Isaiah the Prophet - Assyria and Bible Prophecy
Isaiah was a man who was from the Southern Kingdom of Judah. He was known as a "prophet" of the Lord. He was alive during the time that the Northern Kingdom of Israel was destroyed by the Assyrians. He was a mouthpiece of God and spoke during the reign of several kings of Judah: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (around 765-695 B.C.). He continually wore a coarse linen or hairy overcoat of a dark color,which was typically worn by mourners.
Isaiah in Smith's - Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz. The Hebrew name signifies Salvation of Jahu (a shortened form of Jehovah), He prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, Isa 1:1 covering probably 758 to 698 B.C. He was married and had two sons. Rabbinical tradition says that Isaiah, when 90 years old, was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by order of Manasseh, to which it is supposed that reference is made in Heb 11:37
Isaiah in Easton's - (Heb. Yesh'yahu, i.e., "the salvation of Jehovah"). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called "the prophetess" (8:3), either because she was endowed with the prophetic gift, like Deborah (Judg. 4:4) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14-20), or simply because she was the wife of "the prophet" (Isa. 38:1). He had two sons, who bore symbolical names. He exercised the functions of his office during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (1:1). Uzziah reigned fifty-two years (B.C. 810-759), and Isaiah must have begun his career a few years before Uzziah's death, probably B.C. 762. He lived till the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and in all likelihood outlived that monarch (who died B.C. 698), and may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh. Thus Isaiah may have prophesied for the long period of at least sixty-four years. His first call to the prophetical office is not recorded. A second call came to him "in the year that King Uzziah died" (Isa. 6:1). He exercised his ministry in a spirit of uncompromising firmness and boldness in regard to all that bore on the interests of religion. He conceals nothing and keeps nothing back from fear of man. He was also noted for his spirituality and for his deep-toned reverence toward "the holy One of Israel." In early youth Isaiah must have been moved by the invasion of Israel by the Assyrian monarch Pul (q.v.), 2 Kings 15:19; and again, twenty years later, when he had already entered on his office, by the invasion of Tiglath-pileser and his career of conquest. Ahaz, king of Judah, at this crisis refused to co-operate with the kings of Israel and Syria in opposition to the Assyrians, and was on that account attacked and defeated by Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Samaria (2 Kings 16:5; 2 Chr. 28:5, 6). Ahaz, thus humbled, sided with Assyria, and sought the aid of Tiglath-pileser against Israel and Syria. The consequence was that Rezin and Pekah were conquered and many of the people carried captive to Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; 16:9; 1 Chr. 5:26). Soon after this Shalmaneser determined wholly to subdue the kingdom of Israel. Samaria was taken and destroyed (B.C. 722). So long as Ahaz reigned, the kingdom of Judah was unmolested by the Assyrian power; but on his accession to the throne, Hezekiah (B.C. 726), who "rebelled against the king of Assyria" (2 Kings 18:7), in which he was encouraged by Isaiah, who exhorted the people to place all their dependence on Jehovah (Isa. 10:24; 37:6), entered into an alliance with the king of Egypt (Isa. 30:2-4). This led the king of Assyria to threaten the king of Judah, and at length to invade the land. Sennacherib (B.C. 701) led a powerful army into Israel. Hezekiah was reduced to despair, and submitted to the Assyrians (2 Kings 18:14-16). But after a brief interval war broke out again, and again Sennacherib (q.v.) led an army into Israel, one detachment of which threatened Jerusalem (Isa. 36:2-22; 37:8). Isaiah on that occasion encouraged Hezekiah to resist the Assyrians (37:1-7), whereupon Sennacherib sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, which he "spread before the Lord" (37:14). The judgement of God now fell on the Assyrian host. "Like Xerxes in Greece, Sennacherib never recovered from the shock of the disaster in Judah. He made no more expeditions against either Southern Israel or Egypt." The remaining years of Hezekiah's reign were peaceful (2 Chr. 32:23, 27-29). Isaiah probably lived to its close, and possibly into the reign of Manasseh, but the time and manner of his death are unknown. There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom in the heathen reaction in the time of Manasseh (q.v.).
Isaiah in Fausset's - Yeshayahu or
Isaiahuw (?), Hebrew "the salvation of Jehovah," his favorite expression, which
means the same as the name "Jesus", who is the grand subject of his prophecies,
and in whom in the New Testament the name Jehovah merges, being never found in
Scripture after the Old Testament. The Yahu (or Jahu) in Yeshayahu shows that
Yahweh (or Jahveh) is the more correct form than Jehovah. Son of Amoz (not
Amos), a younger contemporary of Jonah, Amos, and Hosea in Israel, and of Micah
in Judah. His call to the full exercise of the prophetic office (Isaiah 6:1) was
in the same year that king Uzziah died, probably before his death, 754 B.C., the
time of the building of Rome, Judah's destined scourge, whose kingdom was to
stretch on to the Messianic times which form the grand subject of Isaiah's
prophecies. Whatever prophecies were delivered by Isaiah previously were oral,
and not recorded because not designed for all ages.
(1) Isaiah 1-6, are all that were written for the church universal of the
prophecies of the first 20 years of his ministry. New epochs in the relations of
the church to the world were fittingly marked by revelations to and through
prophets. God had given Judah abundant prosperity during Uzziah's reign of 52
years, that His goodness might lead the people to loving obedience, just as in
northern Israel He had restored prosperity daring the brilliant reign of
Jeroboam II with the same gracious design. Israel was only hardened in pride by
prosperity, so was soon given over to ruin. Isaiah comes forward at this point
to warn Judah of a like danger. Moreover, in the reigns of Ahaz and Hezekiah
Israel and Judah came into conflict with the Asiatic empires. (See AHAZ;
HEZEKIAH.) The prophets were now needed to interpret Jehovah's dealings, that
the people might recognize His righteous judgments as well as His merciful
longsuffering.
(2) Isaiah 7 - Isaiah 10:4 relate to Ahaz' reign.
(3) Isaiah 10:5 - Isaiah 12 to the first 15 years of Hezekiah's reign probably.
(4) As also Isaiah 13-23 as to foreign nations.
(5) Isaiah 24-27 on the last times of the world, and of Judah, the
representative and future head of the churches.
(6) Isaiah 28-33 concern Ephraim's overthrow, Judah's impious folly, the danger
of the league with Egypt, their straits and deliverance from Assyria; Isaiah 28
before the sixth year of Hezekiah, when Israel fell; the rest before his 14th
year of reign.
(7) Isaiah 34-35, denounce God's judgments against His people's enemies of whom
Edom is representative, and the blessed state that shall follow.
(8) The historical section (Isaiah 36-39) as to Sennacherib, Assyria, and
Babylon, forms the fitting appendix to the prophecies concerning Assyria mainly,
and the preface to the latter portion of the book, concerning the deliverance
from Babylon. Isaiah's generation had before their eyes the historical fact of
the Assyrian invasion, and the extraordinary deliverance from it, as recorded by
Isaiah. The prophet further announced to Hezekiah that all his treasures which
he had ostentatiously shown to the Babylonian ambassadors should be carried off
to that very land, and his descendants be made eunuchs in the Babylonian king's
palace, the world on which Judah rested instead of on God being made her
scourger. Fittingly, then followed the cheering prophecy, "Comfort ye My
people," etc. Ages should elapse before the realization of this comforting
assurance of deliverance. The history of the deliverance from Assyria,
accomplished according to the previous prophecy, was the pledge that the far off
deliverance from Babylon also, because foretold, would surely come to pass.
Thus, the historical section, midway between the earlier and later parts of
Isaiah's book, forms the connecting link spiritually and historically between
the two; it closes the one epoch, and introduces the other, so combining all
Isaiah's prophecies in one unity. The fulfillment of his past prophecies
constituted the prophet's credentials to the unborn generation on which the
Babylonian captivity should fall, that they might securely trust his word.
