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Isaiah 1
The vision of Isaiah in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah opens with God's charge against a rebellious people: their sacrifices and feasts are a burden to him while their hands are full of blood. 'Come now, let us reason together: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.'
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Isaiah and Micah both prophesied in Judah in the late 8th century BC, in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, about seven hundred years before Jesus was born.
The kings are named in Isaiah 1:1 and Micah 1:1; the years follow the Time Map's chronology.
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The ox and the donkey of Christmas scenes come from Isaiah 1:3 read alongside the story (and the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, about the 7th century). Luke names no animals, though a manger implies they were near.
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Luke names no animals. The pair comes from Isaiah 1:3 in later tradition, although a manger implies animals nearby.
The common picture: An ox and a donkey watched over the manger.