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Isaiah the Prophet in Hebrew Scriptures was depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. Isaiah or Yeshayáhu ( יְשַׁעְיָהוּ "Salvation of/is the LORD ", Standard Hebrew Yəšaʿyáhu , Tiberian Hebrew Yəšaʿăyāhû ) was the son of Amoz, and commonly considered the author of the Book of Isaiah . He was apparently of humble rank (Isa. 1:1; 2:1). Isaiah was married to a woman called "the prophetess" (8:3), either because she was endowed with the prophetic gift, like Deborah ( Judges 4:4) and Huldah ( 2 Kings 22:14-20), or simply because she was the wife of "the prophet" (Isa. 38:1). He had two sons, who bore symbolic names. He exercised the functions of his office during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah (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 career a few years before Uzziah's death, probably in the 740s BC . He lived till the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and in all likelihood outlived that monarch (who died 698 BC ), and may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh . Thus Isaiah may have prophesied for the long period of at least sixty-four years. His first call to the prophetical office is not recorded. A second call came to him "in the year that King Uzziah died" (Isa. 6:1). He exercised his ministry in a spirit of uncompromising firmness and boldness in regard to all that bore on the interests of religion. He conceals nothing and keeps nothing back from fear of man. He was also noted for his spirituality and for his deep-toned reverence toward "the holy One of Israel." In early youth Isaiah must have been moved by the invasion of Israel by the Assyrian monarch Tiglath-Pileser III (2 Kings 15:19); and again, twenty years later, when he had already entered on his office, by the invasion of Tiglath-Pileser and his career of conquest. Ahaz, king of Judah, at this crisis refused to co-operate with the kings of Israel and Syria in opposition to the Assyrians, and was on that account attacked and defeated by Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Israel (2 Kings 16:5; 2 Chronicles 28:5, 6). Ahaz, thus humbled, sided with Assyria, and sought the aid of Tiglath-Pileser against Israel and Syria. The consequence was that Rezin and Pekah were conquered and many of the people carried captive to Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; 16:9; 1 Chronicles 5:26). Soon after this Shalmaneser V determined wholly to subdue the kingdom of Israel. Samaria was taken and destroyed ( 722 BC ). So long as Ahaz reigned, the kingdom of Judah was unmolested by the Assyrian power; but on his accession to the throne, Hezekiah, who was encouraged by Isaiah to rebel "against the king of Assyria" (2 Kings 18:7), entered into an alliance with the king of Egypt (Isa. 30:2-4). This led the king of Assyria to threaten the king of Judah, and at length to invade the land. Sennacherib ( 701 BC ) led a powerful army into Judah. Hezekiah was reduced to despair, and submitted to the Assyrians (2 Kings 18:14-16). But after a brief interval war broke out again, and again Sennacherib led an army into Judah, one detachment of which threatened Jerusalem (Isa. 36:2-22; 37:8). Isaiah on that occasion encouraged Hezekiah to resist the Assyrians (37:1-7), whereupon Sennacherib sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, which he "spread before the Lord" (37:14). According to the account in Kings (and its derivative account in Chronicles) the judgement of God now fell on the Assyrian army. He made no more expeditions against either southern Palestine or Egypt." The remaining years of Hezekiah's reign were peaceful (2 Chr. 32:23, 27-29). Isaiah probably lived to its close, and possibly into the reign of Manasseh, but the time and manner of his death are not specified in either the Bible or recorded history. There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom in the pagan reaction in the time of Manasseh. Both Jewish and Christian traditions state that he was killed by being sawed in half. Some interpreters believe that this is what is referred to by Hebrews 11:37 (in the New Testament ), which states that some prophets were "sawn in two". It is also mentioned in the book of The Martyrdom of Isaiah that he lived into the days of Manasseh, and was also sawn in half with a wooden saw. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help )¹

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Isaiah ( Hebrew : יְשַׁעְיָהוּ , Modern : Yeshayahu , Tiberian : Yəšạʻyā́hû ; Greek : , Ēsaïās ; Aramaic / Syriac / Assyrian : ܐܫܥܝܐ , Isha`ya ; , Ašʿiyāʾ ; " Yahweh is salvation" ; (US), /aɪˈzaɪ.ə/ (UK) ) lived approximately 2700 years ago and was a prophet in the 8th-century BC Kingdom of Judah . Part of his message was: "The land will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word." (Isaiah 24:3). Isaiah therefore warns the people of Israel to turn back to Yahweh . Isaiah was sensitive to the common people's problems and was very outspoken regarding their treatment by the aristocracy. Judaism considers the Book of Isaiah a part of its canon; he is the first listed (although not the earliest) of the neviim akharonim , the later prophets. Christianity regards Isaiah as a saint and as prophet , and Christians believe that Isaiah prophesied the coming of Jesus Christ (Isaiah 7:14, the King James version ): "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Many of the New Testament teachings of Jesus refer to the book of Isaiah. Islam usually regards Isaiah as a Prophet (although he is not mentioned in the Qur'an). Muslims believe that he was one of the many prophets to have prophesied to the Jews after the reign of King David.