foretelling the future deliverance by Cyrus. "It is incredible that the latter
chapters, if not Isaiah's but of a later date, should have been tacked on to his
existing prophecies with the interval of the four historical chapters: thrown in
as a connecting link to complete the unity of his alleged writings as a whole"
(Stanley Leathes). The "comfort" applies mainly to ages subsequent to his own;
this accords with the principle stated 1 Peter 1:10-1; 1 Peter 1:9; 2 Peter
1:20-21. But it also applied to his own and all ages before Christ's consummated
kingdom. For the law of prophetical suggestion carried him on to the greater
deliverance from the spiritual Babylon and the God-opposed world power and
Satan, by Cyrus' Antitype, Messiah, the Saviour of the present elect church
gathered from Jews and Gentiles, and the Restorer of Israel and Head of the
worldwide kingdom yet to come. Even in the former part Babylon's downfall
through Elamite and Persian assailants is twice foretold (Isaiah 13 and Isaiah
21). The mellowness of tone in the second part implies that it was the ripe
fruit of his old age, some time after the beginning of Hezekiah's last 15 years.
He is no longer the godly politician taking part in public life in vindication
of the truth, but is far away in the spirit amidst the Babylonian exiles whom he
cheers. More contemplative and ideal in this part, he soars aloft in glorious
visions of the future, no longer tied down to the existing political
circumstances of his people, as in the former part. The threefold theme of this
latter part is stated at the outset (Isaiah 40:2):
(1) Jerusalem's warfare is accomplished;
(2) her iniquity is pardoned;
(3) she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The divisions
are marked by the ending twice the "salvation" foretold is not for the
unfaithful, but for the believing and waiting true Israelites; for, "there is no
peace, saith my God, to the wicked."
(9) Isaiah 40 - Isaiah 48:22;
(10) Isaiah 49-57;
(11) Isaiah 58-66, which exchanges the previous refrain for the awful one that
with moving pathos describes the apostates' final doom, "their worm shall not
die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring to all
flesh!" The first of the three concerns the outward deliverance from Babylon by
Cyrus. The second, Messiah's advent prefigured by Cyrus. The third, the coming
glory of God's kingdom on earth, along with judgments on the ungodly. The
contemporary Micah (Micah 4:8-10) foretells the same exile in Babylon and the
return from it, so that it is no objection to the genuineness of Isaiah 40-66,
that herein Isaiah passes from Assyria to the restoration from Babylon much more
than a century later. Moses' general prophecy (Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy
28:64) had assumed more definiteness in Ahijah's specification of the direction
of the exile, "beyond the river," in Jeroboam's time 1 Kings 14:15), and Amos
5:27, "beyond Damascus"; and now the place is defined, Babylon. Moreover,
Isaiah's reproof of the prevailing neglect of the temple worship, and his
allusion to the slaying of children in the valleys (Isaiah 57:5), and mention of
Hephzibah (Hezekiah's wife) in Isaiah 62:4, all accord with the times of Isaiah.
The former part ends with the Babylonian exile (Isaiah 39:6); the latter part
begins with the deliverance from it, to remove the deep gloom which the prophecy
of the captivity caused to all who looked for redemption in Israel. Isaiah
40-66, has no heading of its own, which is accounted for best by its connection
with the previous part, bringing it under the same heading, Isaiah 1:1. The
whole book falls into the sacred seven divisions:
(1) Isaiah 1-12;
(2) Isaiah 13-27, the burdens and their sequel;
(3) Isaiah 28-35;
(4) Isaiah 36-39; and
(5-7) the three divisions (a sacred ternary) of Isaiah 40-66. The former part
itself also, before the historic, may be divided into seven; see above. The
return of the Lord's ransomed with everlasting joy in the last chapter of the
former part (Isaiah 35:10) is the starting point of and the text expanded in the
latter part; compare Isaiah 51:11. Josephus (Ant. 11:1, section 1-2) says that
Cyrus was indued by Isaiah's prophecies (Isaiah 44:38; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah
45:13) to help the Jews to return and rebuild their temple. Ezra 1 confirms
this. Cyrus in his edict refers to the prophecies of the latter portion, which
assign him the kingdoms from Jehovah and the duty of rebuilding His temple.
