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Part 6: Prophets
Isaiah 53:4 – 6 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lor d has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Philistia, Moab, Damascus (or Syria), Cush (or Ethiopia), Egypt, Edom, Arabia, and Tyre (chapters 13 – 23). The first section of the book ends with a picture of the universal suffering that the world and the people of Israel will experience before they see God’s dramatic intervention to bring human history to an end.
Historical Interlude (Isaiah 36 – 39) These four chapters give us Isaiah’s perspective on the Assyrian invasion of Judah that took place in 701 BC. God was using Assyria to turn the hearts of the people of Judah back to the Lord. Isaiah also
As he concluded the writing of his masterful commentary on Isaiah, J. Alec Motyer wrote this: “I lay my sword at the feet of him who alone is worthy of all praise, the Servant of the Lord, the reigning King and the coming Anointed Conqueror, Jesus Christ our Lord.” J. Alec Motyer, in The Prophecy of Isaiah (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1993), 10.