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 further, saying, 6“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah; Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates River, That is, the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise over all its channels and go over all its banks. 8Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach as far as the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the expanse of your land, Immanuel. 9“Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. Get ready, yet be shattered; Get ready, yet 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

• Now thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• is about to bringעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
• strongעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• and abundantרַבrab · manyH7227
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• Riverנָהָרnâhâr · RiverH5104
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• riseעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• its channelsאָפִיק'âphîyq · channelH650
• and goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• its 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 rumbling of nations Who rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters!
• Isaiah 28:17I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret 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 like a rushing stream Which the wind of the Lord drives.
• Genesis 6:17Now behold, I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.
• Deuteronomy 28:49“The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down; a nation whose language you will not understand,
• Jeremiah 46:7Who is this that rises like the Nile, Like the rivers whose waters surge?
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks, the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
• Daniel 11:10“And his sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through, so that he may again wage war up to his fortress.
• Amos 8:8Because of this will the land not quake, And everyone who lives in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
• Amos 9:5The Lord God of armies, The One who touches the land so that it quakes, And all those who live in it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
• Nahum 1:8But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete end of its site, And will pursue His enemies into darkness.
• Luke 6:48he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not shake it, because it had been well built.
• 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 17:15And he said to me, “The waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages.
• Ezra 4:10and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the Euphrates River. And now
• Psalms 72:8May he also rule from sea to sea, And from the Euphrates River 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