Probably he adopted from them his historical name Cyrus (Koresh). Subsequent
prophets imitate the latter portion (Jeremiah 1:34, compare Isaiah 47:4;
Jeremiah 51:6; Jeremiah 51:45 with Isaiah 48:20). "The Holy One of Israel" is a
characteristic phrase in the latter as in the former parts, and occurs but three
times elsewhere in Old Testament. It marks God's holy faithfulness to His
covenanted promises. Jeremiah borrows it. Luke (Luke 4:17) quotes Isaiah 61 as
Isaiah's, the passage read by Jesus Christ in the Nazareth synagogue. The
definiteness of the prophecies makes it impossible that they were shrewd
political guesses from probabilities. Thus Isaiah foretells Judah's deliverance
from the Assyrian invasion, not by Egyptian aid (the only seeming possible
deliverer), but by the Lord directly. On the other hand Isaiah announces the
captivity in Babylon when as yet it was but a secondrate power and moreover in
alliance with Judah, and further the return of the exiles. Eichhorn admits that
they are not vague poetical fancies, but "veiled historical descriptions." Blunt
(Undesigned Coincidences) notices the absence of such allusions as one in the
Babylonian captivity would have made and the presence of allusions to idolatry
which had almost no place in Judah after the captivity. This and such allusions
as that to the stopping of the water fountains outside the city, the display of
Hezekiah's treasure, all accord with Isaiah's prophesying under Hezekiah. Isaiah
53 minutely depicts Messiah's sufferings ages before the event, as Jews,
unwilling witnesses, admit, while evading the acceptance of Jesus by various
makeshifts. Its testimony convinced the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8) and must
convince all who seek the truth. Israel in the Babylonian exile, suffering as
God's representative amidst pagan conquerors, is viewed as "the servant of
Jehovah"; but as the mass of Jews were suffering for their sins the idea of
"servant of Jehovah" limited itself to the elect, the holy seed of Israel's
future. Then in the fullest sense Israel, the "elect servant of Jehovah,"
becomes concentrated in MESSIAH, the innocent sufferer atoning for the guilty,
the seed of an everlasting and holy generation (Isaiah 42:1-7; Isaiah 44:1;
Isaiah 49:3-25; Isaiah 49:52; Isaiah 49:53). Messiah appears as Prophet (Isaiah
42:4), as Priest (Isaiah 53), as King (Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 52:15). His
sufferings are the appointed path to His glory (Isaiah 53:11-12). They are borne
as a vicarious penalty for us: "the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; ...
the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:4-6). The mystical
union of Messiah the Head and the members is implied in His being called
"Israel," just as the New Testament church is called "Christ" (1 Corinthians
12:12; Romans 16:7). He is the top-most "Branch" of which Israel is the body of
the tree. He is also "the Root of David" as well as the "rod out of the stem of
Jesse" (Isaiah 11:1; Revelation 22:16), "a tender plant, a root out of a dry
ground" (Isaiah 53:2). Prophecy is not soothsaying at random. It rests on law,
and that law the character of God. Having deep insight into the eternal
principles on which God governs the world, that sin entails judgment but that
God's covenant mercy to His people is unchangeable, the prophets speak
accordingly. Babylon was then under Assyria. It had revolted unsuccessfully, but
the elements of its subsequent greatness were existing. The Holy Spirit
enlightened Isaiah's natural powers to foresee its rise and his spiritual
faculties to foresee its fall, the sure result, in God's ways, of the pride
which pagan success generates; also Judah's restoration as the covenant people
with whom God according to His immutable faithfulness would not be wroth
forever. Isaiah's politics consisted in insisting on conversion as the only
remedy for the nation's disorders. Rebuke, threatening, invitation, and promise
succeed in regular order. The fundamental idea is in Isaiah 26:7-9; compare
Leviticus 10:3; Amos 3:2. His wife is called "the prophetess," and must
therefore have had the prophetic gifts. His children "were for signs." (See
IMMANUEL.) Shearjashub, "the remnant shall return," and Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
"speeding to the spoil he hasteth to the prey," intimate the two chief points of
his prophecies, Jehovah's judgments on the world yet His mercy to the elect.
