Isaiah Study Plan

We shall read 5 to 6 chapters of Isaiah each month. Within a year, we will be able to finish the whole book. The reading schedule is:

2019	Isaiah Chapters	Recommended Weekly Reading
January	1-6	1-2, 3-4, 5, 6
February	7-12	7-8, 9-10, 11, 12
March	13-18	13-14, 15-16, 17, 18
April (5 wks)	19-23	19, 20, 21, 22, 23
May	24-27	24, 25, 26, 27
June	28-33	28-29:14, 29:15-30, 31-32, 33
July (5 wks)	34-39	34-35, 36, 37, 38, 39
August	40-45	40, 41-42, 43-44:5, 44:6-45
September	46-50	46-47, 48, 49, 50
October (5 wks)	51-57	51-52:12, 52:13-53:12, 54, 55-56:8, 56:9-57
November	58-63:6	58, 59-60, 61, 62-63:6
December	63:7-66	63:7-64, 65, 66

The above schedule is mapped to the outline is taken from the International Bible Society:

OUTLINE

Part 1: The Book of Judgment (chs. 1–39)

January

• Messages of Rebuke and Promise (chs. 1–6)
• Introduction: Charges against Judah for Breaking the Covenant (ch. 1)
• The Future Discipline and Glory of Judah and Jerusalem (chs. 2–4)
  1. Jerusalem’s future blessings (2:1–5)
  2. The Lord’s discipline of Judah (2:6—4:1)
  3. The restoration of Zion (4:2–6)
• The Nation’s Judgment and Exile (ch. 5)
• Isaiah’s Unique Commission (ch. 6)

February

• Prophecies Occasioned by the Aramean and Israelite Threat against Judah (chs. 7–12)
• Ahaz Warned Not to Fear the Aramean and Israelite Alliance (ch. 7)
• Isaiah’s Son and David’s Son (8:1—9:7)
• Judgment against Israel (9:8—10:4)
• The Assyrian Empire and the Davidic Kingdom (10:5—12:6)
1. The destruction of Assyria (10:5–34)
2. The establishment of the Davidic king and his kingdom (ch. 11)
3. Songs of joy for deliverance (ch. 12)

March 

• Judgment against the Nations (chs. 13–23)
• Against Babylon and Its Ruler (13:1—14:27)
• Against Philistia (14:28–32)
• Against Moab (chs. 15–16)
• Against Aram and Israel (ch. 17)
• Against Cush (ch. 18)

April

• Against Egypt and Cush (chs. 19–20)
• Against Babylon (21:1–10)
• Against Dumah (Edom) (21:11–12)
• Against Arabia (21:13–17)
• Against the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem) (ch. 22)
• Against Tyre (ch. 23)

May

• Judgment and Promise (the Lord’s Kingdom) (chs. 24–27)
• Universal Judgments for Universal Sin (ch. 24)
• Deliverance and Blessing (ch. 25)
• Praise for the Lord’s Sovereign Care (ch. 26)
• Israel’s Enemies Punished but Israel’s Remnant Restored (ch. 27)

June

• Six Woes: Five on the Unfaithful in Israel and One on Assyria (chs. 28–33)
• Woe to Ephraim (Samaria)—and to Judah (ch. 28)
• Woe to David’s City, Jerusalem (29:1–14)
• Woe to Those Who Rely on Foreign Alliances (29:15–24)
• Woe to the Obstinate Nation (ch. 30)
• Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt (chs. 31–32)
• Woe to Assyria—but Blessing for God’s People (ch. 33)

July

• More Prophecies of Judgment and Promise (chs. 34–35)
  • The Destruction of the Nations and the Avenging of God’s People (ch. 34)
  • The Future Blessings of Restored Zion (ch. 35)
• A Historical Transition from the Assyrian Threat to the Babylonian Exile (chs. 36–39)
  • Jerusalem Preserved from the Assyrian Threat (chs. 36–37)
    1. The siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib and the Assyrian army (ch. 36)
    2. The Lord’s deliverance of Jerusalem (ch. 37)
  • The Lord’s Extension of Hezekiah’s Life (ch. 38)
  • The Babylonian Exile Predicted (ch. 39)
  
  

August

Part 2: The Book of Comfort (chs. 40–66)

• The Deliverance and Restoration of Israel (chs. 40–48)
• The Coming of the Victorious God (40:1–26)
• Unfailing Strength for the Weary Exiles (40:27–31)
• The Lord of History (41:1—42:9)
• Praise and Exhortation (42:10–25)
• The Regathering and Renewal of Israel (43:1—44:5)
• The Only God (44:6—45:25)

September

• The Lord’s Superiority over Babylon’s Gods (ch. 46)
• The Fall of Babylon (ch. 47)
• The Lord’s Exhortations to His People (ch. 48)

• The Servant’s Ministry and Israel’s Restoration (chs. 49–57)
• The Call and Mission of the Servant (49:1–13)
• The Repopulation of Zion (49:14–26)
• Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience (ch. 50)

October

• The Remnant Comforted Because of Their Glorious Prospect (51:1—52:12)
• The Sufferings and Glories of the Lord’s Righteous Servant (52:13—53:12)
• The Future Glory of Zion (ch. 54)
• The Lord’s Call to Salvation and Covenant Blessings (55:1—56:8)
• The Condemnation of the Wicked in Israel (56:9—57:21)

November

• Everlasting Deliverance and Everlasting Judgment (chs. 58–66)
• False and True Worship (ch. 58)
• Zion’s Confession and Redemption (ch. 59)
• Zion’s Peace and Prosperity (ch. 60)
• The Lord’s Favor (ch. 61)
• Zion’s Restoration and Glory (62:1—63:6)

December

• Prayer for Divine Deliverance (63:7—64:12)
• The Lord’s Answer: Mercy and Judgment (ch. 65)
• Judgment for False Worshipers and Blessing for True Worshipers (ch. 66)

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