Isaiah 8 · Verse 2

Isaiah 8:2

And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
Isaiah 8:2, King James Version

Isaiah 8:2 in other translations

BSBAnd I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses—Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”
WEBand I will take for myself faithful witnesses to testify: Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.”
ASVand I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
YLTAnd I cause faithful witnesses to testify to me, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah.
DARBYAnd I took unto me to witness, sure witnesses, Urijah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.
BBEAnd take true witnesses to the writing, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah.
WebsterAnd I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

What does Isaiah 8:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. I took--rather, "The Lord said to me, that I should take," &c. [Maurer]. Uriah--an accomplice of Ahaz in idolatry, and therefore a witness not likely to assist the prophet of God in getting up a prophecy after the event (2Ki 16:10). The witnesses were in order that when the event should come, they might testify that the tablet containing the prophecy had been inscribed with it at the time that it professed. Zechariah--(2Ch 29:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 8:1-8

Exhortations and warnings. (Is. 8:1-8) Comfort for those who fear God. (Is. 8:9-16) Afflictions to idolaters. (Is. 8:17-22) Verses 1-8 The prophet is to write on a large roll, or on a metal tablet, words which meant, "Make speed to spoil, hasten to the prey:" pointing out that the Assyrian army should come with speed, and make great spoil. Very soon the riches of Damascus and of Samaria, cities then secure and…

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Isaiah 8:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָעִ֣ידָהve.'a.'I.dahand I will call as witnessH5749
לִּ֔יLifor <the> myself
עֵדִ֖ים'e.DimwitnessesH5707
נֶאֱמָנִ֑יםne.'e.ma.NimreliableH539
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
אוּרִיָּ֣ה'u.ri.YahUriahH223
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
זְכַרְיָ֖הוּze.khar.Ya.huZechariahH2148
בֶּ֥ןben[the] son ofH1121
יְבֶרֶכְיָֽהוּ\׃ye.ve.rekh.Ya.huJeberekiahH3000

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 8:2

  • 2 Kings 16:10-11

    And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

  • 2 Kings 16:15-16

    And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by. Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.

  • 2 Kings 18:2

    Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:1

    This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

  • Ruth 4:10-11

    Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth–lehem:

  • Ruth 4:2

    And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I took.
Ru 4:2,10,11; 2Co 13:1
Uria.
2Ki 16:10,11; 18:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 8:1

    Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

  • Isaiah 8:2

    And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

  • Isaiah 8:3

    And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

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Isaiah 8:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y junté conmigo por testigos fieles á Urías sacerdote, y á Zacarías hijo de Jeberechîas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je me pris de fidèles témoins pour témoigner, Urie, le sacrificateur, et Zacharie, fils de Jebérékia.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ich will mir zuverlässige Zeugen nehmen: Urija, den Priester, und Sacharja, den Sohn Jeberekjas. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et adhibui mihi testes fideles, Uriam sacerdotem, et Zachariam, filium Barachiæ: