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Book of Isaiah

Book of Isaiah

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A book in the Old Testament that has Isaiah's messages to people about God and the future
  • proper noun
  • Literature
translation icon : Libro de Isaías
  • Throughout the Book of Isaiah, the prophet encourages God's people to avoid entanglements with foreigners who worship alien gods.

Examples

  • In our discussion today, I will read a passage from the Book of Isaiah that highlights the theme of justice.

  • The Book of Isaiah ends with Zion awaiting rather than actually undergoing its transformative visitation.

    Academic text (2005)
  • A desert city in the book of Isaiah.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The Book of Isaiah is then quoted as follows:

    Academic text (1997)
  • In the Book of Isaiah, He says, "You're going to fast and pray; I'm not listening to that."

    Blog text (14)
  • The Book of Isaiah contains three authorial voices in the view of most scholars.

    Academic text (2005)
  • But only the Book of Isaiah recorded and interpreted the entire two-and-a-half-century process of exile and restoration.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Recall the powerful line in the book of Isaiah denouncing those who "grind the faces of the poor."

    Academic text (2011)
  • Here, accordingly, I propose for our consideration a text from the Book of Isaiah: "Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness."

    Academic text (1998)
  • Many scholars reference the Book of Isaiah for its profound insights into ancient prophecy.

Synonyms

Isaiah
vsBook of Isaiah
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A long book in the Bible containing messages from a Jewish prophet

is the full formal title used in editions and headings

Surface Forms

Morphology

book + of + Isaiah

The meaning is directly compositional: 'book' + 'of' + the proper name 'Isaiah' indicates a book associated with Isaiah, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer it refers to the biblical book containing Isaiah's prophecies. This possessive/genitive construction is cross-linguistically common and contains no idiomatic shift, making the phrase immediately understandable.

Etymology

The Book of Isaiah is a book named after the prophet Isaiah. People long ago wrote down his spoken messages, warnings and hopes, so the name points to that part of the Bible with his 'prophecies'.