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In vs. 5-6 of this chapter, Isaiah reported on a significant change in his prophetic career. Whereas he began with a highly particular mission to Israel, it was expanded into a universal one, \u201ca light to the nations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim,* consistent with his inclination to see King Hezekiah as a potential messiah (see our closing remarks to Chapter 39), gave this transition added significance.<\/span><\/p>\n

We saw in Chapter 12 that the dispersion of the ten tribes by Sennacherib was the start of the redemption and from that time the prophets began to prophesy that those exiles would be gathered and return to the fortress of hope. That occurred in the 6<\/span>th<\/span> year of Hezekiah\u2019s reign from which point the visionary prophecies about redemption began. If Israel had fully repented, that redemption would have come in his 15<\/span>th<\/span> year when Assyria fell and the time [was ripe] for those dispersed to return. For that reason, his prophecy about redemption and ingathering was annexed to Sennacherib\u2019s downfall (as witnessed in Chapters 11, 18, and 27).<\/span><\/p>\n

All the prophecies he delivered in the first part occurred before Sennacherib\u2019s downfall when he saw, prophetically, that there was hope for the dispersed to be gathered immediately to their land and be redeemed\u2014conditional on their repentance. As long as Hezekiah lived, Isaiah was devoted to that mission because there remained hope that Hezekiah would be God\u2019s messiah\u2026 But his words did not bear fruit\u2026 they did not repent\u2026 and they did not return to their land, the Temple was destroyed because of the sins of those who remained, and all hope was lost\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Isaiah thought all his labors had been in vain, but God told him that all those prophecies about redemption would be fulfilled in the end of days and it would not be just a particular redemption of the ten tribes but a universal one for all the earth, \u201ca light to the nations.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*For the significance of Malbim\u2019s commentary to the Book of Isaiah,<\/span> see our introduction to chapter 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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