We Are Commanded to “Search” Isaiah’s Writings
3 Nephi 23:1–3
1 And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.
2 For surely he spake as touching all things concerning my people which are of the house of Israel; therefore it must needs be that he must speak also to the Gentiles.
3 And all things that he spake have been and shall be, even according to the words which he spake.
Elder Bruce R. McConkie said:
“Much of what Isaiah . . . has to say is yet to be fulfilled. . . . If we are to truly comprehend the writings of Isaiah, we cannot overstate or over-stress the plain, blunt reality that he is in fact the prophet of the restoration, the mighty seer of Jacob’s seed who foresaw our day.”
(“Ten Keys to Understanding Isaiah,” Ensign, Oct. 1973, 81.)
