Should choose to leave us an offspring… Like Sodom and GomorRah, we will be! 10Therefore, hear the word of Jehovah Like an old shack in a vineyard Or a shed in a cucumber garden, Or like a city that is under attack. 8For, the daughter of Zion has now been abandoned They’ve devoured the that’s before you… By strangers, it has been destroyed, And foreign peoples have wiped it away. 7Your land has been completely destroyedĪnd all of your cities are burned. Since no one has dressed them or applied oil, Nor have they come here to wrap them. Your wounds and contusions are inflamed and unhealed, 3 ‘Although every ox knows its owner And every burro knows its own master’s barn By IsraEl, I am unknown, And My people do not understand.’ 4So, woe to you, sinful nation įor, you’re a people that’s filled with its sins… You’re an evil offspring and lawless sons, Since you have abandoned Jehovah, And IsraEl’s Holy One, you have provoked… So now, you’ve been pushed to the rear! 5Why be struck down for lawless ways?įor your head is in a miserable condition And your heart is in great distress… 6Nothing is healthy from your head to your feet. 2Hear, O heavens, and O earth,įor Jehovah spoke and said this: ‘I fathered sons and I raised them, But, they’ve paid no attention to Me. If you think you’ve spotted a place where our choice is incorrect, please let us know and we’ll reconsider it.ġThese are the visions that IsaiAh (son of Amoz) saw during the reigns of UzziAh, JoTham, Ahaz, and HezekiAh, (the kings of Judah) about things that were to come upon Judah and JeruSalem. Did we get it all right? Probably not, but it has been an honest attempt at doing so.
3 When God is speaking, all references to God are naturally spoken in the first person.
When the angelic messenger speaks, he talks about God in the third person. When the Prophet speaks, he’s either clearly reporting what he said or did, or is simply saying what was happening. How can we tell the difference? From the context, the pronouns, and the tenses: 1. The words of God Himself (which we put in italics). That of the angelic messenger who’s bringing the message from God, 3. That of the Prophet, who sometimes quotes himself, 2. So there are actually three voices speaking: 1. Rather, He sent His messages through a mediator, either referred to as a messenger (an angel), or sometimes as ‘The Word’ (which some interpret to mean Jesus). However, we now realize one reason for the confusion that’s usually overlooked: God didn’t speak to the Prophets personally. It makes it very confusing to figure out exactly who’s talking. Who was talking? When translating the words of the Prophets, you can’t help but notice the constant changing personal pronouns (I, you, he, they, etc.) used in the text. These act as memory aids, helping you to recall the words, making it easier for messages to be spread via the most common communication method of the time: song. Why use poetry? Poetry must conform to a certain rhythm and style. Therefore, because this is the chosen style of God, we’ve tried to recreate it as it was originally intended: in poetic verse. There’s a definite cadence that can be seen in the original language. Most of this book is poetry Something that only a Bible translator would notice is when words are in the form of Hebrew poetry. It covers some historical events recorded in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, such as IsaiAh’s interactions with King HezekiAh of Judah. It was likely written by IsaiAh himself during 8th century BCE and into the early 7th century BCE.
Isaiah is a record of the prophecies that Jehovah gave to the Prophet IsaiAh.
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