21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one. and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.. or settled from generation to generation; 21But desert creatures will lie down there. and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. 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. I will defend this city.a 7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it. or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words. Now I will be exalted. He will take hold of you, Isaiahs theology. Again, to memorialize a message, he sired a son of the prophetess (his wife) and saddled the child with his message as a name: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Speed-spoil-hasten-plunder), referring to the imminent spoliations by the Assyrians. 11I said, I will never again see the LORD. when a banner is raised on the mountains. 28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered. whose merchants are renowned on the earth? Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of Isaiah in the Bible (New International Version). 6Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel. because the riches of the sea will be brought to you. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, 16Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease. [40] Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! An Old Testament prophet named Isaiah foretold many things about Jesus life and His Second Coming. 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). 21I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it. 17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures. 21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, 9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob. 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. as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, 11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. 19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. 23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. 2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them. Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? 2In that day: 6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. will be established as the chief of the mountains; Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, They will beat their swords into plowshares. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You. 1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, 3I will give you the treasures of darkness. Where is he who weighs? and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts. Introduction to The Study of the Book of Isaiah 2. the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter. 13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,c. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, Send them back!. by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale. 3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them. 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. 17As a woman with child about to give birth. 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? His understanding is beyond searching out. a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals. 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. and does not forsake the justice of their God. set on the summit above the fertile valley. Foreigners devour your fields before you, 11What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?, I am full from the burnt offerings of rams. 22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. and their masses are parched with thirst. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts. 8For their outcry echoes to the border of Moab. 8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; 10For the stars of heaven and their constellations, I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant. 18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll. like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. 4For this is what the LORD has said to me: and though a band of shepherds is called out against it. the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. 3But Pharaohs protection will become your shame. WebIsaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. marching in the greatness of His strength? Submit your arguments, says the King of Jacob. 11You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago. 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. 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall. From now on I will tell you of new things. With divine retribution He will come to save you., 5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened. and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.b They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; He will rise up against the house of the wicked. 3the commander of fifty and the dignitary. For the youth will die at a hundred years. Since he often spoke with kings, it is sometimes suggested that Isaiah was an aristocrat, possibly even of royal stock. 6I offered My back to those who struck 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. 18For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place. 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 ). whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies. Four eminent Hebrew prophets addressed themselves to the people of Israel and Judah in the latter half of the 8th pre-Christian century: Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. driven before the wind like chaff on the hills. 4Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. 24Then the wayward in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.. 31For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; 32And with every stroke of the rod of punishmentb. 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect. Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz. 1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 17And the Light of Israel will become a fire. with thunder and earthquake and loud noise. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them. nor ruin or destruction within your borders. calling forth the generations from the beginning? 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. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. For truth has stumbled in the public square. 7Isnt it to share your bread with the hungry. 7So they carry their wealth and belongings. the God of Israel, who calls you by name. He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days. He will speak to this peopled 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. . 27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, 29Because your rage and arrogance against Me. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; 3Therefore, a strong people will honor You. Isaiah, Hebrew Yeshayahu (God Is Salvation), (flourished 8th century bce, Jerusalem), prophet after whom the biblical Book of Isaiah is named (only some of the first 39 chapters are attributed to him), a significant contributor to Jewish and Christian traditions. and the blanket too small to wrap around you. 3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, 1Then the LORD said to me, Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinarya stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.b 9The expression on their faces testifies against them. children unwilling to obey the LORDs instruction. Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. 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. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. 16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth. 4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. . and those who forsake the LORD will perish. 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. 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. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; 11Then His people remembered the days of old, Where is He who brought them through the sea. 12No nobles will be left to proclaim a king. and closed their minds so they cannot understand. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them. a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.f. 12For our transgressions are multiplied before You. Unto Us a Child Is Born(Matthew 4:1217; Mark 1:1415; Luke 4:1415). 15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. 9And in that day it will be said, Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. 5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed. according to His great compassion and loving devotion. Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? Isaiah was a Hebrew prophet who was believed to have lived about 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. will now indeed be too small for your people. from a powerful nation of strange speech. but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,, 9For to Me this is like the days of Noah,c, So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you. Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away. 13You are wearied by your many counselors; those with whom you have labored and traded from youth. and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?. Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. Omissions? 13Instead of the thornbush, a cypressb will grow. Is it not enough to try the patience of men? 10Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying, 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. 25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come. 17He put on righteousness like a breastplate. 3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD. and the riverbed will be parched and empty. 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. with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand, 16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people. Presumably, Isaiah was already prepared to find meaning in the vision before the arrival of that decisive moment. 10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks. 18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing. and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. 25The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance., 1Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it, 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). 4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocksto Egypts shame. 14This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you. 26And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them. One could argue with equal force that Isaiah is descended from a family of prophets (though his father, the otherwise unknown Amoz, is not to be confused with the prophet Amos). 7This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: 3For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations. 17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon. I will give you two thousand horsesif you can put riders on them! Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every faceb. and your righteousness like waves of the sea. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. 25For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample. 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? A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. 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. 11He will spread out his hands within it. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see. shattered so that no fragment can be found. Even there the birds of prey will gather. there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. 7Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. Landscape 17Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes. Listen, earth! and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. 10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? 24Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty. 8Then your light will break forth like the dawn. 1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness. and to perform His task, His disturbing task. Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. even the LORD, in the land of the living; 12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me. 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.. 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