Where is Your Hope? The Structure of Isaiah

I love reading learned theologians who mine the depth and richness of Scripture. Two of those show up in the article in this post, David Dorsey and Peter Leithart. Building off of Dorsey’s analysis of the chiastic structure of Isaiah, Leithart points us to the central point of Isaiah:

The central narrative section is embedded between these two passages about trust, about political trust and about liturgical trust. They are linked by the message from the Assyrians, who urged Hezekiah and his people to abandon trust in Yahweh to deliver them from their political threats. Hezekiah trusts Yahweh, and the city is delivered.

In other words, a people and their leaders who trust in Jesus will be delivered from their enemies, including their own sin. The corollary would be those who hope in political alliances and leaders will fall. A good lesson for our time.

Read the rest of Leithart’s article here.