Nephi selected some of the writings of Isaiah (in addition to quotations elsewhere) to include in the record that he knew would be for our day. And I have been asking myself why he chose what are basically chapters 2-14 of the Book of Isaiah. There are 66 chapters in Isaiah in the King James Version of the Bible. Why these 12 chapters?
I believe the key is in 2 Nephi 25, where Nephi says that they are hard to understand, but that he included them because, "I know that they shall be of great worth unto them in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for their good have I written them." (2 Ne. 25:8)
He included these chapters for us. When you put the chapter headings for these 12 chapters together, they create an intersting outline of the things that Nephi thought would be of great worth to us:
CHAPTER 12
Isaiah sees the Latter-day temple, gathering of Israel, and millennial judgment and peace—The proud and wicked shall be brought low at the Second Coming
CHAPTER 13
Judah and Jerusalem shall be punished for their disobedience—The Lord pleads for and judges his people—The daughters of Zion are cursed and tormented for their worldliness
CHAPTER 14
Zion and her daughters shall be redeemed and cleansed in the millennial day
CHAPTER 15
The Lord's vineyard (Israel) shall become desolate and his people shall be scattered—Woes shall come upon them in their apostate and scattered state—The Lord shall lift an ensign and gather Israel
CHAPTER 16
Isaiah sees the Lord—Isaiah's sins are forgiven—He is called to prophesy—He prophesies of the rejection by the Jews of Christ's teachings—A remnant shall return
CHAPTER 17
Ephraim and Syria wage war against Judah—Christ shall be born of a virgin
CHAPTER 18
Christ shall be as a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense—Seek the Lord, not peeping wizards—Turn to the law and to the testimony for guidance
CHAPTER 19
Isaiah speaks Messianically—The people in darkness to see a great Light—Unto us a child is born—He shall be the Prince of Peace and shall reign on David's throne
CHAPTER 20
Destruction of Assyria is a type of destruction of wicked at the Second Coming—Few people shall be left after the Lord comes again—Remnant of Jacob shall return in that day
CHAPTER 21
Stem of Jesse (Christ) shall judge in righteousness—The knowledge of God shall cover the earth in the Millennium—The Lord shall raise an ensign and gather Israel
CHAPTER 22
In the millennial day all men shall praise the Lord—He shall dwell among them
CHAPTER 23
Destruction of Babylon is a type of destruction at Second Coming—It shall be a day of wrath and vengeance—Babylon (the world) shall fall forever
CHAPTER 24
Israel shall be gathered and shall enjoy millennial rest—Lucifer cast out of heaven for rebellion—Israel shall triumph over Babylon (the world)
The millennial day is coming. It will be a great day for those who look for it, and it will be terrible for those who reject the teachings of Christ and war among themselves.
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