Detailed Outline of the Book of Isaiah

Extended Outline of Isaiah

Part 1: Revealing Our Weaknesses — Isaiah 1–39

I. God’s Willingness to Help His People (Isaiah 1–6)

• 1:1–31 — Bringing Life Back Into Our Religious Experience
• 2:1–22 — Dealing With Our Pride
• 3:1–4:6 — Dealing With the Self-Confident
• 5:1–30 — Dealing With the Financially Secure
• 6:1–13 — Confirmation of God’s Dealings

II. God’s Encouragement to the Oppressed Remnant (Isaiah 7–12)

• 7:1–25 — Examination of Our Faith
• 8:1–22 — Encouragement to Persevere
• 9:1–7 — The Basis of Real Hope
• 9:8–10:4 — False Hope About Sin
• 10:5–34 — Source of Comfort: God
• 11:1–12:6 — Realization of Our Hopes

III. God’s Challenge to the Nations (Isaiah 13–23)

• 13:1–22 — God’s Righteousness in Its Severity
• 14–16 — God’s Righteousness Infused With Mercy
• 17:1–14 — God’s Righteousness: Its Severity or Mercy
• 18:1–7 — Understanding the God of Righteousness
• 19:1–20:6 — Living Righteously in the World
• 21:1–17 — God’s Rights Versus the Peoples’ Rights
• 22:1–27 — The Self-Sufficiency of the World
• 23:1–18 — The Pride of the Commercial World

IV. God’s Promise of Endurance in Judgment (Isaiah 24–27)

• 24:1–23 — The Fact of Endurance
• 25–27:1 — The Capability of Endurance
• 27:2–13 — The Foundation of Endurance

V. God’s Scrutiny of Our Moral Reforms (Isaiah 28–33)

• 28:1–29 — Pride of Others
• 29–32 — Plans Revealing One’s Heart: secret planning, rejection of God’s plan, and establishing foolish plans
• 33:1–24 — Purpose of God

VI. God’s Only Two Dealings With Mankind—Two Paths (Isaiah 34–35)

• 34:1–17 — Judgment of the Morally Corrupt
• 35:1–10 — Redemption of the Faithful

VII. God’s Exposure of Our Impure Trusts (Isaiah 36–39)

• 36:1–22 — Opposition Designed to Create Deeper Trust
• 37:1–38 — Entering Into This Deeper Trust
• 38:1–22 — Death’s Challenge to Our Trust in God
• 39:1–8 — Success’ Challenge to Our Trust in God

Part 2: Dealing With Our Weaknesses — Isaiah 40–66

VIII. God’s Gracious Dealings With Mankind (Isaiah 40–48)

• 40:1–31 — God Comforts His People
• 41:1–29 — God Befriends His People
• 42:1–25 — God Is Faithful to His People
• 43:1–44:5 — Taking His People’s Fear Away
• 44:6–28 — Understanding the Presence of Idols
• 45:1–25 — God’s Unchangeable Plan of Salvation
• 46:1–13 — Deliverance From False Notions
• 47:1–15 — Taking a Look Into the Future
• 48:1–22 — Professors of the Faith

IX. God’s Gracious Provision of Redemption (Isaiah 49–57)

• 49:1–50:3 — Confirming His Concern Through His Servant
• 50:4–11 — Affirming His Concern Through His Servant
• 51:1–23 — Arousing Our Sense of Need
• 52:1–12 — Declaring Our Freedom From Sin
• 52:13–53 — Providing Redemption for the Lost
• 54:1–17 — Expanding God’s Magnificent Kingdom
• 55:1–13 — Calling Us to Himself
• 56:1–8 — Opening Wide the Kingdom’s Doors
• 56:9–57:21 — Encouraging the Contrite, Condemning the Wicked

X. God’s Gracious Promises of Hope (Isaiah 58–66)

• 58:1–14 — Bringing Life Back Into Our Religious Experience
• 59:1–21 — God’s Extraordinary Mercy
• 60:1–22 — The Glorious New Community of God’s People
• 61:1–11 — The Foundation of Hope
• 62:1–12 — The Persistence of God’s Plan
• 63:1–6 — The High Cost of Redemption
• 63:7–64 — The Confession God Likes to Hear
• 65:1–25 — Discovering God’s Amazing Grace
• 66:1–24 — A Final Explanation and Promise