Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we meet our first major profit. We've already read two of the minor profits,

Obadiah which had one chapter and Jonah which had four. This book on the other hand is 66 chapters long, so that gives you a bit of an idea

about what makes for the difference between major profits and minor profits. It's not

related to their quality of words, but to their quantity of words.

Isaiah's prophetic ministry spanned 40 years, so that's a lot of time to say a lot of things.

It's especially helpful to notice where the quotation marks happen in books of prophecy.

Sometimes Isaiah is quoting God, sometimes he's telling us about a vision he saw, and

sometimes he's prophesying about what God said or showed him. This can be a bit more challenging if you're reading the Bible with

your ears instead of your eyes. So if you're listening to an audio version and you find

yourself getting confused, try to check out a print version.

By the way, if you are reading with your eyes, you'll notice that a lot of this book is laid out like poetry.

It's rich with images and metaphors, which means the more you dig,

the more layers of meaning you're likely to find.

Two interesting facts about the book of Isaiah. First, it's the Old Testament book that is quoted

most often in the New Testament.

And second, here is a brief fun history lesson.

Scribes made lots of copies of the scriptures around the time of Jesus and they hid them

in caves because the Roman army was oppressing them.

In 1947, nearly 2,000 years later, the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered in a cave by the

Dead Sea.

In one of the ancient clay pots, they discovered the entire book of

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