1. Woes for rejecting the word (8-23)

God chose Israel and blessed her. But they rejected the law of the Lord. They became like the people of Noah's time (Lk 17:27). Isaiah lists the woes of Israel: greed and poor crops; drinking parties and mockery of God, exile; reversal of value system; pride of claiming to be wise but only in their eyes and denial of justice. Today's world is guilty of worse than these

2. Therefore, the Lord's anger burns (24-30)

Here is how God would judge them. As fire licks up the straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so God's judgment will be thorough to decay their root. God will use the remote nations to destroy Israel. God is the sovereign ruler and the judge of the world. No matter how much the people disregard God's name, his name will be highly exalted through all the judgment.