Book of Isaiah Figures

Without question, God is the main character in Isaiah. Not only does he executemost of the wrath and mercy that happens in the course of the book, he also speaks most of the words in the book, too...

Would You Prefer Chapstick… or a Burning Coal?Isaiah is humble, righteous, principled, noble—a real prophet's prophet. His name means "Yah is Salvation"—"Yah" being another name for God—and...

Hezekiah is a very decent guy. He may not be King David, exactly, but he's definitely not one of those kings who starts worshipping idols or making any typical mistakes that then lead to a massive...

King Ahaz is Hezekiah's dad. He seems to be a rather puzzled king in Isaiah. When he falls under threat of a joint-invasion by the northern Kingdom of Israel and by Ephraim, the Voice of God speaks...

The Assyrian King, Sennacherib—speaking through his vizier (advisor), the Rabshakeh—is a classic, arrogant bad-guy. He lays down the trash talk, only to get cleaned up in the end. (Since the Ra...

These guys are scary. They're not your usual angels who fit nicely in ceramic form next to some antique teapots or whatever. Nope, the Seraphim are hardcore. They'll purify you with a lump of hot c...

There's not too much to say about this bunch, except that there sort of mysterious. Isaiah's wife is described as "The Prophetess." So what exactly does that mean? Is she a prophet—like Deborah f...

There's not much to note about these guys except to say that they show up and do their job. King Hezekiah sends them to receive the Assyrian King's messenger, the Rabshakeh and… they do. They get...

These guys aren't very important. They don't have any speaking roles. They only exist in the plot to provoke a reaction in the other characters—particularly, God and Ahaz. These two kings—of Is...