>>>A parishioner of English origin pronounces Isaiah to rhyme with prophesy.<<< Okay, I'm ignorant. Just how in the hell can those words possibly be pronounced to rhyme? I know of two pronunciations for Isaiah and one for prophesy. Neither "eye-zay-uh" nor "eye-zeye[as in "eye"]-uh" remotely match up with "prah-fuh-seye[as in "eye"]".