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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 1:1 - 1:1
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The General Title or Program applying to the entire book: this discountenances the Talmud tradition, that he was sawn asunder by Manasseh.
Isaiah - equivalent to “The Lord shall save”; significant of the subject of his prophecies. On “vision,” see 1Sa 9:9; Num 12:6; and see my Introduction.
Judah and Jerusalem - Other nations also are the subjects of his prophecies; but only in their relation to the Jews (Isaiah 13:1-23:18); so also the ten tribes of Israel are introduced only in the same relation (Isaiah 7:1-9:21). Jerusalem is particularly specified, being the site of the temple, and the center of the theocracy, and the future throne of Messiah (Psa 48:2, Psa 48:3, Psa 48:9; Jer 3:17). Jesus Christ is the “Lion of the tribe of Judah” (Rev 5:5).
Uzziah - called also Azariah (2Ki 14:21; 2Ch 26:1, 2Ch 26:17, 2Ch 26:20). The Old Testament prophecies spiritually interpret the histories, as the New Testament Epistles interpret the Gospels and Acts. Study them together, to see their spiritual relations. Isaiah prophesied for only a few years before Uzziah’s death; but his prophecies of that period (Isaiah 1:1-6:13) apply to Jotham’s reign also, in which he probably wrote none; for Isa 7:1-25 enters immediately on Ahaz’ reign, after Uzziah in Isa 6:1-13; the prophecies under Hezekiah follow next.