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.

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

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