PROPHETS - Isaiah Parts 1-4

  Part 4

1:31 - “The mighty will be as tinder and their works a spark which no person can put out. (Verse 15 - Even if you offer prayers, I will not listen, your hands are full of blood. Micah 3:6,7 - “The day will go dark for them, they will cover their faces because there is no answer from elohim [the]gods.”)

     2:1 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz has seen concerning Jerusalem and Judah. 2 It shall come to pass, in latter days [acharith - the after-part, end] the mountain of the house of Yahweh will be established in the highest mountains and exalted above the hills, and all nations will flow to it. 3 Many people will come and say, “Come! Let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his way, and we’ll walk in his paths, for out of Zion will go forth his law [torah - direction, instruction, law, from yara (or Yarah) to throw, shoot (at a target?)] and will go forth the word [dabar - speech, word] of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 4 He will judge between nations, and settle disputes. They will beat their swords into plowshares (the V plows that are pulled by horses) and their spears into gardening tools. [This is repeated in Micah 4:3.] 5 House of Jacob [Yaaqob - a son of Isaac, from “aqeb - heel, footprint” (named because Jacob during birth grabbed his twin brother Esau’s ankle)]. Come let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

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     6 ..They are full of superstition from the East, they practice divination like the Philistines. They strike a bargain with foreigners. 7 Their land is full of silver and gold, with no end to their treasures. The land is full of horses ..and chariots. 8 The land is full of idols, they bow to the work of their own hands. 9 So man will be brought low and humbled. [From] 10-22 Go into the rocks, hide underground, from fear of Yahweh and the splendor of his majesty.  ..arrogance..pride.. brought low.  For the day of Yahweh comes upon all that is proud, lofty and lifted up, and it will brought low..  All the high hills, every lofty tower, every fortified wall, every trading ship, every stately vessel. The arrogance of man will be brought low, and the pride of man humbled. The LORD alone will be exalted.. the idols will disappear. Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground from fear and dread of the glory of his majesty when he arises to shake mightily the Earth. (When things go terribly bad. GOD created a cause and effect universe.) …Cease to trust in man who’s breath is in his nostrils..

Part 3

1:21 - How the faithful city has become a prostitute. Her streets used to be full of righteousness and justice, but now murderers lodge in her. (So tell me history doesn’t repeat, thus prophecy. Story of every city.)  [Think of prophecy as prophecy. Not a curse being proclaimed.]  22 The value of your silver/money has fallen away.. 25 But I will turn my hand upon you and purge away your dross. 28 The crashing [sheber - breaking, fracturing, breaching, crushing (or) crashing] of the rebels and sinners [chatta - from chata - to miss, go wrong] will be together. Those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed. (Cross reference - 2Pet.3:10, 2Thes.1:7-8, a first mention of a lake of fire. 🤔Order, crash, fiery event, a seal six event, but what the seal is, is veiled by its description as its entire effects, first to very last.) 30 You will be like an oak tree whose leaves have faded, like a garden with no water.. [In the prophets, usually the order is, the path of destruction pointed out, that the city, the people are on, and what will occur if the way isn’t changed - prophecy, cause and effect, not a curse - followed by verses about restoration, reconciliation and blessing. Rescue! Through a Messiah, and “savior of the world”.] (God’s other option? To avoid such calamity? A robotic ant farm?)

Part 2

1:3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger/trough, but Israel (and humanity) does not know, my people do not understand.” (And any nation, especially its leaders, though separated (“set apart”) to birth the Messiah/Savior would have also rejected him when he showed up humble, homeless, and threatening of their worldly status.) 4 ..They have forsaken ..turned their backs.. and (thus?) sinful they are. 5 ..The whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint. 6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness/battered from head to foot— only bruises, wounds, and sores, not cleansed, bandaged or soothed with olive oil. 7 Your country lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes as overthrown by strangers. 8 Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned.. 9 Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors.. 11 ..I take no pleasure in your sacrifices.. 12 who asked you to trample my courts? 13 ..wickedness in the sacred meeting.. 14 the new moon feasts, the holy day festivals.. a burden to me.. 15 Your hands are full of blood, I do not hear your prayers though they become many. 16 ..Stop doing wrong.. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. 18 “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins [chet - wrongs, from chata - to miss, go wrong, wrongs] are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.. as white as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. 1:20 But if you turn away and refuse to listen, the sword devours. And accordingly has spoken the LORD. 

Part 1

1:1 These are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the years of four kings. (Listed in the verse.) 2 The LORD (God) has said, "Listen, oh heaven and earth! The children I raised have turned against me. (Israel is the micro, global is the macro.)

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(The Order is w/ Largest For Winter)

4 - SPRING -- after restoration / 536-400 -- Haggai Zechariah Malachi

1 - SUMMER -- pre-assyria / 9-800 BC -- (Elijah Elisha) Jonah Joel Amos Hosea

2 - FALL --assyria / 900-625 -- Isaiah Micah Nahum Zephaniah

3 - WINTER -- babylon / 625-536 --  Jeremiah Habakkuk Ezekiel Obadiah Daniel