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Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

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CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations – Page vii
Preface – Page ix

Chapter 1 Isaiah, The Prophet of Hope: Isaiah 8:16 – Page 1

Chapter 2 The Donkey and Its Crib: Isaiah 1:3 – Page 9

Chapter 3 The Mountain of the Lord’s House: Isaiah 2:1–5 – Page 13

Chapter 4 The Song of the Vineyard: Isaiah 5:1–7 – Page 16

Chapter 5 The Sign of Immanuel: The Rise of Assyria: Isaiah 7:14 – Page 24

Chapter 6 The Sign of Immanuel: Isaiah 7:4 – Page 29

Chapter 7 The Virgin Shall Conceive: Isaiah 7:14 – Page 34

Chapter 8 The Birth of Immanuel: Isaiah 7:14 – Page 39

Chapter 9 The Presence of Immanuel: Isaiah 8:10 – Page 44

Chapter 10 Immanuel: God Is With Us: Matthew 1:23 – Page 50

Chapter 11 The Child Immanuel: Isaiah 7:10–16 – Page 56

Chapter 12 Isaiah’s Wife: Isaiah 8:3 – Page 59

Chapter 13 The Land That Is in Distress: Isaiah 9:1 – Page 63

Chapter 14 The People Living in Deep Darkness: Isaiah 9:1–2 – Page 68

Chapter 15 “You Have Increased Their Joy”: Isaiah 9:3 – Page 72

Chapter 16 The Peaceful Kingdom: Isaiah 11:1–10 – Page 75

Chapter 17 The Desert Highway: Isaiah 35:1–10 – Page 79

Chapter 18 Deutero-Isaiah: The Prophet of the Exile: Isaiah 40:1–11 – Page 82

Chapter 19 Hope for the Future: Isaiah 40:1–2 – Page 88

Chapter 20 The Way of the Lord: Isaiah 40:3 – Page 95

Chapter 21 God’s Faithfulness and Human Commitment: Isaiah 40:6 – Page 100

Chapter 22 Israel’s Life in Exile: Isaiah 40:27 – Page 104

Chapter 23 Fear and Trust: Isaiah 41:13 – Page 110

Chapter 24 Israel in Babylon: Isaiah 52:4 – Page 113

Chapter 25 The Profanation of God’s Name: Isaiah 52:3–26 – Page 120

Chapter 26 The Punishment of the Wicked: Isaiah 66:24 – Page 127

Bibliography – Page 143

Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

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