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Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum THE BOOK OF ISAIAH INTRODUCTION - 1:1 I. THE GREAT INDICTMENT - 1:2-31 A. Israel's Sin and Punishment - 1:2-9 1. God's Case Against Israel - 1:2-4 2. The Desolation of Israel - 1:5-9 B. The Futility of Formalism in Worship - 1:10-17 1. Ineffectual Worship - 1:10-15 2. Effectual Worship - 1:16-17 C. Call to Reason - 1:18-20 D. Desolation of Jerusalem - 1:21-23 E. Israel Judged and Redeemed - 1:24-31 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 792507 San Antonio, TX 78279-2507 Street Address: 11926 Radium St. San Antonio, TX 78216-2713 Tel: (210) 344-7707 Fax: (210) 344-1114 E-mail: HomeOffice@ariel.org Web site: www.ariel.org

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 2 II. JERUSALEM PURGED BY JUDGMENT AND BLESSED - 2:1-4:6 A. Title - 2:1 B. The Messianic Age - 2:2-4 C. Zion's Pathetic Present Condition and the Judgment to Follow - 2:5-4:1 1. The Call to Israel - 2:5 2. Reasons: The Sins of Israel - 2:6-8 3. The Announcement of Judgment - 2:9-11 4. The Day of Jehovah - 2:12-21 5. Indictment and Judgment of the Leaders - 2:22-3:15 6. Indictment and Judgment of Jewish Women - 3:16-4:1 D. The Messianic Age - 4:2-6 1. The Messianic Person - 4:2 2. The Messianic People - 4:3-4 3. The Shechinah Glory - 4:5-6 III. ISRAEL: THE VINEYARD OF JEHOVAH - 5:1-30 A. The Parable of the Vineyard - 5:1-7 1. The Song of the Vineyard - 5:1-2 2. The Judgment of the Vineyard - 5:3-6 3. The Application - 5:7

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 3 B. The Woes and the Judgments - 5:8-25 1. The First Woe - 5:8-10 2. The Second Woe - 5:11-12 3. The First Therefore - 5:13 4. The Second Therefore - 5:14-17 5. The Third Woe - 5:18-19 6. The Fourth Woe - 5:20 7. The Fifth Woe - 5:21 8. The Sixth Woe - 5:22-23 9. The Third Therefore - 5:24 10. The Fourth Therefore - 5:25 C. The Judgment of Invasion - 5:26-30 IV. THE CALL OF ISAIAH - 6:1-13 A. The Vision of the Throne of God - 6:1-4 B. The Cleansing of the Prophet - 6:5-7 1. Isaiah's Sin - 6:5 2. Atonement - 6:6-7 C. The Prophet's Commission - 6:8-10 1. The Call and Response - 6:8

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 4 2. The Commission - 6:9-10 D. The Judgment - 6:11-13 1. Depopulation of the Land - 6:11-12 2. The Return of the Remnant - 6:13 V. THE BOOK OF IMMANUEL - 7:1-12:6 A. The Coming Birth of Immanuel - 7:1-25 1. The Threat to the House of David - 7:1-2 2. The Message to Ahaz - 7:3-9 a. The Prophet's Commission - 7:3 b. The Plot Against the House of David - 7:4-6 c. The Judgment of the Confederacy - 7:7-9 3. The Signs of Deliverance - 7:10-17 a. The Offer of a Sign - 7:10-11 b. The Rejection of the Offer - 7:12 c. The Sign to the House of David - 7:13-14 d. The Sign to Ahaz - 7:15-17 4. The Invasion of Assyria - 7:18-25 a. The Invasion - 7:18-20 b. The Devastation of the Land - 7:21-25

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 5 B. The Birth of Immanuel - 8:1-9:7 1. Maher - Shalal - Hash - Baz - 8:1-4 2. The Invasion of Immanuel's Land - 8:5-8 3. The Safety of Immanuel - 8:9-10 4. Immanuel: The Stone of Stumbling and the Rock of Offense - 8:11-15 5. The Sign of Isaiah's Family - 8:16-18 6. To the Law and to the Testimony - 8:19-22 7. The Future Glory of Galilee - 9:1-3 8. The Reason for this Glory - 9:4-7 a. First: The Breaking of the Oppressor's Yoke - 9:4 b. Second: The Weapons of the Foe Destroyed - 9:5 c. Third: The Birth of Immanuel - 9:6-7 (1) Human Origin - 9:6a (2) Divine Origin - 9:6b (3) The Davidic Throne - 9:7a (4) The Pledge and the Guarantee - 9:7b

