Relevant Bible Verses: Isaiah 1, 5

Leading Question: “Was Israel’s place as God’s chosen people irrevocable?”

The book of Isaiah is a pivotal books in the Old Testament. It contains so many passages that have been applied to Jesus, that is has sometimes been called “the fifth Gospel,” as noted by D. J. Wiseman, General Editor of the Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, in the “General Preface” to Isaiah in the TOTC series .

I should note here that Motyer’s commentary is a worthy companion for our studies in Isaiah this quarter. Motyer is ...