Yeshayah

Yeshayah

Introduction

According to Yeshayah, all those who reject the Word of G-d will find judgment (

This Moshiach-Servant is associated with the L-rd in many ways:

He too is “raised high and lifted up” (compare

He too is glorious, Jesseʼs glorious root (compare

He too is the rallying focal-point of the nations (compare

He too bears a divine name and governing function (

He too is Immanuel, (G-d-with-us), the rightful owner of Israelʼs land (compare

He too, this anointed Moshiach-Servant (

The Moshiach-Servant, through the Dovidic covenant, witnesses as a light to the Gentiles (

Significantly, the Son of Dovid is depicted as the sage par excellence in the life of Sh'lomo in I Kings. Then II Chronicles intensifies this portrait and gives Messianic prophetic significance to Dovidʼs Son as the Moshiach Sage of Israel. Finally, Isaiah combines the two portraits of the sage found in Job and Sh'lomo and depicts the Dovidic Servant of the L-rd as the mocked and rejected sage-counsellor (

The Moshiach is the Seh HaElohim (the Lamb of G-d) provided from heaven as the redemption sacrifice in order that G-dʼs people might be passed over and purchased for freedom from divine judgment, as Isaac was and as the nation of Israel was. G-d sent His Word and healed His people from the plagues of judgment He poured out on the heathen. G-d saved His people in order that they might make an exodus to new abundant life in accordance with His gracious covenant promise in the Moshiach (

The words “son” and “child” are very important to Isaiahʼs message. His own two sons are given portentous names (

The future kingdom is described in passages which include

Three kings serve as foils in Isaiahʼs depiction of the Moshiach: Ahaz son of David, Hezekiah son of David (compare Hezekiah's illness and recovery in

For prophesies by Isaiah against the nations, see

It is important to keep the historical facts in mind, but, most importantly, that Moshiach provides first spiritual peace (Isa.