In this week’s Haftorah of “Nachamu,” the prophet Isaiah sets forth the prophecies of Redemption, may it be soon.

The Prophet Isaiah is depicted in Italian artist Michelangelo’s paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, which were done between 1508-12.

Scholars believe the prophet Isaiah wrote chapters 1-39 around 701 B.C. Therefore, imagine chronicling an event that would occur 700 years later.

Isaiah’s prophecy, therefore, is not just a narrative of the past and moral teaching, but something which can be observed today; for example, the ingathering of Jews, making the desert bloom ...

This wondrous prophecy sets forth Jesus Christ and his saving work with a clarity that is equaled by few books of the Old Testament. Hence Isaiah has rightly become known as the “evangelical ...

The evidence itself comes in the form of a small piece of clay (an impression left by a seal), a mere 0.4 inches long, which appears to bear the inscription “Isaiah the prophet.” ...

Isaiah wrote for Isaiah’s time. Yet there is no doubt that a part of the purpose of ancient Israelite prophecy was to speak of what was to come when God’s kingdom would be established.

Isaiah was an ornery guy, and not always the easiest prophet to decipher, but here’s what we know. His book takes place around 730 B.C., when powerful neighbors threatened the Kingdom of Judah.

Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri interpreted Isaiah and got it wrong. Deri says that he sees a prophecy of Isaiah coming to fruition in the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites. Just compare, he says, the ...

Isaiah wrote for Isaiah’s time. Yet there is no doubt that a part of the purpose of ancient Israelite prophecy was to speak of what was to come when God’s kingdom would be established.