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A | POST-ASSYRIAN INVASION (40:-66:).
a | 40:-48: COMFORT AND CONTROVERSY. |
(1) 40: 1-11.
Good tidings to Zion.
(2) 40: 12 - 42: 17.
My Servant (Israel and Messiah).
(3) 42: 18 - 45: 15.
My Witnesses (Israel).
(4) 45: 16-25.
God and none else.
(5) 46:
Israel My Glory.
(6) 47:
Babylon said, I am and none else.
(7) 48:
His servant Jacob, redeemed.
b | 49:-60: LIGHT AND PEACE. |
(1) 49: 1-12.
A light to lighten the Gentiles.
(2) 49: 13 - 52: 12. Sold for nought. Redeemed without money.
(3) 52: 13 - 56: 8.
The Lamb of God.
(4) 56: 9 - 58: 1.
Peace. No Peace.
(5) 58: 2-14.
Ceremonialism.
(6) 59:
Redeemer shall come to Zion.
(7) 60:
Gentiles shall come to thy light.
c | 61:-66: ACCEPTABLE YEAR AND DAY OF VENGEANCE. |
(1) 61:
Priests of the Lord.
(2) 62:
A city not forsaken.
(3) 63: 1-6.
The day of vengeance.
(4) 63: 7-14.
The days of old.
(5) 63: 15 - 64: Our Father.
(6) 65: 1-16.
Recompense.
(7) 65: 17 - 66:
New heavens and new earth.
The focal point in this sevenfold analysis is the Assyrian invasion under Sennacherib
and the deliverance of Jerusalem in the days of Hezekiah. Three great sections lead up to
this point, and three follow, each section being sevenfold in composition. Each one of
these 42 subsections is complete in itself, as also is the central section, Isa. 36:-39:
It is obvious that we shall have to do a certain amount of selecting in dealing with
these great prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, but we feel sure the reader will
agree that the first of these has a very strong claim for the fullest possible hearing. The
task would be sufficiently difficult even if we have unlimited space and leisure, and it
becomes even more so when we have to select and condense. We remember, however,
the words of Isa. 40:: "All flesh is grass . . . . . but the Word of our God shall stand for
ever", and we take courage as we remember that His commands are His enablings.