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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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FOR. STONE OF STUMBLING. Compare 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:8; Luke 20:17;
Romans 9:32;...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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8:14 offence (e-19) Lit. 'tottering,' 'falling.'...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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וְ הָיָ֖ה לְ מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וּ לְ אֶ֣בֶן
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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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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...
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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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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...
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_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)_...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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,...
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A REBUKE AND AN EXHORTATION...
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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...
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Isaiah 8:14 sanctuary H4720 stone H68 stumbling H5063 rock H6697
offense H4383 both H8147 houses H1004 Israel H3478 trap
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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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_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...
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_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._...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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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1 Peter 2:8; Ezekiel 11:16; Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 28:16; Luke 2:34;...
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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...