Isaiah 8:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:2

And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

266. And I took unto me. Here the sign is confirmed by testimony; faithful witnesses: in the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word stand (Deut 19:15).

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

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 Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They were two in number (for out of the mouth of two witnesses shall every word be established ); one was Uriah the priest; he is mentioned in the story of Ahaz, but for none of his good deeds, for he humoured Ahaz with an idolatrous altar ( 2 Kings xvi. 10, 11 ); however, at this time, no exception lay against him, being a faithful witness.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Uriah--an accomplice of Ahaz in idolatry, and therefore a witness not likely to assist the prophet of God in getting up a prophecy after the event (2Ki 16:10). The witnesses were in order that when the event should come, they might testify that the tablet containing the prophecy had been inscribed with it at the time that it professed.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאָעִ֣ידָה	ve.'a.'I.dah	and I will call as witness	H5749 →
לִּ֔י	Li	for <the> myself
עֵדִ֖ים	'e.Dim	witnesses	H5707 →
נֶאֱמָנִ֑ים	ne.'e.ma.Nim	reliable	H539 →
אֵ֚ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אוּרִיָּ֣ה	'u.ri.Yah	Uriah	H223 →
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן	ha.ko.Hen	the priest	H3548 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ	ze.khar.Ya.hu	Zechariah	H2148 →
בֶּ֥ן	ben	[the] son of	H1121 →
יְבֶרֶכְיָֽהוּ׃	ye.ve.rekh.Ya.hu	Jeberekiah	H3000 →

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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
2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
leads to
- Matthew 18:16
  But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
- Deuteronomy 19:15
  A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or…
- Deuteronomy 17:6
  On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
- John 8:17–18
  Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
- Numbers 35:30
  If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a…
Through
Ruth 4:2
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
leads to
- Proverbs 31:23
  Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
- 1 Kings 21:8
  Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
- Exodus 21:8
  If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he…