George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 8:14
Two. The wicked of both kingdoms, (Haydock) who choose to revolt from God. Many of Israel were led into captivity, and the territory of Juda was laid waste. (Calmet)
Two. The wicked of both kingdoms, (Haydock) who choose to revolt from God. Many of Israel were led into captivity, and the territory of Juda was laid waste. (Calmet)
Verse Isaiah 8:14. _AND HE SHALL BE FOR A SANCTUARY_ - "And he shall be unto you a sanctuary"] The word לכם _lachem, unto you_, absolutely necessary, as I conceive, to the sense, is lost in this plac...
AND HE SHALL BE FOR A SANCTUARY - The word translated sanctuary means, literally, a holy place, a consecrated place, and is usually applied to the tabernacle, or to the temple; Exodus 25:8; Leviticus...
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...
FOR. STONE OF STUMBLING. Compare 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:8; Luke 20:17; Romans 9:32;...
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....
To those who obey this admonition, Jehovah _shall be for a sanctuary_; to all others a stumbling-stone. This contrast would certainly be clearer if (with the Targ. and Vulg.) we might insert "to you...
DISCOURSE: 868 GOD THE ONLY PROPER OBJECT OF FEAR Isaiah 8:12. _Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctif...
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...
8:14 offence (e-19) Lit. 'tottering,' 'falling.'...
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...
SANCTUARY] The secondary meaning of 'refuge' is here the prominent one (1 Kings 1:50; 1 Kings 2:28). BOTH THE HOUSES] i.e. the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. Every revelation of God puts men on the...
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 HE SHALL BE FOR A SANCTUARY ... — Literally, _he shall become a hallowed thing,_ with the implied thought as in Ezekiel 11:16, that the sanctuary is also an asylum (1 Kings 1:50; 1 Kings 2:28). In...
וְ הָיָ֖ה לְ מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וּ לְ אֶ֣בֶן
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...
And he shall be for a (q) 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. (q) He will defend...
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...
14._And he shall be for a sanctuary. _He promises that the true worshippers of God will enjoy tranquillity of mind, because the Lord, covering them, as it were, under his wings, will quickly dispel al...
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 HE SHALL BE FOR A SANCTUARY,.... Not the king of Assyria, as Aben Ezra, but the Lord of hosts: the Targum rightly interprets it of the word of the Lord, the essential Word; of the Messiah, who is...
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Ver. 14. _And he shall...
_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...
And He shall be for a sanctuary, a safe, sheltering, holy asylum to all believers; BUT FOR A STONE OF STUMBLING AND FOR A ROCK OF OFFENSE TO BOTH THE HOUSES OF ISRAEL, causing them to fall, FOR A GIN,...
A REBUKE AND AN EXHORTATION...
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...
YOUR SANCTUARY; a sure refuge to all that truly fear him, and rely upon him. FOR A STONE OF STUMBLING AND FOR A ROCK OF OFFENCE; an occasion of sin and ruin, at whom they will take offence and stumble...
Isaiah 8:14 sanctuary H4720 stone H68 stumbling H5063 rock H6697 offense H4383 both H8147 houses H1004 Israel H3478 trap
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...
Isaiah 8:13 I. The whole subject of Godhead is one of awe, and if of awe, then "dread." The more you know of God, the more you feel the unfathomableness of the mystery of Godhead. And all mystery is...
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...
_And He shall be for a sanctuary_ SANCTUARY IN GOD I suppose that what all of us mourn over most in a bustling age, is a loss of sacredness in life. We have no wish to secure the false-sacred--that...
_Neither fear ye their fear._ Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself SANCTIFYING THE LORD To sanctify Jehovah is in mind and in practice to recognise Him as the holy God, the Lord who is absolute, free...
_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....
GOD OUR REFUGE, OR OUR RUIN Isaiah 8:14. _And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling, &c._ In God “we live, and move, and have our being.” We cannot be independent of, or indiffere...
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 Peter 2:8; Ezekiel 11:16; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 28:16; Luke 2:34;...
Sanctuary — A sure refuge to all that truly fear him, and rely upon him. A stone — An occasion of sin and ruin, at whom they will take offence and stumble, so as to fall and be broken. To both — To th...