Isaiah 1-39: Old Testament Volume 10A (Fisher, ed.)

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"And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?'

Then I said, 'Here I am! Send me.'"

In his interpretation of Isaiah's vision of God and subsequent sending, the Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons perceived a pattern for all prophets, apostles, ministers, and preachers who are called and then sent out to spread the good news: "They did not assume the honor to themselves, as do the preachers of this world; but like Aaron, they were called by God. . . . They were brought by the Spirit of God, with pious hearts, into his service; they had always esteemed themselves unfit to serve the people of God or to stand forth in such a high and responsible station. . . . No one can serve in this high and holy office, conformably to God's will, except those whom the Lord of the vineyard has made worthy and fit by the spirit of his grace."

In this volume of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture, Reformation scholar Jeff Fisher guides readers through a wealth of early-modern commentary on the first thirty-nine chapters of Isaiah. Readers will hear familiar voices and discover lesser-known figures from a diversity of theological traditions, including Lutherans, Reformed, Radicals, Anglicans, and Roman Catholics. Drawing on a variety of resources—including commentaries, sermons, treatises, and confessions—much of which appears here for the first time in English, this volume provides resources for contemporary preachers, enables scholars to better understand the depth and breadth of Reformation commentary, and seeks to help those who have been called to this task and those whom they serve.

Contents

Reformation Commentary on Scripture Project Staff
Inter Varsity Press
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
A Guide to Using This Commentary
General Introduction

Introduction to Isaiah 1-39
Commentary on Isaiah
1:1-9 A Vision Regarding Unrepentance
1:10-20 False Worship
1:21-31 Hypocrisy and its Penalties
2:1-5 Future Days on the Mountain
2:6-22 The Coming Day of Judgment
3:1–4:1 Judgment Against Jerusalem and Judah
4:2-6 The Branch of the Lord
5:1-7 Song of the Vineyard
5:8-30 Exile for Disregading the Lord
6:1-13 The Calling of Isaiah
7:1-25 The Sign of Immanuel
8:1-18 The Sign of Isaiah’s Sons
8:19–9:7 Light to the Darkness
9:8–10:34 Judgment Against Israel and Assyria
11:1-16 The Shoot from Jesse
12:1-6 A Song of Trust in the Holy One
13:1–14:27 Judgment Against Babylon
14:28–17:14 Judgment Against Other Nations
18:1–20:6 Judgment Against Ethiopia and Egypt
21:1-17 Judgment Against Babylon, Edom, and Arabia
22:1-25 Judgment in the Valley of Vision
23:1-18 Judgment Against Tyre and Sidon
24:1-23 Judgment on the Earth
25:1-12 Song of Praise
26:1-21 A Song of Trust
27:1-13 Song of the Vineyard
28:1–29:24 Judgment Against the Leaders
30:1–31:9 Depending on Egypt
32:1–33:24 The Kingdom of Righteousness
34:1–35:10 Judgment Against the Nations
36:1-20 The Threat of Assyria
36:21-37:38 Response to Sennacherib's Invasion
38:1-22 Hezekiah's Sickness and Prayer for Recovery
39:1-8 Envoys from Babylon

Map of Europe at the Time of the Reformation
Timeline of the Reformation
Biographical Sketches of Reformation-Era Figures and Works
Sources for Biographical Sketches Bibliography
Author and Writings Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index
About the Editor

About the Editor

Jeff Fisher (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of theology and director of spiritual formation at The Foundry. He previously taught at Kuyper College and Calvin Theological Seminary. He is the author of A Christoscopic Reading of Scripture: Johannes Oecolampadius on Hebrews.