Sefer Yeshayahu

Index of Themes
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(Note: DS = Daas Sofrim)

Analogies
God as lion, His enemies as shepherds
31: 4
idolatry as sexual immorality 57: 5-8
Jewish nation as vineyard
5: 1-7
punishment (an exercise in moral education) as preparations for harvest
28: 24-28
Angels
as Royal courtiers
6: 2-4
representing nations
24: 21; 34: 4-6
Arrogance
Bavel
47: 10
Jews
22: 1; 28: 1; 30: 7-11; 48: 4, 8; 66: 4
Nevuchadnezer
14: l3
restoration of humility
3: 12-17
Tzur
23: 9
Childlessness
and an eternal legacy
56: 3-8; 65: 23
Clarity of mind
drunkenness
5: 11, 22; 28: 1, 7; 51: 21-22; 56: 12; 63: 6
drunkenness (avoidance)
7: 23-25 (Rashi)
during the redemption
35: 5; 40: 3-5 (DS)
flawed self-assessment
5: 20-21, 23
product of just society
32: 4 (Rashi)
self-inflicted confusion
6: 9-10; 29: 9-12; 59: 9-11; 63: 17
Communal cohesion
collapse
9: 18-20; 65: 8-9
integrated responsibilities
62: 10
Communal structure/hierarchy
collapse
24: 2
corrupt leadership
1: 23; 30: 12
God as lawgiver and judge 33: 22
king as public servant
32: 1
Destruction
Babylon
13: 19-22; 14: 6-12; 34: 9 (Rashi); ch. 47; 48: 22
Damascus
17: 1-2
Edom
34: 5; 63: 1-6
Egypt
Ch. 19, 27: 1
general
Ch. 34
impossible w/o our teshuva 27:5
Moav
Chs. 15-16, 25: 10
nations in general
25: 6-7; 26: 5
of evil in general
64: 1-3

rebellious Jews
rebuilding
Sancheriv
Ten Tribes
Tzur and Sidon
Yishmael

5: 24-30; 65: 6-7, 12-14; 66: 15-16

58: 12; 61: 4 (see DS)
17: 12-14 27: 1 29: 5-8 30: 27-31 31: 8 37: 36
5: 24-30; Ch. 17; Ch. 24 (see Radak); 30: 17
Ch. 23
27: 10 (or 27: 1)

end of

11: 10-16; 14: 1; 27: 13; 40: 3-4; 43: 5-6; 48: 20; 49: 9-21;
chs 52, 53; 55: 12; 59: 20; 60: 4, 9

Exile
Flattery (chanifa)
absence in just society
32: 5
consequences
9: 16
of the land
24: 5
Gehinnom
description
30: 33; 31: 9; 66: 23-24
Gentiles
and bais hamikdash
56: 7; 60: 13
as example for Israel
2: 5 (Rashi); 42: 25
as great men
45: 1-3
as scapegoat for Israel
43: 3-4
compassion for
15: 5; 16: 11; 21: 3 (Rashi)
respect for Israel
62: 2
end to their power
25: 2-7; 27: 1; 51: 12-13; 54: 14; 60: 12; 63: 1-6
heavenly representation
24: 21 34: 4-7
intermarriage
2: 6 (Rashi)
international peace
2: 4; 19: 23; 60: 12
judgment of
2: 4
Koresh (Cyrus)
41: 27; 44: 28; 45: 1-3; 48: 14 (Rashi)
partnership with Jews
23: 18; 39: 1-4; 60: 6-16; 61: 5
prophecies compared with those of the Torah
41: 22; 43: 9; 44: 7, 25; 46: 10
reliance on
39: 1-4
serving God
2: 3-4; 19: 19; 45: 1, 14
share in eternity
56: 3-8
teshuva (Egypt)
19: 21; 42: 10-12
upon witnessing redemption 53: 1-6; 55: 5
weakness before God
40: 6-23
God
as avenger
Ch. 34; 35: 4; 54: 14-17; 63: 1-6; 65: 6-7
as defender of Israel
31: 4-6; 41: 4, 10, 14; 42: 1-4; 43: 1-5; 45: 17; 46: 3-4; ch. 49;
62: 2
as forgiver of sins
44: 22
as lawgiver and judge
1: 21; 33: 22
as perfect judge
53: 11
as redeemer of Israel
48: 17; 49: 7; 54: 7-10; 59: 16-21; 60: 1; 61: 10-11; 65: 17-25
avoiding/ignoring
30: 9-12; 57: 11
controlling history
10: 5,15; 13: 3; 14: 25-27; 24: 3; 27: 6-8; 40: 11; 41: 4; 42: 9;
43: 14; 44: 26-28; 45: 4-8, 12-13; 48: 10, 17; 49: 22; 51: 4;
53: 10-12; 62: 1-9; 64: 2-3; 66: 18

