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-=== Isaiah 8:1-4 ===+** Isaiah 8:2 **
  
-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 names of the righteous are recorded ​in books.
  
-The Lord commands us to use the resources we have available.+** Isaiah 8:3 **
  
-2. ''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 **
  
-3. ''​And I went unto the prophetess; ​and she conceivedand 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 **
  
-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.''​+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 terrorI 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
  
-6. 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.
  
-7. Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyriaand 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?
  
-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.''​+** Isaiah ​8:7-8 **
  
-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.+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 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 contextthat 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. 
 + 
 +---- 
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 +  * [[Isaiah 7]] 
 +  * [[Isaiah 9]]
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