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Isaiah 8:4 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 8 · verse 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.Isaiah 8:4 · King James Version
Isaiah 8:4 in context
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.
4For 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.
5The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- knowledgeyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- DamascusDammeseqDamascus, a city of SyriaH1834 →
- SamariaShômᵉrôwnShomeron, a place in PalestineH8111 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- richeschayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
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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