Isaiah 8:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. ”

Isaiah 8:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I took unto me faithful witnesses - What was the precise object in calling in these witnesses is not known. Some have supposed that it was to bear testimony to the marriage of the prophet at...
Isaiah 8:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I took to me (c) faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. (c) Because the thing was of great importance, he took these two witnesses, who were of cre...
Isaiah 8:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sign of Maher-shalal-hash-baz. The date of the incidents is some time before the fall of Damascus in 732 B.C. The writing of the tablet may be as early as 735 B.C., the birth of the child as 73...
Isaiah 8:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Uriah . Urijah. See 2 Kings 16:10 . Zechariah. Probably the father-in-law of Ahaz ( 2 Kings 18:2 ).
Isaiah 8:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And I took into me witnesses. The noun עדים, ( gnedim,) and the verb אעיד, ( agnid,) which the Prophet employs, are derived from the same root, and the allusion is elegant, as if we w...
Isaiah 8:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Isaiah 8:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record— These witnesses were called in to sign the instrument or writing wherein Isaiah, according to God's command, was to write the name mentioned in th...
Isaiah 8:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. I took unto me faithful witnesses to record - `The Lord said to me that I should take,...
Isaiah 8:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Take, etc.] read 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.' A man's pen ] i.e. such as a common man would use for writing in large characters th...
Isaiah 8:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And I took unto me faithful witnesses. — That the prophet’s challenge to his gainsayers might be made more emphatic, the setting-up of the tablet is to be formally attested. And the witnesses whom...
Isaiah 8:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8 , 9: Isaiah 7:1-8 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies utter...
Isaiah 8:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Foreign Foe-God's Instrument Isaiah 7:18-25 ; Isaiah 8:1-4 Ahaz, as we have seen, summoned the king of Assyria to his aid. This policy, dictated by human prudence, was fraught with vast peri...
Isaiah 8:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this section we have the account of how the prophet turns from his more public ministry to devote himself to a small circle of believing souls. This departure was signalized by his writing on a ta...
Isaiah 8:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The prophet is commanded to commit to writing what he had to deliver. We have reason to bless God for this appointment, by which scripture records have been handed down to us. We find several prophet...
Isaiah 8:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record ,.... Not his marriage, nor the birth of his son, nor the name he gave him, but the prophecy written in the roll, concerning the spoiling of Syria and...
Isaiah 8:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. Ver. 2. And I took unto me faithful witnesses. ] So they might be, and yet not godly men; a...
Isaiah 8:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I took me faithful witnesses Persons of unquestionable reputation, who should bear witness that the following name and prophecy were written and published by me, according to God's command. It...
Isaiah 8:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Announced. B. C. 740. 1 Moreover the L ORD said unto me, Take thee a great ro...
Isaiah 8:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Persons of unquestionable reputation, who should bear witness that the following name and prophecy was written and published by me, according to God's command.
Isaiah 8:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of the Prophet's Son ( Isaiah 8:1-4 ). As previously mentioned, one central point in this passage is the sign given to Israel in terms of the birth of three sons, two of whom were sons o...
Isaiah 8:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ Isaiah 8:1-4 . Moreover, the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, &c. [823] [823] In the first chapter of Hosea occurs a like instance of symbolic names given by...
Isaiah 8:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 8:1 . Take thee a great roll. Lowth reads, a large mirror. The Chaldaic has scripturam claram, a fair writing, which might be on a polished plate; but the Versions read as the English....
Isaiah 8:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Maher-shalal-hash-baz Maher-shalal-hash-baz Four words, or rather two sentences, form now the burden of this message; and they are embodied in the name of a boy. Maher-shalal,--this first sent...
Isaiah 8:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 8:1-23 THE SIGN OF MAHER - SHALAL - HASH - BAZ . The sign of Immanuel was recondite. In its more spiritual sense it appealed to faith in an event far distant. Even...
Isaiah 8:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Double Prophetic Sign
Isaiah 8:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 13:1 ; 2 Kings 16:10 ; 2 Kings 16:11 ; 2 Kings 18:2 ; Ruth 4:10 ; Ruth 4:11 ; Ruth 4:2

Isaiah 8:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 8:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 8:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 8:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 8:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 8:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 8:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 8:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 8:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 8:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 8:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 8:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 8:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge