Isaiah 8

Verse 1

WEB Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz;’

KJV Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.

TSK Take thee: jer 36:2,28,32; write: isa 30:8, job 19:23,24, hab 2:2,3; a man's pen: re 13:18, re 21:17

Verse 2

WEB and I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”

KJV And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

TSK I took: ru 4:2,10,11, 2co 13:1; Uria: 2ki 16:10,11, 2ki 18:2

Verse 3

WEB I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’

KJV And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.

TSK the prophetess: jud 4:4, 2ki 22:14; she conceived: ho 1:3-9; Call his name: isa 7:13,14

Verse 4

WEB For before the child knows how to say, ‘My father,’ and, ‘My mother,’ the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away by the king of Assyria.”

KJV 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.

TSK before: isa 7:15,16, de 1:39, jon 4:11, ro 9:11; the riches of Damascus, etc: isa 10:6-14, isa 17:3, 2ki 15:29, 2ki 16:9, 2ki 17:3,5,6

Verse 5

WEB Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,

KJV The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,

TSK A. M. 3263. B.C. 741. spake: isa 7:10

Verse 6

WEB “Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

KJV Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

TSK refuseth: 1ki 7:16, 2ch 13:8-18; the waters of Shiloah: ne 3:15, joh 9:7; that go softly: jer 2:13,18, jer 18:14; rejoice: isa 7:1,2,6, jud 9:16-20

Verse 7

WEB now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.

KJV Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:

TSK the Lord bringeth: isa 17:12,13, isa 28:17, isa 59:19, ge 6:17, de 28:49-52, jer 46:7,8, da 9:26, da 11:10,22, am 8:8, am 9:5, na 1:8, lu 6:48, re 12:15,16, re 17:15; strong: ezr 4:10, ps 72:8; the king: isa 7:1-6,17, isa 10:8-14, eze 31:3-18; he shall come: 2ki 17:3-6, 2ki 18:9-12

Verse 8

WEB It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through; it will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.

KJV 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 thy land, O Immanuel.

TSK he shall pass: isa 10:28-32, isa 22:1-7, isa 28:14-22, isa 29:1-9, isa 36:1-37; reach: isa 30:28; the stretching, etc: eze 17:3; O Immanuel: isa 7:14, mt 1:23; Emmanuel: isa 28:20

Verse 9

WEB Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!

KJV Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.

TSK Associate: isa 7:1,2, isa 54:15, jer 46:9-11, eze 38:9-23, joe 3:9-14, mic 4:11-13, zec 14:1-3, re 17:12-14, re 20:8,9; and ye: isa 14:5,6, isa 28:13, ps 37:14,15, pr 11:21; gird: isa 37:36, 1ki 20:11

Verse 10

WEB Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”

KJV Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

TSK counsel: isa 7:5-7, 2sa 15:31, 2sa 17:4,23, job 5:12, ps 2:1,2, ps 33:10,11, ps 46:1,7, ps 83:3-18, pr 21:30, la 3:37, na 1:9-12, ac 5:38,39; for God: isa 7:14, isa 9:6, isa 41:10, de 20:1, jos 1:5, 2ch 13:12, 2ch 33:7,8, ps 46:7,11, mt 1:23, mt 28:20, ro 8:13,31, 1jo 4:4

Verse 11

WEB For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

KJV For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

TSK with a strong hand: jer 20:7,9, eze 3:14, ac 4:20; instructed: ps 32:8, pr 1:15, jer 15:19, eze 2:6-8

Verse 12

WEB “Don’t say, ‘A conspiracy!’ concerning all about which this people say, ‘A conspiracy!’ neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.

KJV Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

TSK not, A confederacy: isa 7:2-6, isa 51:12,13, 2ki 16:5-7; fear ye: isa 7:4, isa 57:9-11, ps 53:5, mt 28:2-5, lu 12:4,5, lu 21:9, 1pe 3:14,15

Verse 13

WEB Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.