existence proved
forgiving
guiding through suffering
guiding through Torah
in exile
infinite power
recognition of
sitting in judgment
Idolatry
as excuse to avoid teshuva
as rebellion
inherent weakness
need to remove
ultimate rejection of
Illness and death
suffering; in silence
suffering; the value of life
Intensity
in Torah
needed for avodah
superficial observance
Joy
consequence of just society
during redemption
freedom from tears
Shabbos
Wine and song

40: 21, 26; 66: 20

57: 16-19; 59: 16
53: 10-12
55: 10-11
52: 5
44: 7, 25; 45: 6; 46: 9
25: 9; 40: 26; 41: 20
6: 1; 40: 27; 65: 8-9
28: 15 (Rashi)
65: 3
40: 19-20; 44: 9-20 (ridicule); 46: 1-2, 6-7; 57: 5-13
27: 9
2: 18-20; 30: 22; 31: 7; 42: 17-18; 45: 22; 66: 16-17
53: 7
38: 9-20; 51: 14
55: 1
51: 17 (DS); 58: 6-14
1: 11-15; 58: 2-5
32: 17-20
12: 3; 35: 10; 49: 18-21; 51: 11; 52: 9; 54: 1; 55: 12; 61: 10;
65: 18-19
25: 8
58: 13-14
24: 7-11

Justice
appropriate measures
as prerequisite for teshuva
as source of God's power
corrupt court activities
for cruel nations
in the messianic age
favoritism and nepotism
neglect for social justice
as purpose of government
Korbonos
volume
contradicting other behavior
Leadership
God as temporal leader
loss of
source of real leadership
Torah l.
Torah l. (flawed or absent)
without clarity of thought
Loyalty

1: 17; 27: 8
33: 15; 56: 1; 58: 6, 9
33: 5 (see DS)
1: 23; 5: 7-8; 10: 2; 32: 6-7; 59: 15
14: 4-23; 26: 9; 47: 6
2: 4; 11: 3-5; 26: 21; 51: 1, 7; 54: 14; 56: 1; 61: 7
3: 9
1: 23; 3: 15; 5: 7-8; 14: 5; 30: 12; 58: 6; 59: 3-15
32: 1
1:11; 43: 23-24
1: 11-13; 66: 3
33: 22
64: 4
58: 11-12
32: 1; 63: 11-14
1: 10; 3: 1-6; 9: 13-15; 30: 12; 51: 18; 56: 10-12; 63: 16 (DS)
28: 7,9 29: 11, 21

to David's monarchy
Marriage
women's need
Messianic Age
accompanied by judgment
added recognition of God

