Isaiah study section

Isaiah key people

Isaiah, Ahaz, Hezekiah, the Servant of the LORD, and the Holy One of Israel frame the book’s message.

Key figures

Isaiah son of Amoz

The prophet whose vision of the holy LORD and whose oracles of judgment and salvation fill the book

The Holy One of Israel

Isaiah’s favorite name for the LORD, the thrice-holy God who is both Judge and Redeemer

The Servant of the LORD

The chosen One who brings justice to the nations and bears the sin of many, fulfilled in Christ

Immanuel / the Messiah

“God with us,” the virgin’s son and the child born to reign on David’s throne forever

Ahaz

The faithless king of Judah who trusted Assyria rather than the LORD’s sign of Immanuel

Hezekiah

The faithful king whose trust brought Jerusalem’s deliverance from Sennacherib

Sennacherib

The Assyrian king whose army besieged Jerusalem and was struck down by the angel of the LORD

Cyrus

The Persian king, named long in advance, whom God would raise up to free the exiles

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