Isaiah 8:3

And I went unto the prophetess— And I had gone unto the prophetess, and she had conceived; and she bare a son; and the Lord said unto me, &c. Vitringa.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said the Lord ... - The name thus given was to be emblematic of a particular event - that Assyria would soon take away the spoil of Damascus...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I went to the (d) prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. (d) Meaning, to his...
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

3. And I approached to the prophetess. What follows happened to the Prophet, I have no doubt, by a vision, for the purpose of sealing the fo...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hashbaz. And I went unt...
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

The prophetess ] i.e. the prophet's wife. Call his name ] see on Isaiah 7:3 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I... the prophetess... — The word may have been given by courtesy to a prophet’s wife as such. Elsewhere, however, as in the case of Deborah ( Judg...
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

And I went unto the prophetess ,.... His wife, so called; not because she prophesied, but because she was the wife of a prophet; and besides, the bi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. Ver. 3. And I went...
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 an...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

I went unto, Heb. I came near to her . A modest expression of the conjugal act. The prophetess; so called, partly as she was the prophet's wife,...
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

EXPOSITION Isaiah 8:1-23 THE SIGN OF MAHER - SHALAL - HASH - BAZ . The sign of Immanuel was recondite. In its more spiritual sense i...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

And I went unto the prophetess, to his own wife, and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz, t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 22:14 ; Hosea 1:3-9 ; Isaiah 7:13 ; Isaiah 7:14 ; Isaiah 8:1 ; Judges 4:4
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Prophetess — To his own wife, so called, because the wife of a prophet.

³ And I wentb unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 8:3

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 8:3