Chapter 1 Israel’s ancient apostasy typifies an end-time apostasy, with salvation reserved for some who repent. Chapter 2 The end-time restoration of Zion/Jerusalem contrasts Jehovah’s judgment of the world at his coming. Chapter 3 Wickedness in society leads to anarchy, internal collapse...
The point of the metaphor is explained in v. 7. Isaiah 40:6 tn Heb“and all his loyalty.” The antecedent of the third masculine suffix is בָּשָׂר (basar,“flesh”), which refers collectively to mankind. The LXX, apparently understanding the antecedent as “grass,” ...
II. Isaiah 40—55 A. The Lord’s Glory in Israel’s Liberation Chapter 40 Promise of Salvation - Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThis was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”New Living TranslationThis is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted: “LORD, who has belie...
Isaiah 12 has close phraseological links with the preceding chapters, with chapters 40–55, and with the Psalms (including Exodus 15). This suggests that it was composed deliberately for its present location and that the apparent lack of unity within the chapter should not be explained by the...
Chapter 3: Conception of the Land in the Book of Isaiah : Ethical Dimension of Cult in the Book of Isaiah The machinery of life obtains its power from energy liberated by the oxidation of foodstuffs. For a long time it was the belief that fat, dextrose and protein enter the blood stream...
Chapter 59 is a continuation of the prophecy that began with Israel's contention that the Israelites are hypocritical God-seekers (58:2-3a). Isaiah's instruction was to "Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins" (58:1b). God is able to save them from...
5. Matthew Chapter 13 is not dealing specifically with the church age, which is the period between Pentecost and the rapture, but with the entire period of the inter-advent age, that is, the period between the first and second advents, during which the King (Yeshua) is absent from the ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThen I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”New Living TranslationThen I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people...