Isaiah 8:1 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:1

Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, 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 Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

Chapter 8 — Verses 1-4. And the Lord said to me: Take for yourself a large book, and write in it with the pen of a man, quickly seize the spoils, swiftly plunder. And I appointed faithful witnesses for myself, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Barachiah, and I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Moreover the Lord said unto me,.... This is another prophecy, confirming the same thing that was promised in the preceding chapter Isa 7:1; namely, safety to the Jews from the two kings of Syria and Israel, which combined against them: take thee a great roll; or volume, a writing book, a roll of parchment, in which form the ancients used to write, Psa 40:

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Take thee a great roll - The word which is here translated ‘roll’ more properly signifies tablet. So the Chaldee renders it. Those tablets were made of wood, metal, or stone, for the purpose of writing on; see Isa 30:8; Hab 2:2. On these tablets, or smooth plates, writing was performed by cutting the letters with an iron stylus, or small chisel. The process was slow, but the writing was permanent.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵלַ֔י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
קַח־	kach-	take	H3947 →
לְךָ֖	le.Kha	<for> yourself
גִּלָּי֣וֹן	gi.la.Yon	a tablet	H1549 →
גָּד֑וֹל	ga.Dol	large	H1419 →
וּכְתֹ֤ב	u.khe.To	and write	H3789 →
עָלָיו֙	'a.Lav	on it	H5921 →
בְּחֶ֣רֶט	be.Che.ret	with a stylus of	H2747 →
אֱנ֔וֹשׁ	'e.No.osh	a person	H582 →
לְמַהֵ֥ר	le.ma.Her	<to> Maher-	H4122 →
שָׁלָ֖ל	sha.Lal	Shalal-	H4122 →
חָ֥שׁ	chash	Hash-	H4122 →
בַּֽז׃	Baz	Baz	H4122 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 30:8
Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:22
  So that very day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites.
- Habakkuk 2:2
  Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
- Jeremiah 36:28–32
  “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
- Deuteronomy 31:19
  Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
- Jeremiah 36:2
  “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of…
Through
Jeremiah 36:32
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah…
leads to
- Jeremiah 36:4
  So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 36:18
  “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
Through
Isaiah 8:3
And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
leads to
- Hosea 1:3–9
  So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.