31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; and let the peoples renew their strength. 19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night;d. for the LORD will be your everlasting light. and the government will be upon His shoulders. 8Are not all my commanders kings? he says. 7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. will come against all the proud and lofty. 20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea. For My people have been taken without cause; are the feet of those who bring good news,c. even the LORD, in the land of the living; 12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me. I have raised children and brought them up, they have despised the Holy One of Israel. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; He will rise up against the house of the wicked. who stammer in a language you cannot understand. 18Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, The LORD will deliver us. Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet. and the toddler will reach into the vipers nest. 4What have they seen in your palace? Isaiah asked. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? 13Then the jealousy of Ephraimf will depart. 9The waters of Dimonc are full of blood, be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.. eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. 22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud. 5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: Surely many houses will become desolate, 11Woe to those who rise early in the morning. and make an everlasting covenant with them. He will take hold of you, 16Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with med and come out to me. 1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpentaLeviathan the coiling serpentand He will slay the dragon of the sea. My Spirit will not depart from you,h and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore, says the LORD. and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. His writings are especially significant for the prophecies he made about the coming Messiah, hundreds of years before Jesus was born ( Isaiah 7:14; 9:1-7, 11:2-4; 53:4-7, 9, 12 ). 7But this is what the Lord GOD says: and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained. WebBook of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. they will restore the places long devastated; 5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness. 16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: But I said, I am wasting away! 29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks. Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2 Isaiah 3 Isaiah 4 Isaiah 5 Isaiah 6 Isaiah 7 Isaiah 8 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms. our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale. will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every faceb. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song. and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 7For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made. 6He says: It is not enough for You to be My Servant. neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,. I will extend peace to her like a river. 25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come. 16For those who guide this people mislead them. 2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnessesUriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah., 3And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Listen, earth! another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, The LORDs,. 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, The hilla and the watchtower will become caves forever. . 12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: trusting in oppression and relying on deceit. and the refuge of Egypts shade your disgrace. 17who brings out the chariots and horses. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. and for Jerusalems sake I will not keep still. 2And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure housethe silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armoryall that was found in his storehouses. Omissions? 17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. Since patriarchal times there had been an agreement, a solemn Covenant between 20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days. It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, 16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease. It is commonly believed that Isaiah was about 20 years old when his ministry began, and he continued until his death. so that mountains would quake at Your presence. 7But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You must worship before this altar? 6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;b. and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. 24In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyriaa blessing upon the earth. For every one of them is godless and wicked, Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.d. 30For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, with no one to quench the flames.9 a LXX had left us descendants9 b Cited in Romans 9:2917 c Or and encourage the oppressed, The Mountain of the House of the LORD(Micah 4:15). 9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 5Therefore I declared it to you long ago; so that you could not claim, My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.. 26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; will be the pride and glory of Israels survivors. 2Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter. and your righteousness like waves of the sea. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness. 6who replied, Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment. For the youth will die at a hundred years. 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, 16For this is what the Lord says to me: Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone. and the God of Israel is your rear guard. 12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have extended all the borders of the land. You collected water from the lower pool. lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. I am wasting away! 17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways. like one who walks to the music of a flute, 30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard. 8For all their tables are covered with vomit; 11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues. and will no longer conceal her slain.9 a Or my spirit within me seeks You. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing. 22Let them come and tell us what will happen. the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. but the food of the serpentg will be dust. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies. 21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: This is the way. 3Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?, They came to me from a distant land, Hezekiah replied, from Babylon.. Moreover, Isaiahs sympathies were emphatically with the victimized poor, not with the courtiers and well-to-do. 18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations. and they cannot cover themselves with their works. He became agonizingly aware of Gods need for a messenger to the people of Israel, and, despite his own sense of inadequacy, he offered himself for Gods service: Here am I! Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). and I know that I will not be put to shame. 26And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them. 7The new wine dries up, the vine withers. He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 18On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria. set on the summit above the fertile valley. The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. Isaiah, whose name means Yahweh is salvation, is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. 11Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven., 12But Ahaz replied, I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.. Also, it is sometimes argued that he was of a priestly family, but his knowledge of cultic matters and the fact that his commissioning seemingly occurred in the Temple in Jerusalem are slender evidence for his priestly descent as against his unreserved condemnation of the priests and their domain: I am fed up with roasting rams and the grease of fattened beasts, he has God proclaim in a famous passage in the first chapter. 