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Isaiah 1–12
Videos
Bible Central Guide to Isaiah
Books on Isaiah
Taylor D. Halverson, General Editor
John W. Welch, eds.
Reading Plan
Monday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 1:18
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 1, Old Testament Minute: Isaiah.
- Scripture: Isaiah 1:1–31
Further Reading
Tuesday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 2:3
- Video: Casey Paul Griffiths, 4 Tips to Understand Isaiah (Isaiah 2–3)
- Scripture: Isaiah 2:1–22
- Scripture: Isaiah 3:1-12
Wednesday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 4:5
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 4, Old Testament Minute.
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 5, Old Testament Minute.
- Scripture: Isaiah 3:13–26
- Scripture: Isaiah 4:1–6
- Scripture: Isaiah 5:1–7
Further Reading
Thursday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 6:1–3
- Video: Lynne Hilton Wilson, Isaiah's Vision of the Throne of God (Isaiah 6)
- Scripture: Isaiah 5:8–30
- Scripture: Isaiah 6:1–13
Friday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 7:14
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 7, Old Testament Minute: Isaiah.
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 8, Old Testament Minute: Isaiah.
- Scripture: Isaiah 7:1–25
- Scripture: Isaiah 8:1–22
Further Reading
Saturday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 9:6
- Video: Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye, Isaiah 9 in its Ancient Israelite Context
- Scripture: Isaiah 9:1–21
- Scripture: Isaiah 10:1–19
Sunday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 11:1–2
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 11, Old Testament Minute
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 12, Old Testament Minute
- Scripture: Isaiah 10:20–34
- Scripture: Isaiah 11:1–16
- Scripture: Isaiah 12:1–6
Isaiah and the Book of Mormon Reading Plan
September 5–11: Isaiah 1–12
September 5: Study Tips from Nephi
- 2 Nephi 25:1–8
- Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah? (2 Nephi 25:4),” KnoWhy 47 (March 4, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- Donald W. Parry, “Nephi’s Keys to Understanding Isaiah (2 Nephi 25:1–8),” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998), 47–65.
September 6: Multiple Fulfillments
- Isaiah 2:2–4
- Book of Mormon Central, “Has the Prophecy of the Lord's House Established in the Mountains been Fulfilled? (2 Nephi 12:2; Isaiah 2:2),” KnoWhy 41 (February 25, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “The Great Jerusalem Temple Prophecy: Latter-day Context and Likening Unto Us,” in Ascending the Mountain of the Lord: Temple, Praise, and Worship in the Old Testament, ed. David R. Seely, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey (Salt Lake City and Provo, UT: Deseret Book and Religioius Studies Center, 2011), 367–383.
September 7: Warnings against Pride
- Isaiah 3:15
- Isaiah 5:21
- 2 Nephi 26:20
- Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride? (2 Nephi 15:21; Isaiah 5:21),” KnoWhy 48 (March 7, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- David Rolph Seely, “Nephi’s Use of Isaiah 2–14 in 2 Nephi 12–30,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998), 151–169.
September 8: The Lord’s Stretched Out Hand
- Isaiah 5:25
- Isaiah 9:12, 17, 21
- Isaiah 10:4
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why is the Lord's Hand "Stretched Out Still"? (2 Nephi 19:12; Isaiah 9:12),” KnoWhy 49 (March 8, 2016).
September 9: How the Lord Call’s Prophets
- Isaiah 6:1–13
- 1 Nephi 1:4–15
- Book of Mormon Central, “How Did God Call His Prophets in Ancient Times? (1 Nephi 15:8),” KnoWhy 17 (January 22, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- Stephen D. Ricks, “Heavenly Visions and Prophetic Calls in Isaiah 6 (2 Nephi 16), the Book of Mormon, and the Revelation of John,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998), 171–190.
September 10: Prophecies of Christ’s Birth
- Isaiah 7:14
- Isaiah 9:6
- 1 Nephi 11:15–22
- Mosiah 3:5–8
- Book of Mormon Central, “How Did Nephi Read Isaiah as a Witness of Christ’s Coming? (2 Nephi 17:14; Isaiah 7:14),” KnoWhy 40 (February 24, 2016).