Isaiah's garment of sackcloth was a silent preaching by action, he embodied the
repentance he taught. History as written by the prophets is retroverted
prophecy. Spiritual insight into the past, inspired by God, implies insight into
the future and vice verse. Hence the Old Testament histories (1 and 2 Samuel,
and 1 and 2 Kings) were written by contemporary prophets, Samuel, Nathan, Iddo,
Isaiah, etc., and are classed with the prophetic books. The Chronicles are not
classed so, and therefore can hardly be their composition, but probably Ezra's,
gathered from the public records and historical monographs of the prophets (as
Isaiah's life of Uzziah and of Hezekiah: 2 Chronicles 26:22; 2 Chronicles
32:32). CHRONICLES.) The historical books from Joshua onwards and the prophetic
books from Isaiah form a bipartite whole of prophetic writings called "the
prophets"; for the history of the past in the former part is as prophetic as the
history of the future in the latter part. His ministry was exercised at
Jerusalem. "The valley of vision" (Isaiah 22:1) may imply that it was in "the
lower city" he resided and saw visions, though "valley" may refer to Jersalem
generally, surrounded by hills higher than Zion and Moriah. The Talmud, from an
old genealogical roll found in Jerusalem, and from the Palestinian Targum on 2
Kings 21:16, states that king Manasseh "sawed Isaiah asunder" with a wooden saw,
to which the allusion may be in Hebrews 11:37. Isaiah 1:1 shows that none of the
collection of prophecies of which that is the heading were written under
Manasseh. They were collected by Isaiah himself in the close of Hezekiah's
reign. Then at the beginning of Manasseh's reign Isaiah fell a victim to the
persecuting idolatry which superseded Jehovah's worship. The pretext was that
Isaiah had said he had seen Jehovah (Isaiah 6), in opposition to Exodus 33:20.
This agrees with 2 Kings 21:16, "Manasseh shed innocent blood very much." That
Isaiah served Hezekiah appears implied in 2 Chronicles 32:32. The chronological
arrangement favors the view that Isaiah himself collected his prophecies into
one volume. Excepting a few of similar contents grouped together, the several
portions are placed according to their dates. The former part ending with the
historical section was more for the public in general; the latter part is his
prophetic legacy to the faithful few, analogous to Moses' last speech and our
Lord's closing discourses to His chosen disciples. The Messianic hopes in Isaiah
are so vivid that Jerome (Ad Paulinum) calls his book not a prophecy but the
"Gospel," "he is not so much a prophet as an evangelist." The "Shiloh"
("tranquilizer") of Genesis 49:10 appears in Isaiah as "the Prince of peace"
(Isaiah 9:6). He is represented as "King" in Psalm 2, Psalm 45, Psalm 72, Psalm
110. Isaiah develops most His priestly and prophetic offices; Psalm 110. His
royal priesthood, Isaiah His suffering priesthood; this last, especially in the
latter portion, addressed to the faithful elect, whereas in the former part,
addressed to the whole people, he dwells on Messiah's glory, the antidote to the
fears of the people and the pledge to assure them that the kingdom of God,
represented by Judah, would not be overwhelmed by Syria, Israel, and Assyria; so
that they should trust wholly in Him and not in Egypt. His style is simple and
sublime, intermediate between the lowly tenderness of Jeremiah and the bold
exuberance of Ezekiel. The variation of style in the latter portion proves, not
its spuriousness, but Isaiah's power to vary his style with his subject. In it
he is tender, and abounds in repetitions such as suit comforting exhortations.
The many epithets attached to God's name are designed as so many stays whereon
faith may rest and repel despair. Peculiarities which are characteristic of
Isaiah occur in the latter portion as in the former, e.g. "to be called," i.e.
to be; instead of synonyms the same words repeated in the parallel members of
verses; hymns interspersed; "the remnant of olive trees," etc., for the remnant
of people who escape judgments. Compare also Isaiah 65:25 with Isaiah 11:6;
Isaiah 51:11 with Isaiah 35:10. The form is Hebrew poetical parallelism, varied
however according to the subject. Judah and Jerusalem, not the more apostate and
doomed Israel, are the people addressed. No prophet is quoted so frequently by
our Lord and His apostles. His sacred scows are a prominent feature. Thus,
Isaiah 12, closing the section of Isaiah 7-12, aptly called "the book of
Immanuel," is the future song of redeemed Israel, answering to that at the Red
Sea (Exodus 15; compare Revelation 15:2-3). Again Isaiah 25-27, is the lyric
prophecy of the downfall of the world city, the coming blessed personal epiphany
of the Lord to His people, and the destruction of the foe (Isaiah 25), Judah's
and Israel's resurrection politically and spiritually (Isaiah 26), the church
vineyard ever kept by Jehovah (Isaiah 27); it forms the finale to Isaiah 13-23,
concerning the pagan foes of Israel. The frequent alliteration of like sounds in
Isaiah 25-27, effectively realizes to the ear, as well as the eye and the
understanding, the deeply moving finale. His elegiac power appears in Isaiah
15-16, concerning Moab.
