Isaiah 8:7

Isaiah 8:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
• New International Version (NIV)therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will overflow all its channels, run over all its banks
• English Standard Version (ESV)therefore, behold, the Lord is bringing up against them the waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them The waters of the River, strong and mighty— The king of Assyria and all his glory; He will go up over all his channels And go over all his banks.

Context of Isaiah 8:7

5Again the Lord spoke to me, saying, 6“Because these people (Judah) have refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin [the king of Aram] and Remaliah’s son [Pekah the king of Israel], Now therefore, listen carefully, the Lord is about to bring on them the waters of the [Euphrates] River, strong and abundant— The king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise over all its channels and canals and go far beyond its banks. 8Then it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and pass through [the hills], Reaching even to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head], And its outstretched wings (the armies of Assyria) will fill the width of Your land, O Immanuel. 9“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered! Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries. Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered; Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.

Isaiah 8:7 word by word

וְלָכֵ֡ן הִנֵּ֣ה אֲדֹנָי֩ מַעֲלֶ֨ה עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אֶת־מֵ֣י הַנָּהָ֗ר הָעֲצוּמִים֙ וְהָ֣רַבִּ֔ים אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר וְאֶת־כָּל־כְּבוֹד֑וֹ וְעָלָה֙ עַל־כָּל־אֲפִיקָ֔יו וְהָלַ֖ךְ עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now therefore, behold, the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• bringeth upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• upon them the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of the riverנָהָרnâhâr · RiverH5104
• strongעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• and manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and all his gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• and he shall come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• over all his channelsאָפִיק'âphîyq · channelH650
• and go overהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• all his banksגָּדָהgâdâh · bankH1415

Cross-references for Isaiah 8:7

• Isaiah 17:12Oh, the uproar of many peoples Who roar like the roaring of the seas, And the noise of nations Who roar like the rumbling of mighty waters!
• Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the mason’s level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And waters will flood over the secret [hiding] place.
• Isaiah 59:19So they will fear the name of the Lord from the west And His glory from the rising of the sun. For He will come in like a narrow, rushing stream Which the breath of the Lord drives [overwhelming the enemy].
• Genesis 6:17For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
• Deuteronomy 28:49“The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle swoops down [to attack], a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River], Like the rivers [in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge about?
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks [of years] the Anointed One will be cut off [and denied His Messianic kingdom] and have nothing [and no one to defend Him], and the people of the [other] prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
• Daniel 11:10“His sons will prepare for battle and assemble a multitude of great forces; which will keep on coming and overflow [the land], and pass through, so that they may again wage war as far as his fortress.
• Amos 8:8Because of this [coming judgment] will the land not quake And everyone mourn who dwells in it? Indeed, all of it shall rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed around [from the impact of judgment] And [afterward] subside again like the Nile of Egypt.
• Amos 9:5The Lord God of hosts [the Omnipotent Ruler], It is He who touches the earth [in judgment] and it melts, And all who dwell on it mourn [in despair and fear], And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
• Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood [of judgment through invading armies] He will make a complete destruction of its site And will pursue His enemies into darkness.
• Luke 6:48he is like a [far-sighted, practical, and sensible] man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and yet could not shake it, because it had been securely built and founded on the rock.
• Revelation 12:15And the serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
• Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.
• Ezra 4:10and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region west of the [Euphrates] River. Now
• Psalms 72:8May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth.

Commentaries on Isaiah 8:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The waters of the river - By the river, in the Scripture, is commonly meant the river Euphrates, as being, by way of eminence, the largest river with which they were acquainted; and also as being that distinguished by the fact that Abraham had lived beyond it, and crossed it; see the note at Isaiah 7:20. In this verse the image is kept up which was commenced in Isaiah 8:6. The Jews rejected the gentle waters of Siloah, and sought the alliance of a foreign…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The mighty flood from the Euphrates River symbolizes the invading Assyrian army (see Jeremiah 47:2). The river would overflow its channels when the Assyrians advanced into Judah. This was a stark contrast to the gently flowing waters of Shiloah (Isaiah 8:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. therefore--for the reason given in Is 8:6, the Assyrian flood, which is first to overflood Syria and Samaria, shall rise high enough to reach rebel Judah also (Is 8:8). the river--Euphrates swollen in spring by the melting of the snow of the Armenian mountains (compare Is 8:6; Is 7:20). all his glory--Eastern kings travel with a gorgeous retinue. channels--natural and artificial in the level region, Mesopotamia.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 8:7

• Assyria
• Euphrates
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Pekah
• Rezin
• Syria
• Water

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Euphrates River, the River
• Ahaz
• Bestead
• Channel
• Dread
• Euphrates
• Light
• Sanctify

Commentaries on Isaiah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings