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, 10You are My witnesses, declares the LORD, 12I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed. 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. . 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. the mountains and hills will burst into song before you. and all her princes will come to nothing. 10In a little more than a year you will tremble. 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. 9For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my masters servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.. when the breath of the LORD blows on them; but the word of our God stands forever.e. Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations. and even the lame will carry off plunder. 12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nationsthe gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? For the youth will die at a hundred years. WebIsaiah 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. the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. 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; I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle. and to trample them down like clay in the streets. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth. 3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. 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. They all gather together; they come to you. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, Where is your mothers certificate of divorce. 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.. 2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker. and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? 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. and kings to the brightness of your dawn. 18Your mind will ponder the former terror: Where is he who tallies? 3Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed. 2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. 12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphratesd to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one. 7Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead. and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. 1If only You would rend the heavens and come down. to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine. 27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, 29Because your rage and arrogance against Me. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. Isaiah, whose name means Yahweh is salvation, is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. Landscape 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. He faced many hardships, but continued in his call from God. 9You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. 9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob. WebBook of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, The LORDs,. nor its animals enough for a burnt offering. Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? 9The waters of Dimonc are full of blood, be a refuge for Moab from the destroyer.. His understanding is beyond searching out. 13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. who spread out the earth and its offspring. 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 ). Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust. 11Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven., 12But Ahaz replied, I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.. 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. 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.. 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.14 a Hebrew the Ophel. 15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you. He was at home with the unprotected, the widowed and orphaned; with the dispossessed, homeless, landless; and with the resourceless victims of the moneyed mans court. they will restore the places long devastated; 5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. 8Bring out a people who have eyes but are blind. for My house will be called a house of prayera. and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. until her righteousness shines like a bright light. 6And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. 8For all their tables are covered with vomit; 11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.b. to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots. 21As for Me, this is My covenant with them,g says the LORD. 4Our Redeemerthe LORD of Hosts is His name. From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; who directs you in the way you should go. 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. you islands,c and all who dwell in them. 2The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him. 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgine will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.f and will no longer conceal her slain.9 a Or my spirit within me seeks You. the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter. 12Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, I cannot read., These people draw near to Me with their mouths, Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.c, 14Therefore I will again confound these people, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.d. I will extend peace to her like a river. 9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush:a He has set out to fight against you.. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, 2to proclaim the year of the LORDs favorb. 6Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide itd among ourselves. 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. 15Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior. Isaiahs theology. 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect. and fountains in the middle of the valleys. 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 ). 7Listen to Me, you who know what is right. 18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll. those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.. 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. [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for 6He will be the sure foundation for your times. A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, I am, and there is none besides me.. 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. 1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: that you have all gone up to the rooftops. 6Therefore a curse has consumed the earth. 3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them. will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every faceb. they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, 11And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. 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.. 4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and poured out their blood on the ground., 7I will make known the LORDs loving devotion, because of all that the LORD has done for us, the many good things for the house of Israel. For My people have been taken without cause; are the feet of those who bring good news,c. stretch out the curtains of your dwellings. 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. 20Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. 30Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture. 10Though grace is shown to the wicked man, In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly. Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2 Isaiah 3 Isaiah 4 Isaiah 5 Isaiah 6 Isaiah 7 Isaiah 8 Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! They have seen everything in my palace, answered Hezekiah. 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD. 5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: Surely many houses will become desolate, 11Woe to those who rise early in the morning. and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. 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. 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). 11Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; But now I will groan like a woman in labor; 15I will lay waste the mountains and hills. 18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion. 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. 1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraimsa drunkards. 8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; 10For the stars of heaven and their constellations, I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant. Now I will lift Myself up. Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?, who stops his ears against murderous plots. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. 8I will make the suns shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.. will lop off the branches with terrifying power. 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.. conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. 1Then the LORD said to me, Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinarya stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.b 20It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz. 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. as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god. 1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. 3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, He leads forth the starry host by number; Because of His great power and mighty strength. Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. . a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.b. What kind of house will you build for Me? Information about that period of his life is inconclusive, however, and consists mainly of inferences drawn from the biblical text. 29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it. 3to tell him, This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them. our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. 11I will turn all My mountains into roads. 16From the ends of the earth we hear singing: But I said, I am wasting away! Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away. like a driving rain or flooding downpour, 3The majestic crown of Ephraims drunkards. 17So the pride of man will be brought low. 5For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying: 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness. 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. 13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,c. 5When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for Islamic traditions regarding Isaiah. but His wrath will be shown to His enemies. 3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, 2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. . 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. city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. 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. for the craftsmen themselves are only human. but the food of the serpentg will be dust. A Grave Assigned(Matthew 27:5761; Mark 15:4247; Luke 23:5056; John 19:3842). 8as when a hungry man dreams he is eating. Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. 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. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Since patriarchal times there had been an agreement, a solemn Covenant between Whatever his family circumstances, still in his youth he came to know the face of povertyand the debauchery of the rich. Egypt has been led astray in all she does. To fight against you have eyes but are blind gods of Sepharvaim kind of will. Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31 ) 3 isaiah 40:31 object lesson gods of Sepharvaim 27therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power 29Because.: that you have all gone up to the rooftops they lay out a plan that is not.! 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