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 6 C. Jehovah's Outstretched Arm - 9:8-10:4 1. Israel Devoured from Without - 9:8-12 2. Judgment of the Leaders of Israel - 9:13-17 3. The Devastation of the Land - 9:18-21 4. The Judgment of the Sinners - 10:1-4 D. The Judgment of Assyria - 10:5-34 1. Assyria: The Rod of God's Anger - 10:5-11 2. The Punishment of Assyria - 10:12-14 3. The Destruction of Assyria - 10:15-19 4. The Remnant of Israel - 10:20-23 5. Comfort in the Light of the Judgment of Assyria - 10:24-27 6. The Assyrian Invasion - 10:28-32 7. The Assyrian Forest Cut Down - 10:33-34 E. The Reign of Immanuel - 11:1-12:6 1. The Messianic Person - 11:1-5 2. The Messianic Program - 11:6-10 a. The Animal Kingdom - 11:6-9 b. The Gentile Nations - 11:10

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 7 3. The Messianic People - 11:11-12:6 a. Their Regathering - 11:11-16 b. Their Song of Praise - 12:1-6 VI. THE ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS - 13:1-23:18 A. Babylon - 13:1-14:23 1. The Fall of the City of Babylon - 13:1-22 a. The Burden of Babylon - 13:1 b. The Gathering of the Anti-Babylon Forces - 13:2-5 c. The Day of Jehovah - 13:6-16 d. The Results - 13:17-22 2. The Restoration of Israel - 14:1-2 3. The Fall of the King of Babylon - 14:3-23 a. The Breaking of the Antichrist's Staff - 14:3-8 b. The Soul of the Antichrist in Hell - 14:9-11 c. The Fall of Satan - 14:12-15 d. The Body of the Antichrist - 14:16-20 e. The Results - 14:21-23 B. Assyria - 14:24-27 1. The Destruction of the Assyrian - 14:24-25 2. The Purpose of God - 14:26-27

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 8 C. Philistia - 14:28-32 1. The Destruction of Philistia - 14:28-31 2. The Choosing of Zion - 14:32 D. Moab - 15:1-16:14 1. The Devastation of Moab - 15:1-9 2. The Hope of Moab's Salvation - 16:1-5 3. The Refusal of Moab - 16:6 4. The Consequences of Refusal - 16:7-12 5. The Timing of the Devastation - 16:13-14 E. Damascus and Samaria (Syria and Israel) - 17:1-14 1. The Devastation of Syria and Israel - 17:1-3 2. The Departed Glory of Israel - 17:4-6 3. The Conversion - 17:7-8 4. The Desolation Caused for Forsaking God - 17:9-11 5. The Sudden Collapse of the Invasion of Judah - 17:12-14a 6. The Principle - 17:14b F. Ethiopia - 18:1-7 1. The Announcement of Judgment - 18:1-3 2. The Judgment - 18:4-6 3. The Result - 18:7

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 9 G. Egypt - 19:1-25 1. The Coming of Civil War - 19:1-4 2. The Destruction of Natural Resources - 19:5-10 3. The Foolishness of the Leaders of Egypt - 19:11-15 4. Egypt's Fear of Israel - 19:16-17 5. Egypt and the Hebrew Language - 19:18 6. The National Regeneration of Egypt - 19:19-22 7. The Union of Israel, Egypt, and Assyria - 19:23-25 a. Economic Union - 19:23a b. Religious Union - 19:23b c. Blessing Union - 19:24-25 H. Ethiopia and Egypt - 20:1-6 1. The Symbolic Act - 20:1-2 2. The Meaning - 20:3-4 3. The Results - 20:5-6 I. The Wilderness of the Sea (Babylon) - 21:1-10 1. The Burden - 21:1a

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 10 2. The Taking of Babylon by the Medes and the Persians - 21:1b-5 3. The Cry of the Watchman - 21:6-9a 4. The Fall of Babylon - 21:9b 5. The Consolation of Israel - 21:10 J. Edom - 21:11-12 1. The Burden of Dumah - 21:11a 2. The Call to the Watchman - 21:11b 3. The Answer of the Watchman - 21:12 K. Arabia - 21:13-17 1. The Burden of Arabia - 21:13a 2. The Judgment of Dedan - 21:13b-15 3. The Judgment of Kedar - 21:16-17 L. The Valley of Vision (Jerusalem) - 22:1-25 1. The Burden - 22:1a 2. The Destruction of Jerusalem - 22:1b-14 a. The Condition of Jerusalem - 22:1b-4 b. The Judgment of Invasion and Siege - 22:5-7 c. Delayed Attempt for Defense - 22:8-11 d. Failure of Heeding Call to Repentance - 22:12-14 3. Shebna and Eliakim - 22:15-25

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 11 a. Shebna: The Unfaithful Steward - 22:15-19 b. Eliakim: The Faithful Steward - 22:20-24 c. The Fall of Shebna - 22:25 M. Tyre - 23:1-18 1. The Burden - 23:1a 2. The Devastation of Tyre - 23:1b-14 a. Introduction - 23:1b b. The Destruction - 23:2-7 c. The Cause of Tyre's Destruction: God - 23:8-12 d. The Means: Babylon - 23:13 e. Conclusion - 23:14 3. The Restoration of Tyre - 23:15-18 VII. THE LITTLE APOCALYPSE OF ISAIAH 24:1-27:13 A. The Great Tribulation - 24:1-23 1. The World-Wide Judgment of God - 24:1-13 2. The World-Wide Glorification of God's Name - 24:14-16a 3. The Devastation of the Earth - 24:16b-20 4. The End of the Tribulation - 24:21-23

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 12 B. The Song of Praise - 25:1-12 1. Praise for Deliverance - 25:1-5 2. Praise for Millennial Blessings - 25:6-8 3. Praise for Judgment on Israel's Enemies - 25:9-12 C. The Song of Salvation - 26:1-19 1. The Tale of Two Cities - 26:1-6 2. The Learning of Righteousness by Means of Judgment - 26:7-10 3. Praise for the Deliverance of Israel - 26:11-15 4. Israel's Travail - 26:16-18 5. The Resurrection of the Old Testament Saints - 26:19 D. The Restoration of Israel - 26:20-27:13 1. Israel's Refuge in the Tribulation - 26:20-21 2. The Punishment of Leviathan - 27:1 3. The Song of the Vineyard - 27:2-6 4. The Purging of Israel - 27:7-9 5. The Devastation of Babylon - 27:10-11 6. The Regathering of Israel - 27:12-13 VIII. ORACLES CALLED FORTH BY THE CRISIS OF THE FOURTEENTH YEAR OF HEZEKIAH - 28:1-35:10

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 13 A. The Distress of Ariel - 28:1-29:24 1. The Example of Ephraim - 28:1-6 2. The Application to Judah - 28:7-13 a. The State of Judah - 28:7-8 b. The Prophet Mocked - 28:9-10 c. The Prophet's Response - 28:11-13 3. The Covenant of Death and Sheol - 28:14-22 4. Explanatory Parables - 28:23-29 5. The Fall of Ariel - 29:1-4 6. The Punishment of Ariel's Enemies - 29:5-8 7. The Blindness of the Leaders of Israel - 29:9-12 8. The Hypocrisy of the People - 29:13-16 9. The Regeneration of Israel - 29:17-24 B. The Warning Against Alliance with Egypt - 30:1-31:9 1. The First Woe Against the Alliance - 30:1-5 2. The Burden of the Beast of the South - 30:6-7 3. Israel's Indifference to the Prophetic Message - 30:8-11 4. The Consequences for Israel's Indifference - 30:12-17 a. The First Consequence: The Fall of the House of Israel - 30:12-14 b. The Second Consequence: Flight and Depopulation - 30:15-17 5. The Future Restoration of Israel - 30:18-26

