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When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah,
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Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
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Sennacherib’s Fall
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
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Hezekiah’s Illness
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
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Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:
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Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
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Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?” “From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.”
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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord Almighty:
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This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
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to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah:
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This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
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This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
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In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
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You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
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as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”—
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He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
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As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
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and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
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John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
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This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
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For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:
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Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.
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and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
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Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
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They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors when he said through Isaiah the prophet:
