Traditionally known as "the evangelical prophet," some of whose passages are well-known thanks to Handel's Messiah, the book of Isaiah requires a commentator with very sharp spiritual insight to live up to its magnificent oracles. Alec Motyer is that person.
He understands the book as a mosaic of prophecies that have different origins and individual prehistories. Such prophecies are condensed into a single unit thanks to the prophet who gives the book its name. Motyer, unconventionally, presents the prophecy divided into three books: that of the King (1-37), that of the Servant (38-55), and that of the Anointed Conqueror (56-66). The three books form a unique picture, in which each needs the other two.
While this highly respected commentary is based on the New International Version of the Bible, the author provides his own more literal translation to more accurately convey the meaning of the text. His constant goal is to interpret the tesserae of the mosaic in relation to the book of Isaiah as a whole.
