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Isaiah
Chapter 08
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Moreover Jehovah/God said unto me,
"Take
you a great roll,
and
write in it with a man's pen concerning
'Swift
is Booty . . . Speedy is Prey'/
'Maher
Shalal Chash Baz'
{Maher Shalal Chash Baz -swift is booty, speedy is prey" - symbolic
name given by Isaiah by the Lord's direction to Isaiah's son -
prophetic indication that Damascus and Samaria were soon to be
plundered by the king of Assyria}.
2
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record,
Uriah
the priest,
{'Uwriyah - name means 'Jehovah is my light'}
and
Zechariah,
{Z@karyah - name means 'Jehovah remembers'}
the
son of Jeberechiah
{Y@berekyahuw - name means 'Jehovah blesses'}.
3-4
And I 'drew near' unto the prophetess
and
she conceived, and bare a son.
Then
said Jehovah/God to me,
"Call
his name
'Swift
is Booty . . . Speedy is Prey'/
'Maher
Shalal Chash Baz' . . . 4
for
before the child shall have knowledge to cry,
'my
father, and my mother,'
the
riches of Damascus
and
the spoil of Samaria
shall
be taken away before the king of Assyria."
5
Jehovah/God spoke also unto me again, saying, 6
"Forasmuch
as this people refuses
the
waters of Shiloah that go softly/gently,
and
rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son . . . 7``
now
therefore,
behold,
the Lord/'Adonay brings up upon them
the
waters of the river . . . strong and many,
{the rushing waters of a river is an analogy to the sound
of an army marching}
even
the king of Assyria, and all his glory.
And
he shall come up over all his channels,
and
go over all his banks.
8 And he shall pass through Judah.
He shall overflow and go over.
He shall reach even to the neck.
And
the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land,
O
Immanuel . . . God/'El.
{`Immanuw'el 'el - Immanuel means 'God with us'
(the following 'el is in the Hebrew)}
9
'Be wicked'
{ra`a` - imperative mood - a command},
O
you people,
and
you shall be shattered/'broken in pieces'.
And give ear yourself . . . all you of far countries.
'Receive
equipping/girding/clothing yourselves for war'
{'azar - Hithpael passive reflexive stem}
and
you shall be shattered/'broken in pieces'.
'Receive
equipping/girding/clothing yourselves for war'
{'azar - Hithpael passive reflexive stem}
and
you shall be shattered/'broken in pieces'.
10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing.
Speak
the word . . . and it shall not stand . . .
for
'El/God is with us.
11
For Jehovah/God spoke thus to me with a strong hand,
and
instructed me
that
I should not Walk in the Way of this people, saying, 12
"Say
you not, A conspiracy/treason/alliance,
to
all them to whom this people
shall
say, A conspiracy/treason/alliance.
Neither fear you their fear . . . nor be afraid. 13
Keep
on causing the set-apartness/holiness/sanctification
{qadash - Hiphil causative stem, imperfect tense}
of
Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts Himself;
and
let Him be your fear,
and
let Him be your dread."
14a~~"Therefore,
He
{Jesus Christ at His 1st Advent}
shall
become a Tabernacle/sanctuary
{to the believer in Him, He is a Tabernacle/sanctuary}."
{Note: Jesus Christ is our 'Tabernacle'. He 'tabernacled' for a while with us on earth in the 1st Advent. Now, He 'tabernacles' in Church Age believers forever. 'Tabernacle' is a running joke on Satan throughout the bible - see Revelation.}
14b~~"But
a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence
{to unbelievers - this is what Jesus Christ is to them}
to
both houses of Israel . . .
{Northern and Southern Kingdoms}
both
a snare and a trap . . .
to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
{Note: This was quoted in part by Paul in Romans 9:33.}
15
"And many among them shall stumble and fall and be broken,
and
be snared and be taken. 16
Bind up the testimony.
Seal the law among My 'learned ones' {limmuwd}. 17
And
I will 'wait with confidence and desire' {chakah}
upon
Jehovah/God . . .
Who
hid His face from the house of Jacob . . .
and
I will look for Him. 18
Behold,
I and the children whom Jehovah/God has given me
are
for signs and for wonders in Israel
from
Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts,
who
dwells on mount Zion. 19
And
when they shall say unto you,
'Seek
unto them who 'are necromancers'/'have familiar spirits'
{'owb - masculine noun with a feminine ending -
this particular ventriloquist demon always enters a woman},
and
unto the 'male mediums'/wizards/'demon possessed men'
{yidd@`oniy - the male medium - the compliment to the female
'owb}
who
'intensively chirp/peep'
{tsaphaph Pilpel intensive form},
and
who are caused to be moaning and groaning . . ."
{hagah - Hiphil causative stem participle}
Should
not a people keep on enquiring
unto
their 'Elohiym/Godhead (?) . . .
the
alive . . . the dying? 20
To the law and to the testimony?
If
they speak not
according
to this Word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar},
because
. . . no Light {shachar}. 21
And
they shall pass through it,
being
ill-treated {qashah} and hungry.
And
it shall come to pass,
that
when they shall be hungry,
they
'shall anger themselves'/
'place
themselves into a rage' {qatsaph},
and
curse their king
and
their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
look upward. 22
And
they shall look unto the earth
and
behold trouble/Tribulation {tsarah}
and
darkness {chashekah},
dimness/gloom
{ma`uwph}
of
anguish/pressure/distress {tsowq}.
And
they shall be banished/'thrust-out' {nadach}
to
darkness/gloominess/calamity {'aphelah}."
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