Chapters 7, 21, and 36 – 39 appear also in 2nd Kings: it is not known whether the author of Isaiah borrowed them from Kings, or vice-versa.

The contents are correspondingly varied: a confession of sin and a plea to God not to maintain his anger forever ( ch. 63: 7 – 64: 11 ); a poem on the theme that God has no need of a temple because Heaven is his throne and Earth his footstool ( Isaiah 66: 1 – 2 ); verses setting out conditions for admission to the community ; complaints of sin, incompetence and paganism ; and distinctions between the " righteous " and the " sinners ", foreshadowing the categories used in much later Judaism and early Christianity.

Peace, 1896 etching by William Strutt, based upon Isaiah 11: 6, 7

Of notable importance is Isaiah 7: 14, where the prophet is assuring king Ahaz that God will save Judah from the invading armies of Israel and Syria ; the sign that will prove this is the forthcoming birth of a child called Emmanuel, " God With Us ".

* Isaiah 7: 14 -- " virgin " instead of " young woman "

Some scholars assert that the Sheol mentioned in Isaiah 38: 18, Psalm 6: 5 and Job 7: 7-10 was an earlier concept than Heaven, but this theory is not universally held.

* He will be a messenger of peace ( Isaiah 53: 7 )

84 ) on the annunciation and virgin birth of Jesus shows how Justin used harmonized gospel verses from Matthew and Luke to provide a scriptural proof of the messiah-ship of Jesus based on fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 7: 14.

For biblical references to Sheol see Genesis 42: 38, Isaiah 14: 11, Psalm 141: 7, Daniel 12: 2, Proverbs 7: 27 and Job 10: 21, 22, and 17: 16, among others.

For example Irenaeus concerning Isaiah 7: 14: The Septuagint clearly writes of a virgin that shall conceive.

It is in this period that the earliest clear monotheistic statements appear in the Bible, for example in the apparently seventh-century Deuteronomy 4: 35, 39, 1 Samuel 2: 2, 2 Samuel 7: 22, 2 Kings 19: 15, 19 (= Isaiah 37: 16, 20 ), and Jeremiah 16: 19, 20 and the sixth-century portion of Isaiah 43: 10 – 11, 44: 6, 8, 45: 5 – 7, 14, 18, 21, and 46: 9.

* Isaiah 2: 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures ; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

Ahaz's " dread " of Rezin and Pekah, " Son of Remaliah " is recorded in the Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah 7: 14 where the birth of a son ( possibly Hezekiah ) is a sign of the defeat of both kings by the King of Assyria before the child is old enough to eat curds and honey and distinguish right from wrong.

Isaiah 7: 1, 2 speaks of a league between Pekah and King Rezin of Aram that was a threat to Ahaz of Judah.

For example, Irenaeus dedicates an entire chapter in Against Heresies to the defense of Isaiah 7: 14, one of the chief prophecies used to validate Jesus as the Messiah.

Isaiah 55: 7 ; Matthew 4: 17.

* Isaiah 64: 7 " There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.

The easiest way to get a large attacking army ( such as an Assyrian army, see Isaiah 36: 2, Isaiah 37: 8 and Jeremiah 34: 7 ) up to Jerusalem was to approach from the coast.

Biblical references to Lachish include Joshua 10: 3, 5, 23, 31-35 ; Joshua 12: 11 ; Joshua 15: 39 ; 2 Kings 14: 19 ; 2 Kings 18: 14, 17 ; 2 Kings 19: 8 ; 2 Chronicles 11: 9 ; 2 Chronicles 25: 27 ; 2 Chronicles 32: 9 ; Nehemiah 11: 30 ; Isaiah 36: 2 ; Isaiah 37: 8 ; Jeremiah 34: 7 ; and Micah 1: 13.

The visions of Daniel, with those of 1 Enoch, Isaiah, Jubilees, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, are the inspiration for much of the apocalyptic ideology and symbolism of the Qumran community's Dead Sea scrolls and the early literature of Christianity.

