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Prophets Of The Bible Term Paper

¶ … prophet Isaiah as he appears in the Old Testament of the Bible. ISAIAH

Isaiah lived about 700 years before Jesus in Israel, during the reign of four different kings, and during a time of great unrest in the country. God sends him to help mend the Israelites ways, because they are facing a war with Assyria, and they have stopped worshipping God, they have become self-centered and preoccupied with their own lives, and they are sinners.

Throughout the book of Isaiah, God warns the Israelites to mend their ways, or they will face his wrath. "Come now, let us reason together,' says the LORD. 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; but if you...

Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying. And they were calling to one another: 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.' At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke" (Isaiah 6:1-4).
Isaiah is a political prophet, and hoped that the rulers would take a passive approach to the violent Assyrians, who threatened…

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"Book of Isaiah." New International Version Translation of the Bible. International Bible Society, Colorado Springs, CO, 1984.
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