The Calling Of Isaiah

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collection in the book. It includes the account of the vocation and mission of the prophet, the oracles concerning the Syro-Ephraimite War, oracles referring to the crisis of 701B.C.E., and other salvation passages (Obstat, p.278).
Isaiah chapter 6 versus 1-13 stand apart from the rest of the Bible as a unique record of how God called on and reached out to a man, and in doing so a prophet was born. Interpreting this chapter is of vital importance for the understanding of Isaiah’s teaching as a whole. In it he describes a real experience which effects him both psychologically and spiritually. Through the passage it can be perceived that his ministry was initiated by a soul shaking experience of the reality of God, and it’s authenticity validated by it’s results and influence on the prophet’s life and work (Berrtrick, p 205).
One of the main purposes of any prophet’s call narrative is to justify his right to speak in the name of God. Oftentimes a ...

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nation of Israel was vulnerable to attack by outside violent nations such as Assyria, which could bring the people to a panic. But through Isaiah’s visions, if convincing and conclusive, then the people could see that the king of Assyria isn’t the strongest figure in the universe, God is. It was this simple belief that would rule Isaiah’s life for forty years or more (Holladay, p.29).
The next words “high and exalted”, only reinforce the point made earlier, that God is higher than everything else. The idea of the “height” of God is one of the main themes in the book of Isaiah. He is very caught up in the notion of the awesome majesty of ...

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