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Yahweh said to me, Take a great tablet, and write on it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
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A Public Billboard Prophecy
Commentators explain that God instructed Isaiah to write this prophecy on a large, public tablet, not a hidden scroll. The phrase 'with the pen of a man' meant it was to be written in a simple, clear style that anyone could read. This was a public, unavoidable announcement of God's coming judgment, like a billboard for all to see.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Take yourself a great roll - The word translated here as ‘roll’ more properly signifies a tablet. The Chaldee renders it this way. These tab…
19th Century
Anglican
Moreover the Lord said to me ... —The prophecy that follows was clearly separated by an interval of some kind, probably a…
16th Century
Protestant
And Jehovah said to me. This prophecy contains nothing new but is a confirmation of the preceding one, in which Isaiah predicted the appro…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Moreover the Lord said to me This is another prophecy, confirming the same thing that was promised in the preceding …
The prophet is to write on a large roll, or on a metal tablet, words which meant Make speed to spoil, hasten to the prey: pointing out tha…
13th Century
Catholic
1. And the Lord said to me: take for yourself a great book. Here he foretells the destruction of the ten tribes, insofar as it pert…
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