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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...

plainest understanding of the words, but Isaiah does use ‘seed’ of the people who will yet enjoy the promises (41:8; 43:5; 45:25; 53:10; 59:21; 65:9, 23; 66:22), and the ‘holy seed’ could therefore be the remnant, called holy and ‘written unto life’ (4:3) in the Zion that was yet to be (cf. Heb. 12:22).4 The matching fourfold addresses to Judah and Israel which begin here (see outline, pp. 76–78) work out the position Isaiah has now reached. Chapter 5 brought
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