Detailed Outline of the Book of Isaiah

Revealing Our Weaknesses
(Isaiah 1-39)

I. God’s Willingness To Help His People (Isaiah 1-6)

A.  Understanding Our Weaknesses (1:1-9)
B. Confronting Our Weaknesses (1:10-31)
C. Slashing Our Pride (2:1-22)
D. Dashing Our Self-Confidence (3:1-4:6)
E. Exposing Our Financial Security (5:1-30)
F. Confirming God’s Help (6:1-13)

II. God's Encouragement To The Oppressed Remnant (Isaiah 7-12)

A. Examination Of Our Faith (7:1-25)
B. Encouragement To Persevere (8:1-22)
C. The Basis Of Real Hope (9:1-7)
D. False Hope About Sin (9:8-10:4)
E. Source Of Comfort: God (10:5-34)
F. Realization Of Our Hopes (11:1-12:6)

III. God's Challenge To The Nations (Isaiah 13-23)

A. God’s Righteousness In Its Severity (13:1-22)
B. God’s Righteousness Infused With Mercy (14-16)
    1) Assurance Of God's Love (14:1-27)
    2) Protection Of God (14:28-32)
    3) Hope Of God (Evangelism) (15:1-16:14)
C. God’s Righteousness: Its Severity Or Mercy (17:1-14)
D. Understanding The God Of Righteousness (18:1-7)
E. Living Righteously In The World (19:1-20:6)
F. God’s Rights Versus The People’s Rights (21:1-17)
G. The Self-Sufficiency Of The World (22:1-27)
H. The Pride Of The Commercial World (23:1-18)

IV. God's Promise Of Endurance In Judgment (Isaiah 24-27)

A. The Fact Of Endurance (The Fact) (24:1-23)
B. The Capability Of Endurance (The Experience) (25-26)
    1) The Hope Of God’s People Derived In Judgment (25:1-12)
    2) Their Confidence Shown In Judgment (26:1-27:1)
C. The Foundation Of Endurance (The Basis) (27:2-13)

V. God's Scrutiny Of Our Moral Reforms (Isaiah 28-33)

A. Pride Of Others (28:1-29)
B. Plans Revealing One's Heart (29-32)
     1) Secret Planning (29:1-12)
     2) Rejection Of God’s Plan (30:1-33)
    3) Establishing Foolish Plans 31:1-32:20)
C. Purpose Of God (33:1-24)

VI. God's Only Two Dealings With Mankind (Isaiah 34-35)

A. Judgment Of The Morally Corrupt (34:1-17)
B. Redemption Of The Faithful (35:1-10)

VII. God’s Exposure Of Our Impure Trusts (Isaiah 36-39)

A. Opposition Designed To Create Deeper Trust (36:1-22)
B. Entering Into This Deeper Trust (37:1-38)
C. Death’s Challenge To Our Trust In God (38:1-22)
D. Success’ Challenge To Our Trust In God (39:1-8)

Dealing with our Weaknesses
(Isaiah 40-66)

VIII. God And Man (Isaiah 40-48)

A. God Comforts His People (40:1-31)
B. God Befriends His People (41:1-29)
C. God Is Faithful To His People (42:1-25)
D. Taking His People’s Fear Away (43:1-44:5)
E. Understanding The Presence Of Idols (44:6-28)
F. God’s Unchangeable Plan Of Salvation (45:1-25)
G. Deliverance From False Notions (46:1-13)
H. Taking A Look Into The Future (47:1-15)
I. Professors Of The Faith (48:1-22)

IX. Redemption Through The Servant (Isaiah 49-57)

A. Bringing Hope (49:1-5:3)
B. Bringing Comfort (50:4-11)
C. Instilling Awareness Of God (51:1-23)
D. Instilling Anticipation Of Release (52:1-12)
E. Securing Salvation For The Many (52:13-53)
F. Describing Salvation (54:1-17)
G. Responding To Our Lord (55:1-13)
H. Overcoming Exclusionism (56:1-8)
I. His Selectivity (56:9-57:21)

X. Seeds of Hope For The Righteous (Isaiah 58-66)

A. Bringing Life Back Into Our Religious Experience (58:1-14)
B. God's Extraordinary Mercy (59:1-21)
C. The Glorious New Community Of God's People (60:1-22)
D. The Foundation Of Hope (61:1-11)
E. The Persistence of God's Plan (62:1-12)
F. The High Cost Of Redemption (63:1-6)
G. The Confession God Likes To Hear (63:7-64)
H. Discovering God's Amazing Grace (65:1-25)
I. A Final Explanation and Promise (66:1-24)