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   * [[Isaiah]]
-=== Isaiah 8:1-4 ===
+** Isaiah 8:2 **
-. ''MOREOVER the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.''
+The names of the righteous are recorded in books.
-The Lord commands us to use the resources we have available.
+** Isaiah 8:3 **
-. ''And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.''
+Isaiah's wife (who was also a mother) must have had some great spiritual strength, to be called a prophetess (Alma 32:23).  Or the designation could simply mean "wife of a prophet".
-The names of the righteous are recorded in books.
+** Isaiah 8:4 **
-. ''And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.''
+The spoils of Samaria are the conquered people and wins from the campaign against Israel.  [[2 Kings 15|2 Kings 15:29]], "carried them captive to Assyria".
-Isaiah's wife (who was also a mother) must have had some great spiritual strength, to be called a prophetess (Alma 32:23).  Or the desgination could simply mean "wife of a prophet".
+** Isaiah 8:5-8 **
-. ''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.''
+In the New Testament, the Lord sent a blind man to wash in the pool of Siloam, and he was healed.  The wathers of Shiloah must have been a commonly known geographic location, for it is referenced a few times (John 9:7,11).  I imagine it was a peaceful place.
-The spoils of Samaria are the conquered people and wins from the campaign against Israel.  [[2 Kings 15|2 Kings 15:29]], "carried them captive to Assyria".
+Isaiah is using an analogy of bodies of water.  Because Judah has rejected Jehovah ("the waters .. that go softly"), they will be flooded with a river (Assyria) that will overflow its own boundaries and cover the lands.
-=== Isaiah 8:5-8 ===
+I like the way he describes it:
-''5. ¶ The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
+  * the waters of the river
+  * strong and many
+  * even the king (emphasis again) of Assyria
+  * all his glory (or terror, I would imagine)
+  * he shall come up over all his channels
+  * go over all his banks
+  * shall pass through Judah
+  * overflow and go over
+  * reach even to the neck
-. Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
+It is interesting to note the differences in punctuation in 2 Nephi 18.
-. 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:
+I wonder why he says "even the king of Assyria and all his glory."  Why does he mention the king, and not just the nation?  Was he a notorious leader?
-. 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.''
+** Isaiah 8:7-8 **
-. The Lord sent a blind man to wash in the pool of Siloam, and he was healed.  The wathers of Shiloah must have been a commonly known geographic location, for it is referenced a few times (John 9:7,11).  I imagine it was a peaceful place.
+The Assyrians will come upon Israel first and then Judah.
-Isaiah is using an analogy of bodies of water.  Because Judah has rejected Jehovah ("the waters .. that go softly"), they will be flooded with a river (Assyria) that will overflow its own boundaries and cover the lands.
+** Isaiah 8:8 **
+I can see where the Jews would adopt the attitude over the years that Jerusalem could not be destroyed, since here is a prophesy that clearly states that it shall be saved.
+** Isaiah 8:9-10 **
+The Lord is telling Judah not to associate with other nations, or form alliances.  He will protect them by His own power.
+** Isaiah 8:10 **
+Do not trust in the arm of flesh -- your mighty counsel and earthly wisdom will not stand against the power of the Lord (D&C 3:6-8).
+** Isaiah 8:11-15 **
+The Lord is telling them, again, not to make any political alliances, or to depend upon the methods of other nations, but to wait upon the Lord.  In that context, that commandment could be too much for the people to believe in, and be a real stumbling block of their own day.
+The Lord's kingdom is not a political one, and he does not need political allies to help him win the battles.
+----
+  * [[Isaiah 7]]
+  * [[Isaiah 9]]