KJV Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

TSK Sanctify: isa 26:3,4, le 10:3, nu 20:12,13, nu 27:14, ro 4:20; and let him: ge 31:53, ps 76:7, mal 2:5, mt 10:28, lu 12:5, re 15:4

Verse 14

WEB He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a trap and a snare for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

KJV And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

TSK he shall be: isa 26:20, ps 46:1,2, pr 18:10, eze 11:16; a stone: isa 28:16, lu 2:34, ro 9:32,33, ro 11:9-11,35, 1pe 2:8; a snare: ps 11:6, ps 69:22, mt 13:57, lu 21:35

Verse 15

WEB Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”

KJV And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

TSK stumble: mt 11:6, mt 15:14, mt 21:44, lu 20:17,18, joh 6:66, 1co 1:23

Verse 16

WEB Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples.

KJV Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

TSK Bind up: isa 29:11, da 12:4; the testimony: isa 8:20, de 4:45, 2ki 11:12, joh 3:32,33, heb 3:5, 1jo 5:9-12, re 19:10; seal: da 9:24, re 5:1,5, re 10:4; among: isa 54:13, ps 25:14, pr 8:8,9, da 12:9,10, mt 13:11, mr 4:10,11,34, mr 10:10, 1co 2:14, re 2:17

Verse 17

WEB I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

KJV And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

TSK I will: isa 25:9, isa 26:8, isa 33:2, isa 64:4, ge 49:18, ps 27:14, ps 33:20, ps 37:34, ps 39:7, ps 40:1, ps 130:5, la 3:25,26, ho 12:6, mic 7:7, hab 2:3, 1th 1:10, 2th 3:5, heb 10:36-39; hideth: isa 54:8, isa 59:2, isa 64:7, de 31:17,18, de 32:20, eze 39:23,24, mic 3:4; I will look: isa 50:10, lu 2:38, heb 9:28

Verse 18

WEB Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.

KJV Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

TSK I and the: isa 8:3, isa 7:3,16, isa 53:10, ps 22:30, heb 2:13,14; for signs: ps 71:7, eze 14:8, zec 3:8, lu 2:34, 1co 4:9-13, heb 10:33; which: isa 12:6, isa 14:32, isa 24:23, 1ch 23:25, ps 9:11, zec 8:3, heb 12:22

Verse 19

WEB When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

KJV And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

TSK Seek: isa 19:3, le 20:6, de 18:11, 1sa 28:8, 1ch 10:13, 2ch 33:6; that peep: isa 29:4; should not: 1sa 28:16, 2ki 1:3, 2pe 2:1; for the living: ps 106:28, jer 10:10, 1th 1:9

Verse 20

WEB Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

KJV To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

TSK the law: isa 8:16, lu 10:26, lu 16:29-31, joh 5:39,46,47, ac 17:11, ga 3:8-29, ga 4:21,22, 2ti 3:15-17, 2pe 1:19; it is: isa 30:8-11, ps 19:7,8, ps 119:130, jer 8:9, mic 3:6, mt 6:23, mt 22:29, mr 7:7-9, ro 1:22, 2pe 1:9; light: pr 4:18, ho 6:3, mal 4:2, 2pe 1:19

Verse 21

WEB They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,

KJV And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

TSK through: isa 8:7,8; hardly bestead: isa 9:20, de 28:33,34,53-57, 2ki 25:3, jer 14:18, jer 52:6, la 4:4,5,9,10; they shall fret: pr 19:3; curse: ex 22:28, 2ki 6:33, job 1:11, job 2:5,9, re 9:20,21, re 16:9-11

Verse 22

WEB and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.

KJV And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

TSK look: isa 5:30, isa 9:1, 2ch 15:5,6, jer 13:16, jer 30:6,7, am 5:18-20, zep 1:14,15, mt 8:12, mt 24:29, lu 21:25,26, jude 1:13; driven to darkness: job 18:18, pr 14:32, jer 23:12, mt 22:13