Book Summary: Gifted
Bible teacher and award-winning author Mesu Andrews reaches into the
pages of Biblical prophecy and Hebrew tradition to unearth a
rags-to-royalty story of the devastated orphan, Ishma—meaning
“desolation”—in Isaiah’s
Daughter
(Jan. 16, 2018, WaterBrook). At just 5 years old, Ishma’s life
crumbles around her when Israelite soldiers violently kill her family
and take her into captivity.
Upon her release, the royal prophet Isaiah welcomes her into his home
where she meets Prince Hezekiah (Hezi)—a boy who has also experienced
great tragedy. Ishma and Hezi bond in their suffering, and as they grow
in age, so does their love for each other. Aware
of their developing relationship, Isaiah adopts Ishma as his daughter
and presents her with a new name that will qualify her to marry
royalty—Hephzibah (Zibah), meaning “delight of the Lord.” Hezi and Zibah
marry, but after difficult times of barrenness, Assyrian
aggression, disease and challenging prophecies from Isaiah, Zibah
remains trapped by fear. Can she entrust everything to the only One who
gives life and delivers both a captive heart and a desperate nation?
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