Against Idolatry and Human Arrogance
5O House of Jacob!
Come, let us walk
By the light of the Lord.
6For you have forsaken [the ways of] your people,
O House of Jacob!
For they are full [of practices] from the East,
And of soothsaying like the Philistines;
They abound in customs of the aliens.
7Their land is full of silver and gold,
There is no limit to their treasures;
Their land is…
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Isaiah’s Prophetic Commission
Isaiah 6:1–13
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Uzziah’s Reinterment Inscription
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Hybrid Creatures with Six Wings
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A Coalition against King Ahaz of Judah
Isaiah 7:1–16
In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched upon Jerusalem to attack it; but they were not able to attack it.…
Against Social Injustice
Isaiah 10:1–4
Ha!
Those who write out evil writs
And compose iniquitous documents,
To subvert the cause of the poor,
To rob of their rights the needy of My people;
That widows may be their spoil,
And fatherless…
Assyria and Its Future Fall
Isaiah 10:5–15, 32–34
Ha!
Assyria, rod of My anger,
In whose hand, as a staff, is My fury!
I send him against an ungodly nation,
I charge him against a people that provokes Me,
To take its spoil and to seize its booty
A…