Chapter 8 A Son, An Invasion, Wait for the Lord

Chapter 8 is a continuation of events in Ch 7
• The sign of the child was for Ahaz
• Large tablet גליון gillayon is a big flat board
• Man’s stylus may be a figure of speech meaning
clearly understood
• Maher-shalal-hashbaz – “speeding to the plunder”
or hurrying to the spoil
• Why did Isaiah bring two witnesses
• Uriah was most probably the high priest who had
revised the altar after visiting Damascus
• Jeremiah – the royal prophet?
• Proof that the tablet was written before the events