8: 6
4: 1

2: 4; 28: 16; 65: 8-9; 66: 16-17

2: 2-5; 25: 9; 35: 5; 40: 3-5; 41: 17-18 (Rashi); 43: 19; 52: 6, 10
66: 18-20
additional light
30: 26; 60: 1-3
cleansing process
4: 4; 53: 10-12
end of death and insecurity 25: 8; (65: 20)
end of illness
35: 5-6
end of war
2: 4; 60: 12; 65: 21-25
His glory given to Israel
46: 13; 54: 12; 59: 17-20; 60: 1; 62: 2-9
increased wisdom
12: 3 29: 18; 35: 5
ingathering
27: 13; 43: 5-6; 49: 9-21; 52: 12; 56: 8; 60: 4, 9
necessary attitudes during... 12: 1-6
overview
2: 2-21; 11: 1-16; chs 52, 53; 55: 12-13; ch 61; ch 65
reclamation of the land
43: 20; 49: 13-20; 54: 2
suffering in preparation
53: 10-12
Mitzva observance
encouraged
52: 1
failure...overlooked (?)
43: 25-27; 48: 18
key mitzvos
33: 15 (see Makkos 24); 56: 1-2
superficial
1: 11-15; 29: 13
Prophecy
compared to idolaters'
41: 22; 43: 9; 44: 25; 45: 21; 46: 10
false
9: 14
for other nations
49: 6
in a visual style
20: 2
purpose (to testify to God's greatness)
43: 10-12; 44: 7-8; 48: 5-7
resistance to
30: 9-11; 50: 6-8
Recovery (national)
through social justice
1: 16-17; 33: 15; 58: 6, 12
promise of
7: 21; 10: 20-24; 25: 8; 29:17-24; 30: 18-24; 40: 3-4; 49: 7; 57: 16;
62: 2-9
Tzur
23: 17
Signs (miraculous)
military threat averted
7: 11
Teshuva
always available
57: 18-19; 66: 4
precursor for redemption
27: 5; 31: 6; 44: 22; 48: 18; 50: 1-2; 52: 1-3 (DS); 53: 10 (Rashi)
55: 6; 58: 6; 62: 10
process
33: 13-15; 57: 14; 62: 10
Testimony
Jewish t. on behalf of God 43: 10; 44: 7-8
Theft
false oaths
24: 6 (Rashi)
fraud
1: 22; 10: 1

God's hatred for it

preventing teshuva
property encroachment
restoration of property
through judicial system
through powerful positions

57: 17; 61: 8

33: 15
5: 8; 65: 21-22
60: 17; 61: 7
32: 6-7
1: 23

as step in national recovery

in the messianic age
need for clarity
study

1: 17; 33: 6; 51: 4, 16; 57: 12

29: 18; 41: 17-18 (Rashi)
28: 7,9
8: 16, 20; 26: 20 (Rashi); 55: 1-2, 10

Torah

Trade
Tzur and commerce
Treaties
with foreign nations
(consequences)
Trust in God
God as all powerful
futility of trust in idolatry
futility of trust in nations
futility of trust in witchcraft
Warnings
of destruction
Wealth
during redemption
ideal restraint
value of poverty
source of corrupt power
source of idolatry
Wisdom
astrology: relying on
of Gentiles: limits to value
surprise at disappearance
Witchcraft
Bavel
Women
at redemption
excesses/exhibitionism
false sense of security
public immorality
public leadership
Yeshayahu
and his task
Zion/Jerusalem
addressed by the navi (Z)
addressed by the navi (J)
speaking

23: 2-8
9: 10-11; 30 1-7; 31: 1-4; 48: 22 (DS?)
40: 10-25; 44: 6; 46: 9; 48: 11-15; 50: 2-3; 51: 12
28:15-20; 42: 17; 46: 6-7
20: 6; 30: 1-7; 31: 1-4; 59: 6-8
47: 9, 12-13
1: 24; 6: 11-13; 7: 17-19; 8: 7, 23; 65: 7-12
35: 6; 54: 12; 61: 5 (free labor); 62: 9
30: 20 (Rashi)
48: 10
32: 6
2: 7-8
29: 11 (Rashi)
19: 3, 11-14; 41: 22; 44: 25; 47: 10
33: 18
47: 9, 12-13
60: 4
3: 18-24
32: 10-11
3: 16
3: 12
6: 8; 49: 2-5; 50: 4-5; 58: 1; 61: 1
37: 22; 49: 15; 51: 3; 52: 1; 60: 14; 62: 2
40: 2; 51: 17; 52: 2
49: 14