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Isaiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Isaiah, one of the Book of the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, which is the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] In this "vision of Isaiah concerning Judah and Jerusalem", the prophet calls the nation to repentance and predicts the destruction of the first temple in the siege of Jerusalem.
Proto-Isaiah/First Isaiah (chapters 1–39): [17] 1–12: Oracles against Judah mostly from Isaiah's early years; 13–23: Oracles against foreign nations from his middle years; 24–27: The "Isaiah Apocalypse", added at a much later date; 28–33: Oracles from Isaiah's later ministry; 34–35: A vision of Zion, perhaps a later addition;
The interpretation of Isaiah 9:1–2 by the author of the Gospel of Matthew has led Christian authors to hint at its messianic applications. [43] While the Gospel of Matthew modifies a Greek Septuagint interpretation of scripture (Isaiah 8:23–9:2), [38] in the Masoretic text it refers to the "region of the nations". [44]
The text of the Book of Isaiah refers to Isaiah as "the prophet", [11] but the exact relationship between the Book of Isaiah and the actual prophet Isaiah is complicated. The traditional view is that all 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah were written by one man, Isaiah, possibly in two periods between 740 BC and c. 686 BC, separated by ...
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
Isaiah 17 is the seventeenth 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 one of the Books of the Prophets. The New King James Version describes this chapter as a "proclamation against Syria and Israel". [1]
There is much debate over the meaning of Isaiah 7:14. Most scholars today agree the Hebrew word 'almah, used in Isaiah, is more accurately translated as young woman rather than virgin, but the Septuagint version of Isaiah, and the Gospel of Matthew, both use the Greek word parthenos, which unambiguously translates as virgin. In any case, the ...
All flesh is grass (Hebrew: כָּל־הַבָּשָׂ֣ר חָצִ֔יר kol-habbāsār ḥāṣīr) [1] is a phrase found in the Old Testament book of Isaiah, chapter 40, verses 6–8. The English text in King James Version is as follows: [2] 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass,