for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD. and the Angel of His Presenceb saved them. He is thoroughly schooled in the traditional forms and language of prophetic speech. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. 7Listen to Me, you who know what is right. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The LORD is about to shake you violently. 11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame. A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! 1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help. and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. 18Your covenant with death will be dissolved. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; 26He lifts a banner for the distant nations. 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.. 8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. 12You will seek them but will not find them. A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts. and even the lame will carry off plunder. 5For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying: 7For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made. 16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself hereto chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock? over the destruction of the daughter of my people., of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision. Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. and all her princes will come to nothing. and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts. 16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. Introduction to The Study of the Book of Isaiah 2. He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days. 2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot. 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.14 a Hebrew the Ophel. who form an alliance, but against My will, to seek shelter under Pharaohs protection. 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. 8The infant will play by the cobras den. 12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nationsthe gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? 12I will make man scarcer than pure gold. Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. for He has clothed me with garments of salvation. 22But this is a people plundered and looted. 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. 12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: trusting in oppression and relying on deceit. 15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you. 5Righteousness will be the belt around His hips. 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. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.. 16Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you. 1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: salvation is established as its walls and ramparts. 17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. 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. 10You are My witnesses, declares the LORD, 12I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed. 20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided. and your heart will tremble and swell with joy. 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. 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 Whatever his family circumstances, still in his youth he came to know the face of povertyand the debauchery of the rich. Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? 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. 17Look, O mighty man! or the captives of a tyranti be delivered? and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. 25In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.. 8Are not all my commanders kings? he says. 17The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it. 20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea. 3For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations. the people of the world learn righteousness. 27On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders. Even there the birds of prey will gather. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. They all gather together; they come to you. 20Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. 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. they set it in its place, and there it stands. 8For all their tables are covered with vomit; 11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues. 2people and priest alike, servant and master. Isaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. and their treasures on the humps of camels, 8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence. 37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. 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. with their kings being led in procession. 2And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh,a with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. 7Isnt it to share your bread with the hungry. If the sons had not been wanted as walking witnesses to the prophets forebodings, posterity would not know of this wife or these sons. and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness. because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors.k. 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. 5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory. It is an educated speechstrong, vivid, the finest of classical Hebrew. Hezekiahs Illness and Recovery(2 Kings 20:111; 2 Chronicles 32:2431), 1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased. and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. 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. so that you made your back like the ground. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon. and does not forsake the justice of their God. 21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, I cannot, because it is sealed. We hope for light, but there is darkness; 10Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall. 2Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter. and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 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. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, I am, and there is none besides me.. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. Listen, earth! and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearthb before Me. 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. 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.. and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together,a. 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? Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. the God of Israel, who calls you by name. 25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, 2to proclaim the year of the LORDs favorb. 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. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle. 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. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals. and I will bear you up when you turn gray. He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. 18roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of Isaiah in the Bible (New International Version). From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; who directs you in the way you should go. 4For before the boy knows how to cry Father or Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria., the mighty floodwaters of the Euphratesc. or settled from generation to generation; 21But desert creatures will lie down there. 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. because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel. 7Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. 2Each will be like a shelter from the wind. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. 14In righteousness you will be established. The former things will not be remembered. 1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev. 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. and He will bring justice to the nations. 10Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying, 5For He has humbled those who dwell on high; You clear a straight path for the upright. 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. My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,. WebTHE BOOK OF ISAIAH Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israels history. 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. large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth. 6He says: It is not enough for You to be My Servant. 11I will turn all My mountains into roads. 6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage. so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead. and the ears of those who hear will listen. Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?. It is commonly believed that Isaiah was about 20 years old when his ministry began, and he continued until his death. His call to prophecy about 742 bce coincided with the beginnings of the westward expansion of the Assyrian empire, which threatened Israel and which Isaiah proclaimed to be a warning from God to a godless people. 28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received: For a viper will spring from the root of the snake. 13Then the jealousy of Ephraimf will depart. 3Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him. the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: Have I not told you and declared it long ago? For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, and chose that in which I did not delight.. will be like forsaken thickets and summits, 10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation. All your fugitives were captured together. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. 11For as the earth brings forth its growth. 9Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?. 4For You have been a refuge for the poor. in all the thornbushes and watering holes. and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. 21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, 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 ). 2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him. 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms. until her righteousness shines like a bright light. 23Who among you will pay attention to this? all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living, and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. 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. Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens. 6Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide itd among ourselves. 16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me. 7Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? to bring the poor and homeless into your home. whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria. 5When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. 1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed. a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,i. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire. According to this account he saw God and was overwhelmed by his contact with the divine glory and holiness. they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. 5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion. like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. 24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw. 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.. for they have brought disaster upon themselves. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. 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