Darby's translation notes (1890)
Isaiah 8:10
8:10 plan, (b-3) Lit. 'Counsel a counsel.' us. (c-22) Heb. Immanuel . see ver. 8, and ch. 7.14.
8:10 plan, (b-3) Lit. 'Counsel a counsel.' us. (c-22) Heb. Immanuel . see ver. 8, and ch. 7.14.
TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER - This is an address to the same foreign nations. It refers to the designs which they would form to destroy the Jewish state. SPEAK THE WORD - That is, give the command - to ove...
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...
GOD IS WITH US. Hebrew. _lmmanu-El._ See Isaiah 8:8. App-4....
_Take counsel … nought_ "If ye resolve on a scheme it shall be frustrated." _speak the word_ A WORD, i.e. "proclaim your resolution." _For God is with us_ See on Isaiah 8:8....
The challenge of faith to the combined nations of the world. Cf. Psalms 2:1-6....
ASSOCIATE YOURSELVES, &C.— Rapt as it were into extacy, upon considering the land as belonging to _Immanuel,_ the prophet beholds the future assistance which should be given to that land, and the vani...
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...
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER, AND IT SHALL COME TO NOUGHT; SPEAK THE WORD - of command, for...
GOD _IS_ WITH US] alluding to the significance of the name Immanuel (Isaiah 8:8, cp. Isaiah 7:14). 11, 12. The prophet has been divinely warned not to show the unreasoning fear of the Syro-Ephraimite...
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...
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...
The God who is with us is the *Lord. It is he who commands heaven’s armies. There can be no greater power. In the original language, ‘God is with us’ is the one word ‘Immanuel’ (see my note on Isaiah...
עֻ֥צוּ עֵצָ֖ה וְ תֻפָ֑ר דַּבְּר֤וּ דָבָר֙ וְ
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...
_God. Hebrew, "Emmanuel." We have a pledge of God's protection._...
Here are blessed encouragements given to God's people, in the midst of impending judgments. It is as if the prophet had said; "The Lord's punishment of Judah, as a nation, is inevitable; it shall come...
10._Take counsel. _After having spoken of the forces of the enemies, he now comes to their _counsels_; as if he had said, “Although the enemies may abound not only in armor and in strength, but, in _c...
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...
TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER,.... As Rezin king of Syria, and Remaliah's son, did against Judah, Isaiah 7:5: IT SHALL COME TO NOUGHT; for, though they came up against it, they could not overcome it, 2 Kings...
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us. Ver. 10. _Take counsel together._] Do so if you will; but when all is done, the couns...
_Associate yourselves, O ye people_ O ye Syrians and Israelites; _and ye shall be broken in pieces_ Your attempts against the house of David, and kingdom of Judah, will be fruitless, yea, will issue i...
Take counsel together, against the Lord and against His people, Psalms 2:2, AND IT SHALL COME TO NAUGHT; SPEAK THE WORD, in discussing the attack, AND IT SHALL NOT STAND, it will most certainly be fru...
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...
SPEAK THE WORD; declare and fix your purpose, and make your boast of it. GOD IS WITH US; the almighty and only true God fighteth for us, and against you. He gives the interpretation of the name Immanu...
Isaiah 8:10 Take H5779 counsel H6098 together H5779 (H8798) nothing H6565 (H8714) Speak H1696 (H8761) word...
JUDAH HAVING MADE THEIR FINAL CHOICE EVEN IMMANUEL'S LAND WILL SUFFER. NEVERTHELESS FINAL TRIUMPH IS CERTAIN BECAUSE IT IS IMMANUEL'S LAND (ISAIAH 8:5). Two facts emerge from the words that follow. T...
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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:9 In view of Immanuel’s future triumph, Isaiah announces that the enemies of God who gather against his people will be SHATTERED (compare Genesis 3:15
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 John 4:4; 2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Chronicles 33:7; 2 Chronicles 33:8;...