The War Scroll

Isaiah chapter overview

Trouble at home 1-33
Redemption of Zion 37-39
Good news to Jerusalem 40-52
Jehovah's atonement 53
Gathering of Israel 55-66

Isaiah's seven-part or Bifid Structure

Ruin & Rebirth (Isaiah 1–5; 34–35)
Rebellion & Compliance (Isaiah 6–8; 36–40)
Punishment & Deliverance (Isaiah 9–12; 41–46)
Humiliation & Exaltation (Isaiah 13–23; 47)
Suffering & Salvation (Isaiah 24–27; 48–54)
Disloyalty & Loyalty (Isaiah 28–31; 55–59) <You are here
Disinheritance & Inheritance (Isaiah 32–33; 60–66)

Isaiah verse by verse

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1 [For the In]structor, the Rule of the War. The first attack of the Sons of Light shall be undertaken against the forces of the Sons of Darkness, the army of Belial: the troops of Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the [Amalekites],

2 the Philistines, and the troops of the Kittim of Asshur. Supporting them are those who have violated the covenant. The sons of Levi, the sons of Judah, and the sons of Benjamin, those exiled to the wilderness, shall fight against them with [

3 ...] against all their troops when the exiles of the Sons of Light return from the Wilderness of the Peoples to camp in the Wilderness of Jerusalem. Then after the battle, they shall go up from that place [

4 Then after the battle, they shall go up from that place, and the King of the Kittim [shall enter] into Egypt. In his time, he shall go forth with great wrath to do battle against the kings of the north, and in his anger, he shall set out to destroy and eliminate the strength of Israel.

6. Then the]re shall be a time of salvation for the People of God, and a time of dominion for all the men of His forces, and eternal annihilation for all the forces of Belial.

7. There shall be g[reat] panic [among] the sons of Japheth,
and Assyria shall fall with no one to come to their aid,
and the supremacy of the Kittim shall cease, that wickedness be overcome without a remnant.

8. There shall be no survivors of [all the Sons of] Darkness. Then [the Sons of Rig]hteousness shall shine to all ends of the world continuing to shine forth until end of the appointed seasons of darkness.

9. Then at the time appointed by God, His great excellence shall shine for all the times of e[ternity;]
for peace and blessing, glory and joy, and long life for all Sons of Light.

10. On the day when the Kittim fall there shall be a battle
and horrible carnage before the God of Israel,

11. for it is a day appointed by Him from ancient times
as a battle of annihilation for the Sons of Darkness.

This shall be a time of salvation for the people of God, an age of dominion for all the
members of His company, and of everlasting destruction for all the company of Belial. The confusion of the sons of Japheth shall be [great] and Assyria shall fall unsuccoured. The dominion of the Kittim shall come to an end and iniquity shall be vanquished, leaving no
remnant; [for the sons] of darkness there shall be no escape. [The sons
of righteous]ness shall shine over all the ends of the earth; they shall go
on shining until all the seasons of darkness are consumed and, at the
season appointed by God, His exalted greatness shall shine eternally
to the peace, blessing, glory, joy, and long life of all the sons of light.
On the day when the Kittim fall, there shall be battle and terrible
carnage before the God of Israel, for that shall be the day appointed
from ancient times for the battle of destruction of the sons of darkness.

1. I For the M[aster. The Rule of] War on the unleashing of the attack of the sons of light against the company of the sons of darkness, the army of Belial: against the band of Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and [against the army of the sons of the East and] the

2. Philistines, and against the bands of the Kittim of Assyria and their allies the ungodly of the Covenant. The sons of Levi, Judah, and Benjamin, the exiles in the desert, shall battle against them in ...

3. all their bands when the exiled sons of light return from the Desert of the Peoples to camp in the Desert of Jerusalem; and after the battle they shall go up from there (to
Jerusalem?).

4. [The king] of the Kittim [shall enter] into Egypt, and in his time he shall set out in great wrath to wage war against the kings of the north, that his fury may destroy and cut the horn of [Israel].

1. For the In[structor. The Rule of] the War ~

The first attack of the Sons of Light shall be undertaken against the forces of the Sons of Darkness, the army of Belial:

2. the troops of Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the [Amalekites], Philistia, and the troops of the Kittim of Asshur. Supporting them are those who have violated the covenant.

3. The sons of Levi, the sons of Judah, and the sons of Benjamin, those exiled to the wilderness,
shall fight against them with [...] against all their troops,
when the exiles of the Sons of Light return from the Wilderness of the Peoples
to camp in the Wilderness of Jerusalem.

4. Then after the battle they shall go up from that place a[nd the king of the Kittim [shall enter] into Egypt.

5. In his time he shall go forth with great wrath to do battle against the kings of the north,
and in his anger he shall set out to destroy and eliminate the strength of I[srael.

6.Then the]re shall be a time of salvation for the People of God, and a time of dominion for all the men of His forces, and eternal annihilation for all the forces of Belial.