Dread of Two Kings ? Obey! Twig of Jesse to Come to Rule With Justice ? ?

[Bible Speaks]

"The ground of whose two kings you are feeling a sickening dread [Syria and Israel] will be left entirely."—Isa. 7:16.

HIGHLIGHTS OF ISAIAH

Prophecies to stimulate Jehovah’s servants to fear him, not the surrounding nations, and to look to him, the true God, for deliverance, with full confidence in his promises of salvation and restoration

Directed to Judah and Jerusalem by Isaiah during the years leading up to Sennacherib’s unsuccessful efforts against Jerusalem in 732 B.C.E., and possibly some time afterward

The guilt of Judah and Jerusalem; Isaiah’s commission (1:1–6:13)

Jehovah does not look favorably upon the sacrifices of people guilty of oppression, injustice, and bloodshed

Though judgment is to be executed on faithless ones, in time the mountain of Jehovah’s house will be exalted and many people will turn to him

For Judah’s disobedience, Jehovah to remove essentials for sustaining life (bread and water) and the basis for social stability

Arrogant women, decked out in finery, to be forced to wear the attire of captives

Israel, as a vineyard, has failed to produce fruits of justice and righteousness

Isaiah’s lips are cleansed; he willingly responds to commission as prophet, to go to unresponsive people

Threatened enemy invasions and promise of relief (7:1–12:6)

Syro-Israelite effort to dethrone Ahaz to fail; confirmatory sign of Immanuel’s birth given

Isaiah’s son Maher-shalal-hash-baz to serve as sign that Damascus and Samaria will be ravaged by Assyria before the boy can say “My father!” and “My mother!”

Lasting relief to come by means of the Prince of Peace

Assyria, rod of Jehovah’s anger, to be punished for insolence; Jerusalem to be delivered

Twig out of stump of Jesse to become a ruler having God’s spirit, to rule in justice

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