Isaiah can feel like a mountain range at first sight. The peaks are high, the valleys are deep, and the path is not always marked the way modern readers expect. Yet the climb is worth it because the view is Christ, and the view is the faithfulness of God who keeps His word. Isaiah promises perfect peace to those whose minds are stayed on the Lord, not because they never face storms but because they trust the One who rules the storm and redeems His people in time and eternity (Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 26:4). When this book is read with patience and prayer, the fog lifts and a coherent landscape appears: the Holy One judges sin, provides a substitute, gathers a remnant, restores Zion, and brings the nations to the light of His salvation (Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 53:5–6; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 60:1–3).
Isaiah ministered in days of political danger and spiritual drift. Kings tried to solve crises with deals and armies while the prophet called them to quiet trust. He warned Judah against leaning on Egypt and urged them to lean on the Lord, who alone is an everlasting rock and the keeper of covenants (Isaiah 30:1–3; Isaiah 26:4). He spoke of Assyria and Babylon by name and told of pride laid low, yet he also preached comfort for the broken and hope for the exiles who would one day come home, because the word of our God endures forever even when grass withers and flowers fall (Isaiah 10:5–12; Isaiah 40:6–8). Through it all, the heart of Isaiah is not merely a timeline; it is a testimony to the God who saves.
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Historical and Cultural Background
Isaiah lived and spoke in Jerusalem during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. The throne shook under national pressure, but a greater throne stood unshaken, and Isaiah’s vision began there: he saw the Lord high and lifted up while seraphim cried “Holy, holy, holy,” and the prophet confessed unclean lips until a coal from the altar touched him and guilt was taken away (Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 6:1–7). That scene explains the rest of the book. A holy God addresses a sinful people with both judgment and mercy, and a cleansed messenger carries a word that will harden some and heal others according to the Lord’s wise purpose (Isaiah 6:9–10; John 12:39–41).
The world beyond Judah pressed in from every side. Assyria’s armies swallowed nations like a flood, and later Babylon rose with a pride that reached to the heavens. Isaiah named their arrogance and foretold their fall, reminding rulers that the Most High performs His counsel and none can thwart His hand (Isaiah 10:12–19; Isaiah 14:12–15; Isaiah 46:10–11). Yet the prophet did more than announce headlines before they happened. He read the moment through the promises to David and Abraham, insisting that God’s plan for Zion would stand and that the remnant would return by grace, not by human cleverness or military deals (Isaiah 7:13–14; Isaiah 10:20–22; Isaiah 37:31–32). The setting is ancient, but the lesson is present: trust the Lord, not horses and chariots, because salvation belongs to our God (Isaiah 31:1; Psalm 20:7).
This historical canvas also frames Isaiah’s striking use of the nations. He addressed Moab, Egypt, Tyre, and Babylon, and he pictured a future day when Egypt and Assyria would join Israel in worship so that three ancient enemies would be called “my people,” “my handiwork,” and “my inheritance” by the Lord Himself (Isaiah 19:19–25). That vision anticipates the gospel’s spread among the Gentiles without erasing God’s commitments to Israel, a harmony later clarified when the apostles preached Christ to the nations while honoring the still-unchanged promises to the patriarchs (Isaiah 49:6; Romans 11:28–29). History in Isaiah is not a random march. It is the stage on which God’s holy love pursues sinners and keeps covenant with mercy and power.
Biblical Narrative
Isaiah’s story stretches from burning coal to empty tomb and beyond. The book begins with a lawsuit against a rebellious nation, moves through warnings of judgment, and threads the promise of a coming Child whose names reach up to God—Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace—and whose government will never end (Isaiah 1:2–4; Isaiah 9:6–7). That Child is also the Branch from Jesse’s stump, an image of life springing from what looks dead, and He is anointed by the Spirit to judge with perfect righteousness and to fill the earth with the knowledge of the Lord as waters cover the sea (Isaiah 11:1–5; Isaiah 11:9). The narrative is not linear because prophecy often stacks mountain peaks; events from the Lord’s first coming and His future reign appear in the same horizon, waiting for the light of later revelation to show the distances between them (Isaiah 61:1–2; Luke 4:17–21).
