Jacob taught “concerning things which are, and which are to come,” indicating that Isaiah’s prophecies have dual fulfillment and sometimes even multiple fulfillments. They apply to his people back then but also to our people in this final dispensation, so that we may “learn and glorify the name of [our] God.” Isaiah wrote concerning all the house of Israel, and because we, too, are of Israel, we should liken or apply these things unto us. These are not just history lessons but lessons from history. History is what has already happened; scripture is what happens and will happen. “Things … which are to come” signifies prophecy, and prophecy is history in reverse. Jacob said the reason he read Isaiah to his audience is twofold: his brother Nephi wanted it read (he had read it to them before; see 1 Nephi 19:22–23), and Isaiah’s words can be applied to the Nephites as well as all Israel. The Book of Mormon and Isaiah were both written for our day.