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ISAIAH CHAPTER 8
Syria and Israel should be subdued by Assyria, Isa_8:1-4. Judah also should be afflicted, Isa_8:5-8, God’s judgments irresistible, and to be feared, Isa_8:9-13. The Lord is a sanctuary to the godly, a stone of stumbling to the wicked, Isa_8:14,15. The prophecy sure; God to be waited on; necromancers not to be consulted, but the prophecy; their misery, Isa_8:16-22.
A great roll; or, a great volume, because the prophecy to be written in it was large, and God would have it written in very large and legible characters.
With a man’s pen; with such a pen as writers use, Psa_41:6 Jer_8:6, that so all may read and understand it.
Concerning Maheshalal-hash-baz; concerning that thing which is signified by the name of thy child, which is here mentioned by way of anticipation, as not being given him till Isa_8:3, i.e. concerning that which God is making haste to do, the giving p the kingdoms of Syria and Israel for a prey to the Assyrian, as this name is explained, Isa_8:4.