The Prophets · 36 stories
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Isaiah's Call and Commission
Isaiah witnesses a stunning temple vision of Yahweh, confesses unworthiness, is cleansed by a seraph, then volunteers and receives a sobering mission to a people who will not heed.
5 parts
Isaiah Confronts Judah's Corruption
Yahweh charges corrupt Jerusalem with rebellion, rejects her empty worship, and promises purifying judgment that ends in a holy, sheltered remnant.
4 parts
The Immanuel Prophecy
When Ahaz refuses God's offered sign amid a military crisis, Isaiah delivers the Immanuel prophecy and warns that Assyria will devastate the very land it is meant to protect.
5 parts
Isaiah's Vision of the Kingdom
Isaiah envisions a coming era when a righteous king reigns, the Spirit transforms wilderness into peace, and a holy highway leads the ransomed back to Zion with joy.
3 parts
Hezekiah and the Assyrian Threat
Hezekiah turns to God as Assyria threatens Jerusalem, and Yahweh answers his prayer by destroying Sennacherib's army and humiliating the boastful king.
7 parts
Hezekiah's Illness and Recovery
Hezekiah is reprieved from death by prayer and given fifteen more years, but his proud display of wealth to Babylonian envoys draws Isaiah's prophecy of future exile.
7 parts
Isaiah Comforts God's People
God declares Jerusalem's pardon and calls his people to prepare for his coming, proclaiming his incomparable greatness and promising renewed strength to the weary who wait on him.
4 parts
Isaiah Foretells Cyrus and Redemption
Yahweh declares Israel's sins blotted out and calls them to return, then names Cyrus — before he is born — as the shepherd who will rebuild Jerusalem and lay the temple's foundation.
2 parts
The Suffering Servant
A humble, rejected servant silently bears others' suffering and is slaughtered unjustly, yet Yahweh vindicates him, granting offspring and a share among the great.
3 parts
The Day of the Lord
Yahweh's coming day levels every proud height and fortress, driving men to hide in caves and abandon their idols as he alone is exalted.
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Jerusalem Stripped of Honor
Yahweh systematically strips Jerusalem of its leaders, its proud women's finery, and its honor, leaving only ruin in place of support and beauty.
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The Song of the Vineyard
Yahweh sings of his carefully tended vineyard — Israel and Judah — that yields only injustice, so he announces he will tear down its walls and lay it waste.
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God Summons a Distant Nation
Because Israel rejects his word, Yahweh strikes his people and then whistles for a fearsome, swift nation from the ends of the earth to seize them in darkness and distress.
2 parts
Song of Thanksgiving
A redeemed people move from relief at Yahweh's turned wrath to joyful proclamation of his greatness among the nations.
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Woes Against Corrupt Leaders
Woe falls on Ephraim's drunkards and Jerusalem's scoffing rulers who mock Yahweh's word and covenant with death, but Yahweh annuls their false refuge, pours blindness on the proud, and restores sight and joy to the humble remnant.
10 parts
Trust God, Not Egypt
Isaiah warns Judah against trusting Egypt's armies, calls them to return to Yahweh, and promises that Yahweh himself will shield Jerusalem and strike Assyria down.
4 parts
Zion's Redemption and the King
An unnamed destroyer threatens Zion, but Yahweh arises to scatter nations, purge the ungodly, and restore Jerusalem as a peaceful kingdom where the righteous dwell secure and the forgiven share in redemption.
6 parts
Yahweh's Judgment on Edom
Yahweh summons the nations to witness his wrath, then pours devastating judgment on Edom — reducing it to eternal ruin where only wild creatures dwell, as his own word confirms.
4 parts
God Summons the Nations to Court
Yahweh summons trembling nations to court, declaring himself the one who raised the eastern conqueror, while fearful peoples cling to their hand-crafted idols for reassurance.
2 parts
Israel My Chosen Servant
Yahweh reassures fearful Israel that he holds them, will defeat their foes, transform their weakness into strength, and provide abundantly in the wilderness.
4 parts
Yahweh Challenges the Idols
Yahweh hauls the idols into court, dares them to predict the future, then contrasts their silent vanity with his own act of raising a conquering king.
2 parts
God Promises to Redeem Israel
Yahweh tells fearful Israel not to dread, promising to guide them through flood and flame and to gather their scattered children, for they are his own.
1 part
The New Exodus Proclaimed
Yahweh promises to eclipse the original sea-exodus by making a new way through wilderness and desert for his people's redemption.
2 parts
Yahweh Against the Idols
Yahweh contrasts his lifelong carrying of Israel with helpless idols that collapse and cannot save, then calls stubborn hearts to remember his sovereign purpose and coming salvation.
3 parts
The Fall of Babylon
Yahweh strips proud Babylon of her throne, indicts her cruelty and arrogance, and sentences her to sudden ruin — leaving her astrologers and sorcerers powerless to save her.
4 parts
Israel Refined and Freed
Despite Israel's stubborn unfaithfulness, Yahweh refines rather than destroys them, calls Cyrus against Babylon, and commands his people to flee home—yet warns the wicked find no peace.
3 parts
The Servant's Patient Endurance
Yahweh asserts his power to redeem sinful Israel as the Servant models obedient endurance under suffering, and God calls the fearful to trust him rather than their own light.
3 parts
Yahweh Comforts and Restores Zion
Yahweh calls Zion to trust his everlasting righteousness, rebukes fear of oppressors, and finally takes the cup of wrath from her hand, giving it to her afflicters.
5 parts
Yahweh Restores Forsaken Zion
Yahweh calls barren, forsaken Zion to sing and expand, pledging to end her shame, gather her with everlasting love, and swear a covenant of peace that outlasts the mountains.
3 parts
Zion Restored and Protected
Yahweh promises storm-tossed Zion a glorious rebuilding in jewels, peace, and righteousness, pledging no weapon or accusing tongue will ever prevail against her.
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True Fasting and Sabbath Keeping
Yahweh exposes Israel's hollow fasting, redefines true fasting as justice and compassion, and calls them to honor the Sabbath — promising healing and blessing to those who obey.
3 parts
The Divine Redeemer Comes to Zion
Israel confesses sins that wall them off from Yahweh, who finds no intercessor and so arms himself to act, then promises a Redeemer and an everlasting covenant to all who turn back.
4 parts
Zion's Salvation Proclaimed
A prophet vows relentless intercession for Zion until Yahweh fulfils his sworn promise to restore her harvest, rename her city, and announce her salvation to all the earth.
3 parts
A People's Cry for Deliverance
Israel recalls Yahweh's past mercies, confesses rebellion and uncleanness, and urgently pleads for him to rend the heavens and restore ruined Zion.
4 parts
The Assyrian Threat and Deliverance
Woe falls first on Israelite rulers who crush the poor and will find no refuge in the day of reckoning; then Yahweh names Assyria his rod of anger sent against a godless people, yet when the rod boasts of its own power he turns against it — the Assyrian army advances town by town until it halts shaking its fist at Jerusalem's mountain, and there Yahweh cuts the towering forest down, leaving Zion freed and a remnant of Israel leaning on him alone.
7 parts
Yahweh Commissions Cyrus
Yahweh commissions Cyrus to free Israel's exiles, declares himself sole Creator and God, and summons all nations to abandon idols and bow to the only Savior.
8 parts