Dec. 07, 2025

Saints & Sinners

Isaiah

Primary Text: Isaiah 6:5-8             

1) The Prophet’s Family

Isaiah 1:1: The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Isaiah 7:3: Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub, to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field.”

Isaiah 8:3-4: Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son.  And the Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.  Before the boy knows how to say, ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” 

DQ 1) What does the name Isaiah mean?

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2) Isaiah’s Commission

Isaiah 6:1-3:  In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.  Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.  And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.” 

Isaiah 6:5-8: “Woe to me!” I cried.  “I am ruined!  For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”  Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.  With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”  Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send?  And who will go for us?”  And I said, “Here am I.  Send me!”

DQ 2) What was the primary mission given by God to Isaiah?

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3) Declaration of Judgment 

Isaiah 1:2-4: Hear, O heavens!  Listen, O earth!  For the Lord has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me….”  Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption!  They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

Isaiah 2:11-18:  The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.  The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled) … The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will totally disappear. 

DQ 3) Why is judgment by God an aspect of His love for humanity?

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4) Unending Mercy

Isaiah 14:1:  The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land.  Aliens will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. 

Isaiah 41:8-14:  “But you, O Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend, I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you.  I said, ‘You are my servant’; I have chosen you and have not rejected you.  So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand….  For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.  Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you,” declares the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

DQ 4) How does God simultaneously display His wrath and His mercy?

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5) Defender of Jerusalem

2 Kings 19:17-20: “It is true, O Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.  They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by men’s hands.  Now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O Lord, are God.”  Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.”

2 Kings 19:32-36: “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here.  He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it….  I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.”  That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp.  When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!  So, Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.  He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 

DQ 5) Who were the Assyrians?  What was the capital city of Assyria?

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