Day 175 – Wednesday after the Pentecost Sunday 4

Read | Day 175 | Wednesday |June 24

Isaiah 8: 1-10, 11-22

Isaiah 9: 1-7, 8– 10: 4

Isaiah 10: 5-19, 20-34

Isaiah 11: 1-16

Date | 740 BC

Background | The prophet Isaiah lived in the eighth and early seventh centuries BC. He was from Jerusalem and began his ministry in 740 BC, the year of King Uzziah’s death. The bulk of his ministry took place under Ahaz and Hezekiah.

For most of the history of Judaism and Christianity, it was assumed that Isaiah wrote all sixty-six chapter of the book named after him. Beginning in the eighteenth century, biblical scholars began to argue, however, that the book shows clear signs of having been written over a longer period of time. Scholars are now nearly in universal agreement that there were three separate authors for the book, known as First, Second, and Third Isaiah. The First Isaiah wrote most of chapters 1-39 and is the prophet for whom the entire work is named. His influence was so great that he had disciples who carried on his prophetic ministry after his death. This led to what some scholars call an Isaiah “school” that eventually produced Second Isaiah, chapters 40-55, in the sixth century BC, and Third Isaiah, chapters 56-66, in the fifth century or later. Not all scholars make a sharp distinction between Second and Third Isaiah. More from the Center of Biblical Studies - click here

Reading | Isaiah says suffering is coming because of lack of faith; Assyria will fall - David will be restored; signs and wonders of God; Israel's leaders will be judged; another way of saying Assyria will fall - David will be restored.

Source | Daily Reading Guide | The One Year ® Chronological Bible | Tyndale, 2013 | Click here

Source | The New Oxford Annotated Bible, 4th Edition | (c) 2010, Oxford University Press | ISBN 978-0-19-528955-8 | click here

Next | Day 176 | Thursday | June 25

Isaiah 12: 1-6

Isaiah 17: 1-14

2   Chronicles 28: 16-21

2   Kings 16: 10-18

2   Chronicles 28: 22-25

2   Kings 18: 1-8

2   Chronicles 29: 1-2

2   Kings 15: 30-31

2   Kings 17: 1-4

Hosea 1: 1, 2– 2: 1

Hosea 2: 2-13

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