Pertanyaan: 609. Apa yang terjadi dengan Nabi Yesaya?
Tidak banyak yang diketahui mengenai keadaan hidup Isaiah. Nama ayahnya adalah Amoz (bukan nabi Amos). Isaiah tinggal di Yerusalem, tidak jauh dari Bait Allah. Dia menikah dan memiliki dua orang putra, yang namanya tercatat dalam Kitab Suci, dan dia menyebut istrinya sebagai seorang nabi," menunjukkan bahwa dia secara aktif berempati dan memiliki bagian dalam panggilan rohaninya. Ada tradisi bahwa dia mengalami penganiayaan di bawah pemerintahan raja jahat Manasseh dengan dipotong menjadi dua, dan tempat penganiayaannya bahkan ditunjukkan di bawah pohon murbei tua, dekat Kolam Siloam. Yosefus (dalam Antiquities 10:3, 1) menyebut pembantaian para nabi Ibrani oleh Manasseh, meskipun Isaiah tidak disebutkan di antara mereka. Namun, beberapa otoritas yang baik berpendapat bahwa Isaiah hidup sampai usia tua dan meninggal karena sebab alami. Jabatannya sebagai nabi dimulai pada usia dua puluh tahun dan berlangsung terus hingga usia delapan puluh tahun."
Question: 609. What Became of the Prophet Isaiah?
Little is known respecting the circumstances of Isaiah's life. His father's name was Amoz (not the prophet Amos). Isaiah resided in Jerusalem, not far from the Temple. He was married and had two sons, whose names are given in Scripture, and he called his wife "a prophetess," showing that she was in active sympathy with and had a share in his spiritual vocation. There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom under the wicked king Manasseh by being sawn in two, and the scene of his martyrdom is even pointed out under an old mulberry tree, near the Pool of Siloam. Josephus (in Antiquities 10:3, 1) mentions the massacre of the Hebrew prophets by Manasseh, although Isaiah is not named among them. It has been maintained, however, by several good authorities that Isaiah lived to a great age and died from natural causes. His prophetical office began in his twentieth year and was continuous until his eightieth year.
