Isaiah 1:1
King James Version (KJV)
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Translations
Isaiah 1:1 - Amplified Bible
THE VISION [seen by spiritual perception] of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah [the kingdom] and Jerusalem [its capital] in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - American Standard Version
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - Bible in Basic English
The vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw about Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - Darby Bible
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - English Standard Version
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - King James Version
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - La Biblia de las Americas
Visiòn que tuvo Isaìas, hijo de Amoz, concerniente a Judá y Jerusalén, en los dìas de Uzìas, Jotam, Acaz y Ezequìas, reyes de Judá.
Isaiah 1:1 - The Message
The vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw regarding Judah and Jerusalem during the times of the kings of Judah: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.
Isaiah 1:1 - New American Standard Bible
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz {and} Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy
Visiòn que tuvo Isaìas, hijo de Amoz, con relaciòn a Judá y Jerusalén, en los dìas de Uzìas, Jotam, Acaz y Ezequìas, reyes de Judá.
Isaiah 1:1 - World English Bible
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - Young's Living Translation
The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:1 - Additional Comments
In the Dead Sea Scrolls, the 2,100-year old Isaiah Scroll, the "Great Isaiah Scroll", is the only complete scroll in the cache of 220 biblical scrolls discovered in a cave in Qumran on the northwestern coast of the Dead Sea. Adolfo Roitman, curator of the Shrine of the Book Museum in Jerusalem, where the Dead Sea scrolls are kept, says that Isaiah was the most popular prophet of the Second Temple period (when it stood between 516 BC and 70 AD): 21 copies of the scroll were found in Qumran.
Primarily the book is dedicated to warning people to turn back to God. In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God. The last 27 chapters prophesy the restoration of the nation of Israel.
Isaiah means "salvation is from Jehovah". This book is about Isaiah, and he is traditionally considered to be its author. He was a young noble who had access to the court. He was married about 6 years into his ministry, and they had 2 sons. He had received the finest education available.
Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah. Isaiah must have begun his career a few years before Uzziah's death. He lived till the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh. Isaiah prophesied for at least forty-four years.
Dates:
- 810-758 BC, or 787-735 BC, Uzziah (Azariah), good king, 52 years (2 Kings 15:2). He started his reign at 16 years old.
- 758-742 BC, or 794-733 BC, Jotham, good king, 16 years (2 Kings 15:33). He started his reign at 25 years old. (According to Roman tradition, Rome was founded during this time by the twins Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BC.)
- 742-726 BC, or 732-716 BC, Ahaz, wicked king, 16 years (2 Kings 16:2). He started his reign at 22 years old.
- 726-697 BC, or 715-686 BC, Hezekiah, the best king, 29 years (2 Kings 18:2). He started his reign at 25 years old. "... after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him." (2 Kings 18:5)
- In 722 BC, Northern Kingdom (Israel) was destroyed by Assyrians; 10 tribes were exiled.
- Afterwards, Manasseh (the worst king - 2 Kings 21:1-17), Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, and Jehoakim reign, until Babylon besieges Israel in 606 BC, and first temple (Solomon's) is destroyed and Judah falls, in 588/585/587 BC.
When Isaiah began his ministry, Baal and Moloch were worshipped in Jerusalem. There was no religious depth, and the moral fiber was gone. These are addressed in the first five books of Isaiah.
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