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The books of the New Testament frequently cite Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah.Scholars have observed that few of these citations are actual predictions in context; the majority of these quotations and references are taken from the prophetic Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings.
Isaiah 1–33 promises judgment and restoration for Judah, Jerusalem and the nations, and chapters 34–66 presume that judgment has been pronounced and restoration follows soon. [8] While few scholars today attribute the entire book, or even most of it, to one person, [ 4 ] the book's essential unity has become a focus in more recent research.
Genesis 21:13, 18 – God promises to make Ishmael a great nation. Ishmael is the half brother of Isaac, the father of the Jews. Deuteronomy 18:18 and 33:1, 2 – God promises to raise a prophet who would be among the brethren of the Jews and like unto Moses.
Whereas in Isaiah 3:6 the men "take hold of" a man to get a ruler, in this verse the women "take hold of" a man to get a husband. [7] The women supplying their own food and apparel is a reversal of the marriage ordering in Exodus 21:10 .
In this covenant, God promises to make the Israelites his treasured possession among all people [22] and "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation", [23] if they follow God's commandments. As part of the terms of this covenant, God gives Moses the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17); these are later embellished or elaborated on in the rest of the ...
Isaiah 58 is the fifty-eighth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah. [1]
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Isaiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Isaiah, one of the Book of the Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, which is the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] In this "vision of Isaiah concerning Judah and Jerusalem", the prophet calls the nation to repentance and predicts the destruction of the first temple in the siege of Jerusalem.