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The books of the New Testament frequently cite Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah.Scholars have observed that few of these citations are actual predictions in context; the majority of these quotations and references are taken from the prophetic Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings.
Genesis 21:13, 18 – God promises to make Ishmael a great nation. Ishmael is the half brother of Isaac, the father of the Jews. Deuteronomy 18:18 and 33:1, 2 – God promises to raise a prophet who would be among the brethren of the Jews and like unto Moses.
"Yea, He saith, 'It is too light a thing for you to be My servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the scions of Israel, and I shall submit you as a light unto the nations, to be My salvation until the end of the earth' Isaiah 49:6. "And unto your light, nations shall walk, and kings unto the brightness of your rising" Isaiah 60:3.
God did not promise an unbroken monarchy but one of David's descendants who would be qualified to sit on that throne when it was reestablished. For Jeremiah 33:14 states 14 "Look, the days are coming" -- this is the LORD's declaration -- "when I will fulfill the good promise that I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah."
Isaiah 1–33 promises judgment and restoration for Judah, Jerusalem and the nations, and chapters 34–66 presume that judgment has been pronounced and restoration follows soon. [8] While few scholars today attribute the entire book, or even most of it, to one person, [ 4 ] the book's essential unity has become a focus in more recent research.
Whereas in Isaiah 3:6 the men "take hold of" a man to get a ruler, in this verse the women "take hold of" a man to get a husband. [7] The women supplying their own food and apparel is a reversal of the marriage ordering in Exodus 21:10 .
Although the New Testament does not refer to Isaiah 11:1-2 regarding these gifts, [15] [16] according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, these gifts "complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them." [17] Initiates receive them at Baptism and they are strengthened at Confirmation, so that one can proclaim the truths of the faith.
Isaiah 47 is the forty-seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets. [1] Isaiah 40-55 is known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and dates from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon.