Isaiah 18 opens with swift envoys from Cush and ends with gifts carried to Zion. Between those scenes, God waits with sovereign calm, prunes proud branches before harvest, and calls the world to watch his banner and hear his trumpet so that the nations bring their strength to the place of his Name.
Damascus falls and Ephraim fades, yet God preserves gleanings so that eyes turn back to the Holy One. Isaiah 17 diagnoses forgotten trust, unfruitful technique, and roaring nations, then steadies hearts with the Rock who rebukes the storm and keeps a remnant for renewal.
Isaiah 16 charts a path from Moab’s ruin to Zion’s mercy. Refugee ethics, tribute humility, and a love-founded Davidic throne frame a timed word that ends pride and restores hope under the rule that hastens righteousness.
Isaiah 15 names Moab’s cities as a night of ruin falls and lets their wail reach the borders. The prophet’s own heart cries even as streams run dry and blood stains the river, preparing the way for chapter 16’s call to seek shelter under a throne established in faithful love.
Isaiah 14 begins with compassion and ends with a vow. The Lord re-chooses Israel, teaches a taunt over Babylon’s fallen king, exposes pride’s five “I will”s, swears to crush Assyria, and declares Zion a refuge for the afflicted. Through it all, the hand stretched out over all nations cannot be turned back.
Isaiah 13 raises the Lord’s banner over history and announces Babylon’s downfall. The oracle blends battlefield and sky, humbling pride and comforting the oppressed by revealing a God who musters judgment now and previews the final Day when arrogance is ended and justice stands.
Isaiah 12 caps the promises of Isaiah 7–11 with a compact hymn. It teaches a rescued people to confess God as salvation, draw joy from the wells he provides, and make his deeds known among the nations because the Holy One is great in their midst.
From the stump of Jesse rises a Spirit-anointed ruler whose just word brings peace from courtrooms to creation. Under his banner, nations rally and a scattered remnant comes home along a highway the Lord himself makes.
Isaiah 10 indicts crooked laws, reveals Assyria as a rod in God’s hand, and then humbles that rod for boasting. At the center stands a promise: a remnant will return and truly rely on the Holy One, as the Mighty One lifts Zion’s yoke and fells the forest of pride.
Isaiah 9 moves from gloom to glory: a great light dawns in Galilee, a child is given whose government and peace will never end, and a sober refrain warns that pride which rebuilds without repentance only deepens the night.
Isaiah 8 makes prophecy public, predicts swift plunder of Judah’s foes, and warns that Assyria’s flood will reach the neck. The chapter calls God’s people from whispers to the word and steadies them with Immanuel until darkness breaks into dawn.
The Syro-Ephraimite crisis reveals Judah’s fears and God’s fidelity. Isaiah 7 promises Immanuel, ties stability to faith, and warns that the very alliances Ahaz pursues will become instruments of discipline.
Isaiah 6 opens the temple and shows the true throne. A burning coal cleanses the prophet, a hard commission follows, and hope remains in a holy seed that carries God’s purposes forward.
Isaiah 5 sings a vineyard love song that becomes a lawsuit, exposing sour fruit where justice and righteousness should grow. Its six woes warn and its hope points to renewal under God’s faithful care.
Isaiah 4 moves from social disgrace to purified hope. The Lord washes Zion by judgment and fire, raises the Branch in beauty, and spreads a glory-canopy that shelters a holy people.