Westminster Annotations, Isaiah · Chapter 8
CHAP. VIII.
Vers. 1. A great roll,] Because much to be written; and in great letters. Chap. 30. 8.
a mans pen,] In a plain ordinary hand, Hab. 2. 2.
Maher shalal hash-baz.] Heb. In making speed to the spoil he basteneth the prey. Or, Make speed to the spoil, hasten to the prey.
V. 2. faithfull witnesses] Because the businesse was of importance, 2 Cor. 13. 1.
to record,] Of the name given my child, either lately born, at the circumcising of him, (Luk. 1. 59. and 2. 21.) or yet unborn.
Vriah the priest,] One of authority for his place: though an hypocrite, 2 King. 16. 11, 16.
V. 3. And I went into] Or, For I had gone in to. as Gen. 12. 1. & 16. 2, 4.
went unto] Heb. approached unto. Lev. 18. 6.
the prophetesse,] My wife.
V. 4. before the] Chap. 7. 16.
shall have] Be able to speak.
the riches of] Or, he that is before tho king of Assyria (his servants and attendants. as 1 Sam. 16. 21. 1 King. 1. 2. and 10. 8.) shall take away the riches, &c.
V. 5. spake also] Heb. added to speak. Chap. 7. 10.
V. 6. this people] The Ephraimites, or Israelites, that scorn Jerusalem, and the people thereof, as few and feeble, and by conspiring with the Syrians, think to surprise and subdue it, Chap. 7. 2, 6.
refuseth] Or, scorneth. as Judg. 9. 38. Chap. 33. 8.
Shiloah] A fountain, which rising at the foot of mount Zion, yeeldeth a rivelet, that ran throught the lower Citie, Psal. 46. 4. Joh. 9. 7. put here for the citie it self.
rejoyce in] Vaunt themselves in the strength of those two kings, Chap. 7. 1.
V. 7. the waters] The Assyrian forces shall come in upon them, not like those still waters, vers. 6. but like a swift and strong floud, Chap. 28. 2. and 59. 19. Dan. 11. 22. See 2 King. 16. 9.
V. 8. he shall passe] The same king of Assyria shall also break into and surround Judea, Chap. 7. 17.
through Iudah;] Or, unto. or, into. as Lam. 4. 21.
overflow] Dan. 10. 18, 40.
to the neck,] So that all shall be in danger of being utterly drowned and lost, Chap. 30. 28. Hab. 3. 13. See Chap. 36. 1. 12. and 37. 3.
the stretching out] Heb. the fulnesse of the bredth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings, that is, his forces shall over-spread thy whole land, Jer. 48. 40. and 49. 22.
Immanuel] Christ. Chap. 7. 14. who yet will not suffer his Church to be destroyed, vers. 10.
V. 9. your selves,] Ye that are enemies to Gods Church, farre and neer; link your selves together, and strengthen your selves all ye can; it shall he but to your own confusion, Chap. 45. 11, 12. and 54. 15, 17. Mic. 4. 11.-13.
and] Or, yet. as 1 Sam. 2. 25.
gird your selves] Prepare your selves to fight, 1 King. 20. 11. Psal. 18. 32.
and] Or, yet. and so vers. 10. Jer. 25. 7.
V. 10. it shall come] All your devices and designes shall be frustrate, Chap. 7. 7. Psal. 33. 10. Prov. 21. 30. See Lam. 3. 37.
God is with us.] And if he be with us, who can be, or do ought, against us? Rom. 8. 31. Exod. 3. 12. Jer. 20. 11. Act. 18. 10. he alludeth to the name given to Christ by God, Chap. 7. 14. vers. 8.
V. 11. with a strong hand] Heb. in strength; or, apprehension, of hand.
hand,] Taking me by the hand to confirme and strengthen me, Chap. 41. 13. and 51. 18. Psal. 73. 23. or, to cause me to marke, what he should say to me.
V. 12. Say ye not] Neither joyn with those that they joyn with; the Assyrians, to help them agaist the Israelites, and the Syrians, 2 King. 16. 7, 8. nor fear those that they fear, Pro. 29. 25. Chap. 7. 2.
neither fear] 1 Pet. 3. 14. 15.
V. 13. the Lord] By trusting in him and being swayed by him, Numb. 20. 11. and 27. 14. Deut. 32. 51. Ezek. 20. 40, 41. and 36. 23, 27.
V. 14. a sanctuarie;] A place of surety and safety, to you his faithfull ones, Ezek. 11. 16.
a stone of] Chap. 28. 16. Luk. 2. 34. Rom. 9. 33. 1 Pet. 2. 8.
to both the houses] To the ten tribes, and to Judah.
V. 15. stumble and] Matt. 21. 44. Luk. 20. 18.
V. 16. Bind] Bind it up, and conceale it from those obstinate wretches: but seal it, and assure it to the faithfull, Chap. 29. 11, 12.
V. 17. wait upon] Depend upon him with patience, Chap. 25. 9. and 30. 18. Job 13. 15. Jer. 14. 22. Mic. 7. 7.
hideth his face] Sheweth himself displeased with us, Psal. 27. 9. Chap. 54. 8. and 57. 17. and 64. 7.
V. 18. Behold] Heb. 2. 13.
I and the children] Either, I and my children are by God used for signs, vers. 3. Chap. 7. 3. and 20. 3. as Ezek. 12. 11. and 24. 37. Or, I and my disciples are esteemed as monsters among this people, Psal. 78. 7. Zech. 3. 8.
V. 19. pecp] Chap. 29. 4.
should not] 2 King. 1. 3.
for] Or, from.
to the dead] Should men go from Gods Prophets to dead men and devils? 1 Sam. 28. 8. Deut. 18. 11, 15. Or, take advice for the living from the dead, who neither have notice of them, nor can help them? Chap. 63. 16.
V. 20. To] Luk. 16. 29.
the law] Seek to Gods word, wherein his will is revealed, Joh. 5. 39.
no light] Heb. no morning. as Chap. 58. 8. Hos. 6. 3. Joel 2. 2. Amos 4. 13.
light] No sound knowledge, Matth. 15. 14. Luk. 11. 52.
V. 21. shall passe] The wicked, left in their distresses, shall shift to and fro: but finding no means of succour from below or above, shall be at their wits end, Jer. 14. 18.
their king,] For not defending, or not relieving them. or, imputing the cause of these their troubles to him, by calling in the King of Assyria. See Chap. 7. 20.
God] Or, Gods. their idols. See Chap. 2. 20.
and look] Or, when he looketh upward. towards the Kings court, and to heaven.
V. 22. darknesse] Chap. 9. 19.
dimnesse] Or, they shall be dimmed with.
anguish] They shall meet with nothing but discomfort and anguish, wheresoever they come, Chap. 5. 30. Job 15. 30.
and they] Or, and driven. Or, pursued with darknesse.