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 14 6. The Destruction of the Assyrians - 30:27-33 a. Jehovah's Indignation Against All the Nations - 30:27-29 b. Jehovah's Indignation Against Assyria - 30:30-33 7. The Second Woe Against the Alliance - 31:1-3 8. The Program of Israel's Redemption - 31:4-9 C. The Reign of a Righteous King - 32:1-20 1. The Anticipation of a Good King and Government - 32:1-8 a. The Good Government - 32:1 b. The Results of the Righteous Reign - 32:2-8 2. The Righteous Kingdom Preceded by Tribulation - 32:9-14 a. The False Security of Judah's Women - 32:9-11 b. The Devastation - 32:12-14 3. The Kingdom Initiated by the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit - 32:15-20 a. The Outpouring - 32:15 b. The Results - 32:16-20 D. The Proper Place of Security - 33:1-24 1. The Woe - 33:1 2. The Prayer of the Remnant - 33:2 3. The Answer of God - 33:3-6

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 15 4. The State of the Nation at the Time of Invasion - 33:7-12 a. The Results of the Invasion - 33:7-9 b. The Destruction of the Invaders - 33:10-12 5. The State of the People at the Time of Invasion - 33:13-16 a. The Insecurity of the Apostates - 33:13-14 b. The Security of the Remnant - 33:15-16 6. The State of the People at the Time of Restoration - 33:17-19 7. The State of the Nation at the Time of Restoration - 33:20-24 a. The State of Jerusalem - 33:20-21 b. The State of Government - 33:22-24 E. Jehovah's Indignation Against All the Nations - 34:1-17 1. The Destruction of All the Nations - 34:1-4 2. The Place of the Destruction of All the Nations - 34:5-7 3. The Cause - 34:8 4. The Results on Edom - 34:9-15 5. The Affirmation - 34:16-17 F. The Restoration of Israel - 35:1-10 1. The Transformation of the Land - 35:1-2 2. The Cause: The Second Coming - 35:3-4 3. The Results - 35:5-7

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 16 4. The Highway of Holiness - 35:8-10 IX. THE HISTORICAL INTERLUDE CONCERNING THE CRISIS OF THE FOURTEENTH YEAR OF HEZEKIAH - 36:1-39:8 A. Hezekiah and the Assyrians - 36:1-37:38 1. The Invasion of Sennacherib - 36:1 2. The Jewish and Assyrian Delegations - 36:2-3 3. The Defiance of the Rabshakeh - 36:4-10 4. The Issue of Diplomatic Language - 36:11-12 5. The Demand for Jerusalem's Surrender - 36:13-20 6. The Response of the People and of the Delegation - 36:21-22 7. The Delegation to Isaiah the Prophet - 37:1-4 8. The Response of Isaiah - 37:5-7 9. The Letter of Sennacherib - 37:8-13 10. The Prayer of Hezekiah - 37:14-20 11. The Answer of Jehovah - 37:21-35 a. God's Response - 37:21 b. Concerning Sennacherib - 37:22-29 c. Concerning Judah - 37:30-32 d. The Conclusion - 37:33-35 12. The Fulfillment - 37:36-38 B. Hezekiah and His Sickness - 38:1-22

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 17 1. The Illness of Hezekiah - 38:1-8 2. The Psalm of Hezekiah - 38:9-20 a. The Introduction - 38:9 b. The Depression of Sickness - 38:10-14 c. The Joy of Recovery - 38:15-20 3. The Curing of Hezekiah - 38:21-22 C. Hezekiah and the Babylonians - 39:1-8 1. The Visit of the Babylonians - 39:1-2 2. The Inquisition of Isaiah - 39:3-4 3. The Judgment of God - 39:5-7 4. The Repentance of Hezekiah - 39:8 X. THE REDEMPTION AND RESTORATION OF ISRAEL - 40:1-66:24 A. The Prologue - 40:1-11 1. The Theme of Second Isaiah - 40:1-2 2. The Response - 40:3-11 B. That Her Warfare is Accomplished - 40:12-48:22 1. The Incomparable Greatness of Jehovah - 40:12-31 a. The Greatness of God - 40:12-17 b. The Incomparableness of God - 40:18-26

