King James Version
Isaiah 8:6 in the King James Version says “Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;”
Isaiah 8:6 · KJV
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:
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel . stretching: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings
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“Forasmuch”
H3282properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“as this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“that go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“and rejoice”
H4885delight, concretely (the cause or object) or abstractly (the feeling)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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