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sarcasm or irony to expose or rebuke actions and attitudes E.g., 40:19-20; 41:6-7; 44:1320.) B SIMILARITY OF OUTLINE In character and broad outline, many of Isaiah’s discourses are very similar The following four points can usually be seen in such discourses: (1) indictment or accusation; (2) threat; (3) exhortation or entreaty; (4) promise of puri cation or blessing The rst discourse, chapter 1, is an illustration of this: The Indictment or Accusation (vv 1-9) The Threat (vv 10-15) The Exhortation or Entreaty (vv 16-20) The Promise of Puri cation and Blessing (vv 21-31) C SONGS IN ISAIAH Although Isaiah is not a book of poetry, various songs and refrains appear throughout the book Some of the more prominent ones are: Song of the Vineyard (chap 5) Song of the Redeemed (chap 12) Song of the Blossoming Desert (chap 35) Song of the Restored Wife (chap 54) IV SURVEY Follow the procedures of survey study established in the earlier chapters of this book This includes scanning the entire book of Isaiah and assigning a chapter title to each of the sixty-six chapters Compare the opening and closing chapters Look for groupings of subject matter Be alert to key repeated words and phrases Determine a theme and title of the book Study carefully the survey Chart 81 Observe that there are two main parts in the book of Isaiah, the division coming between chapters 39 and 40 Does this observation agree with the overall patterns of your chapter titles? On the survey chart the two main divisions are identi ed as (1) Judgment of God and (2) Comfort of God Think more about these two subjects as they are discussed below (chaps 1-39) Judgment is the prominent thought of the rst division of Isaiah—judgment on Judah and Jerusalem for their sins, and judgment on the nations which are hostile to the chosen people But although judgment is the keynote of this rst division, scattered here and there are promises for Judah, and hopes for both Jew and Gentile, in the predictions of the Messiah Amid the darkness there are A JUDGMENT OF GOD frequent ashes of the “great light” mentioned in 9:2; glimpses of the “bright morning star” (see Rev 22:16), and the coming Redeemer, of whom Isaiah speaks so fully in the later chapters Looking more closely at the chapters, it is convenient for study to subdivide this rst division For example, the chart shows that the rst twelve chapters are discourses addressed chie y to Judah and Jerusalem; chapters 13-27 are discourses regarding the nations which were hostile to Judah; chapters 28-35, various warnings and promises; and the last four chapters of the section are purely historical, being a review of Hezekiah’s reign, given in Kings 18-20 (Recall from Chart 80 when Hezekiah reigned as king.) Read in the Bible text each of the sections just cited, and try to justify the outlines shown on the chart  ... not a book of poetry, various songs and refrains appear throughout the book Some of the more prominent ones are: Song of the Vineyard (chap 5) Song of the Redeemed (chap 12) Song of the Blossoming... (chap 35) Song of the Restored Wife (chap 54) IV SURVEY Follow the procedures of survey study established in the earlier chapters of this book This includes scanning the entire book of Isaiah and... scattered here and there are promises for Judah, and hopes for both Jew and Gentile, in the predictions of the Messiah Amid the darkness there are A JUDGMENT OF GOD frequent ashes of the “great light”