on the day of disease and incurable pain. Now I will be exalted. 1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help. concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. According to 6:1, Isaiah received his call in the 1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiahs reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, and chose that in which I did not delight.. will lop off the branches with terrifying power. 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. who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings. who have descended from the line of Judah, 2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; 26He lifts a banner for the distant nations. 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 ). and I know that I will not be put to shame. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them. Isaiahs experience bridges the classes and occupations. 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.. and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. 15For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: your strength would lie in quiet confidence, 16No, you say, we will flee on horses.. Your watchmen lift up their voices. 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre. 13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail. 24Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. 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. 11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; 13The woodworker extends a measuring line; He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. I will defend this city.a 4And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. 10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? 5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. 19O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. Listen, earth! 16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: But I said, I am wasting away! Written To Isaiah's words were primarily directed to the nation of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. 1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraimsa drunkards. when they came up from the land of Egypt. 23Who among you will pay attention to this? I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness. 15For behold, the LORD will come with fire. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. 4The mind of the rash will know and understand. At times the prophets private life shows through the record as an aspect of his public message. 14It will break in pieces like a potters jar. WebIsaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. 7Of the increase of His government and peace. An Old Testament prophet named Isaiah foretold many things about Jesus life and His Second Coming. 12You will seek them but will not find them. and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. At first My people went down to Egypt to live. 3For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations. and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." 25So He poured out on them His furious anger. no one has the knowledge or insight to say. 20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea. Isaiah was a Hebrew prophet who was believed to have lived about 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants. Isaiah Nichols, a transfer defensive tackle from Arkansas, announced Tuesday his commitment to Purdue football ahead of the 2023 season. WebIsaiahs 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. 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. He will see the light of lifeh and be satisfied. or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. 12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense. Was she killed like those who slayed her? 14This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you. 22But you have not called on Me, O Jacob. to the fading flower of his glorious splendor. will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it. 22But this is a people plundered and looted. a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals. 26Who has declared this from the beginning. 1If only You would rend the heavens and come down. children unwilling to obey the LORDs instruction. 15For you said, We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. 8For He said, They are surely My people. 1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness. Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? 26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; will be the pride and glory of Israels survivors. concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. According to 6:1, Isaiah received his call in the From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; who directs you in the way you should go. and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. 21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. 25The wolf and the lamb will feed together. Hezekiahs Illness and Recovery(2 Kings 20:111; 2 Chronicles 32:2431), 1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion. 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. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation. The same reasoning, however, might apply to any number of prophets; from Nathan in Davids time onward, prophets had dealings with kings and were, like Isaiah, well informed about public affairs. 15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up. 36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. 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. with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand, 16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people. Since patriarchal times there had been an agreement, a solemn Covenant between See, they will all wear out like a garment; This is what you will receive from My hand: 1Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies. He leads forth the starry host by number; Because of His great power and mighty strength. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, I am, and there is none besides me.. 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up. 24In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyriaa blessing upon the earth. . 6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of Isaiah in the Bible (New International Version). and the Ammonites will be subject to them. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,. 7Isnt it to share your bread with the hungry. from day until night You make an end of me. Written To Isaiah's words were primarily directed to the nation of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. 1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: that you have all gone up to the rooftops. In other words, he was intimately aware of the inequities and evils of human societywhich may have been no worse in Israel in the 8th century bce than many critics believed they were almost everywhere in modern times. He nails it down so it will not be toppled. 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 ). 20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days. 10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks. 8Are not all my commanders kings? he says. 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. 3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD. 13Then Isaiah said, Hear now, O house of David! He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, It is true.. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; and ancient times from what is still to come. Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2 Isaiah 3 Isaiah 4 Isaiah 5 Isaiah 6 Isaiah 7 Isaiah 8 from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? driven before the wind like chaff on the hills. 7The new wine dries up, the vine withers. and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city. 5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed. 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 ). 20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? Shall what is formed say to him who formed it. Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.c. 5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion. 5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. and the oppressors have vanished from the land, 5in loving devotiona a throne will be established, A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness. 9Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?. 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!. 6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; 7Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion. 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.. or settled from generation to generation; 21But desert creatures will lie down there. for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD. 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