Old Testament · Major Prophets
Isaiah
Isaiah confronts a nation trusting in alliances rather than in God, and holds out a rescue that reaches beyond Israel. Its later chapters speak of a servant who suffers for the sins of others.
- Authorship
- Attributed to Isaiah son of Amoz.
- Historical setting
- Judah under Assyrian threat, looking ahead to Babylon and return.
- Key themes
- The holiness of God · Judgment and comfort · The suffering servant · New creation
- Where it sits in the story
- The prophetic book the Gospels quote most when explaining who Jesus is.
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