Isaiah Assignment #4

We're still looking at the broad section of Isaiah 6-10:4, and the last assignment covered Isa 6-8. So here's some work you can do in the rest of the section, Isa 9-10:4.

1. Trace the metaphors of light and dark(ness) through Isaiah. What do you make of it?

2. The NAS translation has a "For" at the beginning of Isa 9:4, 5, and 6. How does the word "for" connect what comes before with what comes after, and what do you make of that happening in three consecutive verses here?

3. List by categories all the characteristics of the Messiah in 9:6-7. (That is, try to put each characteristic into a more general category.)

4. What repeated statement do you find in 9:8-10:4? What do you think it means? Where else is it found in Isaiah, and why there?

5. Try to summarize Isaiah's main point/idea in the sections before these repeated statements.

Have fun!

Oh, not enough? What some bonus, deeper questions? Okay.
6. There are several unusual things about 9:1. What are they and what do you make of it?
7. Do a word study on the "zeal" of the Lord (9:7).
8. Do a word study of the two words "pride" and "arrogance" in 9:9.