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Isaiah: An Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Isaiah is perhaps the most compelling of all Old Testament prophecy. No other prophet rivals Isaiah’s brilliance of style, powerful imagery and clear vision of the messianic hope. Isaiah’s prophetic ministry begins with his temple vision and calling: “I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send?’“ Through a series of oracles Isaiah calls Israel and the nations to turn to...

Isaiah was the prophet of faith, the faith that trusts the promises, perseveres through the darkness and obediently awaits the Lord’s time. . The forward view, so prominent in the Isaianic literature, has two main foci: the city and the Messiah. The city. Isaiah’s vision (1:1) concerned Judah and Jerusalem, but to a major extent his preoccupation is the city, with the fate of the whole kingdom bound up with and settled by what happens in Jerusalem. Likewise the future is dominated by the prophet’s
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