My aim in this book is, first, to articulate the theology in the book called Isaiah—that is, to consider the theology expressed or implied by the different sections of Isaiah. I then aim to articulate the theology of the book called Isaiah as a whole, the theology that can be constructed from the book when one stands back and considers the whole. When readers first open Isaiah, they may do so with two assumptions that make the book puzzling. One assumption is that the book will unfold