Isaiah 8:7

Now therefore, hinei, Adonoi bringeth up upon them 1 the waters of the river, strong and many, 1 even Melech Ashur, and all his kavod; 1 and he shall come up over all his channels, 1 and go over all his banks; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

In Context

6Forasmuch as HaAm HaZeh refuseth 1 the waters of Shiloach that flow softly, 1 and delight in + 8:6 alliance with Retzin and Ben Remalyahu; 1

8And he shall swirl into Yehudah; 1 he shall overflow and go over, 1 he shall reach even to the neck; 1 and the stretching out of his wings 1 shall fill the breadth of Thy eretz, O Immanu El. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:17And, hineni, I, even I, do bring a mabbul of waters upon ha'aretz, to destroy kol basar, wherein is the ruach chayyim, from under Shomayim; and everything that is in ha'aretz shall perish.

2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser Melech Ashur; and Hoshea became his eved (vassal) and paid him minchah (tribute).

Ezra 4:10And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnapar deported, and settled in the city of Shomron, + 4:10 Samaria and elsewhere in Beyond-the-River + 4:10 Euphrates wrote; and now

Psalms 72:8He + 72:8 Moshiach Ben Dovid shall have dominion also from yam to yam, 1 and from nahar (Euphrates river) unto the afsei eretz (the ends of the earth). 1

Isaiah 7:17Hashem shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the Bais of thy father, yamim such as have not come since the yom when Ephrayim departed from Yehudah: + 7:17 2Kgs 15:29; 16:9 even Melech Ashur (Assyria).

Isaiah 10:8For he saith, 1 Are not my sarim altogether melachim? 1

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 →

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