Isaiah:8

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* Moreover the LORD said to me , Take thee a (note :)That you may write in great letters to the intent that it may be more easily read .(:note ) great roll , and write in it Meaning , after the common fashion , because all men might read it . with a man 's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz . * And I took to me (note :)Because the thing was of great importance , he took these two witnesses , who were of credit with the people , when he set this up upon the door of the temple , even though Uriah was a flattering hypocrite , ( 2Ki_16:11 ).(:note ) faithful witnesses to record , Uriah the priest , and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah . * And I went to the (note :)Meaning , to his wife and this was done in a vision .(:note ) prophetess ; and she conceived , and bore a son . Then said the LORD to me , Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz . * For before the (note :)Before any child is able to speak .(:note ) child shall have knowledge to cry , My father , and my mother , the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the That is , the army of Assyria . king of Assyria . * And the Lord spake yet againe vnto me , saying , * Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of (note :)Which was a fountain at the foot of mount Zion , out of which ran a small river through the city : meaning , that they of Judah distrusting their own power which was small desired such power and riches as they saw in Syria and Israel .(:note ) Shiloah that flow gently , and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah 's son ; * Now therefore , behold , the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of (note :)That is , the Assyrians who dwell beyond Euphrates .(:note ) the river , strong and many , [even ] the king of Assyria , and all his glory : and he shall come up over all its channels , and go over all its banks : * And he shall pass through Judah ; he shall overflow and go over , he shall reach [even ] to the (note :)It will be ready to drown them .(:note ) neck ; and the spread of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land , O He speaks this to Messiah , or Christ , in whom the faithful were comforted and who would not suffer his Church to be destroyed utterly . Immanuel . * Associate yourselves , O ye (note :)That is , you who are enemies to the Church , as the Assyrians , Egyptians , Syrians etc .(:note ) people , and ye shall be broken in pieces ; and give ear , all ye of far countries : gird yourselves , and ye shall be broken in pieces ; gird yourselves , and ye shall be broken in pieces . * Take counsell together , yet it shall be brought to nought : pronounce a decree , yet shall it not stand : for God is with vs . * For the LORD spoke thus to me (note :)To encourage me that I should not shrink for the infidelity of this people , and so neglect my office .(:note ) with a strong hand , and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people , saying , * Say ye not , A (note :)Consent not you who are godly to the league and friendship that this people seek with strangers and idolaters .(:note ) confederacy , to all [them to ] whom this people shall say , A confederacy ; neither fear ye Meaning , that they should not fear the thing that they who have no hope in God feared . their fear , nor be afraid . * * And he shall be for a (note :)He will defend you who are his elect , and reject all the rest , meaning Christ against whom the Jews would stumble and fall , ( Luk_2:23 ; Rom_9:33 ; 1Pe_2:7 ,8 ).(:note ) sanctuary ; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel , for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem . * And many among them shall stumble , and shal fall and shalbe broken and shalbe snared and shalbe taken . * * Therefore I will waite vpon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Iaakob , and I wil looke for him . * Behold , I and the (note :)Meaning , them who were willing to hear and obey the word of God whom the world hated , as though they were monsters and not worthy to live .(:note ) children whom the LORD hath given me [are ] for signs and for wonders in Israel This was a consolation in their troubles , knowing that nothing could come to them , but by the will of the Lord . from the LORD of hosts , who dwelleth in mount Zion . * And when they shall say to you , Seek to them that are mediums , and to wizards that peep , and that mutter : (note :)Answer the wicked thus , should not God 's people seek comfort only from him ?(:note ) should not a people seek to their God ? for the That is , will they refuse to be taught by the prophet , who is the mouth of God , and seek help from the dead , which is the illusion of Satan ? living to the dead ? * To the (note :)Seek remedy in the word of God , where his will is declared .(:note ) law and to the testimony : if they speak not according to this word , [it is ] because [there is ] no They have no knowledge but are blind leaders of the blind . light in them . * And they shall pass through it , distressed and hungry : and it shall come to (note :)That is , in Judah , where they would have had rest , if they had not thus grievously offended God .(:note ) pass , that when they shall be hungry , they shall fret themselves , In whom before they put their trust . and curse their king and their God , and look upward . * And they shall look to the earth ; and behold trouble and (note :)They will think that heaven and earth and all creatures are bent against them to trouble them .(:note ) darkness , dimness of anguish ; and [they shall be ] driven to darkness .

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