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Isaiah 40–49
Videos
Bible Central Chapter Guides
Books on Isaiah
Taylor D. Halverson, General Editor
John W. Welch, eds.
Reading Plan
Monday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 40:1–2
- Video: Taylor Halverson, Finding Comfort From Isaiah (Isaiah 40)
- Scripture: Isaiah 40:1–31
Tuesday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 42:6–7
- Video: Casey Paul Griffiths, The Baby Blessing of Christ (Isaiah 42)
- Scripture: Isaiah 41:1–29
- Scripture: Isaiah 42:1–9
Wednesday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 43:1-3
- Video: John Hilton III, What Isaiah Says About Overcoming Fierce Challenges (Isaiah 43)
- Scripture: Isaiah 42:10–25
- Scripture: Isaiah 43:1–28
Thursday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 44:23
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 44:1–8 God Instructs His Covenant People—“You Are My Witnesses” .
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 44:9–20 The Foolishness of Idolatry
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 44:21–23 The Lord Has Redeemed Israel
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 44:24–28 Cyrus, the Lord’s Anointed
- Scripture: Isaiah 44:1–28
- Scripture: Isaiah 45:1–13
Friday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 46:3–4
- Video: Marianna Richardson, Seeking the One True God (Isaiah 44–47)
- Scripture: Isaiah 45:14–25
- Scripture: Isaiah 46:1–13
- Scripture: Isaiah 47:1–15
Saturday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 48:18
- Video: Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye, Isaiah 48 and Nephi’s Journey to the Promised Land (Isaiah 48)
- Scripture: Isaiah 48:1–22
Sunday
- Verse of the Day: Isaiah 49:15–16
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 49:1–12 Two Servants—The Messiah and the House of Israel
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 49:13–21 The Lord Comforts His Returning Children
- Commentary: Donald W. Parry, Isaiah 49:22–26 Nations Will Assist Returning Israel
- Scripture: Isaiah 49:1–26
Further Reading
Bibliography
Isaiah 40
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).
Taylor Halverson, “Reading 1 Peter Intertextually With Select Passages From the Old Testament,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 20 (2016): 151–176.
Stephen O. Smoot, “The Divine Council in the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Mormon,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 27 (2017): 155–180.
Isaiah 48
Book of Mormon Central, “How Might Isaiah 48-49 be ‘Likened’ to Lehi’s Family? (1 Nephi 19:23),” KnoWhy 23 (February 1, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Did Pre-Christian Prophets Know About Christ? (1 Nephi 10:17),” KnoWhy 12 (January 15, 2016).
Andrew C. Skinner, “Nephi’s Lessons to His People: The Messiah, the Land, and Isaiah 48-49 in 1 Nephi 19-22,” 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), 95–122.
Isaiah 49
Book of Mormon Central, “How Might Isaiah 48-49 be ‘Likened’ to Lehi’s Family? (1 Nephi 19:23),” KnoWhy 23 (February 1, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Who is the Servant of Isaiah 49/1 Nephi 21? (1 Nephi 21:3),” KnoWhy 24 (February 2, 2016).
Andrew C. Skinner, “Nephi’s Lessons to His People: The Messiah, the Land, and Isaiah 48-49 in 1 Nephi 19-22,” 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), 95–122.