What is the main message in the Book of Isaiah?

Isaiah listed all the sins of the Israelites and condemned all the leaders and kings of the other nations for their corruption. However, the book contains a message of future hope, that God would not only restore Israel but also the original plan of the Garden of Eden before the fall.

Isaiah

Q: What does the name Isaiah mean?

Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation."

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Definition

Isaiah was one of the major prophets of ancient Israel. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." Isaiah is one of the longest prophetic books (66 chapters). Originating in the 8th century BCE, it was updated at least twice, in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE (the Babylonian and Persian periods) and perhaps the Hellenistic period (4th to 1st centuries BCE). Scholars sometimes referred to the sections as Proto-Isaiah (Chapters 1-39), Deutero-Isaiah (40-55), and Trito-Isaiah (56-66).

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Timeline

722 BCE
The upper class in Israel, the Northern Kingdom, is exiled by the Assyrians.
586 BCE
Destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem and exile of upper class Judeans.