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Isaiah 8

Isaiah 8:1-4

1. 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 Lord commands us to use the resources we have available.

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

The names of the righteous are recorded in books.

3. 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.

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".

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.

The spoils of Samaria are the conquered people and wins from the campaign against Israel. 2 Kings 15:29, "carried them captive to Assyria".

Isaiah 8:5-8

5. ¶ The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, 6. Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; 7. 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: 8. 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.

6. 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.

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.

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