What did Isaiah say about the coming of the Messiah?

Answer 1

Answer Isaiah had much to say about the coming Messiah. In Christian circles he is sometimes referred to as the 'fifth Gospel' for this reason. Here are some of the passages:

Isaiah 53:1-12 (King James Version):

1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 52:13-15 (King James Version):

13Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

15So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Isaiah 7:14 (King James Version):

14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:2-7 (King James Version):

2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

5For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 61:1-4 (King James Version):

1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Jewish Answer

The claims regarding the 'virgin birth' are in fact related to a mistranslation of the Hebrew word 'almah' which means 'young woman' and in no way implies marital status. The word almah is in fact used a handful of times in the Tanach, always under the context that the woman in question could not possibly be a virgin and this is true for Isaiah 7. In Isaiah 7, the young woman in question was already pregnant. Furthermore, throughout his writings, Isaiah consistently used the word 'b'tulah' which means virgin. The Christian mistranslation is largely due to the original greek translation which used the word 'parthanos' for almah. Parthanos can mean either young woman OR virgin, there was no Greek equivalent to the word almah.

In terms of 'messiah'. The Christian concept of messiah simply does not exist in the Tanach (Jewish Bible) nor the teachings of Judaism. The word 'messiah' is the anglicisation of the Hebrew 'moshiach'. The word moshiach translates to 'anointed'. The title of moshiach was given to any person who was appropriately anointed with oil as part of their initiation to their service of HaShem. We have had many moshiachim (pl) in the form of kings, priests, prophets, and judges. There is absolutely nothing supernatural about a moshiach. There is a prophecy about a future moshiach, however, he'll be a mortal man who will lead the country of Israel. The majority of proof texts used by Christians, included quotes from Isaiah, are not accepted by Jews as references to hamoshiach.

The three verses from Isaiah that Jews do believe reference hamoshiach are:

1. Gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6)
2. Usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. As it says: "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall man learn war anymore." (Isaiah 2:4)
3. Hamoshiach must be descended on his father's side from King David (Genesis 49:10 and Isaiah 11:1)

Answer 2

Opinion:Jesus is described several times by the prophet Isaiah. For instance, in Isaiah 53 it describes a man who undergoes severe punishment, yet he did open his mouth to defend himself. Jesus could have talked his way out of the trial at any time, but he did not, because he knew that people needed salvation. The child in Isaiah 7 was to be called Immanuel(meaning God with us), but the child in Isaiah 8 was to be called Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz(meaning Speed the Spoils)

Answer 3

Because Jesus was born to a virgin, and he died for our sins, on the cross. he did not speak he went like a lamb to be slaughtered.

Answer:

One Sabbath day, centuries ago... Jesus went to church. He went to the synagogue in His hometown of Nazareth on the Sabbath as was His custom, whenever He was in town and not in Capernaum, where He also had a home... and was handed the scroll [book] of Isaiah to read.

When He finished reading the passage that He chose from Isaiah's book [the beginning of chapter 61]... He ended it abruptly at a specific place, closed it and told those present:

"...This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears." (Luke 4:21)

The "fulfilled" prophecies were: "...The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; He has appointed Me to PREACH GOOD NEWS [the Gospel] to the poor; He has sent Me to HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED and to ANNOUNCE THAT CAPTIVES SHALL BE RELEASED and THE BLIND SHALL SEE, that the DOWNTRODDEN SHALL BE FREED from their oppressors, and that GOD IS READY TO GIVE BLESSINGS TO ALL WHO COME TO HIM." (Luke 4:18 LVB Living Bible)

These were all things that Jesus both personally fulfilled and/or set into motion, that His disciples and all who would follow Him down through the centuries would continue to fulfill through the Power of the Holy Spirit.

But, ALL of Isaiah's prophecies weren't fulfilled that Sabbath day in Nazareth.

Because JESUS STOPPED READING at the place of the prophecy that HE WOULD FULFILL AT THE TIME OF HIS SECOND COMING.

The next part of Isaiah's prophecy where Jesus stopped reads: "...and the DAY OF HIS WRATH TO THEIR ENEMIES..." (Isa.61:2 LVB).

Jesus hasn't fulfilled that prophecy, yet. A TIME, YET AHEAD OF US, OF HIS RETURN TO ESTABLISH THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH -- which is the Good News that He preached about the first time.

This, as yet, future prophetic fulfillment is what makes up the majority of Bible prophecy... both the major and minor prophets of God. The Bible calls this time: the Day of the Lord!

And the world has not seen this side of Jesus, yet.

"Sound the alarm in Jerusalem! Let the blast of the warning Trumpet be heard upon My Holy Mountain! Let everyone tremble in fear, for THE DAY OF THE LORD'S JUDGMENT APPROACHES.

"It is a Day of darkness and gloom, of black clouds and thick darkness. What a mighty army! It covers the mountains like night! How Great, how powerful these 'people' are!" (Joel 2:1-2 LVB)

"THE LORD LEADS THEM WITH A SHOUT. This is His mighty army and they follow His orders. THE DAY OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE LORD IS AN AWESOME, TERRIBLE THING. Who can endure it?" (verse 11)

This is THE SECOND PART of the prophecy that Jesus stopped short of reading about in Isaiah's book. This wasn't the purpose of His FIRST COMING. Jesus' first coming was an INVITATION to men to repent and be spared what is coming on the earth in the Day of the Lord.

