Isaiah 8:2

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

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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...
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 import...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Uriah . Urijah. See 2 Kings 16:10 . Zechariah. Probably the father-in-law of Ahaz ( 2 Kings 18:2 ).
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...
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 Go...
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...
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

And I took] RV 'And I will take,' the speaker being Jehovah as in Isaiah 8:1 . Witnesses ] who would be able when the fulfilment came to testify...
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 i...
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 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...
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 witne...
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

Persons of unquestionable reputation, who should bear witness that the following name and prophecy was written and published by me, according to God'...
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 took unto me faithful witnesses to record, the Lord Himself choosing them through the prophet to be present and to testify to Isaiah's preparin...
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

² And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 8:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Isaiah 8:2