The ground of the confidence just expressed. The prophet and his children are by their names Isaiah (salvation of Jehovah), Shear-jashub (a remnant shall return, Isaiah 7:3), and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:3), pledges of a brighter future in fulfilment of the prophet's words. Wonders] i.e. omens: cp. Ezekiel 12:6; Ezekiel 12:11; Ezekiel 24:24; Ezekiel 24:27; Zechariah 3:8. This v. is quoted in NT., Hebrews 2:13, without regard to its original context, but the writer simply uses it there that he may express in scriptural terms the truth of the community of nature between Christ and His people.

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