resurrection of the Dead (Isa 26:1–21) 153
Isaiah 27 159
Leviathan (Isa 27:1) 160
The Lord’s Vineyard (Isa 27:2–11) 160
The Sound of the Shofar (Isa 27:12–13) 162
Isaiah 28 164
Woe to the Drunken Priests and Prophets! (Isa 28:1–13) 165
A Covenant with Death (Isa 28:14–29) 167
Isaiah 29 171
Ariel, the City of David (Isa 29:1–8) 171
Having Eyes They See Not (Isa 29:9–16) 173
Jacob Shall No More Be Ashamed (Isa 29:17–24) 175
Isaiah 30 177
Woe to the Rebellious Children! (Isa 30:1–17) 177
Blessed Are All Those Who Wait for Him (Isa 30:18–26) 180
The Burning Anger of the Lord (Isa 30:27–33) 182
Isaiah 31 185
Woe to Those Who Rely on Horses and Chariots! (Isa 31:1–9) 185
Isaiah 32 188
A Kingdom of Righteousness and Peace (Isa 32:1–20) 188
Isaiah 33 193
The Destroyer (Isa 33:1–12) 194
A Place of Broad Waters and Streams (Isa 33:13–24) 195
Isaiah 34 199
The Day of Vengeance (Isa 34:1–17) 199
Isaiah 35 205
The Day of Redemption (Isa 35:1–10) 205
Isaiah 36 209
The Assyrian Invasion of Judah (Isa 36:1–22) 209
Isaiah 37 213
The Salvation of Jerusalem (Isa 37:1–38) 213
Isaiah 38 218
The Recovery of King Hezekiah from Illness (Isa 38:1–22) 218
Isaiah 39 223
Envoys from Babylon (Isa 39:1–8) 223
Isaiah 40 226
‘Comfort My People,’ Says Your God (Isa 40:1–11) 227
Creator of Heaven and Earth (Isa 40:12–31) 232
Isaiah 41 237
The Lord of History (Isa 41:1–7) 237
Fear Not, Israel, My Servant (Isa 41:8–20) 239
The Impotence of False Gods (Isa 41:21–29) 241
Isaiah 42 243
Behold My Servant (Isa 42:1–13) 243
God as Mother (Isa 42:14–25) 247
Isaiah 43 251
I Am Your Saviour (Isa 43:1–13) 251
A New Exodus (Isa 43:14–28) 254
Isaiah 44 257
I Am Alpha and Omega: Besides Me There Is No God (Isa 44:1–8) 257
The Folly of Idol Worship (Isa 44:9–20) 259
Jerusalem Shall Be Rebuilt (Isa 44:21–28) 260
Isaiah 45 262
Cyrus the Lord’s Anointed (Isa 45:1–8) 262
Will You Criticize the Creator? (Isa 45:9–13) 266
God Is With You Only and There Is No Other (Isa 45:14–25) 267
Isaiah 46 271
The False Gods of Babylon (Isa 46:1–13) 271
Isaiah 47 274
The Fall of Babylon (Isa 47:1–15) 274
Isaiah 48 277
A Rebel from Birth (Isa 48:1–11) 277
Go Forth from Babylon (Isa 48:12–22) 279
Isaiah 49 283
A Light to the Nations (Isa 49:1–6) 284
A Day of Salvation (Isa 49:7–13) 286
Doubting Zion (Isa 49:14–26) 289
Isaiah 50 293
I Hid Not My Face from Shame and Spitting (Isa 50:1–11) 293
Isaiah 51 297
Look to the Rock from Which You Were Hewn (Isa 51:1–9) 297
Arm of the Lord, Awake (Isa 51:10–23) 299
Isaiah 52 303
The Lord Has Comforted His People (Isa 52:1–12) 303
The Suffering Servant (Isa 52:13–53:12) 308
Isaiah 53 312
The Suffering Servant (cont’d) (Isa 53:1–12) 312
Isaiah 54 322
Zion and Her Children (Isa 54:1–17) 322
Isaiah 55 329
Come to Me, All You Who Thirst (Isa 55:1–13) 329
Isaiah 56 335
A House of Prayer for All Nations (Isa 56:1–8) 335
Corruption in High Places (Isa 56:9–57:13) 339
Isaiah 57 340
Corruption in High Places (cont’d) (Isa 57:1–13) 340
Peace, Peace to the Far and to the Near (Isa 57:14–21) 343
Isaiah 58 348
Is Not This the Fast That I Choose? (Isa 58:1–14) 348
Isaiah 59 355
Estrangement from God (Isa 59:1–21) 355
Isaiah 60 361
Arise, Shine for Your Light Is Come (Isa 60:1–14) 361
Your Sun Shall Set No More (Isa 60:15–22) 367
Isaiah 61 369
Good News for the Poor (Isa 61:1–11) 369
Isaiah 62 374
For Zion’s Sake I Will Not Keep Silent (Isa 62:1–12) 374
Isaiah 63 379
The Grapes of Wrath (Isa 63:1–6) 379
Our Father in Heaven (Isa 63:7–19) 383
Isaiah 64 388
O Lord, You Have Hidden Your Face from Us (Isa 64:1–12) 388
Isaiah 65 392
The Sheep and the Goats on Judgement Day (Isa 65:1–16) 392
A New Creation (Isa 65:17–25) 397
Isaiah 66 401
Sacrifices Acceptable to the Lord (Isa 66:1–6) 401
Mother Zion and Her Children (Isa 66:7–16) 404
A New Heaven and a New Earth (Isa 66:17–24) 408
Glossary 412
Brief Biographies 415
Abbreviations 426
Bibliography 430
Commentaries 431
General Bibliography 433
Websites 447
Index of Biblical and Other Ancient References 448
General Index 476
