Isaiah 8:3 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

267. And I went to the prophetess. Here it is confirmed by the deed, for sometimes the prophets announced a future thing also by the deed itself, as below: go, and loose the sackcloth from off your loins, and take off your shoes from your …

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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

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I went unto the prophetess,.... His wife, so called; not because she prophesied, but because she was the wife of a prophet; and besides, the birth of her son later mentioned, and his name, had in them the nature of a prophecy.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Then said the Lord ... - The name thus given was to be emblematic of a particular event - that Assyria would soon take away the spoil of Damascus and Samaria. It is not remarkable that the name Immanuel should also be given to the same child, as signifying the presence and protection of God in defending the nation from the invaders; see the notes at Isa 7:14-

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאֶקְרַב֙	va.'ek.Rav	and I drew near	H7126 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַנְּבִיאָ֔ה	ha.ne.vi.'Ah	the prophetess	H5031 →
וַתַּ֖הַר	va.Ta.har	and she conceived	H2029 →
וַתֵּ֣לֶד	va.Te.led	and she bore	H3205 →
בֵּ֑ן	Ben	a son	H1121 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵלַ֔י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
קְרָ֣א	ke.Ra'	call	H7121 →
שְׁמ֔וֹ	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →
מַהֵ֥ר	ma.Her	Maher-	H4122 →
שָׁלָ֖ל	sha.Lal	Shalal-	H4122 →
חָ֥שׁ	chash	Hash-	H4122 →
בַּֽז׃	Baz	Baz	H4122 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
Judges 4:4
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
leads to
- Luke 2:36
  There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 15:20
  Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- 2 Kings 22:14
  So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived…
- Galatians 3:28
  There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Through
2 Kings 22:14
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived…
leads to
- Judges 4:4
  Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
- 2 Chronicles 34:22
  So Hilkiah and those the king had designated went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in…
- Micah 6:4
  For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
- Zephaniah 1:10
  On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.