This week for my blog post I just wanted to share somethings that I learned in institute this week about understanding Isiah because it has helped me so incredibly much with reading those sections in the Book of Mormon.

3 Nephi 23:1 says, "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 word of Isaiah."

To give you context about this verse this is when Christ is speaking to the people of the Americas. Okay, now re-read that verse again now that you know who is talking. Basically, Christ has commanded us to read Isaiah! Daunting right? Especially when we think about how hard Isaiah can be to understand but I learned some things this week that might help with that.

Isaiah is not only a prophet of the Lord, but he is also a Hebrew poet. That means that he uses a lot of metaphors and describes a lot of things several ways to paint a visual in our minds.

So, in Isaiah's day here is basically what is going on. The twelve tribes of Israel were once one body but split into two, ten tribes went north and two tribes went south.

• The Kingdom of Isreal is the ten tribes that went north, important people are:
• Elijah and Elisha 
• Judah also referred to as Zion, is the two tribes that went south, important people from there are:
• Lehi
• Elijah
• Daniel