SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH
| BIBLICAL PERIOD | #7 THE DIVIDED KINGDOM | |||||||
| FOCUS | Prophecies of Judgment | Historical Interlude | Prophecies of Consolation | |||||
| THE COVENANT | THE SINAI COVENANT | |||||||
| SCRIPTURE | 1:1 |
13:1 |
24:1 |
28:1 |
36:1 |
40:1 |
42:1 |
63:166:24 |
| DIVISION | Prophecies of coming judgment | Prophecies, tribulation and triumph | Judah's salvation Hezekiah and Babylon | The Book of the Consolation of Israel | ||||
| Against Judah | Against the Nations | The Day of the Lord | Of judgment and blessing | Cyrus Israel's future Redeemer | Prophecy of the Suffering Servant | Judgment on the Nations and Israel | ||
| TOPIC | Isaiah's Covenant Lawsuit | the Messianic Hope | ||||||
| LOCATION | Northern Kingdom of Israel and Southern Kingdom of Judah | |||||||
| TIME | 740-680 BC | |||||||
TIME LINE (BC)WORLD EMPIRES
———————————Assyrian————————————Babylonian——————————Persian————Greek——
| 740 BC | 722 BC | 700 BC | 640-09 BC | 605 BC | 587/6 BC | 539 BC | 336-23 BC |
| Call of Isaiah | Assyrian conquest of Israel. Exile of the 10 tribes to Egypt, Syria, and Western India | Assyrian Army withdraws from Judah after 2 attempts at conquest. | King Josiah killed at Mediggo (609) | Babylon defeats Assyrians at Battle of Carchemish | Babylon destroys Jerusalem, Judah taken into exile | Cyrus and the Persians defeat Babylon. Edict of Cyrus allows Jews to return to the Promised Land | Alexander the Great. Conquest of Persian Empire |