"That is why the Lord says, 'Turn to Me now, while there is still time. Give Me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, mourning..." (Joel 2:12 LVB).

Jesus hasn't fulfilled ALL of Isaiah's prophecies [or those of the rest of His prophets] yet. Jesus did not fulfill even one of Isaiah's prophecies.

Answer 4

A:As Isaiah lived long before the time of Jesus, he knew nothing about Jesus and so we can learn nothing from the Book of Isaiah about Jesus.

An example where Isaiah is often thought to foretell the the life of Jesus is in Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, the young woman shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." But a few verses later, the young woman did indeed have a baby. There is another version of the same passage that comes from the Septuagint, a flawed, early Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. In this version, Isaiah 7:14 says, "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." This has been read as a prophecy of Jesus, although it does not actually mention him. We should remember that Isaiah never wrote 'virgin' in this passage.

The Book of Isaiah also contains several passages known as the 'suffering servant' passages. These were written in the context of the times, but Christians prefer to think of Jesus as the 'suffering servant' and therefore say that the passages foretold of Jesus. Even if this were true, there is nothing in the passages from which you could learn about the life of Jesus.

Another Answer:

Very, very much as the Book of Isaiah is often called the 'little Bible' and is the most quoted in New Testament Scripture. As an aside, there are at least 63 terms in the English language coming directly from Isaiah.

While it is true Isaiah, like Daniel and the other prophets, did not know of Jesus, they were not the originators of the message but only the vehicle God chose to give mankind the message. Isaiah is actually dual as is most prophecy (see Isaiah 41:22 for meaning of duality), it is for the end-times. Yet, Isaiah has many statements of the Coming Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Consider that translations contain 'imperfect' meanings at times. This is the case in Isaiah 7:14 where the Hebrew word being translated 'virgin' actually means 'a young woman of marriageable age' which connotes virginity in the Jewish society at the time. The Septuagint just translated it 'virgin' and this is where most discussions occur. Duality has events for the near present when first announced, and usually a greater meaning at a future date as is the case with the Mother Mary and the birth of Jesus.

Isaiah 9:1 tells us the Messiah will begin in the region of Galilee (see Matt. 4)

Isaiah 9:6 describes the coming Messiah using Names of God.

Isaiah 9:7 describes His inheriting the Throne of David.

Isaiah 61:1-2 describes aspects of His Messiahship while

Isaiah 35: 5-6 describes these healing aspects He will/did perform.

Read Isaiah 53:12 and see it fulfillment noted in Romans 15:3. And there are more which is better read directly than having listed here.

Answer 5

Isaiah 7:14 is often considered to be a prophecy of the birth of Jesus. However, the correct Hebrew reading of the passage merely says that a "young woman" would have a child, and the young woman in question did have a child a few verses later in Isaiah.
However, the Septuagint (An early translation of the Hebrew Bible into the Greek language) incorrectly translated Isaiah 7:14 to say that a virgin would conceive and bear a child. The author of the Gospel of Matthew, a Greek-speaking Jew, was looking for a biblical reference he could use to prove that Jesus was prophesied to be born of a virgin. He relied on the Septuagint mistranslation of Isaiah to show that the virgin birth of Jesus had been prophesied.

There are many other passages in Isaiah that some interpret as foreshadowing the arrival of Jesus. Whether or not they have the meaning attributed to them is sometimes a matter of faith.

Answer 6

Various passages in Isaiah prophesy the eventual revelation of God's kingdom, including His human messenger, whom we call (in English) the messiah. For example, "The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. And his (this servant of God's) delight shall be in the fear of the Lord...with righteousness shall he judge...

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb...

They (the enemies) shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord... And it shall come to pass on that day, that the Lord will set His hand again...to recover the remnant of His people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shin'ar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea (from Isaiah ch.11).

The only question is, whom does this refer to. Judaism holds that this awaited person has not yet been revealed.

See also:

Why didn't Judaism accept Jesus as the messiah?

Answer 7

Isaiah knew nothing of Jesus, and the book of Isaiah never mentions Jesus, even indirectly. However, when the Christian scriptures were being written, their authors found passages in Isaiah that fitted their image of Jesus and could therefore be claimed to have foreshadowed or even predicted Jesus. None of this shows that Isaiah really wrote of Jesus, or really sought to describe him.

In the following passage, the author was writing of things that could happen in his own lifetime, just modern writers could in times of crisis. But the passage has been interpreted by some as predicting the coming (or second coming) of Jesus, "the branch of the Lord":
Isaiah 4:1-3: "And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem" .

In Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah prophesied that "the young woman" would conceive and bear a child, a prophecy that came true just a few verses later in chapter 8. However, the early Greek translation of the Old Testament, the Septuagint, mistranslated this to say that a virgin would conceive and bear a child. In the New Testament, Matthew used the Septuagint Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible to 'prove' this to be a prophecy of the virgin birth of Jesus. This was a misunderstanding arising from a faulty translation from Hebrew into Greek and may have been knowingly taken out of context.

Answer 8

He is called by several names such as prince of peace and Jesus.

Answer 9

That He Would Suffer for our transgressions.