Isaiah Prophet of Prophets

Index

Resources at GreaterThings.com and elsewhere for understanding the words of Isaiah, the most oft-quoted prophet of the scriptures.

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"If you think Isaiah's polemic is directly only to the people of God anciently or to other people, then you are missing a bulk of his prophetic message which is intended to be applied especially to us as the Lord's people today who have lapsed into apostasy."

-- Sterling D. Allan

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Page Contents:
Favorites from Isaiah • Chiasms and Parallels in Isaiah • Parallels Commentary • Isaiah - The Text • Chapter by Chapter Commentaries Index • Best Books on Isaiah • See also • Isaiah Related Sites • Dialogue

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    "Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.  Fore surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles.  And all things that he spake have been and shall be, even according to the words which he spake."

-- Jesus Christ
III Nephi 23:1-3

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Favorites

• (Offsite) Book > The Literary Message of Isaiah 1994 <online> - Avraham Gileadi's books on Isaiah  remain the undisputed primers for advanced understanding of Isaiah.
• Old Testament - New Testament hybrid:
  • Isaiah 66 = II Thessalonians 2 parallel <PDF> ("God shall send them strong delusion, that they believe a lie, because they loved not the truth")
• Old Testament - Book of Mormon hybrid:
  • Isaiah 28 = II Nephi 28,29 parallel <PDF> ("Drunkards of Ephraim; people, priest and prophet;" "All is well;" "We have enough, we need no more;" "Line upon line, precept upon precept")

• Parallel Commentary > "The Drunkards of Ephraim" and "the Great and Abominable Church" - A study of Isaiah 28:2-3  in parallel to II Nephi 28:16-19
• Parallel Commentary > "Strong Drink" & "the Prophet" - Expounding Isaiah 28:7  in parallel to II Nephi 28:21-23
• Triple Parallel > (Isaiah 48,49) I Ne. 20=21=22 Triple Parallel <PDF (hand-written)>
• Internal Parallel > Isaiah 48 (I Ne. 20) <PDF> "I have called him to declare"
• Vision of All Chapter > 'Assyrian' Assault - analysis of Isaiah 10 and related prophecies of an attack on the United States of America from a major world superpower and allies.  Follow-up: The Breaking of the Yoke - continuation of Isaiah 10.
• Corollary Prophecies - Appendix I from "The Vision of All" showing other prophecies with motifs similar to Isaiah 10

Appendix I
(snapshot of PDF file)

click here for PDF version of 2-page prophecy correlation

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Chiasms and Parallels in Isaiah

• Isaiah 2 through 14 chiasm (offsite, by Bill Witt) - "stone of stumbling, rock of offense"
• Isaiah 2 (II Ne.12 ) chiasm <PDF> ("proud shall be brought low")
• Isaiah 49:22-26 through 52:1-2 and Isaiah 8-14 in quotations found in Second Book of Nephi, huge parallel <PDF> <WP.zip> {See INDEX listing the file subdivision of this very large parallel} ("Messiah set his hand again the second time;"
• Isaiah 28 = II Nephi 28 parallel <PDF> <WP.zip> ("Drunkards of Ephraim, people, priest and prophet = Great & Abominable Church;" "All is well;" "We have enough, we need no more;" "Line upon line, precept upon precept")
• Isaiah 28 = 2 Ne 28,29 parallel in script
• Commentary on Isaiah 28:2-3 = II Nephi 28:16-19 parallel "The Drunkards of Ephraim are the Great and Abominable Church."
• Isaiah 28 = 29 parallel <PDF> (by Gail L. Porritt & SDA: Marvelous work and a wonder = line upon line)
• Isaiah 28 = 29 parallel in script
• II Nephi 28 = Isaiah 28 = Isaiah 29 Diagram
• Isaiah 29 - II Ne. 26 comparison <PDF> <WP.zip>
• Isaiah 48 (I Ne. 20) Parallel <PDF> ("I have called him to declare")
• (Isaiah 48,49) I Ne. 20=21=22 Triple Parallel (I Ne. 20,21 is Isa. 48,49) <PDF (hand-written)>
• III Nephi 20 (Isaiah 52) chiasm <PDF> <WP.zip>
• The New Covenant and Witness multi-chapter inter-book parallel:  Jeremiah 31 = 1 Corinthians 11-13 = Ephesians 1,4 = 3 Nephi 12,18 = Moroni 6,7,10 = D&C 46 parallel. [including Isa. 52])  <PDF> <WP.zip; RTF.zip; Word6,7.zip> (24 pages.)
• Isaiah 54 = 55 parallel <PDF> <WP.zip> ("Sing, O barren;" "Ho, every one that thirsteth")
• Isaiah 54 = 55 parallel in script
• Isaiah 66 = II Thessalonians 2 parallel <PDF> <WP.zip> ("God shall send them strong delusion, that they believe a lie")
• Isaiah 66 = II Thessalonians 2 parallel in script (by WCM; 1998)
• Isaiah 66:5 word study ("Cast . . . out:" Isa. 66:5 the only O.T. verse with this phrase)

