Isaiah 8:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 8:4

2 And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record, ^aUriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

3 Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz;

4 ^afor before the child shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’ ^bthe riches of Damascus and the² spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.”

5 The Lord also spoke to me again, saying:

6 “Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of ^aShiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice ^bin Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;

7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of¹ the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will¹ go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.

8 He will¹ pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
^aHe will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will fill the breadth of Your land, O ^bImmanuel.

9 “Be^a shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.

10 ^aTake counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, ^bbut it will not stand,
^cFor¹ God is with us.”

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Definitions of words in Isaiah 8:4:

Assyria {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Assyria {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Assyria {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Before {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Damascus {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Damascus {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Damascus {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Father {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Father {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Mother {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Riches {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Spoil {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Child {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Samaria {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing Isaiah 8:4:

Isaiah, The Book of {Easton's}

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