Scriptures about Isaiah
2 Kings 20:9 -
And Isaiah said,
This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he
hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
2 Kings 20:19 -
Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah,
Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, [Is it] not
[good], if peace and truth be in my days?
Isaiah 1:1 -
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.
2 Kings 20:8 -
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah,
What [shall be] the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into
the house of the LORD the third day?
2 Kings 20:14 -
Then came Isaiah the
prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from
whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country,
[even] from Babylon.
Isaiah 39:3 -
Then came Isaiah the
prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from
whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country
unto me, [even] from Babylon.
2 Kings 20:1 -
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house
in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Isaiah 38:1 -
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Chronicles 32:32 -
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they [are]
written in the vision of Isaiahthe
prophet, the son of Amoz, [and] in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Isaiah 37:6 -
And Isaiah said
unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not
afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of
Assyria have blasphemed me.
2 Kings 19:6 -
And Isaiah said
unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid
of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of
Assyria have blasphemed me.
2 Kings 19:20 -
Then Isaiah the
son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [That]
which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
Isaiah 20:2 -
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the
son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off
thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isaiah 7:3 -
Then said the LORD unto Isaiah,
Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the
conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
Isaiah 37:21 -
Then Isaiah the
son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
2 Kings 19:2 -
And he sent Eliakim, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and
the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
Isaiah 20:3 -
And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath
walked naked and barefoot three years [for] a sign and wonder upon Egypt and
upon Ethiopia;
Isaiah 37:2 -
And he sent Eliakim, who [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and
the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the
prophet the son of Amoz.
Isaiah 39:8 -
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah,
Good [is] the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For
there shall be peace and truth in my days.
2 Kings 20:11 -
And Isaiah the
prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by
which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
2 Chronicles 32:20 -
And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the
son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
2 Kings 20:4 -
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was
gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
2 Chronicles 26:22 -
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the
prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
2 Kings 20:7 -
And Isaiah said,
Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid [it] on the boil, and he recovered.
Isaiah 38:21 -
For Isaiah had
said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay [it] for a plaister upon the boil,
and he shall recover.
Isaiah 39:5 -
Then said Isaiah to
Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
2 Kings 20:16 -
And Isaiah said
unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
Isaiah 2:1 -
The word that Isaiah the
son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Kings 19:5 -
So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
Isaiah 13:1 -
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the
son of Amoz did see.
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- New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
- New International Version - UK (NIVUK)
- New International Version (NIV)
- New King James Version (NKJV)
- New Life Version (NLV)
- New Living Translation (NLT)
- New Matthew Bible (NMB)
- New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
- New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
- New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
- New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
- New Testament for Everyone (NTE)
- Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)
- Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)
- Revised Standard Version (RSV)
- Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
- The Message (MSG)
- The Voice (VOICE)
- Tree of Life Version (TLV)
- World English Bible (WEB)
- Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)
