Isaiah 8:6
Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rezin, and the son of Remaliah to be king over you;
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In Context
5And the Lord spoke to me yet again, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 7:16And upon their borders between the projections were lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below were the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.
Isaiah 7:1And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, there came up Rezin king of Aram, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it.
Isaiah 7:6We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it;
Jeremiah 2:13For my people has committed two faults, and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water.
Jeremiah 18:14Will fertilizing streams fail to flow from a rock, or snow fail from Lebanon? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 8:2-9
Judgments Announced. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of… Read the whole commentary →