Isaiah 8:4

before. The interval was twenty-one months from the prophecy, twelve from the birth.

child. sucking child: as in Isaiah 7:16. Not the same word as in Isaiah 8:18

shall be taken. So it was: in the third year of Ahaz, Damascus was sacked and Rezin was slain.

taken. carried away.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 8:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For before ... - This must have occurred in a short time - probably before the expiration of three years. A child would usually learn to address...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For before the (e) child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away b...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Truly before the child have knowledge to cry. This is an interpretation both of the dark saying and of the vision which was added to it;...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away befor...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away b...
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 commo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This prophecy was fulfilled, Damascus being captured by the Assyrians in 732 b.c., and Samaria ten years later: cp. Isaiah 10:9 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry... — Here then was another sign like that of Isaiah 7:14-16 . The two witnesses of Isaiah 8:2 w...
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)...
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, dict...
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. Th...
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 ha...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, my father, and my mother ,.... Which are commonly the first words children learn to say; and so it...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away befor...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father , &c. To speak and know his parents; which is within the space of two years. And this ag...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Announced. B. C. 740. 1 More...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To cry, My father, and my mother; to speak, and to know his parents; which is within the space of two years. And this agrees with the other prophec...
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 o...
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...
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 polish...
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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Double Prophetic Sign
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, "My father," and, "My mother," that is, before the passing of another year, the riches of Damascus...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To cry — To speak and to know his parents; which is within the space of two years. And his agrees with the other prophecy, Isaiah 7:16 . Before th...

⁴ For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the richesc of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 8:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 8:4