Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Isa. 1:1-31)
THE GENERAL TITLE OR PROGRAM applying to the entire book: this discountenances the Talmud tradition, that he was sawn asunder by Manasseh.
Isaiah—equivalent to "The Lord shall save"; significant of the subject of his prophecies. On "vision," see I Samuel 9:9; Numbers 12:6; and see my Introduction.
Judah and Jerusalem—Other nations also are the subjects of his prophecies; but only in their relation to the Jews (Isa. 13:1-23:18); so also the ten tribes of Israel are introduced only in the same relation (Isa. 7:1-9:21). Jerusalem is particularly specified, being the site of the temple, and the center of the theocracy, and the future throne of Messiah (Psalms 48:2-3, Psalms 48:9; Jeremiah 3:17). Jesus Christ is the "Lion of the tribe of Judah" (Revelation 5:5).
Uzziah—called also Azariah (II Kings 14:21; II Chronicles 26:1, II Chronicles 26:17, II Chronicles 26:20). The Old Testament prophecies spiritually interpret the histories, as the New Testament Epistles interpret the Gospels and Acts. Study them together, to see their spiritual relations. Isaiah prophesied for only a few years before Uzziah's death; but his prophecies of that period (Isa. 1:1-6:13) apply to Jotham's reign also, in which he probably wrote none; for Isa. 7:1-25 enters immediately on Ahaz' reign, after Uzziah in Isaiah 6:1-13; the prophecies under Hezekiah follow next.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 1:1:
Isaiah 5:30
Isaiah 9:9
Amos 1:1
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