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Day Of Atonement

In the Bible all manner of work is forbidden on the Day of Atonement, as it is on the Sabbath (being likewise called “a Sabbath of solemn rest” and the soul is to be “afflicted from evening of the ninth day of the seventh month until evening of the morrow”

Isaiah Chapter 66

The general service of God in sincerity
The faithful comforted
Severe judgements against the wicked

Isaiah Chapter 65

A rebellious people
Judgement on the wicked
Blessed state of new Jerusalem

Isaiah Chapter 63

God’s vengeance on the nations
God’s ancient mercies remembered
“You Are Our Father”

Isaiah Chapter 62

God’s promise to the nations
Watchmen set on the walls
Preparation of the people

Isaiah Chapter 61

Praise of the afflicted
Blessings of the faithful

Isaiah Chapter 60

A Light for the Nations
The walls of Salvation
The gates of praise

Isaiah Chapter 59

The nature of sin
The sins of Israel
Punishments for sin
A Redeemer in Zion

Isaiah Chapter 58

The fast that God accepts
Reverence of the Sabbath

Isaiah Chapter 57

Blessed death of the righteous
Idolatry criticized

Isaiah Chapter 56

An exhortation to sanctification
Blind watchmen removed

Isaiah Chapter 55

A call to faith and repentance
Happiness of believers

Isaiah Chapter 54

The many children of the barren one

Isaiah Chapter 52

Cheer for Prostrate Zion
The Exalted Servant

Isaiah Chapter 50

God Helps His Servant
Warning to trust in God not in human resources

Isaiah Chapter 49

Salvation Reaches to the End of the Earth
God love is perpetual
Deliverance out of captivity

Isaiah Chapter 48

Israel’s stubbornness
Deliverance promised

Isaiah Chapter 46

God’s judgements on Babylon and Chaldea

Isaiah Chapter 45

God’s call to Cyrus
The Omnipotence of God

Isaiah Chapter 44

The Blessings of Israel
Exhortation to trust God’s mercy

Isaiah Chapter 43

Israel redeemed by God
Babylon’s destruction foretold
Deliverance of God’s people

Isaiah Chapter 42

God’s Promise concerning His Servant
The Blindness of the People

Isaiah Chapter 41

Israel Encouraged
Vanity of idols

Isaiah Chapter 40

The Greatness of God
Good tidings from Zion
The people are comforted

Isaiah Chapter 39

Hezekiah shows his treasures
Isaiah foretells the captivity

Isaiah Chapter 38

Hezekiah’s life lengthened
Sign of the turning back the sun dial

Isaiah Chapter 37

Isaiah comforts Hezekiah
Sennacherib’s blasphemous letter
Isaiah’s prophecy
Assyrians killed by an angel
Sennacherib is killed at Nineveh

Isaiah Chapter 36

Sennacherib invades Judah
Rabshakeh’s blasphemous speech

Isaiah Chapter 35

Glory of Zion
The Road of Holiness

Isaiah Chapter 34

God’s Judgement on the nations
Desolation of all enemies
Surety of prophecy

Isaiah Chapter 33

A prayer for help
The godly are privileged

Isaiah Chapter 32

The government of justice
A prophecy of desolation
The restoration promised

Isaiah Chapter 31

Foolishness of trusting in Egypt
Exhortation to conversion
Assyria’s Doom