i. 1. The Prophet of the Lord
i. 2. Prophecy the Voice of God
i. 2, 3. An Appeal and an Argument
i. 2-6. God's Indictment against Israel
i. 3. Thoughtlessness
Inconsiderateness
Things to be Considered
Religious Consideration
Instinct Followed--Reason Disregarded
i. 4. Iniquity a Burden
Transmitted Depravity
Forsaking the Lord
i. 5. Moral Obduracy
Needless Stripes
i. 5-8. Total Depravity
i. 9. God's Reluctance to Punish
i. 10. The Summons to Jerusalem
i. 11. Rejected Sacrifices
i. 11, 16, 17. True and False Religion
i. 13. The Possibilities of Public Worship
i. 14. God Oppressed
i. 15. Worthless Husks
Reasons for the Rejection of Prayer
A Startling Charge
i. 16. Moral Ablution
A Plain Command
i. 17. The Great Task
The Noblest Art
The Oppressed and Their Relief
God's Ideal of Goodness
i. 18. God's Gracious Invitation to Sinners
Cleansing for the Vilest
Comfort for the Desponding
Sin and Grace
Self-scrutiny in God's Presence
i. 19-20. Sinners Self-destroyed
i. 20. The Certainty of the Destruction of the Impenitent
i. 21-23. Moral Declension
i. 21. An Illustrious Inhabitant
i. 22. The Possible Degeneracy of Valuable Things
i. 24. A Terrible Resolve
i. 24-27. The Purpose of Punishment
i. 25, 26. The Divine Idea of Redemption
i. 26. Social Regeneration
i. 27, 28. The Twofold Effect of Divine Judgments
i. 28. Forsaking the Lord
i. 28-31. The Doom of the Apostates
i. 31. The Tow and the Spark
ii. 1-5. Isaiah's Vision of the Last Days
ii. 2-5. The Latter-Day Glory
ii. 2. The Future Triumphs of the Gospel
ii. 4. The Cessation of War
ii. 5. The Light of the Lord
The Walk of the Soul in the Light of the Lord
ii. 6-22. A Terrible Picture
Heb. xiii. 5,
ii. 6. God's People Forsaken
ii. 6. Forsaken of God
ii. 6-9. The Material and the Moral
ii. 10. The Sinner's Danger and Refuge
ii. 17. God Exalted in the Great Day
ii. 18. The Great Dethronement
ii. 22. Man's Insignificance and God's Supremacy
Lessons from a National Bereavement
iii. 1-3. The Death of Statesmen
iii. 1-8. National Greatness
iii. 9. Shameless Sinners
iii. 10, 11. Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings
The Great Law of Recompense
iii. 12. The Curse of a Weak Government
Blind Leaders
iii. 15. Oppression of the Poor
iii. 13-15. The Pleader and the Judge
iii. 16, 17. Haughtiness
iii. 16--iv. 1. Female Pride and Luxury
iv. 1. The Desolating and Disorganising Power of War
iv. 2-6. The Divine Ideal of Israel Realised
iv. 2-5. God's Perpetual Presence with His People
iv. 4. The Cleansing Spirit
v. 1-7. The Parable of the Vineyard
The Parable of the Vineyard
Great Privileges
v. 2. Divine Disappointments
v. 4. The Inexcusability and Hopelessness of Unbelief
v. 4-6. A Sad Canticle
v. 7, 8. On the Advantage of Small Allotments of Land to the
Poor
v. 8-21. Wild Grapes
v. 8-10. Covetousness
v. 8. God's Curse on the Covetous
v. 11. The Miseries of the Drunkard
v. 11-17. National Ungodliness
v. 11, 12. Sensuality
v. 12. Earthly Amusement
Festivity and Forgetfulness
v. 13-15. The Evils of Ignorance
v. 14, 15. Death and the Grave
v. 18. Cords of Vanity
Cords and Cart-Ropes
v. 19. Scepticism
v. 20. The Influence of Language on Character
The Sin of Confounding Good and Evil
On the Perversion of Right and Wrong
The Sin of Using Wrong Names
Moral Perversity
v. 21. Self-Conceit
Intellectual Pride
v. 22. The Woe of the Drunkard
The Woe of the Drunkard
Drink and Its Woes
v. 24. The Doom of Despisers
v. 24-30. The Doom of Impenitent Israel
vi. 1-12. The Prophet's Call
vi. 1, 2, 5-7. The Service of the Seraphim
vi. 1-3. The Trinity in Unity
vi. 1-5. Revelations of God
vi. 1-7. Isaiah's Vision
vi. 1-2. The Seraphim
vi. 2. A Glorious Example
vi. 2-4. The Seraphim and Their Song
vi. 5-7. A Sight of God and a Sense of Sin
vi. 5-8. The Moral History of a Rising Soul
vi. 8. Volunteer Service
Messengers Wanted
vi. 9, 10. A Strange and Sad Errand
The Rejection of Divine Truth
vi. 11-13. The Duration of the Prophet's Mission
vii. 1-9. Fears and Comforts
Faith's Impregnable Citadel
vii. 1, 2. Purpose and Panics
vii. 3-25. Isaiah's Interview with Ahaz
vii. 4. A Threefold Counsel
Heedfulness
vii. 9. Faith, The Condition of Firmness
Stability through Faith
vii. 12. Man's Imagined Independence of God
Momentous Decisions
Irreligious Piety
vii. 13. Trials of the Divine Patience
vii. 13-16. The Virgin's Son
vii. 14. Immanuel
vii. 15. The Great Object of Child-Training
vii. 17-25. A Sentence of Doom
viii. 1-4. Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz
viii. 5-8. The Stream Rejected for the River
viii. 6-8. The Waters of Shiloah
viii. 9, 10. Threatened, But Safe
viii. 11-15. Biblical Politicians
viii. 13. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
viii. 14. God Our Refuge, or Our Ruin
The Stone of Stumbling
Sanctuary in God
viii. 16-18. The Duty of Teachers of Truth in Times of
National Perversion
viii. 17. Waiting on the Lord in Desertion and Gloom
Penitential Waiting on God
viii. 19-22. Necromancy
viii. 20. The Law and the Testimony
viii. 21, ix. 13. Unsanctified Suffering
ix. 2-7. The Remedy of the World's Misery
ix. 3. The Joy of Harvest
ix. 6. The Titles and Government of Christ
The Government of Christ
His Name . . . Wonderful
Christ our Counsellor
The Mighty God
The Everlasting Father
The Prince of Peace
ix. 7. The Empire of Christ
The Security for the Fulfilment of God's Promises
ix. 8-x. 4. The Outstretched Hand of God
ix. 10. Wise Lessons from Wicked Lips
ix. 14. The Duty of the Afflicted
ix. 15, 16. Leadership
ix. 17. Two Constant Feelings in the Mind of God
Divine Anger
ix. 19. The Destructiveness of Sin
x. 1-4. Legalised Injustice
x. 3. The Day of Visitation
x. 5-34. The Assyrian Invasion of Judah
The Assyrian
x. 7-15. Man Proposes, God Disposes
x. 20. A Happy Conversion
x. 20-23. The Remnants of Society
xi. and xii. Isaiah's Vision of the King and His Kingdom
xi. 2. The Spirit of the Lord
xi. 3. The Righteous Judge
xi. 9. The Universal Diffusion and Redemptive Power of the
Knowledge of God
The Diffusion of the Knowledge of God
xi. 10. The Ensign of the Nations
xi. 10-16. The Reconciler of Men
xii. 1. A New Song for New Hearts
