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Isaiah 8:1 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 8 · verse 1
Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.Isaiah 8:1 · King James Version
Isaiah 8:1 in context
1Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.
2And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- writekâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- man'sʼĕnôwsha man in generalH582 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Takelâqachto takeH3947 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8