It should be noted that the terms âhouse of Israelâ and âGentileâ occur only where Isaiah is being quoted; that is, only in 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, Jacob, and beginning again with 3 Nephi 10. (1992), 2:700. 10:3). 51:19). Two large blocks of Isaiah chapters (2-14 and 48-54) are scattered among four books (1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, Mosiah, and 3 Nephi). 6:9). 29:14].â, It is interesting to note that Nephiâs statement that the events depicted in Isaiah 11 would take place âin the last daysâ (2 Ne. Wherefore, he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of men [quoting from Isa. 10:3). 11â14), he found his brothers disputing one with another concerning the things their father had taught them about the house of Israel, the olive tree, and the Gentiles (see 1 Ne. 25:7). 51:22). 48:2), in which the King James Bible states that the priests of ancient Israel âstay themselves on the God of Israel,â while the Book of Mormon text of this passage states that âthey do not stay themselves on the God of Israelâ (emphasis added). 52:8â10]: âThy watchmen shall lift up the voice â¦â The quote concludes with, âThe Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of Godâ (see 3 Ne. The Savior then turns to a familiar quotation from Isaiah 52:8â10 [Isa. Of the 1,292 verses in Isaiah, about 430 are quoted in the Book of Mormon⦠26:14â15). Isaiah was both a prophet and a poet, so one of the things you can do to make his prophecies easier to grasp is to read Isaiah as poetry. For behold, ye have closed your eyes, and ye have rejected the prophets; and your rulers, and the seers hath he covered because of your iniquityâ (emphasis added).2. 10:12â13). Though there are potentially several ways to answer this question, one that may help readers better grasp the Isaiah chapters in the Book of Mormon ⦠It differs from earlier commentaries by providing not only introductory and summarizing remarks but also the most specific scriptural intertextual commentary on the matter. The Isaiah Chapters (We Rejoice in Christ): Book of Mormon Journaling 2 Nephi 11-25 (February 17-23, 2002) Reading the Isaiah chapters in the Book of Mormon is like going for ⦠Jacob continues the pattern set by his brother Nephi: âI will read you the words of Isaiah. To illustrate, here is another significant change through the Prophet Joseph Smithâs translation. Nephi understood that Isaiah was prophesying about Nephiâs own people, his âseedâ who had âbeen brought low in the dust,â who had âdwindled in unbeliefâ (2 Ne. Nephi tells us in 2 Nephi 25 that Isaiahâs metaphoric and poetic language is difficult to understand (see 2 Ne. and the prophecies of a "voice from the dust" and a "sealed book" that is given to an "unlearned" person indicate great wisdom, thought and, I believe, inspiration. An important part of Nephiâs commentary is to identify the time of the fulfillment of Isaiahâs prophecies: âIn the days that the prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled men shall know of a surety, at the times when they shall come to pass. â¦. A helpful listing is found in LeGrande Daviesâs âChart of Isaiah Citations in the Book of Mormon,â in Daniel H. Ludlow, ed., Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 5 vols. Chapters of Isaiah Quoted in the Book of Mormon: Chapters of Isaiah Quoted in the Book of Mormon: Isaiah 1-12: Sinful Israel will be scattered, but when they repent God will gather them again. Then it moves to a powerful discussion of Christâs mission, particularly on the saving power of the âinfinite atonementâ (see 2 Ne. The Isaiah text in the Book of Mormon is an inspired rendering of text taken originally from the brass plates of Laban and which consequently predates our current Isaiah texts by several centuries. 6:4â5). 29) by quoting sections of Isaiah, then commenting, then resuming his quoting more of Isaiah. 10:3). 10:9). One scholar noted that âof the 425 separate verses of Isaiah which are quoted in the Book of Mormon, 391 say something about the attributes or mission of Jesus Christâ (Monte S. Nyman, âGreat Are the Words of Isaiahâ [1980], 7). The Chapters that do not quote Isaiah by verbatim in the Book of Mormon are actually commentary of the prophecies and should be used to know the actual meaning of the Isaiah verses that are quoted. Some 58 are paraphrased and 11 others are variants and/ or paraphrases. Nephi then turns his attention to Isaiahâs prophecy about the restoration of the Nephite nation in the last days. The Savior indicates a sequence of events for Israelâs gathering in 3 Nephi 20 and especially 21, which he introduces by saying, âI give unto you a sign, that ye may know the time when these things shall be about to take placeâthat I shall gather in, from their long dispersion, my people, O house of Israel, and shall establish again among them my Zionâ (3 Ne. 9:7). It is also significant that the chapters of Isaiah actually quoted in the Book of Mormon (chapters 2-14 and 48-54) are those which modern scholars widely agree correspond closely to the original Isaiah ⦠22:7). 7â8). The verses that follow explain when this gathering will take place. (The same hold true for these chapters and verses in 2 Nephiâthe first verse of chapter 14 should be verse 27 of chapter ⦠When Nephi returned to the tent of his father, Lehi, following his marvelous vision (see 1 Ne. 9:10], Jacob discusses the two deaths, âthat monster, death and hell, which I call the death of the body, and also the death of the spirit.â This commentary gives added meaning to several passages in Isaiah 51 that Jacob has just quoted in 2 Nephi 8. Jacob then takes this promise of the Lord to the Gentiles one step further with a commentary on Isaiah 49:23 [Isa. Prophetic commentary by Lehi, Nephi, Jacob, and the Lord himself helps us understand Isaiah passages in the Book of Mormon. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the Book of Mormon. This book is really, really helpful in studying Isaiah! And they are the words which my brother has desired that I should speak unto you ⦠because ye are of the house of Israelâ (see 2 Ne. 22:3). We read in Joseph SmithâHistory 1:40 [JSâH 1:40], âIn addition ⦠he [Moroni] quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, saying that it was about to be fulfilled.â. Nephiâs prophecy follows the familiar pattern of the rejection of Christ and the scattering and restoration of the house of Israel (see 2 Ne. The 21 chapters of Isaiah which are quoted (Chapters 2-14, 29, and 48-54) either partially or completely, represent about one-third of the book of Isaiah, but less than two and one-half percent of the total Book of Mormon. the scattering and gathering of Israel from the "isles" of the sea, prophecies of the birth and atonement of Christ etc.) 10:4â11). The Gentiles would receive âthe fulness of the Gospel,â and then the house of Israel would be gathered together and âcome to the knowledge of the true Messiah, their Lord and their Redeemerâ (see 1 Ne. 16:7, 11â13). 11:11) through the Gentiles (see 2 Ne. The "Isaiah Problem" in the Book of Mormon. Why this duplication of scripture?1. Jacob then quotes again from Isaiah 49:22 [Isa. 21:9). Verse 3 is perhaps the significant verse relative to the Gentilesâ role in restoring Israel: âFor thou [house of Israel] shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabitedâ (emphasis added). 22:12). In 2 Nephi 9:10 [2 Ne. 2 Nephi 14:1/Isaiah 4:1 Biblical scholars agree that Isaiah 4:1 should actually be the last verse of Isaiah 3, making it Isaiah 3:27 and Isaiah 4 should begin with verse 2. It contains all the chapters of Isaiah from the Bible and the Book of Mormon, and the author clarifies the symbolism used, the pronouns ⦠In answer to their question, Nephi summarizes: The house of Israel would âbe scattered upon all the face of the earth, and also among all nationsâ (see 1 Ne. The Saviorâs comments that âgreat are the words of Isaiahâ and that they should be searched diligently are also very instructive (see 3 Ne. âWhat meaneth these things which ye have read?â they ask (1 Ne. As all prophets do, Jacob is explaining what Isaiah ⦠About one-third of Isaiahâs sixty-six chapters are found in the Book of Mormon. Isaiah is in many chapters in the book of Mormon. Two factors led to my study of the Isaiah variants in the Book of Mormon. The former is in the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem (and is referred to as 1QIsb) and the latter is in St. Markâs Monastery in Israel ⦠A question of Book of Mormon scholarship is whether the several chapters or passages of Isaiah cited or paraphrased in the book derive from an ancient text or whether they have been copied with some revision from the King James Version. Third, it is noteworthy that âthe original Book of Mormon chapter divisions of the Isaiah quotations follow a larger thematic grouping, not the interruptive chapter system found in the King James Bible.â6 Said another way, âthe original Book of Mormon chapter divisions ignore the chapter ⦠The answer is Jesus Christ, who has overcome death by drinking the bitter cup himself: âThe Lord and thy God pleadeth the cause of his people; behold, I [the Lord God] have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it againâ (Isa. 22:9â11), âand they shall be gathered together to the lands of their inheritance; and they shall be brought out of obscurity and out of darkness; and they shall know that the Lord is their Savior and their Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israelâ (1 Ne. In fact, Nephi himself indicates that this repetition of Isaiah passages is for the benefit of the people âin the last daysâ and especially for the benefit of his own descendants: âFor I know that they shall be of great worth unto [mine own people] in the last days; for in that day shall they understand them; wherefore, for their good have I written themâ (2 Ne. The Lord would remember the covenant and âset himself again the second time to recoverâ the house of Israel (quoting from Isa. A question from Laman and Lemuel prompts Nephiâs further commentary. Isaiahâs use of the words âransomedâ (Isa. -Isaiah 54:16. In 2 Nephi 10 [2 Ne. The primary Isaiah passages found in the Book of Mormon are illustrated in the following table: 2 25:17]: âAnd the Lord will set his hand again the second time to restore his people from their lost and fallen state [quoting from Isa. The Book of Mormon tells us that in the last days the âGentilesâ will have a ârecord of the Jewsâ containing the âcovenants of the Lordâ and âmany of the prophecies of the holy prophetsâ (see 1 Ne. Garold N. Davis, a professor of German at Brigham Young University, serves as high priests group leader in the Oak Hills Second Ward, Provo Utah Oak Hills Stake. The text in. 9:1; emphasis added). With these background commentaries on Isaiah by Lehi, Nephi, and Jacob, we can better anticipate and search out Isaiahâs meanings in the long section of Isaiah comprising 2 Nephi 12â24 (Isa. After this preparatory outline, Jacob quotes Isaiah 50 and 51 (2 Ne. These two chapters are accompanied by a lengthy and detailed commentary by the Lord himself in 3 Nephi 16 and 20 to 22. Jacobâs commentary on Isaiah 50â51 allows a reading of these chapters that would not likely be considered otherwise. 51:11) because of the infinite Atonement that overcomes death and hell. The Lord incorporates several quotations from the prophet Isaiah into this explanation, including the familiar statement about the âmarvelous workâ (see 3 Ne.
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