xii. 3. Wells of Salvation
xii. 6. The Duty of Gladness
xiii. 1. The Proud City Doomed
xiii. 6. The Day of the Lord
xiii. 16. The Doom of the Children of Babylon
xiii. 17. The Love of Money
xiii. 18. Spare the Children
xiii. 19. Sodom and Gomorrah
xiv. 3, 4. The Joy of Salvation
xiv. 9-12. The Grave and Its Mysteries
xiv. 11. The Contrasts of Death
The Conqueror Conquered
xiv. 20. The Seed of Evildoers
xiv. 32. A Memorable Answer
xvi. 4. God's Outcasts
xvi. 12. Fruitless
xvii. 5-7. Diminutions and Changes of Life
xvii. 7, 8. Sanctified Affliction
xvii. 10, 11. Forgetfulness of God
xvii. 12. The Punishment of the Wicked
xix. 1-3, 14. True National Greatness
xix. 18-20. An Altar and a Saviour for Egypt
xix. 27 Chastisement
xxi. 11, 12. The Burden of Dumah
Night and Morning
A Momentous Inquiry
xxi. 15. The Grievousness of War
xxii. 18. The Irresistibleness of God's Judgments
xxii. 24. The Glory of the Messiah
xxiv. 15. Glorifying God in the Fires
xxv. 1. The Grand Appropriation
xxv. 6-8. The Gospel Feast
The Blessings of the Gospel
xxv. 8. The Triumphs of Christ
A Sorrowless World
xxv. 9. Advent Thoughts and Joys
xxv. 10. The Protecting Hand
xxvi. 1-2. Days of Deliverance
xxvi. 3-4. Perfect Peace
Peaceful Keeping
xxvi. 7. The Righteousness of God and His People
The Just Man's Security
xxvi. 8. The Way of God's Judgments
xxvi. 8, 9. Trust and Trials
xxvi. 9. Night Longings for God
The Necessity and Profitableness of Chastisement
xxvi. 9, 10. The Use and Abuse of the Judgments of God
xxvi. 12. National Peace the Gift of God
Holiness Accomplished, Peace Ordained
Man's Holiness, God's Workmanship
xxvi. 13, 14. Spiritual Usurpers Renounced
xxvi. 16. Prayer in Trouble
xxvi. 19. National Revival
xxvi. 20. God's Invitation to Shelter
Chambers of Safety
Religious Retirement
xxvii. 2, 3. God's Goodness to the Church
The Song to the Vineyard
xxvii. 4, 5. A Solemn Disclaimer
xxvii. 5. Taking Hold of God's Strength
xxvii. 6. The Future Prosperity of Israel
xxvii. 8. The Day of the East Wind
The Storms of Life
xxvii. 7-9. The Afflictions of God's People
xxvii. 9. The Discipline of Sin
xxvii. 10, 11. The Doom of the Incorrigible
xxvii. 13. The Gospel Trumpet
The Great Trumpet
xxviii. 1-4. England's Crying Sin
xxviii. 5, 6. The Believer's Dignity and Power
xxviii. 9, 10. Early Religious Training
xxviii. 10. The Power of Littles
xxviii. 12. Rejecters of the Gospel Admonished
xxviii. 16. The Sure Foundation
Our Trust and Our Test
A Tested Saviour
xxviii. 17. False Refuges
xxviii. 18. False Refuges
xxviii. 20. The Short Bed and the Narrow Covering
xxviii. 22. Irreligious Mockery
xxviii. 24, 25. The Parable of the Husbandman
xxviii. 29. A Feast for Faith
xxix. 1. Ariel
xxix. 7, 8. Dreaming
xxix. 8. Awakened from the Dream
The Futility of Fighting against Mount Zion
xxix. 13, 14. Lip-Service Instead of Heart-Worship
xxix. 19. The Joy of the Meek
Religious Joy
xxx. 1-3. The Origin and the End of Sin
xxx. 7. Strength in Quietness
Some Aspects of Ministerial Duty
xxx. 9-11. Dislike to Ministerial Fidelity
xxx. 15. Christian Quietness
