Isaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. 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. because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel. 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. who stammer in a language you cannot understand. 1I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me.a. 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. 10Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying, Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). 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. 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. 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. We hope for light, but there is darkness; 10Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall. 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. and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.h, The Suffering Servant(Acts 8:2640; 1 Peter 2:2125), And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?a. city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 16For before the boy knows enough to reject evil and choose good, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. 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. and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living, and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem. 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, The hilla and the watchtower will become caves forever. 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet. like one who walks to the music of a flute, 30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard. the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament. 3For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations. 23You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings. 25I have raised up one from the north, and he has come. who blots out your transgressions for My own sake. they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god. and My justice will become a light to the nations; and My arms will bring justice to the nations. 14It will break in pieces like a potters jar. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. 17Look, O mighty man! even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke. 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). and strangersc will feed in the ruins of the wealthy. and whoever is captured will die by the sword. and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song. and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, and chose that in which I did not delight.. I will make with you an everlasting covenant. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. 9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush:a He has set out to fight against you.. Presumably, Isaiah was already prepared to find meaning in the vision before the arrival of that decisive moment. the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. Isaiah Nichols, a transfer defensive tackle from Arkansas, announced Tuesday his commitment to Purdue football ahead of the 2023 season. It was no light undertaking; he was to condemn his own people and watch the nation crumble and perish. conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. 24Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty. 5Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion. Hodgins was a limited participant Tuesday in the Giants ' walk-through practice due to an ankle injury, Dan Salomone of the team's official site reports. Now I will be exalted. 6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;b. and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: 18Do not call to mind the former things; 19Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. and the adversariesg of Judah will be cut off. 9Behold, the former things have happened, A New Song of Praise(Psalm 98:19; Psalm 149:19). 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. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, Where is your mothers certificate of divorce. 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. declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion. A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! 30Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture. 11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; and My right hand spread out the heavens; Which of the idols has foretold these things? 3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; 11The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it.c. 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. Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? Isaiah 1 New International Version 1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended. WebIsaiah 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. 8For the moth will devour them like a garment, 11So the redeemed of the LORD will return. for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. in all the thornbushes and watering holes. An Old Testament prophet named Isaiah foretold many things about Jesus life and His Second Coming. Isaiah 1 New International Version 1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 15When you spread out your hands in prayer. 12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand. For you will forget the shame of your youth. 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.. [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORDs land. Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2 Isaiah 3 Isaiah 4 Isaiah 5 Isaiah 6 Isaiah 7 Isaiah 8 and while they are still speaking, I will hear. The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . 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. who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings. or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground. and your heart will tremble and swell with joy. . you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! 23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. 8Then your light will break forth like the dawn. Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz. 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.. 4Our Redeemerthe LORD of Hosts is His name. The Announcement of Judgment ( According to this account he saw God and was overwhelmed by his contact with the divine glory and holiness. WebTHE BOOK OF ISAIAH Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israels history. 8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah. because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors.k. so that you made your back like the ground. 7Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. WebThe Lord's Mercy Remembered. 20It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. He nails it down so it will not be toppled. I will give you two thousand horsesif you can put riders on them! 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. and called you from its farthest corners. and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you. 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. from a powerful nation of strange speech. and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. 9The expression on their faces testifies against them. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. 12No nobles will be left to proclaim a king. 6He says: It is not enough for You to be My Servant. 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 . 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. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. The same reasoning, however, might apply to any number of prophets; from Nathan in Davids time onward, prophets had dealings with kings and were, like Isaiah, well informed about public affairs. they will restore the places long devastated; 5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. 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. 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. They all gather together; they come to you. 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. Introduction to The Study of the Book of Isaiah 2. with thunder and earthquake and loud noise. driven before the wind like chaff on the hills. 1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. For My people have been taken without cause; are the feet of those who bring good news,c. 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. so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you. They have seen everything in my palace, answered Hezekiah. it will come as destruction from the Almighty.a. 16Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with med and come out to me. and to restore the protected ones of Israel. 13For he says: By the strength of my hand I have done this. 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. 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? like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. 13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. The LORDs chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon, and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.a. In the year that Uzziah, king of Judah, died (742), Isaiah received his 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.. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing. 15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? 6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; 12And they will be called the Holy People. and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently. concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. According to 6:1, Isaiah received his call in the 1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev. and closed their minds so they cannot understand. and the blanket too small to wrap around you. Whatever his family circumstances, still in his youth he came to know the face of povertyand the debauchery of the rich. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 18All the kings of the nations lie in state. 15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; 16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice. He became agonizingly aware of Gods need for a messenger to the people of Israel, and, despite his own sense of inadequacy, he offered himself for Gods service: Here am I! for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.. 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. and covered you with the shadow of My hand. 28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received: For a viper will spring from the root of the snake. 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 ). and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. no one has the knowledge or insight to say. 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. both palm branch and reed in a single day. the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place. like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, 3What will you do on the day of reckoning, 4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them. 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. 2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend. 7Listen to Me, you who know what is right. 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. 14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: this sin of yours will never be atoned for,. 24In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyriaa blessing upon the earth. 2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker. Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?. A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! The former things will not be remembered. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives., 5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah, 1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. 5For as a young man marries a young woman. a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.f. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout. to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You., and in the day of salvation I will help You;c, and to those in darkness, Show yourselves., nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them.d, For He who has compassion on them will guide them. 4and on that day you will say: 5Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. 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, The vision (probably in the Jerusalem Temple) that made him a prophet is described in a first-person narrative. 9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob. 3He said to Me, You are My Servant, Israel. 1Then the LORD said to me, Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinarya stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.b when a banner is raised on the mountains. 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. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people. even the light will be obscured by clouds. 28So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destructione and Israel to reproach.. 7Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? 10So the redeemed of the LORD will return, and sorrow and sighing will flee.3 a Cited in Hebrews 12:127 b Or serpents or dragons, Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem(2 Kings 18:1337; 2 Chronicles 32:18). The fortress of strangers is a city no more; 3Therefore, a strong people will honor You. 21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: This is the way. 2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. 13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, if you honor it by not going your own way. 2So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor. He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. So they will be called oaks of righteousness. His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness. Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. 8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating. 1If only You would rend the heavens and come down. And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! 6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys. 21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, 13Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD,g. 20To the law and to the testimony! 2Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; 3But come here, you sons of a sorceress. 3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, 22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. 12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach. 4Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. 26And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them. and their treasures on the humps of camels, 8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence. Isaiah is particularly well acquainted with the prophetic tradition known to his slightly older contemporary, Amos. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Since patriarchal times there had been an agreement, a solemn Covenant between a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.. 9And in that day it will be said, Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. the people of the world learn righteousness. 16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: But I said, I am wasting away! Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. Written To Isaiah's words were primarily directed to the nation of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. 9These are rebellious people, deceitful children. 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.. 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 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. according to His great compassion and loving devotion. 3saying, Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners. 10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it. who spread out the earth and its offspring. 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up. and I know that I will not be put to shame. 13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart. 14They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants. and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.3 a Cited in Acts 13:3413 b Or pine or juniper or fir, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it. WebIsaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. 27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar. 14The desert creatures will meet with hyenas. 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. 7Your choicest valleys are full of chariots. strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. 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. 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. 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. 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. As he tells it, he was only too aware that, coming with such a message, he would experience bitter opposition, willful disbelief, and ridicule, to withstand which he would have to be inwardly fortified. and He will bring justice to the nations. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. 25The wolf and the lamb will feed together. and will look with compassion on all her ruins; and her desert like the garden of the LORD. 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. 18Your mind will ponder the former terror: Where is he who tallies? 21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. to bring the poor and homeless into your home. as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. Landscape because more are the children of the desolate woman. Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. from where the sun rises to where it sets. He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. Hezekiahs Illness and Recovery(2 Kings 20:111; 2 Chronicles 32:2431), 1In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale. and there you went up to offer sacrifices. At first My people went down to Egypt to live. and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; before He has established justice on the earth. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; He will rise up against the house of the wicked. Isaiahs Commission(Matthew 13:1017; Mark 4:1012; Acts 28:1631). 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. Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament.