Isaiah

A⁵nd he did that which was good before the Lord. Now, he made bold to go into the Holy of Holies, and he took the censer from the priest of God (Azariah), and burned incense in the temple of the Lord; and because he did this leprosy covered his face. And because Isaiah the prophet did not rebuke him, he was prevented from prophesying until Uzziah died.

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H⁵e was a man who was more evil and iniquitous than all those who had lived before him; he builded altars to devils, and sacrificed to idols, and he filled Jerusalem. with iniquity and provoked God to wrath. And because Isaiah the prophet rebuked him, he threatened him and sent men who were sons of iniquity, and they sawed Isaiah the prophet in twain with a saw between [two pieces of] wood, from his head downwards to his feet.

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A²nd Perózdhàdh answered and said unto them, “Now know I that the prophecy of Isaiah is true. For when I was in the school of the Hebrews I read in [the Book of] Isaiah, and I found [written] therein thus:’ For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son hath been given. And His Name shall be called Wonderful, and Counsellor, and God, Giant of the Worlds’” (Isa. ix.

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A⁸nd thou, O priest, if thou seest sin in a well-known man, shalt not hesitate to rebuke him; let neither sword nor exile make thee afraid. And hear how angry God was with Isaiah because he did not rebuke King 'Ozyan (Uzziah).

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E¹³ven as Isaiah, the man of keen words among the Prophets, saith, " He was a humble man, and His appearance was rejected, like a root He hid Himself in parched ground, He came in the flesh, a being of the earth, [though He was] the Sustainer of the universe and the Saviour of the universe." And David ascribeth beauty to Him, saying, " On Thy beauty and in Thy goodliness of form."

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S⁴peak ye then to one another so that the Jews, who are blind in heart, and who are our enemies and the enemies of our Lord God, may not boast themselves over us. And they say, " Your gods are many, and ye worship wood " (i.e. the Cross), and they say, preaching openly the word of Isaiah the Prophet, " Ye worship the half of it, and with the other half ye cook the body and eat [it]." Now Isaiah speaketh thus in respect of those who worship graven images and idols.

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S⁴ee how he rejoiced in his belief, and see how he was justified by his belief, O blind Jew, who though having eyes seest not, and having ears hearest not, even as the Prophet Isaiah saith concerning you, " Their eyes are blind, and their hearts are covered with darkness, so that they may not understand and God may not show compassion unto them."

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A¹nd now hearken how each one of them hath prophesied concerning Him, [for the narrative] is pleasant to hear. Isaiah the Prophet prophesied concerning His coming and said, " A Son is born unto us. A Child is given unto us. Dominion is written upon His shoulder.

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A¹nd the Prophets have prophesied concerning His glorious entry into Jerusalem, and Isaiah the Prophet said, " Shine thou, shine thou, Jerusalem, thy light hath come and the glory of God hath risen upon thee." Thus the Prophet Zechariah prophesied and said, " Rejoice, rejoice, daughter of Zion, and let Jerusalem shout for joy." Thus David prophesied and said, " Out of the mouth of children and babes Thou hast prepared praise because of the enemy, so that Thou mightest overthrow the enemy and the avenger." Thus Solomon prophesied and said, " The children are taught by God, and the peoples rejoice within thee." Thus David his father prophesied and said, " Blow ye the horn in Zion, on the day of the new moon, on the appointed day of our festival, for it is an ordinance for Israel." Thus Ezra the Scribe prophesied and said, " Get ye out, make ye a festival in gladness, and say unto the daughter of Zion, Rejoice thou, behold thy King hath come." Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, " Rejoice thou, Jerusalem, rejoice thou.

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S³hall then the man of my peace (i.e., my friend), whom I trusted, who ate my food, lift up his foot against me? " Thus Isaiah the Prophet prophesied and said, " Woe be unto the man of iniquity who bringeth wrath." And again he said, " Let them remove the sinner so that he may not see the glory of God." Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, " The sinner speaketh what will condemn him, and there is no fear of God before his eyes." Thus Solomon his son prophesied and said, " The man of iniquity bringeth tumult to the city; and he willingly maketh to come destruction, and beating, and calamity which cannot be healed, for he rejoiceth in everything which God hateth." Thus prophesied Moses the Prophet and said, " God wisheth not to forgive him but rather to increase vengeance upon him; and He will make punishments to rest upon him, and the curse which is written in this book shall come upon him; and his name shall be blotted out from under heaven." Thus David the Prophet prophesied and said, " His heart is ready for slaughter; he preferreth cursing and it shall come to him; he refuseth blessing and it shall be far from him." Thus Jeremiah the Prophet prophesied concerning him and said, " The man of iniquity shall be destroyed because of the love of money, and he looketh upon darkness because of his fraud." Thus Job prophesied and said concerning him, " His Creator will destroy his fair work, and his root shall dry up under him, and his flower shall be beaten down upon him, and his memorial shall be blotted out from the earth, and his name shall be cast far away, and men shall remove him into the darkness so that he may not see the light, and the house of the man of iniquity shall be blotted out."