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 18 c. The Application to Israel - 40:27-31 2. Idolatry on Trial - 41:1-29 a. The Near Prophecy: The Coming of Cyrus - 41:1-7 b. The Far Prophecy: The Final Deliverance of Israel - 41:8-20 (1) Israel the Chosen - 41:8-10 (2) The Defeat of the Nations - 41:11-13 (3) Israel Victorious - 41:14-16 (4) The Faithful Remnant - 41:17-20 c. God's Challenge to the Idols - 41:21-24 d. The Sentence - 41:25-29 3. The Servant of Jehovah - 42:1-25 a. The Presentation of the Servant - 42:1-4 b. Jehovah's Commission to the Servant - 42:5-9 c. The Song of Praise - 42:10-13 d. The New Prophecy - 42:14-17 e. The Blindness of Israel - 42:18-22 f. The Judgment of Israel - 42:23-25 4. The Coming Deliverance from Babylon - 43:1-44:5 a. The Far Prophecy: The Final Deliverance from Babylon - 43:1-7 b. Israel the Blind Witness - 43:8-13

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 19 c. The Near Prophecy: The Deliverance from Babylon - 43:14-21 d. Favor to Israel: Not on the Basis of Merit - 43:22-24 e. Favor to Israel: On the Basis of Grace - 43:25-28 f. The Two Restorations - 44:1-5 5. The Folly of Idolatry - 44:6-23 a. The Superiority of Jehovah - 44:6-8 b. The Futility of Idolatry - 44:9-20 c. Jehovah: The Only Redeemer - 44:21-22 d. The Hymn of Praise - 44:23 6. The Deliverance by Cyrus the Great - 44:24-45:25 a. The Announcement of the Coming of Cyrus - 44:24-28 b. The Message to Cyrus - 45:1-7 c. Hymn of Praise - 45:8 d. The Rebuke of the Critics - 45:9-13 e. The Submission of the Gentiles to Israel - 45:14-17 f. The Message of Salvation to Israel - 45:18-21 g. The Message of Salvation to the Gentiles - 45:22-25 7. The Judgment of Babylon and Her Idols - 46:1-47:15 a. The Fall of Babylonian Idolatry - 46:1-12 (1) The Captivity of Babylon's Idols - 46:1-2 (2) The First Admonition - 46:3-7

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 20 (3) The Second Admonition - 46:8-11 (4) The Third Admonition - 46:12-13 b. The Fall of Babylon - 47:1-15 (1) The Declaration of the Fall of Babylon - 47:1-5 (2) The Reasons for the Judgment - 47:6-10 (3) The Fall - 47:11-15 8. The Demands of Prophecy - 48:1-22 a. The Evidence of Fulfilled Prophecy - 48:1-8 (1) The Call of Rebuke - 48:1-2 (2) The Case of the Former Prophets - 48:3-6a (3) The Case of the Future Prophets - 48:6b-8 b. The Reasons for the Partiality of Judgment - 48:9-11 c. The God in Control - 48:12-16 d. What Might Have Been Had Israel Obeyed - 48:17-19 e. The Call to Flee from Babylon - 48:20-21 f. The Refrain - 48:22 C. That Her Iniquity is Pardoned - 49:1-57:21

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 21 1. The Mission of the Servant of Jehovah - 49:1-26 a. The Servant's Ministry - 49:1-13 (1) The Servant's Discouragement - 49:1-4 (2) God's Answer - 49:5-6 (3) The Rejection and the Exaltation of the Servant - 49:7 (4) The Restoration by the Servant - 49:8-13 b. The Consolation of Zion - 49:14-26 (1) Zion Not Forsaken - 49:14-18 (2) The Waste Places Shall be Restored - 49:19-21 (3) The Gentiles and the Return of Israel - 49:22-23 (4) The Judgment of the Gentiles - 49:24-26 2. The Sufferings of the Servant of Jehovah - 50:1-11 a. The Separation of Jehovah and the Wife - 50:1-3 b. The Servant of Jehovah - 50:4-9 c. The Message to Believers and Unbelievers - 50:10-11 3. Awake! Awake! - 51:1-52:12