Parallels' Commentary

• "The Drunkards of Ephraim" and "the Great and Abominable Church"
  • A study of Isaiah 28:2-3  in parallel to II Nephi 28:16-19
  • This excerpt comes from the Isaiah 28 = II Nephi 28,29 Parallel
  • It is about the great & abominable church, accountability to be a light to the world, and the culpability when Lord's people do not oppose evil -- equates the Drunkards of Ephraim with the Great and Abominable Church.

• "Strong Drink" & "the Prophet"
  • A study of Isaiah 28:7  in parallel to II Nephi 28:21-23
  • This excerpt comes from the Isaiah 28 = II Nephi 28,29 Parallel
  • About the intoxicating power of Satan's lie that "All is well in Zion."

• "They Will Deny Me"
  • A study of Isaiah 28:16  in parallel to II Nephi 28:32
  • This excerpt comes from the Isaiah 28 = II Nephi 28,29 Parallel
  • About the Gentiles denying the Lord, the sure foundation.

Isaiah - The Text

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
ISAIAH

Chapter by Chapter, Commentary Index

• Isaiah 2 - law and word of the Lord
• Isaiah 10 - Assyrian attack as metaphor
• Isaiah 28 - drunkards of Ephraim
• Isaiah 29 - vision of all as sealed book
• Isaiah 48 - my servant
• Isaiah 52 - awake, awake
• Isaiah 54 - I will gather thee
• Isaiah 55 - sure mercies of David
• Isaiah 66 - delusion
• MORE . . .
• (see also list of other recommend Isaiah links)

Best Books on Isaiah

• Avraham Gileadi
  • The Literary Message of Isaiah
    • On-line version (frames) (brief excerpts w/ table of contents)
    • On-line version (no frames) (brief excerpts)
    • Get Book
  • The End from the Beginning: The Apocalyptic Vision of Isaiah
    • On-line version (frames) (brief excerpt w/ table of contents)
    • On-line version (no frames) (brief excerpts)
    • Get Book
• Robert Smith's Commentary on Isaiah
  • Robert Smith, PO Box 22376, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84122-0376 - goes further than Gileadi so far as pinning down prophetic antecedents, but significantly misses the mark in elaborating last days scenarios.

See also

• Probable Futures - essay on role of prophecy and coded scripture messages to show us what "could" happen given we follow a certain course, rather than what will inevitably happen no matter what.
• Davidic Servant, Index of Studies - a prominent theme of Isaiah: Messiah not just first coming (spiritual) but second coming too (temporal).

Related Sites

• Isaiah Text Online {another} {with chapter summaries}
• Great Isaiah Scroll
• I.D. Sanderson's Isaiah Commentaries
• Encyclopedia.com > Isaiah
• More?  Your Suggestion Welcome

Dialogue

• Isaiah Forum - Add your own Isaiah studies, tell us of others.
• Isaiah's message intended for a spiritual metaphor - Randall Shortridge {index}
• Will Prophecies Fail? - Dennis Ure
• Spiritual Application, Yes; but also Temporal and Real - Jordan Smith {index}

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