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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:3 Isaiah’s wife, THE PROPHETESS, bears the “sign-child,” MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ (see v. Isaiah 8:18). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:6 THE WATERS OF SHILOAH THAT FLOW GENTLY is used here as an image of God’s faithful care, available to his people. THE WATERS OF THE (Euphrates) RIVER. Verse Isaiah 8:7 describes a swollen “river” of Assyrian military power flowing over Syria and Ephraim and flooding south in... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:9 In view of Immanuel’s future triumph, Isaiah announces that the enemies of God who gather against his people will be SHATTERED (compare Genesis 3:15). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:11 The holy God, who is the SANCTUARY for frightened human beings who turn to him, is also the SNARE for those who do not fear him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:16 The difference between the remnant (vv. Isaiah 8:16) and the hardened nation (vv. Isaiah 8:19) becomes clear. God marks his own as loyal disciples who preserve the TESTIMONY of his word (v. Isaiah 8:16). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ [ Continue Reading ]