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 22 a. Comfort to the Faithful Remnant - 51:1-8 (1) Comfort from Israel's Origin - 51:1-3 (2) Comfort from God's Salvation - 51:4-6 (3) Comfort Against Enemies - 51:7-8 b. Awake! Awake! O Arm of Jehovah - 51:9-16 (1) The Prayer - 51:9-11 (2) God's Answer - 51:12-16 c. Awake! Awake! O Jerusalem - 51:17-23 (1) Jerusalem has Drunk the Cup of Wrath - 51:17-20 (2) The Cup of Wrath will be Given to the Enemy - 51:21-23 d. Awake! Awake! O Zion - 52:1-6 (1) The Call - 52:1-2 (2) The Redemption of Israel - 52:3-6 e. The Proclamation of the Good News - 52:7-10 f. The Call for the Final Restoration - 52:11-12 4. The Death of the Servant of Jehovah - 52:13-53:12 a. Behold My Servant Shall Prosper - 52:13-15 b. Who had Believed Our Message? - 53:1-3 c. Surely He had Borne Our Griefs and Carried Our Sorrows - 53:4-6 d. He was Oppressed and Afflicted Yet He Opened Not His Mouth - 53:7-9

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 23 e. Yet It Pleased Jehovah to Bruise Him, He had Put Him to Grief - 53:10-12 5. The Restoration of the Wife of Jehovah - 54:1-17 a. The Return to the Land - 54:1-3 b. The Return of the Wife - 54:4-8 c. The Basis of the Restoration - 54:9-10 d. The Messianic Kingdom - 54:11-17 6. The Offer of Salvation to Jews and Gentiles - 55:1-56:8 a. The Invitation - 55:1-5 b. The Exhortation - 55:6-7 c. God's Ways and Thoughts - 55:8-9 d. God's Word - 55:10-11 e. God's Work and Israel's Exultation - 55:12-13 f. Salvation to All Men - 56:1-8 7. The Condemnation and the Compassion of God - 56:9-57:21 a. The Condemnation of the Rulers - 56:9-12 b. The State of the Righteous - 57:1-2 c. The Status of the Wicked: Idolatry - 57:3-13 (1) The Existence of Idolatry - 57:3-10 (2) The Foolishness of Idolatry - 57:11-13 d. The Compassion for the Righteous - 57:14-19

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 24 e. The Condemnation of the Wicked - 57:20-21 D. She Has Received of Jehovah's Hand Double for All Her Sins - 58:1-66:24 1. Israel's National Wickedness - 58:1-59:21 a. The True and False Fast - 58:1-9a b. Rewards for Conversion - 58:9b-12 c. Rewards for Sabbath Observance - 58:13-14 d. The Sins that Caused Separation - 59:1-8 e. Israel's Confession - 59:9-15a f. God's Intervention - 59:15b-21 2. Israel in the Messianic Kingdom - 60:1-22 a. The Shechinah Glory - 60:1-3 b. The Attraction of the Gentiles - 60:4-9 c. The Subservience of the Gentiles - 60:10-14 d. The Exultation of Jerusalem - 60:15-22 3. The Servant of Jehovah - 61:1-11 a. The First Coming - 61:1-2a b. The Second Coming - 61:2b-3 c. The Restoration of Israel - 61:4-9

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 25 d. The Righteousness of Israel - 61:10-11 4. The Redemption of Israel and Jerusalem - 62:1-63:6 a. The Prophet's Prayer - 62:1-5 b. The Watchmen's Prayer - 62:6-9 c. The Preparation for the Return of the King - 62:10-12 d. The Second Coming of Messiah - 63:1-6 5. The Penitential Prayer of the Remnant - 63:7-64:12 a. God's Dealings with Israel in the Past - 63:7-14 b. The State of the Remnant - 63:15-19 c. The Plea for the Second Coming - 64:1-4 d. The Confession of Sin - 64:5-7 e. The Cry for Mercy - 64:8-12 6. Israel in the Plan of God - 65:1-25 a. The Dispensation of Grace - 65:1-7 b. The Great Tribulation - 65:8-16 c. The Messianic Kingdom - 65:17-25 7. The Rebirth of Israel - 66:1-24 a. The Rejection of the Tribulation Temple - 66:1-4 b. The Message to the Faithful Remnant - 66:5-6 c. The Rebirth of Israel - 66:7-9

Outline: Isaiah the Prophet 26 d. The Consolation of Jerusalem - 66:10-14 e. The Destruction of Idolatry and Idolaters - 66:15-17 f. The Gathering of the Jews by Gentiles - 66:18-21 g. The Society of the Kingdom - 66:22-24