Isaiah chapters 56 – 66 were written by a third member of Isaiah’s school to those who returned from the Babylonian Exile. The expectation was that once they’d come home, the nation would unite, the people would prosper, and their suffering would end. When this hope was not fulfilled, the priests and government officials blamed […]
Chapters 40 through 55 contain some of the most beautiful and oft-quoted passages in the Bible. They record how Isaiah’s school interpreted suffering in the sixth century BC. Two hundred years have passed since the Assyrian Empire conquered Israel and besieged Judah. Isaiah had assured them their suffering would end if they began living by […]
The Book of Isaiah records perspectives of a prophetic school over three different periods: the 8th century BC, when the Assyrian Empire invaded, about 200 years later, when Israelite leadership lived in exile under the Babylonian Empire, and at least 50 years later, after the Persian Empire allowed them to return home. People in all […]
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