- Wycliffe Bible (WYC)
- Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Table of Contents
- Woe Unto Nineveh
- God will Summon Assyria to Destroy Israel
- God will Call the Assyrians to Conquer Judah
- Assyria will Plunder Damascus and Samaria
- Israel will be Taken Captive to Assyria
- Assyria will Take Egypt and Ethiopia as Prisoners
- God will Punish Assyria's Arrogance
- God will Break Assyria in Judah
- God will Destroy Assyria with His Voice
- God's Sword will Devour Assyria
- God will Defend Jerusalem from Assyria
- Forty Days and Nineveh will be Overthrown
- Nineveh will be Ultimately Cut Down
- Nineveh will be Made Desolate
- Nineveh will be Made Naked
- God will make Assyria a Desolation
- The Pride of Assyria will be Brought Down
- Assyrians will Accept Jesus
Main Menu
- Ancient Assyrian Social Structure
- Ancient Babylonia
- Ancient Canaan During the Time of Joshua
- Ancient History Timeline
- Ancient Oil Lamps
- Antonia Fortress
- Archaeology of Ancient Assyria
- Assyria and Bible Prophecy
- Augustus Caesar
- Background Bible Study
- Bible
- Biblical Geography
- Fallen Empires - Archaeological Discoveries and the Bible
- First Century Jerusalem
- Glossary of Latin Words
- Herod Agrippa I
- Herod Antipas
- Herod the Great
- Herod's Temple
- High Priest's in New Testament Times
- Jewish Literature in New Testament Times
- Library collection
- Map of David's Kingdom
- Map of the Divided Kingdom - Israel and Judah
- Map of the Ministry of Jesus
- Matthew Henry Bible Commentary
- Messianic Prophecy
- Nero Caesar Emperor
- Online Bible Maps
- Paul's First Missionary Journey
- Paul's Second Missionary Journey
- Paul's Third Missionary Journey
- Pontius Pilate
- Questions About the Ancient World
- Tabernacle of Ancient Israel
- Tax Collectors in New Testament Times
- The Babylonian Captivity
- The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser
- The Books of the New Testament
- The Court of the Gentiles
- The Court of the Women in the Temple
- The Destruction of Israel
- The Fall of Judah with Map
- The History Of Rome
- The Incredible Bible
- The Jewish Calendar in Ancient Hebrew History
- The Life of Jesus in Chronological Order
- The Life of Jesus in Harmony
- The Names of God
- The New Testament
- The Old Testament
- The Passion of the Christ
- The Pharisees
- The Sacred Year of Israel in New Testament Times
- The Samaritans
- The Scribes
Ancient Questions
- How did the ancient Greeks and Romans practice medicine and treat illnesses?
- What were the major contributions of ancient Babylon to mathematics and astronomy?
- How did the ancient Persians create and administer their vast empire?
- What were the cultural and artistic achievements of ancient India, particularly during the Gupta Empire?
- How did ancient civilizations like the Incas and Aztecs build their remarkable cities and structures?
- What were the major trade routes and trading practices of the ancient world?
- What was the role of slavery in ancient societies like Rome and Greece?
- How did the ancient Mayans develop their sophisticated calendar system?
- What were the key events and significance of the Battle of Thermopylae in ancient Greece?
- What was life like for women in ancient Rome?
Bible Study Questions
- The Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV): Historical Significance, Translation Methodology, and Lasting Impact
- Exploring the English Standard Version (ESV): Its Aspects, Comparisons, Impact on Biblical Studies, and Church Use
- A Detailed Historical Analysis of Language Updates in the KJ21: Comparison with Other Versions
- A Detailed Historical Analysis of the American Standard Version (ASV): Comparison to the King James Version, Influence on Later Translations, and Evaluation of Strengths and Weaknesses
- A Detailed Historical Analysis of Amplifications in the Amplified Bible (AMP) and Its Comparison to Other Bible Translations
- Detailed Historical Analysis of the Amplified Bible Classic Edition (AMPC): Examples of Amplifications and Comparative Analysis with Other Bible Translations
- Theological Implications of the BRG Bible's Color-Coding System: A Comparative Analysis
- The Christian Standard Bible (CSB): An In-Depth Analysis
- The Geneva Bible: Theological Distinctives, Impact on English Literature, and Role in Bible Translation History
- Exploring the Common English Bible (CEB): Translation Methodology, Church Use, and Comparative Analysis
About
Welcome to Free Bible: Unearthing the Past, Illuminating the Present! Step into a world where ancient history and biblical narratives intertwine, inviting you to explore the rich tapestry of human civilization.
Discover the captivating stories of forgotten empires, delve into the customs and cultures of our ancestors, and witness the remarkable findings unearthed by dedicated archaeologists.
Immerse yourself in a treasure trove of knowledge, where the past comes alive and illuminates our understanding of the present.
Join us on this extraordinary journey through time, where curiosity is rewarded and ancient mysteries await your exploration.
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