What passage from Second Isaiah is used to describe John the Baptist in the Gospels?

Answer 1

Isaiah 2 speaks to the 'latter days' or the end-time after the Tribulation and Great Day of the Lord. It is God bringing Judah and Israel back together from their breach shortly after King Solomon. There are many other Scriptures that show this important event.

Answer:There is no book known as "Second Isaiah." If the question means "Isaiah chapter 2," there is no direct prophetic reference to John the Baptist in that chapter. The passage from Isaiah used to describe John the Baptist in the gospels is...

Isaiah 40:3-5 - The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth; The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

Matthew 3:1-3 - In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.' "

Mark 1:2-4 - As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You." "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.' " John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Luke 3:2-5 - while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight. Every valley shall be filled And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough ways smooth; And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' "

John 1:19, 23 - Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" (23) He said: "I am'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the Lord," ' as the prophet Isaiah said."

[Quotes from NKJV]