1 Listen to me, [inhabitants of earth's] coastlands. [Pay attention,] people [near and] far. From [my mother's] womb, YHVH calls me. He speaks my name [Isaiah] into my mother's heart. Isaiah, Joshua, and Jesus are the same name pronounced differently. Isaiah = YesheYahu = Yahshua = YAH saves = Joshua = Jesus.
This verse is a prophecy of the incomparable modern reach of Isaiah's nearly 3000 year-old writings. Through the mouth of the Messiah, Isaiah's writings have touched more hearts than have any extra-biblical ancient documents.2 [YAH] makes my mouth a sharp sword, π. He hides me in the shadow of his hand. He makes me a [pointy] polished shaft [to cut through the world's nonsense]. He conceals me in his arrow-quiver. 3 [YAH] tells me, βYou are my obedient one. [You'll] rule-with-me. Through [you] I [show] my splendor [to the universe].β #6286 pa'ar normally translated βgloryβ = shining (beauty) = splendor4 But then I [get discouraged, π. I moan], βI keep laboring in vain. [Day after day I slog] through [the world's] chaos. I exhaust my strength for nothing.β Still I know [that] YHVH holds justice [in store for] me and you. Elohim [guards] my reward [in heaven].5 YHVH formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring [ancient] Jacob's [brats] back to him. [YAH] announces, βWhether Israel regroups [or not, you (Isaiah)] stand glorious in [my divine] eyes.β So YHVH Elohim [fills] me with his strength-spirit, π. Our self-esteem comes from YAH's love for us, not from our success nor failure. We are responsible only for bringing YAH's message to the world. The world is responsible for their reaction.6 YAH continues, βYou, my servant, raise up the tribes [spawned] by [ancient] Jacob {Cheater}. You restore those [rare] Israelites whom I guard and preserve [to rule with me]. But that's just your lightweight duty. I also give you as a light to [illuminate] the beast-nations. You eventually [bring] my salvation to the end[s] of the earth.β This prophecy has come splendidly true. Isaiah's writings are quoted in every country on earth to this day.7 YHVH, Israel's Redeemer, [the omnipresent] Sacred Sovereign, [encourages you, π]. [Today] man despises [you]. The beast-nation[s] abhor [you]. [You] slave for tyrants. But [see your future]: Kings see [you] and rise [to their feet]. Princes [fall on their faces] to worship [you]. YHVH, the faithful Holy [King] of Israel, anoints you [to rule the universe with him].8 YHVH promises, βI answer your [prayers] with perfect timing, π. In your day [of greatest] desperation, I surround you. I rescue you. [I lift you to my fortress of safety in the wide-open plains of heaven.] I preserve you. Through you, I give [my] covenant to [earth's] people. [Together we] stabilize the earth. [We] restore disintegrated ancestries to their [reforested] heritage [lands].9 You, π, announce to [the world's] bound-slaves, βBreak out [of the devil's prison]!β [You] command refugees crouching in darkness, βCome out into the [light]!β [The starving fugitives] feed along [pastoral] paths. They [graze] on all [earth's] high [mountain] plateaus.10 [My redeemed people] never [again] hunger nor thirst, π. The searing-wind and sun never [again] strike them. Their merciful [Messiah] leads them. He guides them by springs of [eternal] water. | YAH Promises To Bring Your Real Family To You | 11 I eventually make roadways [through] all my mountains, π. I build up [wide] βhighwaysβ [for you, my people, to travel through the universe and beyond].
12 Watch, π: streams [of believers] flock [to New Jerusalem] from the [four winds]. Look [into the future]. One [flock migrate] from the north, [another] from the western [sea]; others from the land of China [or Africa]. Lit. βSinimβ. Occurs in scripture only here.13 [The believers sing,] βShout-for-joy, heavens! Spin-in-ecstasy, earth. Break forth into screeches of joy, [everyone on all] mountains! YHVH comforts his people. [He] keeps showing mercy to his afflicted [believers].β Shout sing heavens, spin around o earth, Mountains erupt in melody. 'cause Yahweh keeps comforting his people, and loving us up out of our distress.14 Yet [the ingrates huddled in Jerusalem beneath mount] Zion [whine], βYHVH has forsaken me. My Adonai has forgotten me.β15 YHVH's Family" href="?themes=16.3" target="The_Theme_Of_Sonship in Father YHVH's Family"> Can a woman forget her nursing baby, π? Can she lose compassion for the child of her womb? Well even if [some psycho]-moms forget [their kids], I'll never forget you [believers].16 Look, π. I have engraved your [name] into the palms of my hands. Jerusalem, I [watch over] your [city] walls nonstop. | You Have Countless Spiritual Children | 17 [Eventually] your children rush home [to you], π. [Today] destroyers turn your [life] into a desert. But in time, the [ravagers] flee far from you.
18 Lift up your eyes all around you, π. See [your future]. All these [believers (your offspring)] gather themselves together. They flock to you. As I live,β YHVH says, βyour [spiritual and physical progeny eventually shine up your life] like a bridal dress made of millions of tied-together jewels.β19 Your [current] wastelands, your desolate places, your demolished earth, come to overflow with [happy, well-fed] inhabitants. The [consumers] who swallowed you down end up far away.20 You've lost [many] children, π. But you have many more. They'll [cry] in your ears, βThe [earth] is too small for all of us to fit in. Get us [more planets] to live on with you!β21 Eventually, π, you [come to] exclaim in your heart, βWho bore me all these [descendants]? I've lost [so many] children. I [lived] desolate, deported, a migrant slave. Who raised these [followers]? I [struggled through life] alone, abandoned. Where was [my family] hiding?ββ | | |