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Isaiah (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ "Salvation is the LORD") was a major prophet in the [[Old Testament]]. He was the son of [[Amoz]], and the author of the [[Book of Isaiah]]. | Isaiah (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ "Salvation is the LORD") was a major prophet in the [[Old Testament]]. He was the son of [[Amoz]], and the author of the [[Book of Isaiah]]. | ||
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| + | Isaiah was born in the 8th century BC to a man named Amoz. He married a woman known as "the prophetess" ([[Isaiah 8:3]]). Why she was called this is not certain, but it may simply have been because she was the wife of a prophet. Isaiah had by her two sons, who bore symbolic names - Shear-jashub ('Remnant will return' - [[Isaiah 7:3]]) and Maher-shalal-hash-baz ('To speed the spoil he hastens your prey' - [[Isaiah 8]]:1-4). | ||
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| + | His ministry as a prophet was during the reigns of [[Uzziah]] (or Azariah), [[Jotham]], [[Ahaz]], and [[Hezekiah]] ([[Isaiah 1:1]]), the kings of Judah. Uzziah reigned fifty-two years in the middle of the 8th century BC, and Isaiah must have begun his ministry a few years before Uzziah's death. He lived until at least the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and he may have been contemporary for some years with [[Manasseh]]. Thus Isaiah may have prophesied for the long period of at least sixty-four years. | ||
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Synopsis: Isaiah (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ "Salvation is the LORD") was a major prophet in the Old Testament. He was the son of Amoz, and the author of the Book of Isaiah.
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Isaiah (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ "Salvation is the LORD") was a major prophet in the Old Testament. He was the son of Amoz, and the author of the Book of Isaiah.
Isaiah was born in the 8th century BC to a man named Amoz. He married a woman known as "the prophetess" (Isaiah 8:3). Why she was called this is not certain, but it may simply have been because she was the wife of a prophet. Isaiah had by her two sons, who bore symbolic names - Shear-jashub ('Remnant will return' - Isaiah 7:3) and Maher-shalal-hash-baz ('To speed the spoil he hastens your prey' - Isaiah 8:1-4).
His ministry as a prophet was during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (Isaiah 1:1), the kings of Judah. Uzziah reigned fifty-two years in the middle of the 8th century BC, and Isaiah must have begun his ministry a few years before Uzziah's death. He lived until at least the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and he may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh. Thus Isaiah may have prophesied for the long period of at least sixty-four years.
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