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Benjamin Give Multiple Names for Jesus at the Coronation of his Son Mosiah? (Mosiah 3:8),” KnoWhy 536 (October 17, 2019).
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Dive Deeper:
- Donald W. Parry, “Isaiah’s Prophecies of the Mortal Messiah,” in The Jesus Christ Focused Old Testament: Making Sense of a Monumental Book (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2022), 34–36.
September 11: Joseph and the Restoration
- Isaiah 11:10–11
- Isaiah 29:14
- Joseph Smith—History 1:40
- 2 Nephi 25:17–21
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Moroni Quote Isaiah 11 to Joseph Smith? (2 Nephi 21:10; Isaiah 11:10),” KnoWhy 50 (March 9, 2016).
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Nephi Connect Isaiah’s Prophecies with Joseph Who Was Sold into Egypt? (2 Nephi 25:17),” KnoWhy 375 (October 24, 2017).
September 12–18: Isaiah 13–14, 24–30, 35
September 12: The End Times
- Isaiah 13:1–6, 9–13
- 1 Nephi 14:3–7
- Book of Mormon Central, “What Do Nephi and Isaiah Say about the End Times? (2 Nephi 23:6; Isaiah 13:6),” KnoWhy 46 (March 3, 2016).
September 13: The Fallen Angel
- Isaiah 14:12–15
- 2 Nephi 2:17–18
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Lehi "Suppose" the Existence of Satan? (2 Nephi 24:12; Isaiah 14:12),” KnoWhy 43 (February 29, 2016).
September 14: The Familiar Spirit
- Isaiah 29:3–4
- 2 Nephi 15–16
- Book of Mormon Central, “How Are the Words of the Book of Mormon Like “One That Hath a Familiar Spirit”? (2 Nephi 26:16),” KnoWhy 491 (December 6, 2018).
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Dive Deeper:
- Amanda Colleen Brown, “Out of the Dust: An Examination of Necromancy as a Literary Construct in the Book of Mormon,” Studia Antiqua 14, no. 2 (2016): 27–37.
September 15: Nephi Likens Isaiah 29
- Isaiah 29:3–10
- 2 Nephi 26:14–19; 27:1–5
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does Nephi Use Isaiah 29 as Part of His Own Prophecy? (2 Nephi 26:16; cf. Isaiah 29:4),” KnoWhy 52 (March 11, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- Robert A. Cloward, “Isaiah 29 and the Book of Mormon,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998), 191–247.
September 16: The Sealed Book
- Isaiah 29:11–14
- 2 Nephi 27:6–26
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Would a Book Be Sealed? (2 Nephi 27:10),” KnoWhy 53 (March 14, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- John W. Welch, “Doubled, Sealed, Witnessed Documents: From the Ancient World to the Book of Mormon,” in Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson, ed. Davis Bitton (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998), 391–444.
September 17: Line Upon Line
- Isaiah 28:10
- 2 Nephi 28:30
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Nephi Say That People Had to Learn Things Line Upon Line? (2 Nephi 28:30),” KnoWhy 292 (March 27, 2017).
September 18: Fire and Brimstone
- Isaiah 30:27–33
- 2 Nephi 9:16
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does the Book of Mormon Warn that a Lake of Fire and Brimstone Awaits Sinners in the Afterlife? (2 Nephi 9:16),” KnoWhy 446 (July 3, 2018).
September 19–25: Isaiah 40–49
September 19: New Testament and Book of Mormon Quotations
- Isaiah 40:3
- Matthew 3:2–3
- Alma 7:9
- Alma 9:28
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Do New Testament Words and Phrases Show up in the Book of Mormon? Part 3: Revelations to Nephite Prophets as a Source (Part A) (Alma 7:9),” KnoWhy 529 (August 29, 2019).
