ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 8 ISAIAH’S SON WILL BE A SIGN TO THE PEOPLE V1 The *Lord sent me another message. He told me to take a large board and to write on it in large capital letters F... [ Continue Reading ]
There was a law about ‘witnesses’, see Deuteronomy 19:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
Isaiah called his son Maher-shalal-hash-baz. The name Maher-shalal-hash-baz means ‘quick-riches-fast-wealth’. Every time people see the boy, his name will remind them about the *Lord’s message. Then, they would know what to expect when the cruel enemy arrives. The attackers will *seize everything of... [ Continue Reading ]
The ‘water that flows gently from Shiloah’ is a beautiful description. It describes the quiet peace that trust in God would have provided. • Shiloah was the original name of Siloam (see John 9:7). This was the *aqueduct by which water from the Gihon spring flowed gently into east *Jerusalem. Unlike... [ Continue Reading ]
The God who is with us is the *Lord. It is he who commands heaven’s armies. There can be no greater power. In the original language, ‘God is with us’ is the one word ‘Immanuel’ (see my note on Isaiah 7:14). GOD WARNS ISAIAH V11 The *Lord spoke with his strong hand upon me: ‘Do not under any circ... [ Continue Reading ]
‘With his strong hand upon me’ means that the *Lord gave Isaiah the inner strength to obey him. That is, Isaiah had a calm and content attitude, although other people were extremely afraid (see Isaiah 7:2). GOD FORBIDS COMMUNICATION WITH DEAD PEOPLE V16 You, my disciples (pupils), are to guard and... [ Continue Reading ]
The names of Isaiah’s children were Shear-jashub (see my note on 7:3) and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (see my note on 8:3-4). Isaiah’s own name means ‘the *Lord is the one who saves’. • If king Ahaz trusts the *Lord, only a few of the enemy will remain alive to return to Assyria. • If Ahaz refuses to tr... [ Continue Reading ]
Ahaz failed the test. So now his people are prisoners of a powerful enemy in a foreign country. Because they have left God out of their situation, their future is completely without hope. It is as if nothing but thick darkness surrounds them. LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. In the original language... [ Continue Reading ]