King James Version
Isaiah 8:5 in the King James Version says “The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,”
Isaiah 8:5 · KJV
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. went: Heb. approached
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. the riches: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc
The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
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:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“also unto me again”
H3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
“spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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