"Only Life Changes"

Question:
What passage, descriptive of the homeward way of the exiled Jewish community, has often been cited as describing humanity’s way of the future?
Answer:
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
Isaiah 35:8 KJV

Question:
What passage gives a vivid picture of life in a desert country?
Answer;
It reads in Isaiah 32:2 NIV> Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

Question:
What illustration from the life of his own time does the author use to suggest that, although God does not always act in the same way, he always acts in the same way, he always acts with purpose?
Answer.
Of this, the “rules of good husbandry” are a parable. It reads in Isaiah 28:24-29 NIV> When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil? When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field? His God instructs him and teaches him the right way. Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick. Grain must be ground to make bread; so one does not go on threshing it forever. The wheels of a threshing cart may be rolled over it, but one does not use horses to grind grain. All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.

Question:
What passage is echoed in the letter to the Philippians?
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Isaiah 26:3 NIV> Looks for a time when Judah will sing: You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast because they trust in you.
So Paul writes in Philippians 4:7 NIV> And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Question:
What passage is echoed in Revelation?
Answer:
In Isaiah 25:8 it reads: “He swallow up death for ever, and the Lord God, will wipe away tears from all faces.” AND REVELATION 21:4 NIV> He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” AND REVELATION 7:17 NIV> For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

Question:
In what ways was Jesus Christ influenced by the book of Isaiah the prophet Isaiah?
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Isaiah taught precisely how the Messiah would minister in mortality. He prophesied that Christ would be elect, have God’s Spirit, brings forth truth, light, and judgment to the “isles” (or the scattered covenant people) and the Gentiles, give sight to the blind, and set prisoners free (see Isaiah 42:1–4 NIV> “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching, the islands will put their hope.” Isaiah 42:6 NIV> “I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles. Isaiah 49:6–11 NIV> he says; “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” This is what the Lord says, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: “Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Question:

What taunt song is included?

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A song Tyre, reproaching her as a “forgotten harlot” Isaiah 23:16 NIV>“Take up a harp, walk through the city, you forgotten prostitute; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered.”

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.

Question:
What classical expressions has Isaiah given to our speech?
Answer:
It reads in Isaiah 1:18 NIV> “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
It reads in Isaiah 3:1 NIV > See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water,
It reads in Isaiah 32:20 NIV> How blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
It reads in Isaiah 52:7 NIV> How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”