Destruction and Deliverance (Isaiah 9-10)

Isaiah 9:8-10:34; 10:21

"A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God" (Isa 10:21, NIV).

1. Despite Your Failures, Let's Meet and Talk (Isaiah 1).
2. The Ideal and The Reality (Isaiah 2-4).
3. A Worthless Vineyard (Isaiah 5).
4. I Saw The Lord (Isaiah 6).
5. Trust or Bust (Isaiah 7).
6. Is God Your Sanctuary or Your Judge? (Isaiah 8).
7. See The King in His Beauty (Isaiah 9).

Theme: In the very throes of God's terrible judgment, God does not forget his people but preserves a remnant.

1. The coming destruction of Israel (9:8-10:4). [The Lord's anger against Israel; His anger is not turned away; The arm of the Lord protects Judah.] For the Lord's people everything depends on their reaction to his word. When the word came to Jacob (Isa 9:8) and they chose rather the way of self-sufficiency (Isa 9:9-10), everything else followed as night follows day. In a four-stanza poem, Isaiah traces out the terrifying consequences of abandoning revealed truth. The four stanzas are marked off by a refrain (Isa 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4).
• National disaster (9:8-12): Arrogance.
• Political collapse (9:13--17): Poor leadership.
• Social anarchy (9:18-21): Terrible judgment.
• Blatant misrule and oppression (10:1-4): Injustice .
2. The futile boasting of Assyria (10:5-19). [Isaiah 10: The destroyer will be destroyed; Divine judgment; God's judgment on Assyria.]
• The delusion of "I'm doing what I want" (10:5-11). Assyria's pride is condemned.
• The delusion of "I did it" (10:12-15). Assyria's arrogance.
• God shows who did what (10:16--19). God pronounces judgment on Assyria, leaving only a pathetic shadow of the once mighty nation, while judgment on Israel leaves a truly believing remnant (Isa 10:20-23).
3. The deliverance by the Lord (10:20-34). [The believing, obeying remnant.] The Lord never deserts his people nor allow them to come to an end, no matter how great the odds are against them.
• A remnant will be saved (10:20-23). A remnant will return.
• Don't fear the Assyrians; my anger will subside (10:24-27). Judah will be oppressed by Assyria.
• The defeat of Assyria [Sennacherib] foretold (10:28-34).

References:

1. Outline of Isaiah Chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12 —The arm of the Lord and the kingdom of Christ.