At the center stands the Servant. Isaiah unfolds His mission in songs that move from calling to suffering to triumph. The Servant will be a light to the nations and the salvation of God to the ends of the earth, yet He will be despised and rejected, pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities, and by His wounds many will be healed (Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 53:3–5). The Lord lays on Him the iniquity of us all, and though He is cut off, He will see His offspring and prolong His days, so that the will of the Lord prospers in His hand and He justifies many by bearing their sins (Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 53:10–11). The New Testament reads Isaiah’s Servant as Jesus the Messiah, who came not to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many, a reading confirmed when John says Isaiah saw His glory and spoke about Him (Mark 10:45; John 12:41).
The narrative also includes a thread of comfort that rises after the warnings. “Comfort, comfort my people,” the prophet begins in the later section, and a voice cries in the wilderness to prepare the way of the Lord because His glory will be revealed and all people will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken (Isaiah 40:1–5). That voice becomes John the Baptist in the Gospel story, and the Lord who comes in Isaiah becomes the Word made flesh in the Gospel of John, so that prophecy and fulfillment meet in Christ and His herald (John 1:23; John 1:14–18). From there the book walks the reader toward new creation as the Lord promises a day when former troubles are forgotten, when Zion puts on garments of beauty, and when nations bring their wealth to the brightness of Israel’s rising because the Lord Himself is her everlasting light (Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 52:1; Isaiah 60:1–3; Isaiah 60:19–20). The story is God’s from start to finish.
Theological Significance
Isaiah’s first note is holiness. The threefold cry in the temple does not flatter human progress; it exposes human sin and magnifies divine purity so that grace can be seen for what it is, undeserved mercy from the Throne to those who confess and receive cleansing by God’s provision alone (Isaiah 6:3–7). This theology explains why the prophet calls idols nothing and human pride foolish; only the Lord is God, and only His arm can save (Isaiah 44:9–11; Isaiah 45:22). Holiness also explains judgment. The Lord brings nations down to dust because He is righteous, yet He exalts the lowly who trust in His name, and He promises peace to the one who is contrite and trembles at His word (Isaiah 26:5–6; Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 66:2). The book is severe because sin is severe, but it is full of comfort because God delights to show compassion.
At the heart of Isaiah’s theology stands substitution. The Servant bears guilt not His own and carries the sins of others into death so that the many are counted righteous. This is not moral tale but saving action that reconciles sinners to God by a sacrifice God Himself provides, echoing the lamb imagery of earlier Scripture and anticipating the cross where Jesus, the Lamb of God, takes away the sin of the world (Isaiah 53:5–7; John 1:29). Justification is not earned; it is declared by God on the basis of the Servant’s work, and the fruit is peace and healing for those who believe (Isaiah 53:11–12; Romans 5:1). Isaiah therefore stands at the center of the gospel’s logic long before Golgotha’s hill was known by that name.
Isaiah also shapes our hope. He projects a future in which the nations stream to the Lord’s mountain to learn His ways, swords become plowshares, and the knowledge of God fills the earth. He speaks of a king who reigns in righteousness, of a Spirit-outpoured renewal that lifts burdens, and of a restored Zion where mourning becomes praise (Isaiah 2:2–4; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 61:1–3). A dispensational reading keeps the promises as God gave them, expecting a literal fulfillment of restoration to Israel and a future reign of the Messiah while also celebrating the present inclusion of the nations through the gospel, since the Servant is given as a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles (Isaiah 49:6–8; Romans 11:25–29). In this way Isaiah feeds faith in God’s timeline without forcing all peaks into one ridge.
Spiritual Lessons and Application
Begin with trust. Isaiah saw kings reach for alliances and end up trapped, while those who waited for the Lord found strength renewed and steps steady even in long marches through hard places (Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 40:31). Trust is not passivity. It is active reliance on the God who promises to keep in perfect peace the mind that rests on Him because it is fixed on His character and His word (Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 26:8). When anxiety rises, answer it with the truth that the Lord is the everlasting God who does not grow tired or weary and who gives power to the faint and increases the strength of those who have no might (Isaiah 40:28–29). The prophet lived this counsel in the court and in the streets, and his counsel still steadies households and churches today.
