The Burden upon the Nations (13:l—23:18)
Babylon will be made desolate (13:l—14:27).
Philistia will howl over its calamity (14:28-32).
Moab is lamented for her doom (15:l—16:14).
Damascus and Samaria will be plagued (17:1-14).
Ethiopia will be destroyed but left an access to God (18:1-7).
Egypt will be confounded but in the future will be part of the covenant with access (19:1—20:6).
Babylon’s fall is reiterated (21:1-10).
Edom is threatened (21:11,12).
Arabia has a set time for calamity (21:13-17).
Jerusalem will be invaded (22:1-25).
Tyre will be overthrown (23:1-18).
Babylon will be made desolate (13:l—14:27).
Philistia will howl over its calamity (14:28-32).
Moab is lamented for her doom (15:l—16:14).
Damascus and Samaria will be plagued (17:1-14).
Ethiopia will be destroyed but left an access to God (18:1-7).
Egypt will be confounded but in the future will be part of the covenant with access (19:1—20:6).
Babylon’s fall is reiterated (21:1-10).
Edom is threatened (21:11,12).
Arabia has a set time for calamity (21:13-17).
Jerusalem will be invaded (22:1-25).
Tyre will be overthrown (23:1-18).
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
A. Prophecies Against Babylon......................... 13:1-14:23
Isa 13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Isa 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isa 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isa 14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isa 14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
A. Prophecies Against Babylon......................... 13:1-14:23
Isa 13:1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Isa 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isa 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isa 14:1 For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isa 14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
B. Prophecies Against Assyria....................... 14:24-27
Isa 14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isa 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
C. Prophecies Against Philistia....................... 14:28-32
Isa 14:28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Isa 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isa 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
B. Prophecies Against Assyria....................... 14:24-27
Isa 14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isa 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
C. Prophecies Against Philistia....................... 14:28-32
Isa 14:28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Isa 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Isa 14:31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:1
D. Prophecies Against Moab........... 15:1-16:14
Isa 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Isa 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isa 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
D. Prophecies Against Moab........... 15:1-16:14
Isa 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Isa 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isa 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
D. Prophecies Against Moab........... 15:1-16:14
Isa 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Isa 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isa 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
D. Prophecies Against Moab........... 15:1-16:14
Isa 15:1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
Isa 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isa 16:14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
E. Prophecies Against Damascus and Samaria.....17:1-14
Isa 17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isa 17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
E. Prophecies Against Damascus and Samaria.....17:1-14
Isa 17:10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isa 17:11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
F. Prophecies Against Ethiopia.......................... 18:1-7
Isa 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Isa 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
F. Prophecies Against Ethiopia.......................... 18:1-7
Isa 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Isa 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
G. Prophecies Against Egypt............ 19:1-20:6
Isa 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isa 19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Isa 20:2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isa 20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isa 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
G. Prophecies Against Egypt............ 19:1-20:6
Isa 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isa 19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Isa 20:2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isa 20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isa 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
G. Prophecies Against Egypt............ 19:1-20:6
Isa 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isa 19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Isa 20:2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isa 20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isa 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
G. Prophecies Against Egypt............ 19:1-20:6
Isa 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
Isa 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isa 19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Isa 20:2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isa 20:3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isa 20:4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
H. Prophecies Against Babylon......................... 21:1-10
Isa 21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isa 21:9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Isa 21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
I. Prophecies Against Dumah (Edom) 21:11, 12
Isa 21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Isa 21:12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
J. Prophecies Against Arabia....................... 21:13-17
Isa 21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Isa 21:16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Isa 21:17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
H. Prophecies Against Babylon......................... 21:1-10
Isa 21:2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isa 21:9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Isa 21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
I. Prophecies Against Dumah (Edom) 21:11, 12
Isa 21:11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Isa 21:12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
J. Prophecies Against Arabia....................... 21:13-17
Isa 21:13 The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
Isa 21:16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Isa 21:17 And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
K. Prophecies Against Jerusalem......................... 22:1-25
Isa 22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Isa 22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Isa 22:17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Isa 22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
K. Prophecies Against Jerusalem......................... 22:1-25
Isa 22:9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Isa 22:10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Isa 22:17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Isa 22:25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
The prophet is not limited in his prophesy to the events that are to occur in Judah. He speaks with the voice of God about events in Babylon, the Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt, Dumah (Edom), Arabia, Jerusalem, and finally Tyre. Most of the information between chapters 13 and 23 is speaking of these nations.
II. The Prophecies Against Other Nations.......................... 13:1-23:18
L. Prophecies Against Tyre......................... 23:1-18
Isa 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them
Isa 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Isa 23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Isa 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
Isa 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
L. Prophecies Against Tyre......................... 23:1-18
Isa 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them
Isa 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Isa 23:14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.
Isa 23:15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
Isa 23:18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.