Isaiah 8:4 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:4

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

BSB

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ASV

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 carried away before the king of Assyria.

KJV

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.

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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 Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And his agrees with the other prophecy, chap. vii, 16. Before the child shall know to refuse the evil and chuse the good, which requires a longer time than to distinguish his parents, and suits well to Shear-Jashub, who, being born some years before, was capable of that farther degree of knowledge, as soon as this was capable of the lower degree.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For before the child - For my father and my mother, one MS. and the Vulgate have his father and his mother. The prophecy was accordingly accomplished within three years; when Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, went up against Damascus and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin, and also took the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and carried them captive to Assyria, 2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 16:9; 1Ch 5:26.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֗י	Ki	for	H3588 →
בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙	be.Te.rem	<in> before	H2962 →
יֵדַ֣ע	ye.Da'	he will know	H3045 →
הַנַּ֔עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the lad	H5288 →
קְרֹ֖א	ke.Ro'	to call out	H7121 →
אָבִ֣י	'a.Vi	O father my	H1 →
וְאִמִּ֑י	ve.'i.Mi	and O mother my	H517 →
יִשָּׂ֣א׀	yi.Sa'	someone will carry off	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חֵ֣יל	cheil	[the] wealth of	H2428 →
דַּמֶּ֗שֶׂק	da.Me.sek	Damascus	H1834 →
וְאֵת֙	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
שְׁלַ֣ל	she.Lal	[the] plunder of	H7998 →
שֹׁמְר֔וֹן	sho.me.Ron	Samaria	H8111 →
לִפְנֵ֖י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּֽׁוּר׃ ס	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →

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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
Romans 9:11
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
leads to
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- Ephesians 1:4–5
  For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- 2 Peter 1:10
  Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
- Ephesians 1:9–11
  And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
- Romans 8:28–30
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Through
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
leads to
- Isaiah 22:6
  Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- Amos 9:7
  “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from…
- Amos 1:3–5
  This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.