September 20: Prophecies of the Redeemer
- Isaiah 47:4
- Isaiah 48:17
- 1 Nephi 10:17
- Book of Mormon Central, “Did Pre-Christian Prophets Know About Christ? (1 Nephi 10:17),” KnoWhy 12 (January 15, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- Donald W. Parry, “Isaiah’s Prophecies of the Mortal Messiah,” in The Jesus Christ Focused Old Testament: Making Sense of a Monumental Book (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2022), 34–36.
September 21: The Scattering of the Jews
- Isaiah 5:13, 25
- Isaiah 48:9–10
- 2 Nephi 25:15–16
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Do Early Nephite Prophets Speak about the Scattering of the Jews? (2 Nephi 15:13, 25; Isaiah 5:13, 25),” KnoWhy 42 (February 26, 2016).
September 22: The Day of the Gentiles
- Isaiah 49:22
- Book of Mormon Central, “What is the Day of the Gentiles? (1 Nephi 21:22),” KnoWhy 44 (March 1, 2016).
September 23: Likening Isaiah 48–49 to Lehi’s Family
- Isaiah 48:2, 4, 18
- 1 Nephi 1:13, 18–19
- 1 Nephi 2:9–11, 18
- Book of Mormon Central, “How Might Isaiah 48-49 be "Likened" to Lehi's Family? (1 Nephi 19:23),” KnoWhy 23 (February 1, 2016).
September 24: Joseph Smith as the Servant
- Isaiah 49:1–9
- Book of Mormon Central, “Who is the Servant of Isaiah 49/1 Nephi 21? (1 Nephi 21:3; Isaiah 48:3),” KnoWhy 24 (February 2, 2016).
September 25: The Daughter of Zion
- Isaiah 3:16–23
- Isaiah 10:32
- Isaiah 52:2
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion? (2 Nephi 13:16–17),” KnoWhy 550 (February 18, 2020).
September 26–October 2: Isaiah 50–57
September 26: Abinadi Explains Isaiah to Noah’s Priests
- Isaiah 52:7–10
- Mosiah 15:11–17
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Would Noah’s Priests Quiz Abinadi on Isaiah? (Mosiah 12:20–21; cf. Isaiah 52:7),” KnoWhy 89 (April 29, 2016).
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Dive Deeper:
- John W. Welch, “Isaiah 53, Mosiah 14, and the Book of Mormon,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998), 293–312.
September 27: The Meaning of Nauvoo
- Isaiah 52:7
- Book of Mormon Central, “Where Does the Name Nauvoo Come From? (3 Nephi 20:40),” KnoWhy 342 (July 21, 2017).
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Dive Deeper:
- Dana M. Pike, “‘How Beautiful upon the Mountains’: The Imagery of Isaiah 52:7–10 and its Occurrences in the Book of Mormon” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998), 249–291.
September 28: Isaiah and Micah
- Isaiah 52:7–10
- Micah 4:12–13
- Micah 5:8–9
- 3 Nephi 20: 15–20, 39–43
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Jesus Mix Together Micah and Isaiah? (3 Nephi 20:25),” KnoWhy 214 (October 21, 2016).
September 29: The Book of Mormon as the Servant
- Isaiah 52:13–15
- 3 Nephi 21:10
- Book of Mormon Central, “Who is the Servant Spoken of by Christ? (3 Nephi 21:10),” KnoWhy 215 (October 24, 2016).
September 30: Abinadi, Alma, and the Suffering Servant
- Isaiah 53:3–5
- Mosiah 17:13
- Alma 7:11
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Abinadi Talk About the Suffering Messiah? (Mosiah 14:4; Isaiah 53:4),” KnoWhy 91 (May 3, 2016).
- Book of Mormon Central, “Whose “Word” Was Fulfilled by Christ’s Suffering “Pains and Sicknesses”? (Alma 7:11),” KnoWhy 564 (June 2, 2020).
October 1: Christ’s Likening of Isaiah 54
- Isaiah 54:10–11
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Jesus Quote All of Isaiah 54? (3 Nephi 22:5; Isaiah 54:5),” KnoWhy 216 (October 25, 2016).
October 2: Great are the Words of Isaiah
- 3 Nephi 23:1
- Book of Mormon Central, “Why Would Jesus Call Isaiah’s Words Great? (3 Nephi 23:1),” KnoWhy 217 (October 26, 2016).
