Isaiah 8:1
And the Lord said unto me, Take thyself a large table, and write on it with distinct letters, Lemaher-shalal-chash-bas.
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Isaiah 8:3And I came near unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-chash-bas.
Jeremiah 30:2Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Jeremiah 36:28Take thee again another roll, and write on it all the former words that have been on the first roll, which Jehoyakim the king of Judah hath burnt.
Habakkuk 2:2And the Lord answered me, and said, Write down the vision, and make it plain upon the tables, that everyone may read it fluently.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:1
This chapter, and the four next that follow it (to chap. xiii.) are all one continued discourse or sermon, the scope of which is to show the great destruction that should now shortly be brought upon the kingdom of Israel, and the great disturbance that should be given to the kingdom of Judah by the king of Assyria, and that both were for their sins; but rich provision is made of comfort for those that feared God in those dark times, referring especially to the days of the Messiah. In this chapter we have, I. A… Read the whole commentary →