I found sixteen words in Isaiah chapter sixteen that are also found in the text of the book of Nehemiah. I was particularly impressed that in the very first verse there were three words (‘ruler’, ‘wilderness’ and ‘mount’) that are also found in Nehemiah. I ran a quick check and the three words are not found in any other CHAPTER of the Bible, not to mention any other verse.
These are not just insignificant words picked at random. The burden of Nehemiah was specifically to rebuild the wall around the ‘mount’ upon which Jerusalem was seated, and he had to get permission from the ‘ruler’ of the empire that ruled the then-known world.
Nehemiah’s mission took him first to the ruler, then through the wilderness to his destination, God’s holy mountain. Does Isaiah 16:1 paint a picture of just that?
“Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.” (Isaiah 16:1)
Nehemiah was not a lamb, and Isaiah was not writing about Nehemiah, but the Holy Spirit was giving us a clue that the book we are reading was not written by man, but rather by God himself.
This is Isaiah chapter sixteen, and Nehemiah is the sixteenth book in the Bible. They are connected.
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