Chapter five is the final message of the introduction and contains two sections. The first section is a kind of parable about Jehovah and his vineyard (Isaiah 5:1-7). In a manner similar to the Song of Songs (written approximately 300 years earlier), the vineyard represents a bride (Song 2:15; 8:12). The explanation is given in […]
Chapter four is tied with chapters six and twenty as the shortest in Isaiah with only six verses each. However, verse one best fits at the end of chapter three, and verse two switches back to the future restoration of Israel. The believing remnant at the end of the Tribulation is in view here. When
Introduction The earliest of the major prophets, Isaiah addressed both kingdoms of Israel, serving at the same time as men like Hosea, Amos, and Micah (c. 740-680 B.C.). He seems to have been influential with the southern kings, even the wicked Ahaz, and enjoyed a great amount of interaction with Hezekiah. Like Hosea and Joshua,
