Isaiah, an exposition of the book of

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From the Preface:

In his introduction, Mr. Kelly vigorously combats the deadly hostility of modern commentators to “the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,” the phrase used in Luke 3:4, as a plenarily inspired communication from Jehovah concerning the Messiah, the people of Israel, and the nations of the earth. Owing to the present widespread unbelief in Christendom, the need for such uncompromising protests is after fifty years more insistent than ever.

Both the unity of the Book of Isaiah and of its authorship are discredited and denied by the mass of present-day expositors. But those who seek wisely will find that Christ Himself is the golden thread from which the unified pattern of the prophecies of Isaiah is woven. With regard to their authorship, men of faith will be content to accept without question the testimony of the Lord Himself and His apostles and prophets that Isaiah was the writer of both parts (chapters 1 - 39 and 40 -66.) of the prophecies prefaced by his name.

There are in the New Testament about forty quotations from these prophecies, and more than half of these are there stated to have been spoken or written by Isaiah. The quotations are taken from four chapter in the first volume (6:9,10; 9:1,2; 10:22,23; 11:1,10) and from five chapters in the second volume (40:3; 42:1; 53:1,7,8; 61:1,2; 65:2). There is therefore ample New Testament authority for believing that Isaiah was the sole author of the collection of prophecies bearing his name. He is twice named by the Lord Himself, which was fulfilled in their hearing that day. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all mention Isaiah by name; and Paul in his Epistle to the Romans quotes five passages from Isaiah, each by that name. Modern literary taste and scholarship, however, repudiate these clear testimonies, including that of Him Who is “the Faithful and True Witness,” preferring the cloudy creations of their own imaginations.

394 pages – Hardcover - Author: W. Kelly