and to restore the protected ones of Israel. 21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. and their masses are parched with thirst. a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.f. 1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. 16Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you. Beholdhow speedily and swiftly they come! 28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received: For a viper will spring from the root of the snake. THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israels history. and the things they treasure are worthless. 17who brings out the chariots and horses. and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. 26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighterlike the light of seven dayson the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted. 16Search and read the scroll of the LORD: they will dwell in it from generation to generation. 2people and priest alike, servant and master. Do not speak to us in Hebrewc in the hearing of the people on the wall., 12But the Rabshakeh replied, Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?, 13Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the westa they proclaim the majesty of the LORD. I will not keep silent, but I will repay; Because they burned incense on the mountains. Since patriarchal times there had been an agreement, a solemn Covenant between who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.a. 4but with righteousness He will judge the poor. 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. 6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, only wounds and welts and festering sores. and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, Where is your mothers certificate of divorce. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of Isaiah in the Bible (New International Version). I have called you by your name; you are Mine! 25So He poured out on them His furious anger. I will make with you an everlasting covenant. Of Isaiahs parental home it is known only that his fathers name was Amoz. and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. and does not forsake the justice of their God. and even the lame will carry off plunder. He nails it down so it will not be toppled. 3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed. 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. 28So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destructione and Israel to reproach.. So they will be called oaks of righteousness. Isaiah, whose name means Yahweh is salvation, is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, 9The expression on their faces testifies against them. 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? The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them. 12The high-walled fortress will be brought down. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies. The earliest recorded event in his life is his call to prophecy as now found in the sixth chapter of the Book of Isaiah; this occurred about 742 bce. Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. 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. Omissions? because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors.k. and howling creatures will fill her houses. His understanding is beyond searching out. Information about that period of his life is inconclusive, however, and consists mainly of inferences drawn from the biblical text. 15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; 16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice. 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. so I struck him and hid My face in anger; Peace, peace to those far and near, says the LORD. The nations will seek Him,b and His place of rest will be glorious. I am wasting away! Indeed, the LORD has spoken.13 a Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:3222 b See Revelation 3:7. the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; 4Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea. 31For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; 32And with every stroke of the rod of punishmentb. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it. and they cannot cover themselves with their works. . 24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown. 4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: 5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, 8Even the cypressesb and cedars of Lebanon, It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you. WebDeutero-Isaiah/Second Isaiah (chapters 4054), with two major divisions, 4048 and 4954, the first emphasising Israel, the second Zion and Jerusalem: [21] An introduction and conclusion stressing the power of God's word over everything; A second introduction and conclusion within these in which a herald announces salvation to Jerusalem; WebThe Lord's Mercy Remembered. 3Then the LORD said to Isaiah, Go out with your son Shear-jashubc to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderers Field, 10You are My witnesses, declares the LORD, 12I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed. 7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies. He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire. 15For you said, We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. 6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage. and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. For a cloud of smoke comes from the north. 13And in that day a great rams horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. set on the summit above the fertile valley. nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. 8For He said, They are surely My people. 17Look, O mighty man! 20Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on. Since he often spoke with kings, it is sometimes suggested that Isaiah was an aristocrat, possibly even of royal stock. For the former troubles will be forgotten, A New Heaven and a New Earth(Revelation 21:18). 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness. 9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush:a He has set out to fight against you.. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. 6He will be the sure foundation for your times. 13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail. 2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker. 1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save. 13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; 14So the LORD will cut off Israels head and tail. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.b. 18So He will repay according to their deeds: 19So shall they fear the name of the LORD, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,f. 21For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. 13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride. 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 . In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. . 10Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke. 9Huddle together,e O peoples, and be shattered; 10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. Isaiah was a Hebrew prophet who was believed to have lived about 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; and his burden removed from their shoulders.. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, Be gone!. 8For the fields of Heshbon have withered. Your watchmen lift up their voices. 8Then your light will break forth like the dawn. and covered you with the shadow of My hand. 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. It is commonly believed that Isaiah was about 20 years old when his ministry began, and he continued until his death. 23Who among you will pay attention to this? 21On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep, 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. 10Cultivated your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; 11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." and fails to see the majesty of the LORD. Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? For every one of them is godless and wicked, Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.d. 14The desert creatures will meet with hyenas. 17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop. and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. 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. 26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; will be the pride and glory of Israels survivors. as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. 17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures. 23You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings. 1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: that they may enter the gates of the nobles. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. who slaughter your children in the valleys. 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. 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. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it. Presumably, Isaiah was already prepared to find meaning in the vision before the arrival of that decisive moment. 17So the pride of man will be brought low. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. 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. 2Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble. In His law the islands will put their hope.b. 7Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? and strangersc will feed in the ruins of the wealthy. 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 ). 7Isnt it to share your bread with the hungry. and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. 14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: this sin of yours will never be atoned for,. 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. 7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed. 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. Even there the birds of prey will gather. 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. a decree of destruction against the whole land. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness. 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 the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. you who are called by the name of Israel. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him. who formed you from the womb and who will help you: 3For I will pour water on the thirsty land. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust. 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. you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! In other words, he was intimately aware of the inequities and evils of human societywhich may have been no worse in Israel in the 8th century bce than many critics believed they were almost everywhere in modern times. 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 ). 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.. 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. WebIsaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. 12to whom He has said: This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; 13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: and will be injured, ensnared, and captured. Deutero-Isaiah/Second Isaiah (chapters 4054), with two major divisions, 4048 and 4954, the first emphasising Israel, the second Zion and Jerusalem: [21] An introduction and conclusion stressing the power of God's word over everything; A second introduction and conclusion within these in which a herald announces salvation to Jerusalem; For truth has stumbled in the public square. 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. Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good. 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. so that mountains would quake at Your presence. Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. and the Angel of His Presenceb saved them. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 18All the kings of the nations lie in state. 32For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem. 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. you islands,c and all who dwell in them. 2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. 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. 13You who are far off, hear what I have done; Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? 7Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. a man for My purpose from a far-off land. according to His great compassion and loving devotion. 18I will open rivers on the barren heights. 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