Next, hear the call to repent and receive mercy. Isaiah does not flatter. He says our sins are scarlet, yet he holds out God’s promise to make them white as snow, not by ignoring justice but by providing cleansing through the Servant who bears our iniquity and brings us peace (Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 53:5–6). The Lord invites the thirsty to come without money and without price, to listen and live, and He assures the penitent that His word will not return empty but will accomplish the purpose for which He sends it, which is salvation for the humble and judgment for pride (Isaiah 55:1–3; Isaiah 55:10–11). If your heart is cold, ask the Lord to revive it. If your conscience accuses, come to the One who justifies the ungodly and gives rest to the weary who turn and trust (Isaiah 57:15; Romans 4:5).
Isaiah also trains our worship. He strips idols of their shine and exposes their emptiness so that the heart will bow to the living God, not to works of our hands or dreams of our imagination (Isaiah 44:14–20). He reminds us that the Lord dwells with the contrite and lowly, not with the haughty, and that the sacrifice God desires is a broken spirit that trembles at His word and delights in His ways (Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 66:2). This produces humility and joy in the church. We sing because the Holy One of Israel is our Savior and because He has done glorious things, and we serve because the One who clothes us with garments of salvation teaches us to love justice and mercy in the city where we live (Isaiah 12:2–6; Isaiah 61:10–11).
Finally, Isaiah fuels mission. The Servant is too small a thing if He only restores the tribes of Jacob; He is given as a light for the nations so that God’s salvation may reach to the ends of the earth, which means the church holds out this word to all people with hope and patience until the Lord comes (Isaiah 49:6; Matthew 28:19–20). The promise that people from Egypt and Assyria will worship the Lord with Israel hints at a future where old enemies become a single choir, and the present mission points toward that future when the earth is full of the knowledge of the Lord (Isaiah 19:23–25; Isaiah 11:9). Pray big prayers because the Holy One has stretched a big canvas. Live holy lives because the Holy One is in your midst.
Conclusion
Isaiah is vast, but its center holds. The Holy One exposes sin and announces judgment so that grace will be seen as grace, and He provides a Servant who suffers in the place of the guilty and rises to justify many. He promises a future where Zion is comforted, nations walk in light, and creation itself is renewed as righteousness and peace kiss. All of this flows toward Jesus, who read Isaiah and said, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing,” yet who also stopped at the comma that marks a coming day of vengeance still ahead, reminding us that prophecy is fulfilled in stages according to God’s timetable and not ours (Luke 4:21; Isaiah 61:1–2). The safest way to read Isaiah is the simplest: trust the Lord’s words, receive the Lord’s Servant, and wait for the Lord’s day.
So take courage. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever, and He has sworn by Himself to bring His purposes to pass. He keeps in perfect peace those whose minds are stayed on Him, He lifts up those who wait for Him, and He gathers the humble to Zion with songs that never wear out (Isaiah 40:8; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 35:10). Until the day when nations stream to His mountain and swords become plowshares, let households and congregations live by the promises Isaiah preached: repent and rejoice, trust and obey, serve and sing, because the Holy One of Israel is our Redeemer and His arm is not too short to save (Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 50:2).
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. (Isaiah 55:6–7)
Additional Background Information about Isaiah
We don’t know much personal information about Isaiah. We don’t know when he was born. We know he was the son of Amoz (Isaiah 1:1), but the Bible doesn’t tell us anything about Amoz. Some speculate that Isaiah’s family was aristocratic because he seemed to have easy access to several kings. He served under four kings and was put to death by the fifth. Others speculate he was a priest because when he was called to the office of prophet, he seemed to be in the part of the temple normally reserved exclusively for the Priesthood (Isaiah 6). We know he was married, but his wife is not named and referred to only as the Prophetess (Isaiah 8:3-4). We don’t know if that title was because she was the wife of a prophet or because she prophesied herself, none are recorded in Scripture. She bore him at least one son, presumably both sons since no other wife was mentioned. His sons were named prophetically as their names contained prophecies. His first son was named Shear-Jashub which means “a remnant shall return”. He is mentioned in Isaiah 7:3 in connection with the fear of King Ahaz (Isaiah 7:1-4). His second son was named Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz which means “Speed the spoil and hasten the booty.” In context, his name was a prophecy regarding the demise of Damascus and Samaria because of their rebellious behavior against the Lord. The Lord would use Assyria as his instrument of correction against them (Isaiah 8:1-4).