27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar. a decree of destruction against the whole land. 19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD. 8By warfare and exileb You contended with her. 9Behold, the former things have happened, A New Song of Praise(Psalm 98:19; Psalm 149:19). who formed you from the womb and who will help you: 3For I will pour water on the thirsty land. and delivered us into the handc of our iniquity. your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze. I will give you two thousand horsesif you can put riders on them! the mountain fortress will be his refuge; 17Your eyes will see the King in His beauty. He was also acquainted with the rapacious authors of the prevailing misery: promulgators of discriminatory laws, venal judges, greedy landgrabbers, fancy women, thieving and carousing men of means, and irresponsible leaders, both civil and religious. THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israels history. Priests and prophets reel from strong drink. 18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them. 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood, In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.. 3You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind. 31For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; 32And with every stroke of the rod of punishmentb. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.b and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; before He has established justice on the earth. 15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy yearsthe span of a kings life. The former things will not be remembered. with their kings being led in procession. God is "the Holy One of Israel" (see 1:4; 6:1 and notes) who must punish his rebellious people ( 1:2) but will afterward redeem them ( 41:14,16 ). on the day of disease and incurable pain. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The Lord's Mercy Remembered. 14The desert creatures will meet with hyenas. conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,e. and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. 2Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; 3But come here, you sons of a sorceress. 1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness. Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.. Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good. 3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD. and all the hired workers will be sick at heart. Later interpretations of Isaiahs message, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaiah. and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise. for I am honored in the sight of the LORD. says the LORD.1 a Cited in Romans 10:202 b LXX to a disobedient and obstinate people; cited in Romans 10:219 c Or and heirs to My mountains out of Judah; My elect will possess them11 d Hebrew Gad, the Babylonian god of fortune11 e Hebrew Meni, the Babylonian god of fate17 f LXX a new heaven and a new earth; see also Isaiah 66:22 and Revelation 21:1.25 g Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake. Hezekiahs Illness and Recovery(2 Kings 20:111; 2 Chronicles 32:2431), 1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. 1This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD. The Announcement of Judgment ( Isaiah 8:1-22) In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. WebIsaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. 9And in that day it will be said, Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit. 7everyone called by My name and created for My glory. in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks. 26Who has declared this from the beginning. in all the thornbushes and watering holes. 17So the pride of man will be brought low. 21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. [40] 11Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; But now I will groan like a woman in labor; 15I will lay waste the mountains and hills. 19Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains;b. let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!. 1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiahs reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. when a banner is raised on the mountains. Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? Beholdhow speedily and swiftly they come! and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewoodover the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. 23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: 26who confirms the message of His servant. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. 25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. His writings are especially significant for the prophecies he made about the coming Messiah, hundreds of years before Jesus was born ( Isaiah 7:14; 9:1-7, 11:2-4; 53:4-7, 9, 12 ). 1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save. 4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, 12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great,i, and He will divide the spoils with the strong,j. Isaiahs Commission - In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Isaiah is particularly well acquainted with the prophetic tradition known to his slightly older contemporary, Amos. and howling creatures will fill her houses. I will make with you an everlasting covenant. and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, 3What will you do on the day of reckoning, 4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives. So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended. Even there the birds of prey will gather. for My house will be called a house of prayera. 17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. 5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory. and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. For a cloud of smoke comes from the north. 19When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldnt a people consult their God instead? For truth has stumbled in the public square. Presumably, Isaiah was already prepared to find meaning in the vision before the arrival of that decisive moment. 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 7 I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord, the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel. and carry your daughters on their shoulders. Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). 15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? 7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots. He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days. 13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. 19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nationsto Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islandsc far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.3 a Cited in Acts 13:3413 b Or pine or juniper or fir, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it. 4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters. 4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and poured out their blood on the ground., 7I will make known the LORDs loving devotion, because of all that the LORD has done for us, the many good things for the house of Israel. 2In that day: 6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. 22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please. The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . So they will be called oaks of righteousness. The LORD is about to shake you violently. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts. The Announcement of Judgment ( A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. 10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The Lord's Mercy Remembered. but to His servants He will give another name. because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors.k. a man for My purpose from a far-off land. city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; 11The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it.c. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. 22Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: 23For when he sees his children around him. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. like a driving rain or flooding downpour, 3The majestic crown of Ephraims drunkards. 