Bibliography
Isaiah 1–12
Donald W. Parry and Janet L. Garrand Willis, “Notes on Vocabulary in Isaiah 2-11, 13-14, 29, 48-54,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 409–422.
David Rolph Seely, “Nephi's Use of Isaiah 2-14 in 2 Nephi 12-30,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 151–169.
Isaiah 1
Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah? (2 Nephi 25:4),” KnoWhy 47 (March 4, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Would Jesus Call Isaiah’s Words Great? (3 Nephi 23:1),” KnoWhy 217 (October 26, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Nephi Say the Devil Leads Sinners by a “Flaxen Cord”? (2 Nephi 26:22),” KnoWhy 551 (February 25, 2020).
Isaiah 2
Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Help Us Understand Isaiah? (2 Nephi 25:4),” KnoWhy 47 (March 4, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Would Jesus Call Isaiah’s Words Great? (3 Nephi 23:1),” KnoWhy 217 (October 26, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride? (2 Nephi 15:21; Isaiah 5:21),” KnoWhy 48 (March 7, 2016).
Paul Y. Hoskisson, “Was Joseph Smith Smarter Than the Average Fourth Year Hebrew Student? Finding a Restoration-Significant Hebraism in Book of Mormon Isaiah,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 17 (2016): 151–158.
Isaiah 3
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion? (2 Nephi 13:16–17),” KnoWhy 550 (February 18, 2020).
Isaiah 4
Matthew L. Bowen and Loren Blake Spendlove, “’Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins’: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 273–298.
Isaiah 5
Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride? (2 Nephi 15:21; Isaiah 5:21),” KnoWhy 48 (March 7, 2016).
John Gee, “Not Just Sour Grapes: Jesus’s Interpretation of Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 21–36.
Isaiah 6
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Are Lehi’s First Visions So Similar to Much Later Apocalyptic Writings? (1 Nephi 1:8),” KnoWhy 459 (August 16, 2018).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Alma See God Surrounded by Angels? (Alma 36:22),” KnoWhy 570 (July 21, 2020).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Nephi Say Serpents Could Fly? (1 Nephi 17:41),” KnoWhy 316 (May 22, 2017).
Book of Mormon Central, “How Did God Call His Prophets in Ancient Times? (1 Nephi 15:8),” KnoWhy 17 (January 22, 2016).
Paul Y. Hoskisson, “A Latter-Day Saint Reading of Isaiah: The Example of Isaiah 6,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center / Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 209–225.
Neal Rappleye, “’With the Tongue of Angels’: Angelic Speech as a Form of Deification,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 21 (2016): 303–323.
William J. Hamblin, “The Sôd of YHWH and the Endowment,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 4 (2013): 147–154.
Stephen D. Ricks, “Heavenly Visions and Prophetic Calls in Isaiah 6 (2 Nephi 16), the Book of Mormon, and the Revelation of John,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 171–190.
Isaiah 7
Jason R. Combs, “From King Ahaz’s Sign to Christ Jesus: The “Fulfillment” of Isaiah 7:14,” in Prophets & Prophecies of the Old Testament (Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center / Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book, 2017), 95–122.
Isaiah 9
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Benjamin Give Multiple Names for Jesus at the Coronation of his Son Mosiah? (Mosiah 3:8),” KnoWhy 536 (October 17, 2019).
Isaiah 10
Book of Mormon Central, “Why Does Isaiah Prophesy of the Daughter of Zion? (2 Nephi 13:16–17),” KnoWhy 550 (February 18, 2020).
Isaiah 11
Matthew L. Bowen, “’The Messiah Will Set Himself Again’: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287–306.
Matthew L. Bowen, “’We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph’: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169–192.
Matthew L. Bowen, “’They Shall No More Be Confounded’: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 91–104.
Matthew L. Bowen, “’And the Meek Also Shall Increase’: The Verb YĀSAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 30 (2018): 5–42.
Matthew L. Bowen and Loren Blake Spendlove, “’Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins’: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 273–298.