Isaiah 8:2
I will summon faithful witnesses to attest for me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
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1Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet and write on it, 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.'
Cross References
Ruth 4:10Also Ruth the Moabite woman, the wife of Mahlon, I have acquired to be my wife, in order that I might raise up the name of the dead man on his inheritance, so that his name will not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. Today you are witnesses!”
2 Kings 16:11So Uriah the priest built an altar to be just like the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. He finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus.
2 Kings 16:16Uriah the priest did just what King Ahaz commanded.
2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time that I am coming to you. “Every accusation must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.”
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 →