Isaiah 8:18 KJV
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Scofield Notes
- signsThe primary application here is to the two sons of Isaiah, Maher-shalal-hash-baz= "haste ye, haste ye to the spoil," a "sign" of the coming judgment of the...
Matthew Henry
- Afflictions to idolatersThe prophet foresaw that the Lord would hide his face; but he would look for his return in favour to them again. Though not miraculous signs, the children's...
Parallel Passages
- Psalms 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- John 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
- Hebrews 2:13–14 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. …
- Psalms 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
- Isaiah 7:3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
- Zechariah 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
- 1 Chronicles 23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
- Psalms 22:30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
- Psalms 71:7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
- Isaiah 7:16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
- Isaiah 8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
- Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
- Isaiah 14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
- Isaiah 24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Ezekiel 14:8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9–13 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. …
- Hebrews 10:33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
- Hebrews 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
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Topics
- Adoption Spiritual
- God Fatherhood of
- Israel, prophecies concerning Of war and other judgments
- Jesus, the Christ Humanity of
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Symbols and similitudes Isaiah’s children
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible808–698 BC · Isaiah, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
- IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
- ZionSunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that...
Strong’s Numbers
- Behold, I and the children יֶלֶד yeled
- whom the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
- hath given נָתַן nâthan
- me are for signs אוֹת ʼôwth
- and for wonders מוֹפֵת môwphêth
- in Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
- from the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
- of hosts צָבָא tsâbâʼ
- which dwelleth שָׁכַן shâkan
- in mount הַר har
- Zion צִיּוֹן Tsîyôwn
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