# Isaiah — The City of God character guide

> Isaiah in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Isaiah

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Major prophet who foretold the coming of the Messiah and the suffering servant.

## In the story

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xv)

Prophet whose words about the king of Babylon are applied to the devil.

### [XXIV That the seven sages flourished in the reign of Romulus, when the ten tribes which were called Israel were led into captivity by the Chaldeans, and Romulus, when dead, had divine honours conferred on him.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiv)

Isaiah is said to have been slain during the reign of the impious king Manasseh.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxix)

Prophet who prophesied about Christ and the Church, called an evangelist by some.

### [Of the Authority of the Septuagint Translation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xliii)

Cited as an example of a prophet through whom the Spirit spoke.

### [Chapter XXI: Utterances of the Prophet Isaiah Regarding the Resurrection of the Dead and the Retributive Judgment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxi)

Prophet whose utterances on the resurrection and retributive judgment are being expounded.

### [What is meant by the good going out to see the punishment of the wicked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxii)

Quoted regarding the everlasting name given to the saints.

### [Chapter XXIV: Passages from the Psalms of David which predict the end of the world and the last judgment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxiv)

Prophet whose words about Christ being silent before his shearer are fulfilled in the Gospel.

### [Of Malachi's prophecy, in which he speaks of the last judgment, and of a cleansing which some are to undergo by purifying punishments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xxv)

Quoted for parallel prophecy about cleansing

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