Isaiah's vision during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah begins with God's indictment of Judah as a sinful nation, children who have rebelled against their Father, more senseless than the ox or donkey. Though their sacrifices and festivals disgust God, He calls them to reason together: though their sins are scarlet, they shall be white as snow if they obey.
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Sodom
View on MapA city of the Jordan plain that Lot chose for its well-watered land, destroyed with Gomorrah by fire from heaven. Abraham had pleaded for it, and the Lord agreed to spare it for ten righteous men who were never found. Its site is disputed: this marker follows the southern tradition, on the eastern escarpment of the Dead Sea.
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Judgment on Judah and NationsChapters 1-39
Oracles against Judah, Jerusalem, and surrounding nations, with Messianic interludes.
Comfort for God's PeopleChapters 40-55
Future GloryChapters 56-66
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The Longest Prophetic Book
Isaiah contains 66 chapters, making it the longest of the prophetic books. Often called 'the fifth Gospel,' it includes more messianic prophecies than any other Old Testament book, vividly describing Christ's suffering in chapter 53 some 700 years before His birth.
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