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CHAPTER VIII
_Prediction respecting the conquest of Syria and Israel by the_
_Assyrians_, 1-4.
_Israel, for rejecting the_ gentle stream _of Shiloah, near_
_Jerusalem, is threatened to be overflow...
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TAKE THEE A GREAT ROLL - The word which is here translated ‘roll’
more properly signifies tablet. So the Chaldee renders it. Those
tablets were made of wood, metal, or stone, for the purpose of writin...
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CHAPTER 8
Jehovah's Word Through Isaiah and the Assyrian Announced
1. _The divine instruction and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)_ 2.
_The Assyrian to come (Isaiah 8:5)_ 3. _The answer of faith (I...
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THE SIGN OF MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. The date of the incidents is some
time before the fall of Damascus in 732 B.C. The writing of the tablet
may be as early as 735 B.C., the birth of the child as 734....
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MOREOVER. There is no break in the prophecy.
ROLL. tablet. Elsewhere only in Isaiah 3:23.
IN IT. on it.
A MAN'S PEN. the carving tool of the people. The writing was to be
legible, in the language of...
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Comp. ch. Isaiah 30:8; Habakkuk 2:2. _a great roll_ A GREAT TABLET
(R.V.). The word is used in ch. Isaiah 3:23 of polished metal mirrors;
here it means a smooth flat tablet of wood, stone or metal.
_w...
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The twofold sign of Maher-shalal-hash-baz....
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MOREOVER, THE LORD SAID— The other section of this discourse, which
reaches to the 7th verse of the next chapter, is nearly of the same
argument with that preceding: it is prophetical, and contains ma...
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CHAPTER EIGHT
B. PREVISION OF IMMANUEL
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THE PROPHECY Isaiah 8:1-8
TEXT: Isaiah 8:1-8
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And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it
with the pen of a man, For Maher-shal...
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Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in
it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hashbaz.
Isaiah 8:1 and Isaiah 9:7. The first seven verses of Isaiah 9:1
belong to t...
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8:1 Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (g-19) Meaning, 'Swift for spoil, hasty for
prey.'...
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1. TAKE, etc.] read 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with
the pen of a man, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.' A MAN'S PEN] i.e. such as a
common man would use for writing in large characters that al...
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VIII.
(1) MOREOVER THE LORD SAID UNTO ME... — The prophecy that follows
was clearly separated by an interval of some kind, probably about a
year, from that in Isaiah 7. In the meantime much that had h...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קַח ־לְךָ֖
גִּלָּי
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CHAPTER VI
KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH
735-732 B.C.
Isaiah 7:8, 9:Isaiah 7:1
THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a
number of separate prophecies uttered during...
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A FOREIGN FOE-GOD'S INSTRUMENT
Isaiah 7:18-25; Isaiah 8:1-4
Ahaz, as we have seen, summoned the king of Assyria to his aid. This
policy, dictated by human prudence, was fraught with vast peril. He
an...
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In this section we have the account of how the prophet turns from his
more public ministry to devote himself to a small circle of believing
souls. This departure was signalized by his writing on a tab...
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Moreover the LORD said to me, Take thee a (a) great roll, and write in
it (b) with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
(a) That you may write in great letters to the intent that it may be
more...
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Book. This mystery would require a large explanation. (Worthington)
--- Pen. Literally, "style." (Haydock) --- Write intelligibly. Here
all is plain. (Calmet) --- Take. Protestants, "concerning
Mahers...
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The prophet is commanded to commit to writing what he had to deliver.
We have reason to bless God for this appointment, by which scripture
records have been handed down to us. We find several prophets...
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CONTENTS
The prophet is in this chapter opening a subject, concerning the
future troubles of Israel and Judah, by reason of their sins, and in a
spirit of prophecy pointing out the destruction of bot...
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1._And Jehovah said to me. _(117) This prophecy contains nothing new,
but is a confirmation of the preceding one, in which Isaiah predicted
the approaching desolation of the kingdom of Israel and Syri...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7.
But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable
manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
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MOREOVER THE LORD SAID UNTO ME,.... This is another prophecy,
confirming the same thing that was promised in the preceding chapter
Isaiah 7:1; namely, safety to the Jews from the two kings of Syria an...
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Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in
it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
Ver. 1. _Take thee a great roll._] Or, Volume; so called either
because it was...
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_Moreover, the Lord said unto me_ Here begins “the second section of
this discourse, which reaches to the seventh verse of the next
chapter, and is nearly of the same argument with the preceding; bein...
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Moreover the Lord said unto me, apparently not long after the event
related in the last chapter, TAKE THEE A GREAT ROLL, evidently a large
writing-tablet of the kind usually employed, AND WRITE IN IT...
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A DOUBLE PROPHETIC SIGN...
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MAHERSHALALHASHBAZ:
_ Heb._ In making speed to the spoil he hasteneth the prey. Or, make
speed, etc...
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1-8 The prophet is to write on a large roll, or on a metal tablet,
words which meant, "Make speed to spoil, hasten to the prey:" pointing
out that the Assyrian army should come with speed, and make g...
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ISAIAH CHAPTER 8 Syria and Israel should be subdued by Assyria, ISAIAH
8:1. Judah also should be afflicted, ISAIAH 8:5, God's judgments
irresistible, and to be feared, ISAIAH 8:9. The Lord is a sanctu...
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Isaiah 8:1 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Take H3947 (H8798) large H1419
scroll H1549 write H3789 ...
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THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHET'S SON (ISAIAH 8:1).
As previously mentioned, one central point in this passage is the sign
given to Israel in terms of the birth of three sons, two of whom were
sons of Isaia...
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CONTENTS: Predictions of the Syrian invasion and of the desolations of
Judah and Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Israel, Uriah, Zechariah, Maher, Shalal-hash-baz,
Rezin, sons of Remaliah.
CONCLUSION: If a n...
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Isaiah 8:1. _Take thee a great roll._ Lowth reads, a large mirror. The
Chaldaic has _scripturam claram,_ a fair writing, which might be on a
polished plate; but the Versions read as the English.
Isaia...
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_Maher-shalal-hash-baz_
MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ
Four words, or rather two sentences, form now the burden of this
message; and they are embodied in the name of a boy.
Maher-shalal,--this first sentence...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:1 Through Isaiah’s son, God provides a
witness to his promise of deliverance of Judah from the coalition of
Syria and Israel.
⇐...
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MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ
Isaiah 8:1. _Moreover, the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll,
&c._ [823]
[823] In the first chapter of Hosea occurs a like instance of symbolic
names given by a prophet...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 8:1
THE SIGN OF MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. The sign of Immanuel was recondite.
In its more spiritual sense it appealed to faith in an event far
distant. Even in its literal import, it w...
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So in chapter 8 he continues in this prediction of the Assyrian
invasion.
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in
it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaia...
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Habakkuk 2:2; Habakkuk 2:3; Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 36:2; Jeremiah 36:28
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A roll — Or, a great volume, because the prophecy to be written in
it was large, and God would have it written in large and legible
characters. Pen — With such a pen as writers use. Concerning —
Conce...