You are viewing lesson 7 in the series “Isaiah Gleanings” which provides 46 study and information pages on the book of Isaiah, including a map and chapter outlines.
Outline of Isaiah chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 —The Lord’s Vineyard, Isaiah’s three words
This page provides, for your reference, an outline of Isaiah chapters 5 to 8. The complete Outline of Isaiah is spread over several lessons.
1 Context Overview
The first twelve chapters of Isaiah tell us about Isaiah’s purpose in writing the book and his calling to be a prophet. They predict and lament the eventual fall of Jerusalem. However the arm of the Lord will protect Judah from the Assyrians who will destroy Israel and later itself be destroyed. Isaiah looks beyond all these things to the coming of Christ and his glorious kingdom.
2 The Lord’s Vineyard (Isaiah 5)
The vineyard song (Isaiah 5:1-7)
Woe to those who live for luxury (Isaiah 5:8-12)
The coming exile (Isaiah 5:13-17)
Woe to those who turn truth into lies (Isaiah 5:18-23)
The coming destruction (Isaiah 5:24-30)
Looking in more detail at the two poems...
A song about the Lord's Vineyard
Isaiah 5 starts with a sad song about the Lord’s vineyard...
1. Failure of the vineyard (Isaiah 5:1-2),
2. The vinedresser decides to destroy it (Isaiah 5:3-6),
3. The meaning of the song (Isaiah 5:7).
A poem of woes upon Judah
The latter part of Isaiah 5 is a poem of woes upon Judah...
1. Jerusalem has stumbled (Isaiah 5:8-12),
2. The Lord enters into judgment (Isaiah 5:13-17),
3. Jerusalem’s iniquity and the Lord’s wrath (Isaiah 5:18-26).
3 Isaiah’s calling (Isaiah 6)
Isaiah’s frightening vision (Isaiah 6:1-4)
Unclean lips and a burning coal (Isaiah 6:5-7)
Here am I, send me! (Isaiah 6:8)
Go tell this people (Isaiah 6:9-10)
The destruction and the remnant (Isaiah 6:11-13)
The Three Words of Isaiah
Isaiah chapter 6 is a mixture of narrative and poetry, as Isaiah describes his awesome vision of calling. There are three words of Isaiah which he utters in the presence of the Lord. Each statement is introduced with "Then I said..."
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