Sanctify the Lord of hosts; give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting to his promises for your deliverance. Let him be your fear; let God, and not the kings of Syria and Israel, be the chief object of your fear. read more
THREATENED, BUT SAFEIsaiah 8:9-10. Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces, &c.This is a shout of triumphant defiance which Ahaz and his people might have raised, had they listened to Isaiah’s counsels, and turned to the Lord with full purpose of heart. Then they might have been threatened by foes numerous, powerful, determined, and confederated, but they would have been safe. Its doctrine clearly is, that it matters not who may be against us, if God be with us.... read more
“HALLOWED BE THY NAME!”Isaiah 8:13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself; and let Him be your fear, &c.I. What is it to “sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself”? It is, 1. To fill our minds with right thoughts concerning Him [854] 2. To fill our hearts with right feelings towards Him (P. D. 1492–1526). [854] See note (α) to preceding outline: BIBLICAL POLITICIANS.II. How is this to be done? By frequent, devout, prayerful, intense meditation on the revelations of Himself which He has been pleased... read more
Isaiah 8:13-14 I. The whole subject of Godhead is one of awe, and if of awe, then "dread." The more you know of God, the more you feel the unfathomableness of the mystery of Godhead. And all mystery is awe. It is a rule of our being, that we must tremble when we stand on the margin of the unknown. Therefore they who know most of God will most "fear," not His anger, but simply His amazing greatness. II. The sense of mercy and benefits heaped upon us has an overwhelming influence upon the mind.... read more
DISCOURSE: 868GOD THE ONLY PROPER OBJECT OF FEARIsaiah 8:12-14. Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread: and he shall be for a sanctuary.RELIGION, under any circumstances, is of incalculable advantage: but its benefits are most seen and felt when we come into trials of a complicated and overwhelming nature. Such were the... read more
confederacy The reference is to the attempt to terrify Judah by the confederacy between Syria and Samaria. Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 7:2. read more
Chapter 8So in chapter 8 he continues in this prediction of the Assyrian invasion.Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz ( Isaiah 8:1 ).And that is interpreted, it's a Hebrew name that means, or word that means, "Haste ye, haste ye to the spoil." Quite a name.And I took me a faithful witness to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah. And I went unto the prophetess [that is his wife]; and she conceived, and she bore... read more
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 8:3 . I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. There is much variation here among the critics. But the child’s name, Maher-shalal-hash-baz, that is, to hasten to the spoil, to take quickly the prey, designates the king of Assyria. The whole is a vision, for Isaiah had... read more
Isaiah 8:11-15For the Lord spake thus to meGod’s overpowering handThe hand is the absolute Hand which, when it is laid upon a man, overpowers all his perception, feeling, and thinking.(F. Delitzsch, D. D.)“With strength of hand”(Isaiah 8:11):--That is, seizing him and casting him into the prophetic trance (2 Kings 3:15; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14; Ezekiel 8:1). (Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D.)Warning and encouragementThe cry in Judah had been, “There is a conspiracy against us, a formidable... read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 8:12
Say ye not, thou, Isaiah, and thine and my children, A confederacy; do not approve of or consent to this wicked design of making a confederacy with the king of Assyria. Their fear; that thing which they fear, that if they do not call in the Assyrian succours, they shall certainly be destroyed by those two potent kings united against them, and that God either cannot or will not deliver them. read more