Isaiah 8:18

Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts. Isaiah means salvation of Yahweh: His children's names also (; ; ) were "signs" suggestive of the coming and final deliverance.

For wonders - i:e., symbols of the future (; ). The clause, "Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me," is quoted in , to prove the manhood of the Messiah. This is the main and ultimate fulfillment of the prophecy; its temporary meaning applied to Ahaz' time. Isaiah typically, as mouthpiece of the believing remnant in the midst of the faithless majority of the Jewish nation, in Isaiah 8:17, personates Messiah, who is at once "Father" and "Son," Isaiah and Immanuel, "Child" and "Mighty (Hero) God," and is therefore called here a "wonder," as in , "Wonderful." Hence, in , believers are called His "children;" but in Isaiah 8:11, "His brethren." On "the Lord hath given me," see ; ; ; .

Which dwelleth in mount Zion - and will therefore protect Jerusalem.