20The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himselfwith your own eyes you will see Him. 12Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, I cannot read., These people draw near to Me with their mouths, Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.c, 14Therefore I will again confound these people, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.d. 18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it. 23And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver,h only briers and thorns will be found. so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you. 15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up. 2Each will be like a shelter from the wind. 13Instead of the thornbush, a cypressb will grow. 21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, 11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. 10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks. strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. From now on I will tell you of new things. to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts. 14In righteousness you will be established. 28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered. 1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people. like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. 1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: that you have all gone up to the rooftops. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. 2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? Listen, earth! and He will bring justice to the nations. Whatever his family circumstances, still in his youth he came to know the face of povertyand the debauchery of the rich. 13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; 14So the LORD will cut off Israels head and tail. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.h, The Suffering Servant(Acts 8:2640; 1 Peter 2:2125), And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?a. 20Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. 24So they will hang on him the whole burden of his fathers house: the descendants and the offshootsall the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar. Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. 7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; with the ships of Tarshishb in the lead. they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. so that the nations will tremble at Your presence! 13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail. They all gather together; they come to you. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.. 2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. Submit your arguments, says the King of Jacob. 13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, if you honor it by not going your own way. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remaina disgrace to the house of your master. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 18All the kings of the nations lie in state. from a powerful nation of strange speech. 17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.. . for He has clothed me with garments of salvation. 18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. and the lot of those who plunder us.3 a Or The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, that is, from the northern kingdom of Israel. WebIsaiahs theology. How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. In the year that Uzziah, king of Judah, died (742), Isaiah received his 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 9Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; 10Your holy cities have become a wilderness. for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. 18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given mek as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. and all its glory like the flowers of the field. 6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, 7At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, I am, and there is none besides me.. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament. 19I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position. 5You claim to haveb a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria. 19The living, only the living, can thank You, we will play songs on stringed instruments, 21Now Isaiah had said, Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover., 22And Hezekiah had asked, What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?, Hezekiah Shows His Treasures(2 Kings 20:1219). He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; You have sent your envoysb a great distance; Is it not because I have long been silent. 28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received: For a viper will spring from the root of the snake. 7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon., 8But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good. For he thought, At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime., Prepare the Way for the LORD(Matthew 3:112; Mark 1:18; Luke 3:120; John 1:1928). 5But He was pierced for our transgressions. 14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: this sin of yours will never be atoned for,. Isaiah Nichols, a transfer defensive tackle from Arkansas, announced Tuesday his commitment to Purdue football ahead of the 2023 season. He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. Once when he went to confront a king, he took with him, to reenforce his prophetic word, a son with the symbolic name Shear-yashuv (A Remnant Shall Return). and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble. both palm branch and reed in a single day. Do not speak to us in Hebrewc in the hearing of the people on the wall., 12But the Rabshakeh replied, Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?, 13Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). over the destruction of the daughter of my people., of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision. the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: Have I not told you and declared it long ago? And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. And those who are left will be few and feeble., The Burden against Damascus(Jeremiah 49:2327), 3The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,a. 4The mind of the rash will know and understand. and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, and chose that in which I did not delight.. 27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, 29Because your rage and arrogance against Me. and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts. You will thresh the mountains and crush them. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it. and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. 25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall. 22Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, 23For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out, the destruction decreed upon the whole land.c. 11Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction.b Will you then be spared? 20And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.. 11For as the earth brings forth its growth. For you will forget the shame of your youth. 24Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.. surely I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.d, 13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD,e. but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion. 30Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture. Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). 8Then your light will break forth like the dawn. Landscape who form an alliance, but against My will, to seek shelter under Pharaohs protection. Listen, earth! 3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, 10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth. 2people and priest alike, servant and master. and whoever is captured will die by the sword. From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; who directs you in the way you should go. Isaiah, whose name means Yahweh is salvation, is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. 3to tell him, This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.. 7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword., Sennacheribs Blasphemous Letter(2 Kings 19:813). 1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, 4What more could I have done for My vineyard. 9I brought you from the ends of the earth. . Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, 2to proclaim the year of the LORDs favorb. 