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Bible Commentaries
Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible Poole's Annotations
Call to Repentance; Judgment and Promise.Chapter 2
The Future Glory of Zion; Judgment on Nations.Chapter 3
Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah; Societal Decay.Chapter 4
The Future Glory and Purification of Zion.Chapter 5
The Song of the Vineyard; Woes to the Wicked.Chapter 6
Isaiah's Vision of God and Prophetic Commissioning.Chapter 7
The Sign of Immanuel; the Syro-Ephraimite War.Chapter 8
Prophecies about Assyria and the Coming Darkness.Chapter 9
Prophecy of a Child Born to Rule; Light in Darkness.Chapter 10
Assyria's Judgment and the Remnant of Israel.Chapter 11
The Coming of the Righteous King; Peace.Chapter 12
Praise and Thanksgiving for God's Salvation.Chapter 13
Judgment against Babylon and the Day of the Lord.Chapter 14
The Fall of Babylon; Taunt against the King.Chapter 15
Lament over Moab's Destruction.Chapter 16
A Call for Refuge in Moab and Future Judgment.Chapter 17
Judgment against Syria and Israel.Chapter 18
Prophecy Concerning Cush and Future Events.Chapter 19
Judgment against Egypt and Future Blessing.Chapter 20
Isaiah's Symbolic Act Concerning Egypt and Cush.Chapter 21
Oracles Concerning Babylon, Edom, and Arabia.Chapter 22
Judgment on Jerusalem; the Prophecy of Shebna.Chapter 23
Prophecy against Tyre; its Future Desolation.Chapter 24
The Lord's Judgment on the Earth; Global Desolation.Chapter 25
Praise for God's Deliverance and Future Blessings.Chapter 26
The Song of Trust; Deliverance and Restoration.Chapter 27
The Deliverance of Israel and Judgment on Leviathan.Chapter 28
Woe to Ephraim and Jerusalem; Coming Judgment.Chapter 29
Judgment on Jerusalem; Future Restoration.Chapter 30
Woe to Rebellious Judah; Promise of Restoration.Chapter 31
Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt; Deliverance Promised.Chapter 32
A Future King's Righteousness and Transformation.Chapter 33
Woe to the Destroyer; Future Blessing for Zion.Chapter 34
God's Judgment on the Nations; Edom's Desolation.Chapter 35
Joyful Restoration of Zion; Transformation of the Wilderness.Chapter 36
Assyrian Invasion of Judah; Rabshakeh's Message.Chapter 37
Hezekiah's Prayer; God's Deliverance from Assyria.Chapter 38
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery; God's Promise.Chapter 39
Envoys from Babylon; Prophecy of Exile.Chapter 40
Comfort and Promise of God's Coming Deliverance.Chapter 41
God's Support for Israel; Promise of Victory.Chapter 42
The Servant of the Lord; Prophecy of Justice.Chapter 43
Israel's Redemption and Promise of Restoration.Chapter 44
God's Promises; Rebuke of Idolatry.Chapter 45
Cyrus's Role in God's Plan; Sovereignty and Righteousness.Chapter 46
God versus Idols; Promises of Salvation.Chapter 47
Babylon's Fall; Humiliation and Judgment.Chapter 48
Rebuke of Israel's Disobedience; Promise of Deliverance.Chapter 49
The Servant's Mission; Restoration of Israel.Chapter 50
The Servant's Suffering and Obedience.Chapter 51
Comfort for the Oppressed; Future Restoration.Chapter 52
The Lord's Salvation; Zion's Redemption.Chapter 53
The Suffering Servant; Atonement for Sins.Chapter 54
God's Everlasting Covenant and Restoration of Zion.Chapter 55
Invitation to Salvation; Blessings of the Lord.Chapter 56
Salvation for All; True Worship and Justice.Chapter 57
Warnings to the Wicked; Promises of Renewal.Chapter 58
True Fasting and Social Justice; God's Response.Chapter 59
Sin's Separation from God; Promise of Redemption.Chapter 60
The Glory of Zion; Future Blessings.Chapter 61
The Servant's Mission; Promises of Restoration.Chapter 62
Zion's Future Glory and Salvation.Chapter 63
God's Vengeance and Redemption; Lament and Praise.Chapter 64
Prayer for Mercy and Intervention; Longing for Righteousness.Chapter 65
New Heavens and New Earth; Judgment and Blessings.Chapter 66
Final Judgment and Restoration; New Creation.
- Isaiah
by Matthew Poole
ISAIAH
THE ARGUMENT
THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts:
1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites.
2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These were immediately called by God, and inspired, as with other singular gifts and graces, so particularly with a supernatural knowledge of Divine mysteries, and of future things, and invested by God with an authority superior not only to the ordinary teachers of the church, but in some sort even to the civil powers of the nation. These holy prophets, whose writings are contained in the sacred Scripture, are sixteen. Of these Isaiah is first in place, and, as may seem probable, in time also. But undoubtedly he was contemporary with Hosea, whom others suppose to have been before him. Compare Isaiah 1:1, with Hosea 1:1. The Jews tell us that he was of the blood royal of Judah, which is uncertain. But undoubtedly he was the prince of all the prophets, whether we consider the great extent and variety of his prophecies, the excellency and sublimity of those mysteries which were revealed to him and by him, the majesty and elegancy of his style, or the incomparable liveliness and power of his sermons. He doth so evidently and fully describe the person, and offices, and sufferings, and kingdom of Christ, that some of the ancients called him the fifth evangelist. And it is observed, that there are more testimonies and quotations in the New Testament taken out of Isaiah than out of all the other prophets.