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"Isaias" and "Esaias" redirect here. Isaiah ( US : / aɪ ˈ z eɪ . ə / or UK : / aɪ ˈ z aɪ . ə / ; Hebrew : יְשַׁעְיָהוּ , Modern : Yeshayahu , Tiberian : Yəšạʻyā́hû ; Eshaya ; Greek : Ἠσαΐας , Ēsaïās ; Arabic : إشعيا Ishiya ; " Yah is salvation" ) was a prophet documented by the Biblical Book of Isaiah to have lived around the time of 8th-century BCE Kingdom of Judah . The exact relationship between the Book of Isaiah and any such historical Isaiah is complicated. One widespread view sees parts of the first half of the book (chapters 1–39) as originating with the historical prophet, interspersed with prose commentaries written in the time of King Josiah a hundred years later; with the remainder of the book dating from immediately before and immediately after the end of the exile in Babylon , almost two centuries after the time of the original prophet. Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon ; he is the first listed (although not the earliest) of the Nevi'im Aharonim , the latter prophets. Muslims consider Isaiah a prophet mentioned in Muslim exegesis of canonical scriptures. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

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"Isaias" and "Esaias" redirect here. Israelite prophet Isaiah was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the prophet", but the exact relationship between the Book of Isaiah and any such historical Isaiah is complicated. The traditional view is that all 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah were written by one man, Isaiah, possibly in two periods between 740 BC and c. 686 BC, separated by approximately 15 years, and that the book includes dramatic prophetic declarations of Cyrus the Great in the Bible , acting to restore the nation of Israel from Babylonian captivity . Another widely held view is that parts of the first half of the book (chapters 1–39) originated with the historical prophet, interspersed with prose commentaries written in the time of King Josiah a hundred years later, and that the remainder of the book dates from immediately before and immediately after the end of the exile in Babylon , almost two centuries after the time of the historical prophet. The Departure of Isaiah the Prophet .

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Israelite prophet This article is about the prophet. "Isaias", "Esaias", and "Yeshayahu" redirect here. Isaiah ( UK : / aɪ ˈ z aɪ . ə / or US : / aɪ ˈ z eɪ . ə / ; , Yəšaʿyāhū , " Yahweh is Salvation"), also known as Isaias or Esaias , was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah is referred to as "the prophet", but the exact relationship between the Book of Isaiah and the actual prophet Isaiah is complicated. The traditional view is that all 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah were written by one man, Isaiah, possibly in two periods between 740 BC and c. 686 BC, separated by approximately 15 years. Another widely held view is that parts of the first half of the book (chapters 1–39) originated with the historical prophet, interspersed with prose commentaries written in the time of King Josiah 100 years later, and that the remainder of the book dates from immediately before and immediately after the end of the exile in Babylon , almost two centuries after the time of the historical prophet, and perhaps these later chapters represent the work of an ongoing school of prophets who prophesied in accordance with his prophecies.

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Israelite prophet This article is about the prophet. "Isaias", "Esaias", and "Yeshayahu" redirect here. Isaiah ( UK : / aɪ ˈ z aɪ . ə / or US : / aɪ ˈ z eɪ . ə / ; Hebrew : יְשַׁעְיָהוּ ‎ , Yəšaʿyāhū , " Yahweh is salvation"; also known as Isaias or Esaias from Greek : Ἠσαΐας ) was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. The text of the Book of Isaiah refers to Isaiah as "the prophet", but the exact relationship between the Book of Isaiah and the actual prophet Isaiah is complicated. The traditional view is that all 66 chapters of the book of Isaiah were written by one man, Isaiah, possibly in two periods between 740 BC and c. 686 BC, separated by approximately 15 years. Another widely held view suggests that parts of the first half of the book (chapters 1–39) originated with the historical prophet, interspersed with prose commentaries written in the time of King Josiah 100 years later, and that the remainder of the book dates from immediately before and immediately after the end of the 6th-century BC exile in Babylon (almost two centuries after the time of the historical prophet), and that perhaps these later chapters represent the work of an ongoing school of prophets who prophesied in accordance with his prophecies.

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