Isaiah ( /aɪˈzeɪ.ə/ or /aɪˈzaɪ.ə/; Hebrew: יְשַׁעְיָהוּ, Yeshayahu Yəšạʻyā́hû ; Greek: Ἠσαΐας, Ēsaïās ; Arabic: شعيا Shaiya; "Yahu is salvation") was a prophet who lived in the 8th-century BC Kingdom of Judah. Jews and Christians consider the Book of Isaiah a part of their Biblical canon; he is the first listed (although not the earliest) of the neviim akharonim, the latter prophets.
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Famous quotes containing the word isaiah:
“Let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah 22:13.
Almost the same words are found in 1 Corinthians 15:32.
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah 11:6.
“There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 48:22.
Repeated in Isaiah 57:21.