Isaiah 8:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; ”

Isaiah 8:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forasmuch as this people - There has been a considerable difference of opinion among interpreters respecting the ‘people’ to whom the prophet here refers. Some have supposed that it refers to the...
Isaiah 8:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of (g) Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; (g) Which was a fountain at the foot of mount Zion, out of which ran a small ri...
Isaiah 8:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

More Extracts on the Crisis from Isaiah's Autobiography. It is not clear how many bits of the autobiography are included here, but the section for the most part probably deals with the coalition of...
Isaiah 8:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Shiloah: i.e. the waters beneath Zion running from Gihon to Siloam. See App-68. rejoice in Kezin. This is not "a wrong reading of the Hebrew text", hut it refers to the trust reposed in the king...
Isaiah 8:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Because this people hath despised (or, disdained (124)) the waters of Shiloah That Ahaz may not slumber in unfounded expectation, the Prophet all at once breaks off his discourse abou...
Isaiah 8:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; Forasmuch as this people refuseth "Because this people have rejected" - The gentle wat...
Isaiah 8:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, The Lord spake also unto me ... Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly. Their source is on the southeast of Zion an...
Isaiah 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah... — Grammatically, the words “this people” might seem to refer to Judah, and suggest the thought that the tyranny of Ahaz had made him so un...
Isaiah 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Fear God's Power, not Man's Isaiah 8:5-18 It seems likely that Syria and Samaria attacked Ahaz because he would not join in a federation against the growing power of Assyria. A strong party see...
Isaiah 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In these verses the prophet is led to speak of great things, reaching far and near. Under the figure of waters and rivers, kingdoms and empires are represented. The waters of Shiloah which are said t...
Isaiah 8:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah, that go softly ,.... The same with Siloam, John 9:7 and so it is called in the Septuagint version here; and the word here used signifies "s...
Isaiah 8:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; Ver. 6. Forasmuch as this people. ] The ten revolted tribes, not worth the naming....
Isaiah 8:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Forasmuch as this people The people of Israel, of whom he last spake, and who are the chief subject of this whole prophecy; and who did rejoice, not only in their own king Pekah, but also in the as...
Isaiah 8:6 - 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 8:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This people; either, 1. The people of Judah, which are supposed to have grown weary of their present government, and out of distrust of God's protection designed to revolt from God, and from the...
Isaiah 8:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judah Having Made Their Final Choice Even Immanuel's Land Will Suffer. Nevertheless Final Triumph Is Certain Because It Is Immanuel's Land ( Isaiah 8:5-10 ). Two facts emerge from the words that f...
Isaiah 8:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE STREAM REJECTED FOR THE RIVER Isaiah 8:5-8 . Forasmuch as this people refuseth, &c. For “rejoice in Rezim and Remaliah’s son,” read “rejoice concerning Rezim and Remaliah’s son,” i....
Isaiah 8:6 - 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 8:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

This people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly Consolation amidst predictions of judgment Isaiah does not find himself surrounded merely by the very wide circle of an incorrigible pe...
Isaiah 8:6 - 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 8:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Rebuke and an Exhortation
Isaiah 8:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 7:16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:8-18 ; Isaiah 7:1 ; Isaiah 7:2 ; Isaiah 7:6 ; Jeremiah 18:14 ; Jeremiah 2:13 ; Jeremiah 2:18 ; John 9:7 ; Judges 9:16-20 ; Nehemiah 3:15
Isaiah 8:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This people — The people of Israel, of whom he last spake, who rejoiced not only in their own king, but also in the assistance of so powerful an ally as Rezin. Shiloah — That small brook which ran...

Isaiah 8:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 8:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 8:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 8:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 8:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 8:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 8:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 8:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 8:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 8:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 8:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 8:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 8:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 8:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 8:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes