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God’s people have rebelled; they have become a sinful nation. But God calls his people back, through Isaiah, with a message of judgment, consolation, and hope. Isn’t this how God calls all sinners? Move with the “greatest of the prophets” deeply into the mystery of God and the beauty of his truth. Isaiah, the tenth book in the Come and See: Catholic Bible Study Series, covers the major Old...

Isaiah presents a series of “Oracles of Woe” in Isaiah 5:8–23, which condemns the wicked behavior of the people and provides the grounds for judgment. The first woe: Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field (Isaiah 5:8) describes how the wealthy abuse their power to accumulate more and more and will end up with nothing. The beautiful homes will be empty. Ten acres will produce only one bath (six gallons or twenty-three liters) of wine. The fields will yield only ten per cent of
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