Seemingly, they were apart and alone, yet Isaiah and Amos follow essentially the same lines of thought and differ significantly only in that Amos had addressed the northern kingdom (Israel) while Isaiah would emphatically include Judah and Jerusalem. a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. 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 ). Originating in the 8th century BCE, it was updated at least twice, in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE (the Babylonian and Persian periods) and perhaps the Hellenistic period (4th to 1st centuries BCE). Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them. they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. WebIsaiahs theology. 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. and covered you with the shadow of My hand. 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. you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! and to perform His task, His disturbing task. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 18All the kings of the nations lie in state. Behold, your God will come with vengeance. 4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters. 22But you have not called on Me, O Jacob. 9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. 6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment. and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together,a. 17He put on righteousness like a breastplate. WebAn Old Testament prophet named Isaiah foretold many things about Jesus life and His Second Coming. they set it in its place, and there it stands. 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, It is true.. 1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse. and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, 10For just as rain and snow fall from heaven. and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. and the blanket too small to wrap around you. stretch out the curtains of your dwellings. 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. For you will forget the shame of your youth. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them. 4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. 3Then the LORD said to Isaiah, Go out with your son Shear-jashubc to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderers Field, Please select which sections you would like to print: Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth. with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand, 16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people. Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please. 5When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. and your daughters will be carried on the arm. 22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud. 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. to establishb the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, You are My people., you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD, you who have drained the goblet to the dregs. 11For this is what the LORD has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people: everything these people regard as conspiracy. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness. and all her princes will come to nothing. as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, 11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. Originating in the 8th century BCE, it was updated at least twice, in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE (the Babylonian and Persian periods) and perhaps the Hellenistic period (4th 7Listen to Me, you who know what is right. 20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? 18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. 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. 8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.. And those who are left will be few and feeble., The Burden against Damascus(Jeremiah 49:2327), 3The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,a. . and to trample them down like clay in the streets. for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me. 15When you spread out your hands in prayer. 7Isnt it to share your bread with the hungry. 25So He poured out on them His furious anger. nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, 16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease. The Northern Kingdom collapsed, under the hammerlike blows of Assyria, in 722/721 B.C., and in 701 Jerusalem itself saw the army of Sennacherib drawn up before its walls. 12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach. and their masses are parched with thirst. Isaiah 2 The Mountain of the House of the LORD ( Micah 4:15) 1 This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. 13Then Isaiah said, Hear now, O house of David! [40] A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. 5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. for My house will be called a house of prayera. 21As for Me, this is My covenant with them,g says the LORD. 4For this is what the LORD has said to me: and though a band of shepherds is called out against it. In His law the islands will put their hope.b. 26This is the plan devised for the whole earth. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: on those living in the land of the shadow of death. another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, The LORDs,. will be reduced to nothing and will perish. when they came up from the land of Egypt. whose merchants are renowned on the earth? Isaiah, whose name means Yahweh is salvation, is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. 8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; 10For the stars of heaven and their constellations, I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth. and the foundations of the earth are shaken. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout. Strangely, no evidence suggests that any of these knew in person any of the others. He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots. He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. 15For behold, the LORD will come with fire. Where is he who weighs? The nations will seek Him,b and His place of rest will be glorious. and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it. and the oppressors have vanished from the land, 5in loving devotiona a throne will be established, A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness. 2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. and kings to the brightness of your dawn. 9The waters of Dimonc are full of blood, be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.. 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. 9Huddle together,e O peoples, and be shattered; 10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. 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. 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness. 16Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you. 1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed. 18The splendor of its forests and orchards, 19The remaining trees of its forests will be so few, 21A remnant will returna a remnant of Jacob. 11I will turn all My mountains into roads. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. Isaiah Chapter 1 Bible Options | + Text Size 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. 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. 16For those who guide this people mislead them. It was no light undertaking; he was to condemn his own people and watch the nation crumble and perish. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots. 25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come. For your dew is like the dew of the morning, 21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling. Moreover, Isaiahs sympathies were emphatically with the victimized poor, not with the courtiers and well-to-do. 33So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: Jerusalem Delivered from the Assyrians(2 Kings 19:3537; 2 Chronicles 32:2023). 9And in that day it will be said, Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. 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. A Vikings fan appeared to flip off Giants receiver Isaiah Hodgins after a touchdown at the end of the first quarter during Sundays AFC Wild Card game. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. 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. marching in the greatness of His strength? on the day of disease and incurable pain. and My justice will become a light to the nations; and My arms will bring justice to the nations. For the former troubles will be forgotten, A New Heaven and a New Earth(Revelation 21:18). 6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage. both palm branch and reed in a single day. 13And in that day a great rams horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. 30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. WebIsaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. 21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,, Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,, My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,, God Calls Cyrus(2 Chronicles 36:2223; Ezra 1:14). 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. and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him. A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. 1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev. and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. He is thoroughly schooled in the traditional forms and language of prophetic speech. A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. who blots out your transgressions for My own sake. 36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this. Foreigners devour your fields before you, 11What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?, I am full from the burnt offerings of rams. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab. and your righteousness like waves of the sea. 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? 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; They have seen everything in my palace, answered Hezekiah. 6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. 9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush:a He has set out to fight against you.. 8For the fields of Heshbon have withered. will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every faceb. 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? 4but with righteousness He will judge the poor. Of Isaiahs parental home it is known only that his fathers name was Amoz. 21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgine will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.f Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. 31For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; 32And with every stroke of the rod of punishmentb. For every one of them is godless and wicked, Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.d. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, 1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robea filled the temple. Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.d. Isaiahs theology. 5Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. 8Listen! 4and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. so that you made your back like the ground. The Northern Kingdom collapsed, under the hammerlike blows of Assyria, in 722/721 B.C., and in 701 Jerusalem itself saw the army of Sennacherib drawn up before its walls. 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts. Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? 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. Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, 13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,g. and He will not decide by what His ears hear. You made the heavens and the earth. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. 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.. 15For you said, We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. 10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly. 20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, Send them back!. 18I will open rivers on the barren heights. they will restore the places long devastated; 5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens. 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