Here we have the words of the prophet Isaiah. But, of course, and of far greater importance, they are the words of God himself. Isaiah was not a popular preacher or prophet. Far from it! The fact is, in a time of national distress, not only was he a strident, discordant nuisance, preaching and prophesying directly against popular thinking in Judah, but he was, in the eyes of many, verging on treachery and undermining the people‟s resolve in a time of pending war. |