Isaiah 8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 8:22

And they shall look unto the earth - They would look upward and find no relief, and then in despair cast their eyes to the earth to obtain help there. Yet equally in vain. The whole image is one of intense anguish brought on the nation for leaving the counselor the true God.And behold ... - see the note at Isaiah 5:30.Trouble - Anguish, oppression, צרה tsârâh, from צור tsûr, to oppress, to straiten, to afflict. This is a remarkable instance of the prophet Isaiah’s manner - of a rapid,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8

A.M. 3246. B.C. 758. The prophet foretels that Syria and Israel should be subdued by Assyria, Isaiah 8:1-4 . That Judah also should be afflicted, Isaiah 8:5-8 . Declares God’s judgments to be irresistible, and that they ought to be feared, Isaiah 8:9-13 . That the Lord is a sanctuary to the godly, and a stone of stumbling to the wicked, Isaiah 8:14 , Isaiah 8:15 . The prophecy is sure, Isaiah 8:16 . God must be waited on, even when he seems to disregard his people’s prayers, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:1

Isaiah 8:1. Moreover, the Lord said unto me Here begins “the second section of this discourse, which reaches to the seventh verse of the next chapter, and is nearly of the same argument with the preceding; being prophetical, and containing matter both of comfort and reproof. It may be divided into two parts. The first part, in the first four verses, contains a confirmation and sign of the prediction concerning the sudden subversion of the kingdoms of Syria and Israel. The second part more... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:2-3

Isaiah 8:2-3. 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 is likely these witnesses signed a copy of the prophecy with their own hands, and dated it according to the time it was declared by the prophet. And I went unto the prophetess His own wife, so called, because she was the wife of a prophet, wives being frequently denominated from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:4

Isaiah 8:4. 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 agrees with the other prophecy, Isaiah 7:16. For it requires a longer time for a child to know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, than to distinguish his parents from strangers; and Shear-jashub, being born some years before this child, was capable of that higher degree of knowledge as soon as this was capable of the lower... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:5

Isaiah 8:5. The Lord spake also “After having given the promise concerning the deliverance of the people from the fear of the two adverse kingdoms, God, by a new, or a continued revelation, (for it was not very distant in time from the former,) more distinctly unfolds his purpose concerning the fate, not only of Israel, but of Judah, and confirms what he had advised in the former prophecy concerning them. See chap. 7:17, &c. For this is of nearly the same argument, except that it is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:6

Isaiah 8:6. 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 assistance of so powerful an ally as Rezin was; refuseth Or, rather, despiseth, as the word מאס more properly, and most frequently, signifies; the waters of Shiloah that go softly That small and contemptible brook which ran gently (as little rivers generally do) by Jerusalem, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:7-8

Isaiah 8:7-8. Now, therefore Because the Israelites and their army, combined with the Syrians, despise the weak state of the Jews, and the kingdom of David, now brought very low, and having no such defence as can be compared to a great river, but only one that resembles a small brook that glides gently along; behold, the Lord bringeth upon them the waters of the river Of Euphrates, often called the river, for its eminent greatness; whereby he understands the Assyrian forces, as the next... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:9-10

Isaiah 8:9-10. Associate yourselves, O ye people O ye Syrians and Israelites; and ye shall be broken in pieces Your attempts against the house of David, and kingdom of Judah, will be fruitless, yea, will issue in your own ruin. And give ear, all ye of far countries Immanuel’s name inspires the prophet with new courage, and makes him send a challenge to all God’s enemies, and foretel their certain downfall. He is, indeed, wrapt, as it were, into an ecstasy, upon considering the land as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:11-12

Isaiah 8:11-12. For the Lord spake thus unto me Here the prophet teaches the people by his own example, as one immediately taught by God, with what dispositions they should receive all the attempts of their enemies, to subvert the kingdom of God in their land, even to the time of the Messiah, of whose manifestation this instruction contains a repeated prophecy for the consolation of the pious, together with a denunciation of the most grievous judgments, spiritual and temporal, upon the... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 8:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:7-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:9-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 8:11-12

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