It is entirely possible Isaiah was a priest and an aristocrat. In any event, he was likely wealthy, well-educated and greatly respected by many in power. The Bible doesn’t contain much personal information about Isaiah and so based on that fact, those details aren’t important to his message and ministry. The Bible is funny that way sometimes, for example we know much about the Prophets Elijah and Elisha and neither of them wrote a book of the Bible, but Isaiah wrote a long book and we know very little of his background.
The Naked Prophet
In the year 711 BC God spoke through Isaiah. He was instructed to strip naked and to go barefoot and prophesy that Assyria will take captive the Egyptians and Cushites (Ethiopians). For three years Isaiah went naked and barefoot proclaiming his prophecies against these nations (See Isaiah 20). Note that naked may mean mostly naked or completely naked, we don’t know, though Isaiah 20:4 speaks of the exiles both young and old having buttocks bared. Either way, the point of his prophecy was made, and in time it came to be.
Filthy Rags
All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
Isaiah 64:6
A common phrase used in churches today is that our self works or so call righteous acts are like filthy rags to God. The term filthy rags is borrowed from Isaiah 64:6. Obviously Isaiah was speaking to Israelites in a different age and time. It is interesting to note that his phrase was a stronger phrase than it appears to be in English today. It means a garment soiled with bodily fluid, such as a woman’s menstrual blood. The New Testament affirms that self works are worthless towards our salvation. Only faith in the Righteous One-Jesus Christ, and the finished work of salvation obtained by him through his sinless life, vicarious death and glorious resurrection will make us acceptable in God’s sight. Any effort to gain salvation apart from faith in Christ will be rejected and discarded much like these filthy rags mentioned by Isaiah.
On the other hand, once we place our faith in Christ, we are encouraged to do good, to love others and perform righteous acts in front of others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16b).
The Prophecy Regarding Cyrus
In the second section of Isaiah, chapters 40-66, he spoke to the future captives of Babylon. Liberal commentators speculate that someone other than Isaiah had to have written this portion. Various reasons are cited but the crown jewel of this argument is the naming of King Cyrus of Persia. It is unusual and quite powerful that God revealed such a distinct detail as the proper name of a future ruler to act on God’s behalf. So about 150 years before the reign of King Cyrus, Isaiah named him as the one who would be used by God to help restore Israel. In time, Cyrus learned of this prophecy about himself and did exactly what was predicted he would do. That was a good example of how God uses worldly leaders to accomplish his purposes as taught in Proverbs, “In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
that he channels toward all who please him. (Proverbs 21:1).” That should be reassuring to us when our current leaders make us cringe. We must remember to keep our minds steadfast on the Lord, and to trust in him as recorded in Isaiah 26:3.
We don’t know how Cyrus leaned of this prophecy, but the prophet Daniel was well known and part of the ruling court in Babylon. It is likely that someone like Daniel requested an audience with the king and shared the prophetic scripture with him leading to its fulfillment. See Isaiah 44:28; 45:1 and the Book of Ezra for more detail.
“This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord,
the Maker of all things,
who stretches out the heavens,
who spreads out the earth by myself,
who foils the signs of false prophets
and makes fools of diviners,
who overthrows the learning of the wise
and turns it into nonsense,
who carries out the words of his servants
and fulfills the predictions of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘It shall be inhabited,’
of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
and of their ruins, ‘I will restore them,’
who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
and I will dry up your streams,’
who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd
and will accomplish all that I please;
he will say of Jerusalem, “Let it be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Let its foundations be laid.”’
