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There is a famous theory about two alleged prophets named Isaiah. The first was a pessimistic prophet, who lived in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and made 39 castigating prophecies (Isaiah 1-39). The second was an optimistic prophet, who lived in the reign of Cyrus, king of Persia, and prophesied 27 comforting prophecies (Isaiah 40-66). Due to this theory, our chapter (Isaiah 65) is expected to be optimistic and comforting. But actually most of it is not as expected.<\/span><\/p>\n

In our chapter Isaiah predicts that:<\/span><\/p>\n

Disloyal people, who walk the way that is not good\u2026 The people who provoke My anger, who continually to my very face sacrifice in gardens and burn incense on tiles\u2026 Who sit inside tombs\u2026 Who eat the flesh of swine\u2026 Such things make my anger rage like fire\u2026 I will\u2026 deliver their sins into their bosom\u2026 I will count out their recompense in full into their bosoms\u2026 you who forsake the LORD\u2026 I will destine you for the sword, you will all kneel down to be slaughtered\u2026 (Isaiah 65, 2-12).<\/span><\/p>\n

This prophecy is our chapter is reminiscent of the castigating prophecy in the 1<\/span>st<\/span> chapter of Isaiah, in which:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebels and sinners shall all be crushed, and those who forsake the LORD shall perish. Truly, you shall be shamed\u2026 you shall be confounded because of the gardens you coveted\u2026 shall burn together with none to quench” (Isaiah 1, 28-31). <\/span><\/p>\n

The words that describe the sinners (“who forsake the LORD”) and the places where the sins are committed (“gardens”) are similar in both prophecies.<\/span><\/p>\n

A closer look at these two chapters reveals that both of them contain a mixture of castigating and comforting prophecies. To the first chapter’s pessimistic prophecy Isaiah adds an optimistic prophecy and predicts that “Zion shall be saved in the judgment; Her repentant ones in the retribution” (Isaiah 1, 27). To the castigating prophecy in our chapter Isaiah adds an optimistic prophecy about a wonderful, peaceful, \u2018vegetarian\u2019 world. There wolves won\u2019t eat lambs, lions like the ox will eat only straw, and \u201cin all the LORD\u2019s sacred mount nothing evil or vile shall be done\u201d (verse 25). Just as God promised 54 chapters ago (Isaiah 11:6-9).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In conclusion, our chapter \u2013 like other chapters in Isaiah \u2013 challenges the theory about two completely different prophets named Isaiah, one pessimistic and the second optimistic. 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