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Ivan Friesen explores how the interpretation of the book of Isaiah is carried out and lived out today in faith communities where the Bible is the bedrock of faith and life. Such an interpretation combines the concerns of pastoral care with the distress and uncertainty of prophetic action. The commentary groups the sixty-six chapters of Isaiah into six distinct but continuous parts. Each part may...

The Lord’s Holiness, 6:1–4 Confession and Forgiveness, 6:5–7 Sending, 6:8–10 Exile and Hope, 6:11–13 From a scene of roaring lions and a storm at sea (5:29–30), the reader is abruptly brought into a vision of a throne room, with the Lord seated among courtiers (6:1). The time of the vision is linked to the year of King Uzziah’s death, which occurred not long after the middle of the eighth century BC (ca. 742). Uzziah reigned during a time of relative
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