Isa 8:5-10 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Isa 8:5-10: 8:5-10 This prophecy connects the sign of Maher-shalal-hash-baz with the sign of Immanuel (8:8 , 10 ).

Summary for Isa 8:5-10: 8:5-10 ^a This prophecy connects the sign of Maher-shalal-hash-baz with the sign of Immanuel (8:8 ^b, 10 ^c).
8:6 ^d The gently flowing waters of Shiloah supplied Jerusalem with water. Here they represent God’s loving presence and provision (see Ps 46:4 ^e).

• Ahaz rejected the sign and the promise of God’s protection. He was not a man of faith (Isa 7:9 ^f), and now the people were following in his footsteps by placing their hope in Assyria to save them from King Rezin and King Pekah (cp. 7:7-9 ^g, 16 ^h).
8:7 ⁱ The mighty flood from the Euphrates River represents the invading Assyrian army (see Jer 47:2 ^j). The river would overflow all its channels when the Assyrians marched deep into Judah. This stood as a frightening contrast with the gently flowing waters of Shiloah (Isa 8:6 ^k).
8:8 ^l chin deep: Judah barely survived the Assyrian assaults in 701 BC (see chs 36–37 ^m).

• submerging your land from one end to the other: From north to south, Judah was nearly devastated, except for the city of Jerusalem (see 1:8-9 ⁿ; chs 36–37 ^o).

• Immanuel: Despite their failure to trust him and the disaster it brought, God was still with his people (see 7:14 ^p).
Summary for Isa 8:9-10: 8:9-10 ^q God’s plan to rescue his stubborn people would ultimately be fulfilled. God planned to destroy Assyria, just as he does every other proud nation that rejects him or boasts in its own power.
8:10 ^r God is with us: See 7:14 ^s; 8:8 ^t.