In Isaiah, chapter six, verse nine, God told Isaiah that the people would reject his message and remain indifferent to the prophetic call for repentance; his preaching would, in fact, turn hearts even more against the Lord, as in verses nine to ten, Matthew thirteen, verses fourteen through fifteen, Mark four, verse twelve, and Luke eight, verse ten, respectively. Nevertheless, Isaiah had to preach by faith the unpopular message of judgment, as in Jeremiah one, verses eight, nineteen, and Ezekiel two, verses three to four, accordingly.
There would be a limit, however, to his heartrending ministry. The judgments brought through Sennacherib in verses eleven through twelve would bring God’s chosen people to faith and obedience, as in Isaiah thirty-six, verse twenty-one, and Isaiah thirty-seven, verse seven; as a result, be able to have a new ministry during the additional fifteen years granted to Hezekiah, as in Isaiah thirty-eight, verse five.
The theme verse under the Isaiah Commissioned section, show how God instructs His servants to deliver a message to people at times, an opportunity to receive salvation and deliverance. However, recipients do not always welcome the good news with gratitude. Instead, they may become upset with what they hear. “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears,” as in Second Timothy four, verse three.
Today, this attitude among church attendees still exists. There are some who go to church and do not want to conform to the Word of God, and obey it. Instead, they would keep their way of living and hear other things. “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables,” as in Second Timothy four, verse four.