xxx. 15, 16. The Vanity of Earthly Help in Time of Trial,
and the Profit of Patient Waiting
xxx. 15-17. Divine Salvation Rejected
xxx. 18. Waiting, Divine and Human
Waiting for the Lord
xxx. 19. God's Readiness to Listen to the Needy
xxx. 20, 21. The Bread of Adversity
xxx. 21. The Guiding Voice
xxx. 25, 26. Rivers of Waters
xxx. 26. Growing Light
xxx. 29-33. The Earthly Song and the Heavenly Voice
xxx. 33. Tophet Ordained of Old
xxxi. 1-3. The Only Counsellor
xxxi. 3. The Spirituality of the Divine Nature
xxxi. 6. A Call to the Revolted
xxxi. 9. The Fiery Ordeal of the Church
xxxii. 2. The Preciousness of Christ
The Christian's Refuge
Rivers of Water in a Dry Place
Comfort in Christ
xxxii. 8. Christian Liberality
xxxii. 11. A Call to the Careless
xxxii. 13-15. The Essential Condition of Missionary Success
xxxii. 15. The Moral Wilderness Transformed
xxxii. 17. Peace the Work of Righteousness
xxxii. 18. The Peaceful Habitation
xxxii. 20. Spiritual Husbandry
The Use of Opportunities
xxxiii. 1. Providence
xxxiii. 2. The Saint's Attitude in the Time of Trouble
xxxiii. 6. The Importance of Religious Knowledge
xxxiii. 7-12. God Avenging His Own Elect
xxxiii. 15-17. A Blessed Life
xxxiii. 15, 16. Nobility and Security
xxxiii. 16. The Blessedness of the Servant of God
xxxiii. 17. The Prospect of the Godly
The Beauty of Christ's Character
xxxiii. 20. Characteristics of the Church of Christ
xxxiii. 21. Enriching Rivers
xxxiii. 22. A Controlling Fact
The Atonement; or, Salvation Consistent with the
Regal and Judicial Character of God
xxxiii. 23. The Disabled Ship
xxxiii. 24. No Sickness There
Recovery from Sickness
xxxiv. 8. The Controversy of Zion
xxxiv. 16. A Call to Study
The Book That Will Endure Testing
xxxiv. 16, 17. The Certainty of God's Judgments
xxxv. 1, 2, 7. Transformation
xxxv. 3, 4. Encouragement for the Timid
xxxv. 5, 6. The Healer and Joy-Giver
The Curse Done Away
xxxv. 7. Beautiful Visions Exchanged for Realities
xxxv. 8-10. The Exiles' Return
The Road to the City
xxxv. 10. The Happiness of Heaven
The Banishment of Sorrow
xxxvi. 4. Modern Rabshakehs, And Their Attempts to Terrify
God's People into a Humble Surrender
xxxvi. 5. In Whom Art Thou Trusting?
xxxvi. 21. Hezekiah's Prudent Silence
xxxvii. 1. A Foolish King and a Wise One
xxxvii. 14. A King in Trouble
Spreading the Letter before the Lord
xxxvii. 15-20. A King's Prayer
xxxvii. 20. A Christian Prayer
xxxvii. 31. The Christian Church a Continuation of the Jewish
xxxviii. 1-19. Hezekiah's Prayer
xxxviii. 1. Preparation for Death
Duties of the Sick and Dying
xxxviii. 2, 3. Distress in Prospect of Death
xxxviii. 10. The Shortening of Human Life
xxxviii. 14. A Cry for Help
The Suretyship of Christ
xxxviii. 15-20. Hezekiah's Resolution
xxxviii. 15. The Restoration of Belief
xxxviii. 17. A Great Deliverance
Forgiveness of Sin
xxxviii. 18, 19. The Song of Hezekiah
xxxviii. 19. Praise for Preservation
xxxix. 1, 2. Hezekiah's Strength and Weakness
xxxix. 4. Home Life and Influence
xxxix. 8. Hezekiah Tried
Submission Under God's Rebuke