Isaiah 8:7 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 8:7

the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

BSB

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ASV

now 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 it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;

KJV

Now 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:

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Commentary

3 voices

Hippolytus of Rome

ON THE ANTICHRIST 57:15-16 (235)

[Isaiah] uses the "king of Assyria" as a symbol for the Antichrist.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And here is another comfortable intimation that though the stretching out of the wings of the Assyrian, that bird of prey, though the right and left wing of his army, should fill the breadth of the land of Judah, yet still it was Immanuel's land. It is thy land, O Immanuel! It was to be Christ's land; for there he was to be born, and live, and preach, and work miracles.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

The waters of the river - By the river, in the Scripture, is commonly meant the river Euphrates, as being, by way of eminence, the largest river with which they were acquainted; and also as being that distinguished by the fact that Abraham had lived beyond it, and crossed it; see the note at Isa 7:20. In this verse the image is kept up which was commenced in Isa 8:6. The Jews rejected the gentle waters of Siloah, and sought the alliance of a foreign king, whose kingdom stretched along, and extended beyond the Euphrates.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלָכֵ֡ן	ve.la.Khen	and <to> therefore	H3651 →
הִנֵּ֣ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
אֲדֹנָי֩	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
מַעֲלֶ֨ה	ma.'a.Leh	[is] about to bring up	H5927 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֵ֣י	mei	[the] waters of	H4325 →
הַנָּהָ֗ר	ha.na.Har	the River	H5104 →
הָעֲצוּמִים֙	ha.'a.tzu.Mim	<the> mighty	H6099 →
וְהָ֣רַבִּ֔ים	ve.Ha.ra.Bim	and <the> many	H7227 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּׁ֖וּר	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
כְּבוֹד֑וֹ	ke.vo.Do	glory his	H3519 →
וְעָלָה֙	ve.'a.Lah	and it will rise	H5927 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲפִיקָ֔יו	'a.fi.Kav	channels its	H650 →
וְהָלַ֖ךְ	ve.ha.Lakh	and it will go	H1980 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
גְּדוֹתָֽיו׃	ge.do.Tav	banks its	H1415 →

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
Amos 8:8
Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
leads to
- Amos 9:5
  The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
- Hosea 4:3
  Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
- Jeremiah 46:8
  Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
- Psalms 18:7
  Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Isaiah 5:25
  Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all…
Through
Amos 9:5
The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
leads to
- Amos 8:8
  Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
- Psalms 46:6
  Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
Through
Isaiah 7:20
On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
leads to
- Ezekiel 29:18
  “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from…