John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 8:5
The Lord spake also unto me again ,.... In the same prophecy, or in another; the Targum is, "the Word of the Lord added to speak with me again;' but rather Jehovah the Father, or the Spirit of the Lord, is meant, since the Person speaking is distinguished from Immanuel, Isaiah 8:8 , saying ; as follows: read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 8:1-8
In these verses we have a prophecy of the successes of the king of Assyria against Damascus, Samaria, and Judah, that the two former should be laid waste by him, and the last greatly frightened. Here we have, I. Orders given to the prophet to write this prophecy, and publish it to be seen and read of all men, and to leave it upon record, that when the thing came to pass they might know that God had sent him; for that was one end of prophecy, John 14:29. He must take a great roll, which would... read more