Say goodbye to the confused, vengeful, wild-eyed prophecies of the first half of the book. Isaiah has calmed down, offering hymns of praise rather than orgies of damnation. Chapter 40 is probably the ...

Part of the Jewish experience is the dream of the Redemption, a utopian era where all humankind’s problems are solved and nations live in peace with other nations (Isaiah, Chapter 2, Verses 1-5). The ...