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Isaiah 56–66: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The world’s leading authority on the prophet Isaiah brings his distinguished 3-volume commentary on the book of Isaiah to a conclusion with this new translation and critical discussion of the final eleven chapters. The concluding section of the book of Isaiah, sometimes referred to as Third or Trito Isaiah, had a profound impact on the Christian movement in its formative phase, including such...

echo of the reversal of fortune promised the “Servants” in Isa 65:13–14, there is a sense of ultimate fulfillment. This reading will be tested and verified as we continue working through this section. It will seem somewhat surprising that the quite general injunction to avoid evildoing is linked with the very specific point of Sabbath observance. An explanation is at hand in the reassurance addressed to the eunuchs, a reassurance conditional on observing Sabbath and holding fast to the covenant (v
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