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and I will take to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
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Public Proof of Prophecy
Commentators agree that God instructed Isaiah to have his prophecy legally witnessed before the events occurred. This was a formal, public act to provide undeniable proof of God's foreknowledge. By having credible officials attest to the prophecy's date and content, no one could later claim it was written after the fact, thus authenticating it as a true word from the Lord.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I took unto me faithful witnesses—The precise object in calling in these witnesses is not known. Some have supposed that it was to bear …
19th Century
Anglican
And I took unto me faithful witnesses. —So that the prophet’s challenge to his opponents might be made more emphatic, the…
16th Century
Protestant
And I took into me witnesses. The noun עדים (gnedim), and the verb אעיד (agnid), which the Prophet employs, are derived …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record Not his marriage, nor the birth of his son, nor the name he gave him…
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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