Isaiah
Old Testament · Major Prophets · 66 chapters
Judgment on injustice and idolatry, promises of a coming king and a suffering servant, and a vision of comfort and a new creation.
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Context
- Genre
- Prophecy and poetry
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to Isaiah son of AmozMany scholars identify more than one compositional period.
- Date
- 8th–5th centuries BCE
- Setting
- Judah and exile
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- קָדוֹשׁqadosh — holy
- Related texts
- 2 Kings 18–20 · Isaiah and HezekiahJohn 12 · Isaiah quoted