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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And I went unto the prophetess,.... His wife, so called; not because she prophesied, but because she was the wife of a…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Then said the Lord ... - The name thus given was to be emblematic of a particular event - that Assyria would soon take…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 8:1-8
In these verses we have a prophecy of the successes of the king of Assyria against Damascus, Samaria, and Judah, that…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the prophetess Isaiah's wife is so called, not because she herself possessed the prophetic gift, but because the…