||Isaiah 1–39|Isaiah 40–55|Isaiah 56–66| |---|---|---|---| |Date and Setting|The eighth century b.c.(700s); the Assyrian threat|Prophecies about the sixth century b.c. (500s); the Babylonian exile|Prophecies about all times and occasions until the end| |Audience|God’s rebellious people craving worldly security|God’s defeated people under worldly domination|All who hold fast to God’s covenant| |Actions|God purifies a remnant of his apostate people through judgment|God consoles his discouraged people in exile|God prepares all of his true people for his promised salvation| |Message|“In returning and rest you shall be saved; … But you were unwilling” (30:15)|“the glory of the Lord shall be revealed” (40:5)|“Keep justice, and do righteousness” (56:1)|