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A¹nd the Prophets also prophesied concerning the Crucifixion of Christ. Thus Moses, the servant of God, prophesied and said, " Ye shall see your salvation crucified upon the wood, and shall not believe." Thus David prophesied and said, " Many dogs have seized Me; and they drove nails through My hands and My feet; and they counted all My bones; though they knew Me they despised Me; and they divided My garments among themselves; and they cast lots for My apparel." Thus Isaiah prophesied concerning the Incarnation and Crucifixion of Christ, and said, " Who believeth our word, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

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A¹nd the prophet David also prophesied concerning His Resurrection and said, " I will arise, saith the Lord, and I will make salvation and manifest it openly." And again he saith, " Rise up, O Lord, and judge the earth, for Thou shalt inherit among the nations." And he also prophesied and said, " Rise up, O Lord, help us, and deliver us for Thy Name's sake." And again he said, " Let God arise and let His enemies be scattered, and let His enemies flee from before His face." And he also prophesied and said, " God hath risen up like one who hath woke up from sleep, and like a mighty man who hath left [his] wine." Thus Isaiah the prophet prophesied and said, " He will remove sickness from his soul, for he hath not committed sin, and falsehood hath not been found in his mouth.

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A¹nd the Tabernacle of the Law of God, the Holy Zion, shall remain here until that day when our Lord shall dwell on Mount Zion; and Zion shall come and shall appear unto all prepared, with three seals — even as Moses gave her — as it saith in the Old Law and in the New, " At the testimony of two or three [witnesses] everything shall stand." And then, saith Isaiah the Prophet, " The dead shall be raised up, and those who are in the graves shall live, for the dew which [cometh] from Thee is their life." And when the dead are raised up, His mercy whereby He watereth the earth shall cease; they shall stand up before Him with the works which they have done.

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A²nd he called him into the presence of Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet, and into the presence of Jésib the son of Isaiah, in order to deliver unto him the words of righteousness which the king himself had seen:

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A⁷nd, when Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw the lawlessness which was being perpetrated in Jerusalem and the worship of Satan and his wantonness, he withdrew from Jerusalem and settled in Bethlehem of Judah.

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A¹nd Belchira recognized and saw the place of Isaiah and the prophets who were with him; for he dwelt in the region of Bethlehem, and was an adherent of Manasseh. And he prophesied falsely in Jerusalem, and many belonging to Jerusalem were confederate with him, and he was a Samaritan.

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A¹³nd many believers and saints having seen Him for whom they were hoping, who was crucified, Jesus the Lord Christ, after that I, Isaiah, had seen Him who was crucified and ascended and those also who were believers in Him—of these few in those days will be left as His servants, while they flee from desert to desert, awaiting the coming of the Beloved.

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O¹n account of these visions, therefore, Beliar was wroth with Isaiah, and he dwelt in the heart of Manasseh and he sawed him in sunder with a wooden saw.

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I¹n the twentieth year of the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah, came Isaiah the son of Amoz, and Josab the son of Isaiah to Hezekiah to Jerusalem from Galgala.

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A¹nd the vision which Isaiah saw, he told to Hezekiah and Josab his son and Micaiah and the rest of the prophets, (and) said:

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I¹¹ indeed say unto thee, Isaiah; No man about to return into a body of that world has ascended or seen what thou seest or perceived what thou hast perceived and what thou wilt see.

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A²nd when I trembled, behold I heard from hence another voice being sent forth, and saying: ‘It is permitted to the holy Isaiah to ascend hither; for here is his garment.’

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A¹⁸nd the angel who conducted me from this world was with me and said unto me: ‘Understand, Isaiah, and see how the transformation and descent of the Lord will appear.

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A¹fter this I saw, and the angel who spoke with me, who conducted me, said unto me: ‘Understand, Isaiah son of Amoz; for for this purpose have I been sent from God.’

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