Isaiah 8

Isaiah · Chapter 8

Isaiah 8:6

1Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz.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;7Now 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:8And 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.9Associate 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.10Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.11For 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,12Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.14And 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.15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.18Behold, 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.19And 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?20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.21And 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.22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
becauseיַ֗עַןYA-'anH3282
because

יַעַן (ya.an) conj 1) because, therefore, because that, on account of prep 2) because of, on account of 3) why (with interrogative pron)

forכִּ֤יkiH3588A
for

כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

it has rejectedמָאַס֙ma-'ASH3988A
to reject

מָאַס (ma.as) 1) to reject, despise, refuse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to reject, refuse 1a2) to despise 1b) (Niphal) to be rejected

the peopleהָעָ֣םha-'AMH5971A
people

עַם (am) : people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men

the thisהַזֶּ֔הha-ZEHH2088
that

דִּי (di) part of relation 1) who, which, that mark of genitive 2) that of, which belongs to, that conj 3) that, because

[the] waters ofמֵ֣יmeiH4325G
water

מַי (ma.yim) 1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

the Shiloahהַשִּׁלֹ֔חַha-shi-LO-achH7975B
Shiloah

שִׁלֹחַ (shi.lo.ach) Shiloah or Siloah = "sent" a fountain just southeast of Jerusalem Another name of she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)

which goהַהֹלְכִ֖יםha-ho-le-KHIMH1980I
to go

הוּךְ (hukh) (P'al) to go, come, walk, be brought Aramaic of ha.lakh (הָלַךְ ": walk" H1980)

to gentlenessלְאַ֑טle-'ATH0328B
softly

אַט (at) 1) gentleness, softness 1a) gently 1b) flowing 1c) softly

and rejoicingוּמְשׂ֥וֹשׂu-me-SOSH4885
rejoicing

מָשׂוֹשׂ (ma.s.vo.s) exultation, joy, rejoicing

Rezinרְצִ֖יןre-TZINH7526G
Rezin

רְצִין (re.tsin) A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.37 § Rezin = "firm" 1) king of Damascus during the reigns of kings Jotham and Ahaz of Judah 2) the progenitor of a family of temple slaves who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel

and [the] son ofוּבֶן־u-ven-H1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

Remaliahרְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃re-mal-YA-huH7425
Remaliah

רְמַלְיָ֜הוּ (re.mal.ya.hu) A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.25; father of: Pekah (H6492) § Remaliah = "protected by Jehovah" father of king Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.