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Verse Isaiah 8:4. _FOR BEFORE THE CHILD_] For _my father and my
mother_, one MS. and the _Vulgate_ have _his father and his mother_.
The prophecy was accordingly accomplished within three years; when...
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FOR BEFORE ... - This must have occurred in a short time - probably
before the expiration of three years. A child would usually learn to
address his parents in that time. In fact, the event here predi...
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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...
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THE SIGN OF MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. The date of the incidents is some
time before the fall of Damascus in 732 B.C. The writing of the tablet
may be as early as 735 B.C., the birth of the child as 734....
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BEFORE. The interval was twenty-one months from the prophecy, twelve
from the birth.
CHILD. sucking child: as in Isaiah 7:16. Not the same word as in
Isaiah 8:18
SHALL BE TAKEN. So it was: in the th...
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The twofold sign of Maher-shalal-hash-baz....
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The period here indicated, about a year, is of course shorter than in
ch. Isaiah 7:16, the date of the prediction being about a year later....
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CHAPTER EIGHT
B. PREVISION OF IMMANUEL
1.
THE PROPHECY Isaiah 8:1-8
TEXT: Isaiah 8:1-8
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And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it
with the pen of a man, For Maher-shal...
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For before the 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 king of Assyria.
FOR BEFORE THE CHILD SHA...
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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...
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This prophecy was fulfilled, Damascus being captured by the Assyrians
in 732 b.c., and Samaria ten years later: cp. Isaiah 10:9....
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Isaiah called his son Maher-shalal-hash-baz. The name
Maher-shalal-hash-baz means ‘quick-riches-fast-wealth’. Every time
people see the boy, his name will remind them about the *Lord’s
message. Then,...
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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...
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FOR BEFORE THE CHILD SHALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE TO CRY... — Here then was
another sign like that of Isaiah 7:14. The two witnesses of Isaiah 8:2
were probably summoned to the circumcision and naming of the...
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כִּ֗י בְּ טֶ֨רֶם֙ יֵדַ֣ע הַ נַּ֔עַר
קְרֹ֖א
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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...
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A FOREIGN FOE-GOD'S INSTRUMENT
Isaiah 7:18-25; Isaiah 8:1-4
Ahaz, as we have seen, summoned the king of Assyria to his aid. This
policy, dictated by human prudence, was fraught with vast peril. He
an...
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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...
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For before the (e) 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 (f) king of Assyria.
(e) Before any chil...
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The prophet is commanded to commit to writing what he had to deliver.
We have reason to bless God for this appointment, by which scripture
records have been handed down to us. We find several prophets...
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4._Truly before the child have knowledge to cry. _This is an
interpretation both of the dark saying and of the vision which was
added to it; for although God did not intend to speak in direct
language...
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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...
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FOR BEFORE THE CHILD SHALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE TO CRY, MY FATHER, AND MY
MOTHER,.... Which are commonly the first words children learn to say;
and so it signifies that what follows should happen in a year...
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For before the 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 king of Assyria.
Ver. 4. _For before the chi...
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_Before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father_, &c. To
speak and know his parents; which is within the space of two years.
And this agrees with the other prophecy, Isaiah 7:16. For it requi...
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A DOUBLE PROPHETIC SIGN...
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For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, "My father," and,
"My mother," that is, before the passing of another year, THE RICHES
OF DAMASCUS AND THE SPOIL OF SAMARIA SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY BEFORE...
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THE RICHES OF DAMASCUS, AND THE SPOIL OF SAMARIA SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY
BEFORE THE KING OF ASSYRIA:
Or, He that is before the King of Assyria shall take away the riches
etc....
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1-8 The prophet is to write on a large roll, or on a metal tablet,
words which meant, "Make speed to spoil, hasten to the prey:" pointing
out that the Assyrian army should come with speed, and make g...
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TO CRY, MY FATHER, AND MY MOTHER; to speak, and to know his parents;
which is within the space of two years. And this agrees with the other
prophecy, ISAIAH 7:16, BEFORE THE CHILD SHALL KNOW TO REFUSE...
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Isaiah 8:4 child H5288 knowledge H3045 (H8799) cry H7121 (H8800)
father H1 mother H517 riches H2428 Damascus...
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THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHET'S SON (ISAIAH 8:1).
As previously mentioned, one central point in this passage is the sign
given to Israel in terms of the birth of three sons, two of whom were
sons of Isaia...
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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...
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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...
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_Maher-shalal-hash-baz_
MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ
Four words, or rather two sentences, form now the burden of this
message; and they are embodied in the name of a boy.
Maher-shalal,--this first sentence...
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MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ
Isaiah 8:1. _Moreover, the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll,
&c._ [823]
[823] In the first chapter of Hosea occurs a like instance of symbolic
names given by a prophet...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 17:6
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To cry — To speak and to know his parents; which is within the space
of two years. And his agrees with the other prophecy, Isaiah 7:16.
Before the child shall know to refuse the evil and chuse the goo...