[40] If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, I cannot, because it is sealed. 21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; The Servant and Light to the Gentiles(Acts 13:4252). Nothing will be left, says the LORD. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. and for Jerusalems sake I will not keep still. 10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks. When the oppressor has gone, destruction has ceased. 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. and the ears of those who hear will listen. 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. Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king. and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. 8The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, 11The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him, 12Aramc from the east and Philistia from the west. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend. 7So they carry their wealth and belongings. He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. you will not be put to shame or humiliated. so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead. who slaughter your children in the valleys. shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion. 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. 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. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. 3the commander of fifty and the dignitary. and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride. Behold, your God will come with vengeance. 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. 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.14 a Hebrew the Ophel. 19In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border. and whoever is captured will die by the sword. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations: on those living in the land of the shadow of death. Beholdhow speedily and swiftly they come! So they will be called oaks of righteousness. 14then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land, and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob., Sin Separates Us from God(Psalm 14:17; Psalm 53:16; Romans 3:920). 20On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. 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. and made intercession for the transgressors. 2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker. 5You claim to haveb a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. ruin and destructiona lie in their wake. 16You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel. as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. WebIsaiah - 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 . and fountains in the middle of the valleys. 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. 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. 16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. 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 ). Listen, earth! 15The head is the elder and honorable man. for I am honored in the sight of the LORD. eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest. but the food of the serpentg will be dust. 4For this is what the LORD has said to me: and though a band of shepherds is called out against it. I have raised children and brought them up, they have despised the Holy One of Israel. calling forth the generations from the beginning? 24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. 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. upon the people I have devoted to destruction. Egypt has been led astray in all she does. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORDs land. 12Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, The hilla and the watchtower will become caves forever. with thunder and earthquake and loud noise. 2Each will be like a shelter from the wind. Landscape they bow down to the work of their hands. only far better!7 a Cited in Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, and Luke 19:46. 2Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter. 24Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. 3With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, will be like forsaken thickets and summits, 10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation. no one has the knowledge or insight to say. 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. 12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach. 9Their descendants will be known among the nations. 1If only You would rend the heavens and come down. 18roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. 12I will expose your righteousness and your works, But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land. 26I will restore your judges as at first. It is commonly believed that Isaiah was about 20 years old when his ministry began, and he continued until his death. so that mountains would quake at Your presence. on the day of disease and incurable pain. 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). Once when he went to confront a king, he took with him, to reenforce his prophetic word, a son with the symbolic name Shear-yashuv (A Remnant Shall Return). The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . Introduction to The Study of the Book of Isaiah 2. even the light will be obscured by clouds. and the riverbed will be parched and empty. then Assyria oppressed them without cause. that her forced labor has been completed; For she has received from the hand of the LORD, Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness;a, make a straight highway for our God in the desert.b. 22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud. all mankind will come to worship before Me,, 24As they go forth, they will see the corpses. and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense. they will come over in chains and bow down to you. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. 1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: that they may enter the gates of the nobles. 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! and your daughters will be carried on the arm. you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! 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 to restore the protected ones of Israel. 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.. 5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory. like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. 21And I will select some of them as priests and Levites, says the LORD. and all her princes will come to nothing. 2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth. Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). 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. 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. The LORD is about to shake you violently. 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. 18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion. 6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, only wounds and welts and festering sores. for My house will be called a house of prayera. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar. and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. 3When You did awesome works that we did not expect. 24Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: and My anger will turn to their destruction.. 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. they will restore the places long devastated; 5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Isaiah, whose name means Yahweh is salvation, is best known for writing the book that bears his name in the Old Testament. 12Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: trusting in oppression and relying on deceit. Four eminent Hebrew prophets addressed themselves to the people of Israel and Judah in the latter half of the 8th pre-Christian century: Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah. I will defend this city.a Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz 18In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. 17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. 24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Landscape How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll. 9I brought you from the ends of the earth. 24You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver. 15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you. 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. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. 17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. 15For behold, the LORD will come with fire. 18If only you had paid attention to My commandments. 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.. 19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night;d. for the LORD will be your everlasting light. then your light will go forth in the darkness, He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land. and delivered us into the handc of our iniquity. and faithfulness the sash around His waist. For every one of them is godless and wicked, Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.d. A Cornerstone in Zion(1 Corinthians 3:1015; Ephesians 2:1922; 1 Peter 2:18), 14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers. 17Look, O mighty man! 7Of the increase of His government and peace. 25And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall. 23You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings. 17No weapon formed against you shall prosper. 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.. 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up. 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). 27Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge. They have seen everything in my palace, answered Hezekiah.
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