ZION THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS CENTRE, AND THE REIGN OF UNIVERSAL PEACE.
The title in Isaiah 2:1 is a later addition, unrelated to the
important oracle Isaiah 2:2. This oracle, with verbal differences,
occurs in Micah 4:1 *. It is probably post-exilic. The very high
significance attached to Zion is stra... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period,
dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The
text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in
various forms in Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 2:21, stood at the
beginning of the poem, before I... [ Continue Reading ]