Essays Tagged: "Isaiah"
Isaiah 10:1-6 THE HEBREWS PROPHETS: Isaiah & Amos
Isaiah 10:1-6 THE HEBREWS PROPHETS: Isaiah & Amos"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those wh ... y, culture and the life of man and women today.As I try to decipher this passage in my own words of Isaiah. One is speaking of the oppression committed by man upon man. It is Jesus asking why man whom ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
This essay is about the life of Chinua Achebe.
, 1930, in Ogidi, Nigeria. He was christened Albert Chinualumogu Achebe. Achebe was born the son of Isaiah Okafo, a Christian churchman, and Janet N. Achebe. Achebe describes growing up in Eastern Nig ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Christianity is based on errors and omissions.
ts such as the stopping of the sun by Joshua (Joshua 10:12-14), the reversal of the sun's course by Isaiah (Isaiah 38:7-8) , the resurrection of the saints, and their subsequent appearance to many (Ma ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Biblical Allusions in Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables
e: in 2 Kings 21:1 where Hephzibah is referred to as being the mother of King Manasseh and again in Isaiah 62:4 where the city of Jerusalem is called Hephzibah. Hephzibah literally means "my delight i ... zibah's development as a character mirrors that of the prophecy made about the city of Jerusalem is Isaiah 62:4.For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace,/ And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,/ Un ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
A look at just war
The Bible emphasises that peace is God's will, as exemplified by the Messianic prophecy of Isaiah 2:4 "They will beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Natio ... sed on the argument that God is a God of justice at an international as well as a personal level as Isaiah 51:5 "My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Essay question answers on Jeremiads and Puritans.
lamentation. Mary Rowlandson's text functions as a jeremiad by quoting scripture from the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah. It also contains the characteristic I have mentioned before. Rowlandson laments ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Systematic Rape and the Marginalization of Women in the DRC
will be dashed to piecesBefore their eyes;Their houses will be plundered,And their wives ravished. (Isaiah 13:16)In a country as decadent as ours we think far too much about what we want as opposed to ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
The Books of Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon and Isaiah- My verse-by-verse criticism and personal commentary.
nfortunately, this isn't considered a suitable subject to show in illustrated versions of the Bible.ISAIAHThis book was not written by Isaiah at all but is rather a collection of oracles extending ove ... ll uncover their secret parts.v.26: God threatens to hiss unto them from the end of the earth.vi.1: Isaiah claims that he actually saw Yahweh that contradicts various passages that claim that no one c ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Book of Jeremiah and his Lamentations- the trouble with his bowels and other such Biblical nonsense, verse-by-verse.
tarte.ii.27: By ridiculing all those who say to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth, he has in mind Isaiah who advises his people to do just that! Which one then is the 'true' prophet?ii.36: Yahweh as ... in which prophet does not prophesy falsely and who we are expected to believe? Does he have in mind Isaiah?vi.10: Behold, their ear is uncircumcised. Is there anyone alive who has managed to circumcis ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
"Who is Man?" by Abraham Heschel
of its biblical roots.Even in his physical appearance conjuring up the image of what an Amos or an Isaiah must have looked like--stocky, full-bearded, speaking softly but with passionate intensity--i ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Evangelism defined
good news, especially the Gospel.Announce the Good News...where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, Isaiah 52:7-12. "How lovely are the feet of him who brings good news of happiness, who announces sal ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Real Standard
The Real Standard Isaiah 59:19 When the enemy comes against you like a flood, the spirit of the Lord will lift up a st ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The calling of isaiah
The Calling of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 6:1-13 The prophet Isaiah lived during a very troublesome era during the years 742-7 ... will, and he encourages the people to trust in the Lord rather than relying on political alliances.Isaiah is thought to be one of the greatest poets of the Bible, and his book a classic of the Hebrew ... tween form and content which classify the type of poetry as classical. From the theological aspect, Isaiah moves in the religious tradition influenced by David's dynasty and the election of Sion, and ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Air Jordan
players around him better. This being a label that was attached to players like Magic and Larry and Isaiah; Players who were winning NBA titles.It is Jordan's quality as a winner that transcends his l ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports
The Gay Nineties
are trying to, and so far have done a pretty good job of calling evil good, and good evil - as in (Isaiah 5:20). They are making the homosexuals look like the poor "underdog" - and since "we" "as a n ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
A Summary of the Book of Daniel
racy, claimed that its walls were 60 miles long, 300 feet high and 80 feet thick. Both a passage in Isaiah and Jeremiah 51:37-43 prophesized that Babylon would be destroyed and never occupied again. T ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
A Report on Habakkuk (Old Testament Wisdom Literature)
gs 4:16, "Thou shalt embrace a son," imagined that the prophet was the son of the Shunammite woman. Isaiah may have prophesied of Habakkuk's coming. Isaiah 21:6 "For thus hath the Lord said unto me, G ... will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved." making Habakkuk the watchman set by Isaiah to watch for the fall of Babylon. The Apocryphal 14th chapter of Daniel known as "Bel and the ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Isaiah: A Prophet For The Ages (Old Testament)
Isaiah: A Prophet For The AgesBy DWTWritten nearly 3,000 years ago, the book of Isaiah is the corner ... ming of the Messiah. According to Jay P. Green's Literal Translation p.976, the following verses of Isaiah are quoted or alluded to in the New Testament relating to Jesus: Isa 6:9,10 (Mt 13:14; Mk 4:1 ... k 11:17; Lk 19:46), Isa 61:1 (Lk 4:18), Isa 66:1, 66:24 (Mt 5:34;25; Mk 9:44,46,48). In this light, Isaiah might also be called the foundation of the New testament as well.Isaiah was the son of Amoz. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity