1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiahs reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. and the Angel of His Presenceb saved them. . 20Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on. He is thoroughly schooled in the traditional forms and language of prophetic speech. 21Then all your people will be righteous; 22The least of you will become a thousand. Priests and prophets reel from strong drink. 15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God. 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: 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). and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 12I will make man scarcer than pure gold. 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. 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. From now on I will tell you of new things. 10On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. A Cornerstone in Zion(1 Corinthians 3:1015; Ephesians 2:1922; 1 Peter 2:18), 14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers. When the overwhelming scourge passes through. They all gather together; they come to you. they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. . and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; before He has established justice on the earth. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. If the sons had not been wanted as walking witnesses to the prophets forebodings, posterity would not know of this wife or these sons. 11Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol. 17So the pride of man will be brought low. A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! 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. 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. 24The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth. 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. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.. stretch out the curtains of your dwellings. 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. Now I will lift Myself up. Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.a. a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals. 13Instead of the thornbush, a cypressb will grow. they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners. there will be grass and reeds and papyrus. the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament. and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.. Isaiah Nichols, a transfer defensive tackle from Arkansas, announced Tuesday his commitment to Purdue football ahead of the 2023 season. Now I will be exalted. Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! 14They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the westa they proclaim the majesty of the LORD. 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. 15For you said, We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. 13Then the jealousy of Ephraimf will depart. 1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, 3I will give you the treasures of darkness. 9These two things will overtake you in a moment. as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress. and howling creatures will fill her houses. then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants. 3the commander of fifty and the dignitary. who spread out the earth and its offspring. 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. 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). The LORD Himself said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it., 11Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. like one who walks to the music of a flute, 30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard. and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One. and their masses are parched with thirst. He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days. 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). 15At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy yearsthe span of a kings life. and the oppressors have vanished from the land, 5in loving devotiona a throne will be established, A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness. and your righteousness like waves of the sea. If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. 17Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; 18No longer will violence be heard in your land. 12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; its cypress,c elm, and boxwood together. will lop off the branches with terrifying power. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts. and all its glory like the flowers of the field. . 22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: 24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.. 32For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem. 8Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind. The Announcement of Judgment ( Isaiah 8:1-22) 20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.c, Sennacheribs Fall Prophesied(2 Kings 19:2034). 8I will make the suns shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.. 27On that day the burden will be lifted from your shoulders. Is it not enough to try the patience of men? and those who devoured you will be far away. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. 2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz I will make with you an everlasting covenant. THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israels history. 25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god. and to the quarry from which you were hewn. and the refuge of Egypts shade your disgrace. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, I cannot, because it is sealed. and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. and delivered us into the handc of our iniquity. 17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.. and fountains in the middle of the valleys. and My justice will become a light to the nations; and My arms will bring justice to the nations. 16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remaina disgrace to the house of your master. 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.. will come against all the proud and lofty. It is an educated speechstrong, vivid, the finest of classical Hebrew. to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts. 2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim,b the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind. Even there the birds of prey will gather. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.c. 27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar. where His afflicted people will find refuge., The Burden against Moab(Jeremiah 48:147), on the rooftops and in the public squares. 13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart. In the year that Uzziah, king of Judah, died (742), Isaiah received his 11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush,c from Elam, from Shinar,d from Hamath, and from the islandse of the sea. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. 18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit, 19to those who say, Let Him hurry and hasten His work, Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come, 21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, 22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. 26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. 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. Isaiahs experience bridges the classes and occupations. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of Isaiah in the Bible (New International Version). who have descended from the line of Judah, 2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city. and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? 23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: Lie down, so we can walk over you,. 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. 6The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; for this is a people without understanding. and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. so your descendants and your name will endure. they set it in its place, and there it stands. 10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 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. whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria. 20To the law and to the testimony! I have called you by your name; you are Mine! Of Isaiahs parental home it is known only that his fathers name was Amoz. and they cannot cover themselves with their works. 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). will be reduced to nothing and will perish. to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. 5For He has humbled those who dwell on high; You clear a straight path for the upright. 7everyone called by My name and created for My glory. 10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives., 5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah, 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. and whoever is captured will die by the sword. and to perform His task, His disturbing task. butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!a. with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand, 16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people. 17until I come and take you away to a land like your owna land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms. Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? 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. so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead. I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant. 4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters. 14They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. 23You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings. 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. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle. and the adversariesg of Judah will be cut off. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern, Landscape The Year of the LORDs Favor(Luke 4:1630). Where is he who weighs? 9In all their distress, He too was afflicted. 22I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. 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. 8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; 10For the stars of heaven and their constellations, I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant. 22For just as the new heavens and the new earth,d, which I will make, will endure before Me,. 9For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my masters servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot. 22Let them come and tell us what will happen. 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.. Presumably, Isaiah was already prepared to find meaning in the vision before the arrival of that decisive moment. 5But your many foes will be like fine dust. . shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion. 15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: 16O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. 31For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; 32And with every stroke of the rod of punishmentb. 14So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. 1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse. A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! who blots out your transgressions for My own sake. 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. He will take hold of you, 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? and your daughters will be carried on the arm. set on the summit above the fertile valley. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. and your sins have hidden His face from you. Behold, your God will come with vengeance. neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. marching in the greatness of His strength? and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,e. 9Huddle together,e O peoples, and be shattered; 10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. and He will bring justice to the nations. for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.. 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. So they will be called oaks of righteousness. 20Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. and providing seed to sow and food to eat. 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. Please select which sections you would like to print: Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. when they came up from the land of Egypt. WebIsaiah ( 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. 7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots. 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. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living, and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem. and the God of Israel is your rear guard. 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. 8For all their tables are covered with vomit; 11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues. Will you try the patience of my God as well? 9He was assigned a grave with the wicked, 10Yet it was the LORDs will to crush Him, and when His soul is made a guilt offering,g. 1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. Isaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. 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 was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city. When the overwhelming scourge passes through. 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. Since patriarchal times there had been an agreement, a solemn Covenant between will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it. 9Behold, the former things have happened, A New Song of Praise(Psalm 98:19; Psalm 149:19). 28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received: For a viper will spring from the root of the snake. 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. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout. Updates? Pharaohs wise counselors give senseless advice. 8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating. 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. 4and on that day you will say: 5Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Send me. He was thus commissioned to give voice to the divine word. You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence. Omissions? and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. to the fading flower of his glorious splendor. An Old Testament prophet named Isaiah foretold many things about Jesus life and His Second Coming. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them. Later interpretations of Isaiahs message, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaiah. says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. The Announcement of Judgment ( Isaiah 8:1-22) and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. 13For he says: By the strength of my hand I have done this. 6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, only wounds and welts and festering sores. 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.
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