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Isaiah 7:3
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Isaiah 7:3
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3 So the Lord told Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear Jashub[a] and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool that is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth.[b]
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- Isaiah 7:3 tn The name means “a remnant will return.” Perhaps in this context, where the Lord is trying to encourage Ahaz, the name suggests that only a few of the enemy invaders will return home; the rest will be defeated.
- Isaiah 7:3 tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “the Washerman’s Field.”
Isaiah 8:3
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Isaiah 8:3
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3 I then approached the prophetess for marital relations;[a] she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord told me, “Name him Maher Shalal Hash Baz,
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- Isaiah 8:3 tn The expression קָרַב אֶל (qarav ʾel) means “draw near to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for the intended purpose of sexual relations.
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