The Old Testament Book of Isaiah

The Book of Isaiah is a major prophetic book in the Old Testament, attributed to the prophet Isaiah. It spans a long period of Israel’s history and is…

Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israel’s history. The Northern Kingdom collapsed, under the hammerlike blows of Assyria, in 722/721 B.C., and in 701 Jerusalem itself saw the army of Sennacherib drawn up before its walls. In the year that Uzziah, king of Judah, died (742), Isaiah received his call to the prophetic office in the Temple of Jerusalem. Close attention should be given to chap. 6, where this divine summons to be the ambassador of the Most High is circumstantially described. The vision of the Lord enthroned in glory stamps an indelible cha…