Isaiah 8:1
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Take to thee a great tablet, and write upon it with a graving tool of man, To haste spoil, enjoy prey.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2And I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:3And I draw near unto the prophetess, and she conceiveth, and beareth a son; and Jehovah saith unto me, 'Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,
Jeremiah 30:2'Thus spake Jehovah, God of Israel, saying, Write for thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee on a book.
Jeremiah 36:28'Turn, take to thee another roll, and write on it all the former words that were on the first roll, that Jehoiakim king of Judah burnt,
Habakkuk 2:2And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
Revelation 21:17and he measured its wall, an hundred forty-four cubits, the measure of a man, that is, of the messenger;
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 →