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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 8:18 - 8:18
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I and the children - Isaiah means “salvation of Jehovah”; His children’s names, also (Isa 7:3, Isa 7:14; Isa 8:3), were “signs” suggestive of the coming and final deliverance.
wonders - that is, symbols of the future (Isa 20:3; Zec 3:8). “Behold I ... me” is quoted in Heb 2:13 to prove the manhood of the Messiah. This is the main and ultimate fulfillment of the prophecy; its temporary meaning is applied to Ahaz’ time. Isaiah typically, in Isa 8:17, Isa 8:18, personates Messiah, who is at once “Father” and “Son,” Isaiah and Immanuel, “Child” and “Mighty God,” and is therefore called here a “wonder,” as in Isa 9:6, “Wonderful.” Hence in Heb 2:13, believers are called His “children”; but in Isa 8:11, Isa 8:12, His “brethren.” On “the Lord hath given me,” see Joh 6:37, Joh 6:39; Joh 10:29; Joh 17:12.
which dwelleth in ... Zion - and will therefore protect Jerusalem.