Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"I will take for Myself faithful witness to record"
Text: Isaiah 8:2
ANOTHER SON OF ISAIAH
Once again, the LORD was going to use the sons of Isaiah as an illustration of what He would do soon. Ahaz and Judah did not understand nor appreciate the LORD and His word of prophecy. Nevertheless, God would speak to His people.
“Moreover the LORD said to me,
‘Take a large scroll,
and write on it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
And I will take for Myself faithful witnesses to record,
Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.’
Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son.
Then the LORD said to me,
‘Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz;
for before the child shall have knowledge to cry ‘My father’ and ‘My mother,’
the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away
before the king of Assyria.'”
Isaiah 8:1-4
1. This prophecy would be recorded.
a) God would give to Isaiah a second son.
b) His name would be Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
c) The meaning of this name: “Speed the spoil, hasten the booty”.
d) This was a prophetic reference to the coming invasion of the Assyrians.
i) They were speeding their way to the Middle East.
ii) They were hastening to the booty they would have after their victory in battle.
2. The significance of a recorded prophecy.
a) There would be two witnesses.
b) Their names:
i) Uriah the priest
ii) Jeberechiah (He was not identified fully)
c) The prophecy from the LORD can be checked to see if it is fulfilled.
3. Isaiah and his wife
a) Isaiah was blessed with a good wife.
b) She was a rare prophetess.
c) They had a child and they named him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
4. Isaiah and his wife believed in the Lord and His word.
a) The significance of this prophetic word.
b) Assyria was on its way to attack Syria and Israel.
i) The riches of Damascus (Syria) would be taken away.
ii) The spoil of Samaria (Israel) would be in the hands of the Assyrians.
5. When would this happen?
a) After the birth of Isaiah’s second son.
b) Before he can speak and call his parents:
“My father,” and “My mother”
c) A child can learn to speak by the time he is two.
d) The Assyrian invasion would be very soon!