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Isaiah's Writing Style: Groups of Words

The prophet will use a theme in a group of verses, and use words from that theme. Then, in a few verses later, he will use a completely different one. Once you notice the similarities between them, you can see the groups.

I think he uses these to show, in contrast, how the people or the situation is.

  • 1:2 - heavens, earth
  • 1:3 - the ox, the ass; his owner, his master's crib
  • 1:4 - sinful nation, people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters

There are also arching summaries as well, across the groups of verses:

1:2-1:4

  • they have rebelled against me
  • Israel doth not know
  • my people doth not consider
  • they have forsaken the Lord
  • they have provoked the Holy one of Israel unto anger
  • they are gone away backward
isaiah_s_writing_style_-_groups_of_words.1352915097.txt.gz · Last modified: 2012/11/14 10:44 by steve