Ancient Quote by Elie Wiesel

Isaiah is by far the finest and least objectionable of the seventeen prophets whose supposed productions form the latter part of the Old Testament.…

— Annie Besant

I try to see their moral relevance [in the Bible] and, of course, to admire the literary beauty of the text. Prophetic poetry: No…

— Elie Wiesel

“Whoever will take the trouble of reading the book ascribed to Isaiah, will find it one of the most wild and disorderly compositions ever…

— Thomas Paine

Isaiah the prophet, Isaiah's second son was - his symbolic name was Mahershalalhashbaz. And Isaiah was - the Prophet Isaiah was instructed to write…

— Mahershala Ali

Perhaps no more beautiful passages have ever been written about the Savior's atonement and crucifixion than those written by Isaiah.

— Jeffrey R. Holland

“Isaiah’s greatest message is his word of salvation, announcing the coming of the Messiah, the Servant of the Lord, who would die for sinners…

— Warren W. Wiersbe

“He was a man skilled in communicating God’s truth. Not content with merely declaring facts, Isaiah clothed those facts in striking language that would…

— Warren W. Wiersbe

The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the Babylonian exile…

— Maimonides

“The book of Isaiah is a tract for our own times; our very aversion to it testifies to its relevance.”

— Hugh Nibley

In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.

— Etgar Keret

There is only one writer in whom I find something that reminds me of the directness of style which is found in the Bible.…

— Heinrich Heine

“Isaiah 40–66 is of the utmost importance for the Gospels’ self-understanding and proclamation. Sprinkled throughout all the Gospels, but especially Matthew and Luke, are…

— Jonathan T. Pennington