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Excerpt from Commentary on the Prophets of the Old Testament, Vol. 2: Yesaya, 'Obadya, and Mikha
IN Yesaya we see prophetic literature, at the time when it most flourished, attain its highest summit; everything com bined to raise him to this height, to which neither an earlier prophet as author could climb nor a later could again soar. Of the other prophets, all the more celebrated ones were distin guished by some special excellence and peculiar power, whether of speech or of deed; in Yesaya all the powers and all the beauties Of prophetic speech and deed combine to form a symmetrical whole; he is distinguished less by any special excellence than by the symmetry and the perfection of all his powers. And as amongst all the Older literary prophets he was manifestly the most productive and most successful in his public work, in speaking and writing, SO there have been pre served far more Of his writings, partly entire and partly frag mentary, than of any other of that series Of prophets. I. We cannot help supposing that Yesaya possessed, as the first condition Of his peculiar historical greatness, a native power and animation Of mind rarely possessed even by pro phets. There are rarely combined in the same mind, the profoundest prophetic emotion and purest feeling, the most unwearied, successful and consistent activity amid all the con fusions and changes Of life, and lastly, that true poetic ease and beauty of style, combined with force and irresistible power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
