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Isaiah, Isaiah

He was an 8th-century BC Judean prophet. Part of his message was: "The land will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word." (Isaiah 24:3).

He married a woman known as "the prophetess" (). Isaiah had two sons by her, who bore symbolic names () - Shear-jashub, 'Remnant will return' (; see , 'Only a remnant will return') and Maher-shalal-hash-baz, 'Pillage hastens, looting speeds' ().

Thus Isaiah may have prophesied for the long period of at least forty-four years.

So long as Ahaz reigned, the kingdom of Judah was unmolested by the Assyrian power; but on his accession to the throne, Hezekiah, who was encouraged to rebel "against the king of Assyria" (), entered into an alliance with the king of Egypt (). This led the king of Assyria to threaten the king of Judah, and at length to invade the land. Sennacherib (701 BC) led a powerful army into Judah. Hezekiah was reduced to despair, and submitted to the Assyrians (). But after a brief interval war broke out again, and again Sennacherib led an army into Judah, one detachment of which threatened Jerusalem (; ). Isaiah on that occasion encouraged Hezekiah to resist the Assyrians (), whereupon Sennacherib sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, which he "spread before the lord" ().

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