Isaiah 8:5

Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “ Tell the people of Judah,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

In Context

4because before he is old enough to say ‘papa’ or ‘mama’, the King of Assyria will come with his army and quickly take away all the valuable things in Damascus and in Samaria.”

6‘ I have taken good care of you people, but you have rejected that, thinking that my help was very little, like [MET] the little canal through which water flows from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem. Instead, you have been happy to request help from King Rezin and King Pekah.

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Cross References

Isaiah 7:10Later, Yahweh gave me another message to tell to King Ahaz.

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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