you went from verse 8 to 17 but paid no attention or you deliberately chose to block out the parts that were most relevant.
The whole story together makes sense.
so basically we're living close to the end times..clearly these prophecies are not referring to some future event where muslims become christians or jews or something else.
Isaiah 42 tells us this story then goes on to condemn the jews as 'blind dead' ie they have seen 'many things' but still didn't change.
Now for the context...
those verses tell us God would attack polythiesm.
Islam did that.
The arabs went from being pagan idol worshippers to muslims. when Prophet Mohammad SAW conquered Mecca, he smashed all the idols in the Kaba.
Muslims worship and praise the "God of Abraham"
yet i think you're implying here that muslims are actually idol worshippers.
clearly if you do believe that, you have little awareness of islamic beliefs/mindsets esp with regard to polythiesm/shirk which is the worst sin in our religion.
These verses are def 100% about arabia given God tells us
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the ends of the earth,
you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,
you islands, and all who live in them.
11 Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices;
let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice.
Let the people of Sela sing for joy;
let them shout from the mountaintops.
12 Let them give glory to the Lord
and proclaim his praise in the islands.
13 The Lord will march out like a champion,
like a warrior he will stir up his zeal;
with a shout he will raise the battle cry
and will triumph over his enemies.
wilderness..we already know from Ismael's story where the wilderness is.
Ishmael settled in Mecca (obv there's a whole lengthy tradition on this in islam).
Kedar was the son of Ismael....Prophet Mohammad SAW was a descendant of Ismael and Kedar.
Sela is the mountain outside Medina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sela_(Saudi_Arabia)
accident?
Let the people of Sela sing for joy;
let them shout from the mountaintops.
Plus ALL of this, isn't some future event when we're already close to the end times, it is the history of islam...and it is relative to the jewish story hence Isaiah 42 finishes by condemning the jews.
Ie what did the jews see?
You have seen many things, but you pay no attention;
your ears are open, but you do not listen.”
The jews were already living in Medina during the lifetime of Prophet Mohammad SAW
. That entire story of the jews in Medina was not just a coincidence but relavant to these prophecies.
The jews were actually awaiting their messiah in Medina and celebrated the arrival of Prophet Mohammad SAW (until they realised he was not one of them). This all coincided with events in the holy land with the wars between the Byzantines and Sassanids and the jewish state (there was a jewish state in jerusalem for a brief period).
This was a particular era where jews had a STRONG messianic overtone about them. The messiah was coming.....
but he didn't come? Prophet Mohammad SAW instead told them Jesus AS was the messiah..
Btw i hope you actually read what im saying and not just chose another loophole to ignore what im referring to. If you don't know due to ignorance then you should learn because it's now common knowledge.
These days people talk about how islam was violent and basically wiped out polythiesm from the middle east.
christians, didn't do it....yet accuse muslims of 'spreading islam by the sword'
God says
The Lord will march out like a champion,
like a warrior he will stir up his zeal;
with a shout he will raise the battle cry
and will triumph over his enemies
14 “For a long time I have kept silent,
I have been quiet and held myself back.
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
I cry out, I gasp and pant.
15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up the pools.