Chapter by chapter
1Isaiah exposes Judah’s worship amid violence and corruption, declaring that YHWH demands repentance and will restore Zion through justice.2Isaiah sets the nations’ future peace under God’s rule beside Judah’s idolatry and the coming collapse of human pride.3Isaiah declares that the Lord will strip Judah’s supports away and judge the pride and oppression beneath its public life.4Isaiah moves from social desperation to a holy Jerusalem, where the Lord cleanses his people and shelters them beneath his glory.5Isaiah turns a song about God’s care into an indictment of oppression and a warning of devastating judgment.6Isaiah’s encounter with the holy King brings confession, cleansing, and a commission to announce judgment to an unseeing people.8Isaiah announces Assyria’s invasion and sets fear of the holy YHWH against public panic and the search for forbidden guidance.9Isaiah sets God’s promise of a just, enduring king beside judgment on a proud people whose leaders lead them astray.10God judges oppressive rulers and uses Assyria to discipline his people, then brings Assyria’s pride under judgment too.11Isaiah promises a Spirit-endowed ruler whose righteous reign brings peace, draws the nations, and gathers God’s scattered people.12Isaiah turns the promise of God's salvation into a song of trust and a public call to praise.13Isaiah announces God’s judgment against Babylon, exposing the collapse of imperial pride through war and lasting desolation.14YHWH brings oppressive rulers down, establishes his purpose over the nations, and promises refuge for his afflicted people.15Isaiah announces Moab’s devastation through a spreading lament, holding national judgment and grief over its human cost together.16Isaiah places Moab’s pride and coming ruin beside an appeal for refuge and the promise of a righteous Davidic throne.17Isaiah announces judgment on Damascus and Israel for forgotten dependence on God, then shows God scattering the nations that plunder.18Isaiah sets swift diplomacy beside YHWH’s still watchfulness, decisive judgment, and the tribute that will come to Zion.19Isaiah declares God’s judgment against Egypt’s false securities, then promises healing and shared worship with Assyria and Israel.20Isaiah’s bodily sign portrays the humiliation of Egypt and Ethiopia and the collapse of hopes placed in their protection.21Isaiah announces God’s judgment over nations through a terrifying vision, a watchman’s report, and warnings of war and loss.22Isaiah exposes Jerusalem’s disregard for God amid danger and declares his authority over the city and its leaders.23Isaiah announces YHWH’s judgment on Tyre’s commercial pride and his claim over the wealth of its restored trade.24Isaiah portrays an earth collapsing under human disobedience, with judgment reaching every rank and power before YHWH reigns in glory.25Isaiah 25 joins praise for God’s protection of the poor with his promised defeat of death and humbling of pride.26Isaiah 26 sets God’s saving strength against human helplessness, joining steadfast trust with judgment, waiting, and hope for the dead.27Isaiah 27 joins YHWH’s defeat of hostile powers with Israel’s purification, renewed fruitfulness, and gathering from exile.28Isaiah exposes leaders’ false security, sets God’s sure foundation against their lies, and closes with the wisdom God teaches farmers.29Isaiah announces God’s judgment on Jerusalem’s hollow worship and blindness, then promises understanding, justice, and renewed reverence.30Isaiah exposes Judah’s false refuge in Egypt and declares YHWH’s authority to judge, show mercy, and restore his people.31Isaiah exposes Egypt’s limits as a refuge and declares YHWH’s power to judge rebellion and defend Jerusalem.32Isaiah sets righteous rule against corrupt leadership and careless ease, then traces lasting peace to the Spirit’s renewal and righteousness.33Isaiah 33 confronts betrayal and oppression with YHWH’s judgment, then portrays Zion's security under his righteous rule.34Isaiah announces YHWH’s judgment against the nations, focusing on Edom’s destruction and the lasting desolation secured by God’s command.35Isaiah portrays God’s coming as the restoration of a barren land and suffering people, ending in a holy homecoming.36An Assyrian envoy uses military success, threats, and promises of plenty to challenge Jerusalem’s trust in YHWH.37God answers Hezekiah’s prayer by defending Jerusalem and showing that Assyria’s conquests never placed its king beyond divine rule.38Hezekiah’s recovery turns his lament over a life cut short into praise for God’s love, forgiveness, and gift of life.39Isaiah announces that the treasures Hezekiah displays to Babylon will be taken there, along with his royal descendants.40Isaiah 40 grounds comfort for weary Israel in the enduring word, unmatched power, and tender care of its God.41YHWH pledges to uphold his chosen people and exposes the idols’ inability to govern events or declare what comes next.42Isaiah 42 sets the servant’s promised justice beside God’s care for the blind and his judgment on unheeding Israel.43YHWH claims Israel as his own, promises deliverance, and confronts the sins of the people formed for his praise.44YHWH exposes the helplessness of idols and declares his power to forgive Israel, give his Spirit, and rebuild Jerusalem.45God declares his sole rule over creation and nations, appoints Cyrus to free Israel, and calls the whole earth to salvation.46God contrasts the idols people must carry with his own power to carry Israel and accomplish his declared purpose.47God announces Babylon’s downfall, holding the empire accountable for its cruelty and exposing the helplessness of its sorceries.48YHWH exposes Israel’s stubbornness and promises deliverance for his own glory, while insisting that disobedience cannot yield peace.49God answers the servant’s seeming failure and Zion’s sense of abandonment with promises of worldwide salvation, restoration, and judgment.50Isaiah 50 sets Israel’s failure to answer God beside the servant’s obedience, then calls those in darkness to trust.51YHWH promises to restore devastated Zion, setting his enduring salvation against mortal oppressors and bringing her punishment to an end.52Isaiah 52 announces God’s redemption of captive Zion, then introduces a servant whose humiliation and exaltation will astonish nations.53The rejected servant bears the sins of others through suffering and death, and YHWH declares his vindication.54YHWH promises to restore his desolate people through lasting mercy, a covenant of peace, and protection against their accusers.55God calls his people to receive his provision and return for pardon, assuring them that his word will accomplish his purpose.56YHWH promises covenant belonging to those who fear exclusion, then condemns leaders whose greed leaves his people exposed.57Isaiah contrasts the ruin of idolatry with the peace God grants to those who take refuge in him.58God confronts fasting joined to oppression and calls his people to mercy, justice, and Sabbath honor, with promises of restoration.59Isaiah 59 exposes a people’s injustice and guilt, then declares God’s own intervention to judge evil and bring redemption.60God promises to transform forsaken Zion into a radiant city where his presence sustains righteousness, peace, and enduring joy.61Isaiah 61 announces God’s restoration of Zion, joining freedom and comfort with justice, renewed service, and praise before the nations.62Isaiah 62 joins God’s promise to restore Jerusalem with a charge to keep praying until that promise becomes visible.63Isaiah 63 sets God’s fierce judgment beside his remembered mercy, ending with his people’s unresolved plea for his return.64Isaiah 64 brings communal guilt and Jerusalem's destruction before God, pleading for his presence and mercy while his silence remains unresolved.65YHWH judges persistent rebellion, preserves his servants, and promises a renewed creation where his people’s labor and lives are secure.66Isaiah closes with YHWH honoring the humble, restoring Jerusalem, gathering the nations, and exposing the terrible end of rebellion.
Read Isaiah with a pen in hand.
Psalmlog builds a reading plan through Isaiah and turns each day's passage into an entry with one next step.
Nearby books← Song of SongsJeremiah →The whole map
Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).