* Chapters 1 to 39 ( First Isaiah, Proto-Isaiah or Original Isaiah ): the work of the original prophet Isaiah, who worked in Jerusalem between 740 and 687 BCE.

* Isaiah 2, 13, 34, 58, Jeremiah 46: 10, Lamentations 2: 22, Ezekiel 13: 5, Joel 1, 2, 3, Amos 5: 18, 20, Zephaniah 1, 2, Zechariah 14: 1, Malachi 4: 5

* Zion's future hope ( 4: 1 – 5 ) This is a later passage, almost identical with Isaiah 2: 2 – 4.

* Deliverance from Distress in Babylon ( 4: 9 – 5: 1 ) The similarities to Isaiah 41: 15 – 16 and the references to Babylon suggest the period of this material, although it is unclear whether a period during or after the siege of 586 is meant.

" 9: 2 If the passage in Isaiah is interpreted literally, a return to the vegetarian diet of Eden seems to be a natural conclusion. Gen 1: 29-30

Some Protestant Christian denominations prohibit the drinking of alcohol based upon Biblical passages which condemn drunkenness ( such as Proverbs 23: 21, Isaiah 28: 1, Habakkuk 2: 15 ), but others allow moderate use of alcohol.

Hence the Biblical " Galilee of the Nations ", Hebrew " galil goyim "( Isaiah 9: 1 ).

* The Sanhedrin will be re-established ( Isaiah 1: 26 )

* He will be descended from King David ( Isaiah 11: 1 ) via King Solomon ( 1 Chron.

:" And hear again how Isaiah in express words foretold that He should be born of a virgin ; for he spoke thus: ' Behold, the virgin will conceive in the womb and bear a son, and they will say in his name, God with us ' ( Mt 1: 23 ).

* ' Isaiah 6: 1 – 11 ,' Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol.

One conjecture holds that " Nazareth " is derived from one of the Hebrew words for ' branch ', namely ne · ṣer, נ ֵ֫ צ ֶ ר, and alludes to the prophetic, messianic words in Book of Isaiah 11: 1, ' from ( Jesse's ) roots a Branch ( netzer ) will bear fruit.

The purpose of the sacrifice is the expiation of sins of the man as the animal symbolically receives all the man's sins, which is based on the reconciliation of Isaiah 1: 18.

( Matt 2: 23 is not present in current Masoretic tradition either, though according to St. Jerome it was in Isaiah 11: 1.

: 1 Timothy 1: 17 ; Deuteronomy 6: 4 ; 1 Kings 8: 27 ; 1 John 1: 5 ; Genesis 1: 1 – 2 ; Acts 17: 24 – 25, 28 ; Psalm 90: 1 – 2 ; Matthew 28: 19 ; John 3: 16 ; Isaiah 57: 15 ; 2 Peter 3: 9.

* Isaiah 1: 26: " And I will restore your judges as at first and your counsellors as in the beginning ; afterwards you shall be called City of Righteousness, Faithful City.

The phrase was coined in 1961, taken from Isaiah 2: 3-5 (" And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more ").

The latter is emphasized as being consistent with a passage from Isaiah 60: 6 ; And they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring forth gold and incense ; and they shall show forth the praises of the Lord.

* Isaiah Wilner ; The Man Time Forgot: A Tale Of Genius, Betrayal And The Creation Of Time Magazine.

And anticipating this, Isaiah exclaimed: " Hades was embittered when it encountered Thee in the lower regions ".

The name was supposedly given by Rabbi Kanievsky and comes from Isaiah 22 verse 23, " ותקעתיו יתד, במקום נאמן ", translated as " And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place ", or as " I will drive him like a peg in a firm place ".

Isaiah 2: 4 " And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples ; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.

And Isaiah the prophet says in his fortieth chapter: " To whom have ye likened the Lord?