Isaiah 44:24-28
cf. The Book of Chronicles:
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’”
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
Reference Chart: Isaiah in the New Testament
| New Testament Usage of Isaiah Quotes and Allusions | ||
| Isaiah | New Testament Reference | Summary of Theme |
| Isaiah 1:9 | Romans 9:29 | Comparison to Sodom and Gomorrah |
| Isaiah 5:1-7 | Matthew 21:33-44 | Parable of the Tenants (Vineyard taken away) |
| Isaiah 5:9 | James 5:1-4 | Rich oppressors judged |
| Isaiah 6:3 | Revelation 4:8 | Holiness of the Lord proclaimed by angels |
| Isaiah 6:9-10 | Matthew 13:14,15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; John 12:40; Acts 28:26-27 | Jesus explained his reason for speaking in parables. |
| Isaiah 7:14 | Matthew 1:23 | Virgin will conceive and give birth to a son |
| Isaiah 8:10 | Matthew 1:23 | Immanuel, God with us |
| Isaiah 8:12 | 1 Peter 3:14 | Fear not |
| Isaiah 8:13 | 1 Peter 3:15 | Messiah is Holy |
| Isaiah 8:14 | Romans 9:33; 10:11; 1 Peter 2:6; 1 Peter 2:8 | Messiah will be a stone that causes people to stumble |
| Isaiah 8:17-18 | Hebrews 2:13 | The people of Israel are God’s children |
| Isaiah 9:1-2 | Matthew 4:15-16 | Messiah will be a light to the lost and dark world |
| Isaiah 9:6 | Matthew 1:23 | A child is born (Messiah will be a human being) |
| Isaiah 10:3 | 1 Peter 2:12 | Prepare for the Day of Reckoning |
| Isaiah 10:22-23 | Romans 9:27-28 | Israel will reduced to a mere remnant |
| Isaiah 11:2 | 1 Peter 4:14 | God’s spirit will strengthen |
| Isaiah 11:5 | Ephesians 6:14 | Messiah will be adorned with truth, faithfulness and righteousness |
| Isaiah 11:10 | Romans 15:12 | Messiah will bring hope for the Gentiles |
| Isaiah 12:2 | Hebrews 2:13 | Trust in the Lord |
| Isaiah 13:10 | Matthew 24:29 | Cosmic changes |
| Isaiah 22:13 | 1 Corinthians 15:32 | Repent, don’t ignore God. Life, as nice as it seems sometimes, is temporal. Think of the eternal. |
| Isaiah 22:22 | Revelation 3:7 | Key of David |
| Isaiah 25:8 | 1 Corinthians 15:54 Revelation 7:17 Revelation 21:4 | Messiah will conquer death, so no more crying or mourning. |
| Isaiah 26:13 | 2 Timothy 2:19 | The Name of the Lord is salvation. |
| Isaiah 26:19 | Matthew 11:5 Luke 7:22 | Death will give way to life |
| Isaiah 26:20 | Hebrews 10:37 | Only “a little while” until the eternal victory comes. |
| Isaiah 27:9 | Romans 11:26 | Israel’s repentance |
| Isaiah 28:11-12 | 1 Corinthians 14:21 | God will speak to Israel through foreigners, though they will stubbornly not listen. |
| Isaiah 28:16 | 1 Peter 2:6 Romans 9:33 | Messiah will be the cornerstone |
| Isaiah 29:10 | Romans 11:8 | Spirit of stupor, blind eyes, deaf ears |
| Isaiah 29:13 | Matthew 15:8,9 Mark 7:6,7 | Hypocrisy exposed |
| Isaiah 29:14 | 1 Corinthians 1:19 | Wisdom of the wise eclipsed |
| Isaiah 29:16 | Romans 9:19-21 | Potter and clay, don’t talk back to God |
| Isaiah 34:4 | Luke 21:26 Matthew 24:29 | God’s future judgment of the earth |
| Isaiah 35:3 | Hebrews 12:12 | Strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees |
| Isaiah 35:4 | John 12:15 | Messiah will right every wrong |
| Isaiah 35:5-6 | Luke 7:22 | Messiah’s works |
| Isaiah 40:3-5 | Matthew 3:3 Mark 1:3 Luke 3:4-6 John 1:23. | A voice in the wilderness, prepare the way |
| Isaiah 40:6-8 | 1 Peter 1:24-25 | Grass and flowers wither, God’s word endures |
| Isaiah 40:13-14 | Romans 11:34,35 1 Corinthians 2:16 | God’s omniscience and eternal existence |
| Isaiah 41:4 | Revelation 1:17 | Messiah is the First and the Last. |
| Isaiah 42:1-4 | Matthew 12:18-21 | Messiah is God’s servant, a bruised reed he will not break. He brings justice and hope. |
| Isaiah 42:4 | Romans 15:12 | The Gentiles will place their hope in Messiah |
| Isaiah 42:6 | Acts 13:47 Luke 2:32 | Messiah will be a light for the Gentiles |
| Isaiah 42:6 | Revelation 1:17 | Messiah will comfort and strengthen and encourage |
| Isaiah 42:18 | Matthew 11:5 Luke 7:22 | Messiah will cause the deaf to hear, the blind see |
| Isaiah 43:20-21 | 1 Peter 2:9 | God’s chosen people will give him praise |
| Isaiah 45:9 | Romans 9:20 | Man should not question God, their creator. |
| Isaiah 45:14 | 1 Corinthians 14:24-25 | Foreigners will acknowledge God |
| Isaiah 45:21 | Mark 12:32 | There is one Lord and God. That status is not shared with any other being or entity. |
| Isaiah 45:21 | Acts 15:18 | God’s truth has been established “from of old” |
| Isaiah 45:23 | Romans 14:11 | Every knee will bow, every tongue will acknowledge God. |
| Isaiah 45:23 | Philippians 2:10-11 | Every knee will bow…to Jesus |
| Isaiah 49:6 | Acts 13:47 | Israel will be a light to the Gentiles and bring salvation |
| Isaiah 49:8 | 2 Corinthians 6:2 | The day of God’s favor and salvation will come (is here). |
| Isaiah 49:10 | Revelation 7:16 | God’s people need not fear God’s judgment of the world |
| Isaiah 49:18 | Romans 14:11 | As surely as I (Messiah) live… |
| Isaiah 52:5 | Romans 2:24 | God is blasphemed by the Gentiles |
| Isaiah 52:7 | Romans 10:15 | How beautiful the feet…Gospel will be preached |
| Isaiah 52:11 | 2 Corinthians 6:17-18 | God’s people (children) must practice separation from the world |
| Isaiah 52:15 | John 12:38 Romans 15:21 Ephesians 3:4-5 | Messiah will reveal hidden things and people will understand |
| Isaiah 53:1 | John 12:38 Romans 10:16 | Who has believed? “Arm of the Lord revealed” |
| Isaiah 53:4 | Matthew 8:171 Peter 2:24 | Messiah suffered for us, by his wounds we are healed |
| Isaiah 53:5 | 1 Peter 2:24 | Messiah suffered for us, by his wounds we are healed |
| Isaiah 53:7-8 | Acts 8:32-33 | The eunuch was reading “like a sheep to the slaughter” |
| Isaiah 53:9 | 1 Peter 2:22 | Messiah is sinless, 144,000 were holy and blameless, no deceit found (forgiven and sealed) |
| Isaiah 53:12 | Mark 15:28 Luke 22:37 | Predicted the death of the Messiah |
| Isaiah 54:1 | Galatians 4:27 | Rejoice barren woman |
| Isaiah 54:13 | John 6:45 | Messiah’s ministry would draw out many followers |
| Isaiah 55:3 | Acts 13:34 | Promises to David fulfilled in Messiah |
| Isaiah 56:7 | Matthew 21:13 Mark 11:17 Luke 19:45-47 | The Temple should be a house of prayer, not a den of robbers. (Jesus overturned the tables.) |
| Isaiah 59:7-8 | Romans 3:15-17 | Their feet were swift to commit evil… |
| Isaiah 59:17 | Ephesians 6:14-17 | Breastplate and helmet |
| Isaiah 59:20-21 | Romans 11:26-27 | Messiah will come from Zion |
| Isaiah 60:1 | Ephesians 5:14 | God’s light will shine on you |
| Isaiah 60:20-21 | Revelation 21:23 | No more sun or moon required, Messiah will be the Light |
| Isaiah 61:1-2 | Luke 4:18-19 | Messiah’s earthly ministry |
| Isaiah 62:11 | Matthew 21:5 | Salvation comes to Israel |
| Isaiah 64:4 | 1 Corinthians 2:9 | God’s blessings are unimaginable, no eye has seen, no ear has heard |
| Isaiah 65:1-2 | Romans 10:20-21 | Israel rejected salvation so it was offered to Gentiles |
| Isaiah 66:1-2 | Acts 7:49-50 | Heaven is God’s throne, earth is his footstool |
| Isaiah 66:24 | Mark 9:44 | Fire is not quenched |
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