Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 8:6

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6. waters of Shiloah . . . softly —Their source is on the southeast of Zion and east of Jerusalem. It means "sent," the water being sent through an aqueduct ( John 9:7 ). Figurative for the mild, though now weak, sway of the house of David; in the highest sense Shiloah expresses the benignant sway of Jehovah in the theocracy, administered through David. Contrast to the violent Euphrates, "the river" that typifies Assyria ( Isaiah 8:7 ; Revelation 17:15 ). "This people" refers both to Israel, which preferred an alliance with Rezin of Syria to one with the kings of Judah, and to Judah, a party in which seems to have favored the pretentions of the son of Tabeal against David's line ( Isaiah 7:6 ); also to Judah's desire to seek an Assyrian alliance is included in the censure (compare Isaiah 7:6- : ). Isaiah 8:14 shows that both nations are meant; both alike rejected the divine Shiloah. Not " My people," as elsewhere, when God expresses favor, but "this people" ( Isaiah 8:14- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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