Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good. 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. 1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You. as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, 11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. 20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphratesgthe king of Assyriato shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewoodover the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. 16Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you. 22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. children unwilling to obey the LORDs instruction. on the day of disease and incurable pain. 18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place. 26I will restore your judges as at first. . and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. 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). 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. 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. If the sons had not been wanted as walking witnesses to the prophets forebodings, posterity would not know of this wife or these sons. 15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; 16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice. For My people have been taken without cause; are the feet of those who bring good news,c. from where the sun rises to where it sets. 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. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. 1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. 18If only you had paid attention to My commandments. WebThe Lord's Mercy Remembered. they will restore the places long devastated; 5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. driven before the wind like chaff on the hills. 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. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. Introduction to The Study of the Book of Isaiah 2. then your light will go forth in the darkness, He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land. 8Then your light will break forth like the dawn. 16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. for they have brought disaster upon themselves. they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre. His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness. 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. those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel. 4and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. 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. even the light will be obscured by clouds. 15Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge. In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, 16For this is what the Lord says to me: Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone. and your labor on that which does not satisfy? You made the heavens and the earth. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 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. but with great compassion I will bring you back. or the captives of a tyranti be delivered? Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz. 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 called you from its farthest corners. The LORD is about to shake you violently. 6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, only wounds and welts and festering sores. because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors.k. . will now indeed be too small for your people. WebIsaiahs theology. 22Let them come and tell us what will happen. They all gather together; they come to you. 18I will open rivers on the barren heights. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. 15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. 9These are rebellious people, deceitful children. Isaiah - Bible Book Chapters and Summary - New International Version Isaiah Bible Books of the Bible Isaiah These are all of the chapters of the book of Isaiah . to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights. and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise. 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. 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. 1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save. 7Of the increase of His government and peace. 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 He has shut their eyes so they cannot see. all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living, and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem. 24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,i. 5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies. 23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: Lie down, so we can walk over you,. Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil? 7Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? 13Then Isaiah said, Hear now, O house of David! even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke. then Assyria oppressed them without cause. Foreigners devour your fields before you, 11What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?, I am full from the burnt offerings of rams. and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors. another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, The LORDs,. upon the people I have devoted to destruction. 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. 15This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace: 9Therefore Jacobs guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this:c. a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. According to this account he saw God and was overwhelmed by his contact with the divine glory and holiness. Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; and his burden removed from their shoulders.. 24Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us. 4Our Redeemerthe LORD of Hosts is His name. 7So they carry their wealth and belongings. They have seen everything in my palace, answered Hezekiah. 13For he says: By the strength of my hand I have done this. 9These two things will overtake you in a moment. 13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; 14So the LORD will cut off Israels head and tail. and will no longer conceal her slain.9 a Or my spirit within me seeks You. 1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev. 29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks. The Announcement of Judgment ( Isaiah 8:1-22) The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. Information about that period of his life is inconclusive, however, and consists mainly of inferences drawn from the biblical text. I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant. lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.a. 12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; its cypress,c elm, and boxwood together. And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. 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. Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up. 6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; 12And they will be called the Holy People. 2people and priest alike, servant and master. 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. and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. and delivered us into the handc of our iniquity. a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.b. 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. 3And they were calling out to one another: 4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke. and the riverbed will be parched and empty. 22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. 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.. 13Then the jealousy of Ephraimf will depart. 4For You have been a refuge for the poor. 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. Now I will be exalted. 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? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? 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. 24The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork. 6Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen. 9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob. 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. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." Behold, your God will come with vengeance. Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, because I provide water in the wilderness, Israels Unfaithfulness(Judges 2:1015; Jeremiah 2:2337). 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. both palm branch and reed in a single day. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures. 11For as the earth brings forth its growth. 15Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.. Isaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. 19We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.1 a Or It is I, speaking in righteousness,9 b Or angel of His presence. The Announcement of Judgment ( Isaiah 8:1-22) An Old Testament prophet named Isaiah foretold many things about Jesus life and His Second Coming. 17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 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. 5I will give them, in My house and within My walls, 6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it. says the LORD, who has compassion on you. and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots. 12I will make man scarcer than pure gold. 2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations. [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for Islamic traditions regarding Isaiah. by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire. and carry your daughters on their shoulders. Egypt has been led astray in all she does. the mountains and hills will burst into song before you. Isaiah, whose name means Yahweh is salvation, is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. 13O LORD our God, other lords besides You have had dominion. 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. and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.. 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. 38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for Islamic traditions regarding Isaiah. nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. 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. even the LORD, in the land of the living; 12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me. He will see the light of lifeh and be satisfied. The Announcement of Judgment ( 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: 4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor. stretch out the curtains of your dwellings. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. 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. At first My people went down to Egypt to live. 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. 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. Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 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. city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. they will come over in chains and bow down to you. 21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one. 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 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. a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals. 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. How then can we escape?. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon. 10Tell the righteous it will be well with them. Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? to bring the poor and homeless into your home. as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; 3Therefore, a strong people will honor You. Now I will lift Myself up. and covered you with the shadow of My hand. We hope for light, but there is darkness; 10Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall. 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. 16For those who guide this people mislead them. 15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up. who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. 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