And many among them - Many by the invasion under the Assyrian. Many were taken captive; many killed. and many were carried to Babylon. The repetition here of so many expressions so nearly synonymous is emphatic, and shows that it would be certainly done.
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...
MORE EXTRACTS ON THE CRISIS FROM ISAIAH'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. It is not clear how many bits of the autobiography are included here, but the section for the most part probably deals with the coalition of Sy...
STUMBLE. FALL, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Synomymia._...
Isaiah was able to stand alone against the nation during this crisis, because he knew that his thoughts were controlled by a Power not his own....
_many among them_ Not all; a "Remnant shall turn" and be saved: _how_, is more fully shewn in the next verses. The expressions of this verse are reproduced with little variation in ch. Isaiah 28:13. T...
AND HE SHALL BE FOR A SANCTUARY; BUT FOR A STONE— We have here, in this third part of the present discourse, _first,_ a prophetic denunciation of the judgment to be displayed in the time of the Messia...
THE PROMISE Isaiah 8:9-15 TEXT: Isaiah 8:9-15 9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselve...
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. The words of Yahweh. Verse 12. SAY YE NOT, A CONFEDERACY - rather. A...
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...
MANY AMONG THEM SHALL STUMBLE] RV 'many shall stumble thereon.'...
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 sen...
AND MANY AMONG THEM SHALL STUMBLE, AND FALL... — The accumulation of words more or less synonymous has obviously, as before, the emphasis of iteration. Possibly for the prophet and his disciples, each...
וְ כָ֥שְׁלוּ בָ֖ם רַבִּ֑ים וְ נָפְל֣וּ וְ
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...
FEAR GOD'S POWER, NOT MAN'S Isaiah 8:5-18 It seems likely that Syria and Samaria attacked Ahaz because he would not join in a federation against the growing power of Assyria. A strong party seems to...
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...
I pray the Reader to observe with me, the tender care of God over his people, in times of general calamity. In these verses, the Prophet is commissioned to comfort the Lord's mourners; and a precious...
15._And many among them shall stumble. _He goes on to threaten the ungodly, as he had formerly begun, and declares that those who refuse to trust in God will not escape without being punished. The thr...
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...
AND MANY AMONG THEM,.... Not all, though the greater part; for Christ was set for the falling and rising of many in Israel, Luke 2:34: SHALL STUMBLE, AND FALL, AND BE BROKEN: stumble at Christ, the s...
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Ver. 15. _And many among them shall stumble and fall._] So may God's elect, but not so as to be broken, becaus...
_Sanctify the Lord of hosts_ Give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting in his promises for deliverance; _and let him be your fear_ Let God, and not the kings of Syri...
A REBUKE AND AN EXHORTATION...
And many among them, all those who persist in their enmity toward the Lord, SHALL STUMBLE, by their own fault, AND FALL, AND BE BROKEN, AND BE SNARED, AND BE TAKEN. To him who deliberately rejects Jes...
9-16 The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon c...
MANY AMONG THEM; not all, for there shall be a remnant, as was foretold, ISAIAH 4:2, ISAIAH 5:13. SHALL STUMBLE AT THAT STONE OR ROCK, mentioned ISAIAH 8:14. This was accomplished at the coming of the...
Isaiah 8:15 many H7227 stumble H3782 (H8804) fall H5307 (H8804) broken H7665 (H8738) snared H3369 ...
MEANWHILE ISAIAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE NOT TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY. ALL ARE HEADING FOR DISASTER. RATHER HE MUST SEAL THE TESTIMONY OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 8:11). In the light of this f...
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...
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...
_For the Lord spake thus to me_ GOD’S OVERPOWERING HAND The hand is the absolute Hand which, when it is laid upon a man, overpowers all his perception, feeling, and thinking. (_F. Delitzsch, D. D._...
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....
THREATENED, BUT SAFE Isaiah 8:9. _Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces, &c._ This is a shout of triumphant defiance which Ahaz and his people might have raised, had the...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:23; John 6:66; Luke 20:17; Luke 20:18; Matthew 11:6;...
Many — Not all; for there shall be a remnant, as was foretold, Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 6:13. Stumble — At that stone or rock, mentioned, Isaiah 8:14. This was accomplished at the coming of the Messiah, who...