How Was Isaiah Formed As A Nation?

Isaiah moved as a prophet in the most elite of circles and his free accessibility to the kings of his time attests to the fact that he was born into a high social class. He lived in Judah, at the capital Jerusalem. Here he proclaimed his message during the Assyrian crisis. The very year Isaiah received his calling as a prophet was the year that Uzziah the King of Judah died. During Uzziah’s reign Israel experienced a time of economic prosperity due to a high powered nation's dealing with their own issues. Egypt had been weakened as a nation due to internal strife and Assyria’s attention was focused on securing their northern borders. But when Assyria gained a new ruler; Tiglath-Pilser III he quickly regained control and began brutally conquering the nation's around him.
Justice was being bought and sold creating deep cracks socially and economically in Judah. Wealth was being accumulated in the hands of the elite while the poor were forgotten about. The creed of the Lord had become hollow as religious observance was nothing more than maintaining an act. The new ruler Ahaz under severe pressure went against Isaiah’s advice to stand firm and trust in the Lord. He chose to appeal to Assyria and subjected Judah under Assyrian dominion. By doing so Ahaz crippled the nation economically and made way for idolatry in the land.
Hezekiah succeeded Ahaz and would make no room for the tolerance of the pagan gods of Assyria. At the first sign of Assyria's weakness, Judah along with Egypt and Babylon would join together in a revolt! Hezekiah withheld his annual tribute in order to build up Judah’s military defenses. It turned out that Babylon and Egypt were too weak to help Judah and in 701 BC all but Jerusalem was crushed under Assyria’s