“Question & Answer”

Question:

What phrases from Isaiah have provided modern literary titles?

Answer:
(Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin)
It reads in Isaiah 40:1-11 KJV> Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that cried in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, what shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: The grass withered, the flower faded: because the spirit of the Lord blow upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withered; the flower Faded: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. O Zion, that brings good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that brings good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

(The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats)
It reads in Isaiah 64:1 KJV> Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

(The FireNext Time by James Baldwin)
It reads in Isaiah 66:15 KJV> which says “For behold, the LORD will come with fire, His chariots are like a whirlwind, to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.”

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
It reads in Isaiah 35:1-2 KJV> The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
“Rivers in the desert”
It reads in Isaiah 43:20 KJV> The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
“The valley of vision”
It reads in Isaiah 22:5 KJV> For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
“Awake and Sing”
It reads in Isaiah 26:19 KJV>Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.