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1. In which section of the book of Isaiah does the following text appear? [Hint: If you don’t remember this text from class, think about which part of Isaiah it is most likely to represent.]
   Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea,
   declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it,
   send it forth to the end of the earth;
   say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”

   1.   ?  First Isaiah (Isaiah of Jerusalem)
   2.   ?  Second Isaiah (Isaiah of the Exile)
   3.   ?  Third Isaiah (Isaiah of the Restoration)

2. In which section of Isaiah does the following text appear?
   Thus says the Lord,
   “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool;
   what is the house that you would build for me,
   and what is my resting place?
   All these things my hand has made,
   and so all these things are mine,” says the Lord,
   “But this is the one to whom I will look,
   to the humble and contrite in spirit,
   who trembles at my word.”

   1.   ?  First Isaiah (Isaiah of Jerusalem)
   2.   ?  Second Isaiah (Isaiah of the Exile)
   3.   ?  Third Isaiah (Isaiah of the Restoration)

3. In which part of Isaiah does the following text appear?
   I am the first and I am the last;
   besides me there is no god.

   1.   ?  First Isaiah (Isaiah of the Jerusalem)
   2.   ?  Second Isaiah (Isaiah of the Exile)
   3.   ?  Third Isaiah (Isaiah of the Restoration)

4. Which part of Isaiah presents the notion of the “suffering servant” (“servant of Yahweh”)?

   1.   ?  First Isaiah
   2.   ?  Second Isaiah
   3.   ?  Third Isaiah

5. What is unique about the redemptive work of the Servant of Yahweh?

   1.   ?  It is accomplished through suffering.
   2.   ?  It involves military conquest.
   3.   ?  The prophet tries help the people make sense of why God has allowed them to end up in exile in Babylon.

6. What Persian ruler did Second Isaiah consider to be Yahweh's anointed one?

   1.   ?  Nebuchadnezzar
   2.   ?  Cyrus
   3.   ?  Immanuel

7. Which of the following was a major theme of Second Isaiah?

   1.   ?  God will always be angry toward Israel because of its sins.
   2.   ?  Comfort, for the end of Israel's suffering was near.
   3.   ?  Nebuchadnezzar was God’s anointed one to bring judgment against God’s people.

8. How did Second Isaiah express his hope of a return from Exile?

   1.   ?  There would be a new exodus.
   2.   ?  Yahweh would win a holy war victory over Babylon.
   3.   ?  There would be a new “Day of the Lord.”

9. In what part of the book of Isaiah is the following text found? [If you don’t remember the location of this text, think about where such a text would be located, based on your knowledge of the concerns of each of the three main sections of the book.]
   “For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me,” says the LORD, “so shall your descendants and your name remain. From new moon to new moon and from Sabbath to Sabbath all flesh shall come to worship before me,” says the LORD.

   1.   ?  First Isaiah
   2.   ?  Second Isaiah
   3.   ?  Third Isaiah

10. Which of the following best describes the contents of Isaiah 40—55?

    1.   ?  Isaiah of Jerusalem counsels the Davidic kings to rely exclusively on Yahweh for deliverance from Assyrian pressure.
    2.   ?  Isaiah of the Exile speaks to Judean captives in Babylon.
    3.   ?  Isaiah of the Restoration delivers oracles to an impoverished colony of people resettled in Judah under Persian rule.