20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphratesgthe king of Assyriato shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well. Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; and his burden removed from their shoulders.. Date Written Written between (circa) 740-680 B.C., toward the end of the reign of King Uzziah and throughout the reigns of King Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect. 1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, 3I will give you the treasures of darkness. 6You have heard these things; look at them all. Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, because I provide water in the wilderness, Israels Unfaithfulness(Judges 2:1015; Jeremiah 2:2337). to the fading flower of his glorious splendor. it will come as destruction from the Almighty.a. 20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. 22For just as the new heavens and the new earth,d, which I will make, will endure before Me,. 4and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. 6The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You. a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals. 26I will restore your judges as at first. and the oppressors have vanished from the land, 5in loving devotiona a throne will be established, A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness. 7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed. Isaiah was a Hebrew prophet who was believed to have lived about 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. 14It will break in pieces like a potters jar. Deutero-Isaiah/Second Isaiah (chapters 4054), with two major divisions, 4048 and 4954, the first emphasising Israel, the second Zion and Jerusalem: [21] An introduction and conclusion stressing the power of God's word over everything; A second introduction and conclusion within these in which a herald announces salvation to Jerusalem; Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?. Isaiah ( Arabic: , romanized : Ishay) is not mentioned by name in the Quran or the Hadith, but appears frequently as a prophet in Islamic sources, such as Qisas Al-Anbiya and Tafsir. It is in his theology that Isaiah leans most heavily on Israelite tradition and shows an acquaintance with the thoughts of Amos.Isaiah shared with him and with the people the long-standing tradition that a special bond united Israel and its God. 15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you. and nations who do not know you will run to you. [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for 18In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; 20their headdresses, ankle chains, and sashes; 22their festive robes, capes, cloaks, and purses; 23and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls. with thunder and earthquake and loud noise. and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. against the elders and leaders of His people: the plunder of the poor is in your houses. 10O my people, crushed on the threshing floor. Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. 17The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from JudahHe will bring the king of Assyria.. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, Where is your mothers certificate of divorce. 21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. 12O LORD, You will establish peace for us. 1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help. Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? 10You are My witnesses, declares the LORD, 12I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed. 8Listen! 14And now the LORD says, In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moabs splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. He nails it down so it will not be toppled. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, 20To the law and to the testimony! and make them joyful in My house of prayer. and I will bear you up when you turn gray. 5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. and their young men will be put to forced labor. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.7 a Hebrew Rahab-hem-shebeth32 b Some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac; MT the rod of foundation; DSS the rod of His foundation. 9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it. 28So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destructione and Israel to reproach.. and all her princes will come to nothing. 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. 12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; its cypress,c elm, and boxwood together. 14This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you. 10Tell the righteous it will be well with them. Written To Isaiah's words were primarily directed to the nation of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. 12You will seek them but will not find them. 15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me. How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. 8Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see. 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up. There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them., 5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts: 5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. and the Angel of His Presenceb saved them. 19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. 11I said, I will never again see the LORD. and as a sheep before her shearers is silent. A Grave Assigned(Matthew 27:5761; Mark 15:4247; Luke 23:5056; John 19:3842). 5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know. 18And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am comingb to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. or an old man fail to live out his years. with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. 1If only You would rend the heavens and come down. 12For our transgressions are multiplied before You. 4In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, 5as the reaper gathers the standing grain, 7In that day men will look to their Maker. At first My people went down to Egypt to live. 5But your many foes will be like fine dust. they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. 17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. . 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of Isaiah in the Bible (New International Version). then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants. 4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: 5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, 8Even the cypressesb and cedars of Lebanon, It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you. who blots out your transgressions for My own sake. 16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. 3The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; 4Your spoil, O nations,a is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it. [40] 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? The earliest recorded event in his life is his call to prophecy as now found in the sixth chapter of the Book of Isaiah; this occurred about 742 bce. 15For behold, the LORD will come with fire. 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.14 a Hebrew the Ophel. but His wrath will be shown to His enemies. 15For you said, We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away. it will sweep through morning after morning. for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.. 22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, for they will be a people blessed by the LORD. 2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. and to perform His task, His disturbing task. Deutero-Isaiah/Second Isaiah (chapters 4054), with two major divisions, 4048 and 4954, the first emphasising Israel, the second Zion and Jerusalem: [21] An introduction and conclusion stressing the power of God's word over everything; A second introduction and conclusion within these in which a herald announces salvation to Jerusalem; How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. 17Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the grovesto follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and ratswill perish together, declares the LORD. 20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob. 6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, only wounds and welts and festering sores. 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