Catena Fidei

Search

Search arguments, verses, authorities and passages

The Prophet Isaiah, Michelangelo

Isaiah 8:3

Michelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509, Sistine Chapel

VerseOld Testament · Read in context

Isaiah 8:3 (WEB)

I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then the LORD said to me, “Call his name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’

Fathers and councils · 5

Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “For He was already despoiling men, by removing their ignorance, conferring upon them His own knowledge, and scattering abroad those who recognised Him, as Esaias says: “Call His name, Quickly spoil, Rapidly divide.”” — editor's note: Isa. viii. 3.

    Read the whole comment
  • “…“He is a man, and who shall know him?” and, “I came unto the prophetess, and she bare a son, and His name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God;” and those [of them] who proclaimed Him as Immanuel, [born] of the Virgin, exhibited the union of the Word of God with His own workmanship, [declaring] that the…” — editor's note: Isa. viii. 3, Isa. ix. 6, Isa. vii. 14. [A confusion of texts.]

    Read the whole comment

John Chrysostom

  • “To many he assigned names even from their birth, as to Isaac, and Samson, and to those in Isaiah and Hosea ( Isa. viii. 3; Hos. i. 4, 6, 9 ); but to others He gave them after they had been named by their parents, as to those we have mentioned, and to Joshua the son of Nun.” — the author cites it

    Read the whole comment
  • “How is it then that the prophet said, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz?”” — editor's note: Isa. viii. 3. [Chrysostom does not use the Hebrew name here, but simply repeats a part of the Greek phrase used to translate “Maher-shalal-hash-baz” in the…

    Read the whole comment

Jerome

  • “And when you have gone to the prophetess, and have conceived in the womb, and have brought forth a son, say: “Lord, we have been with child by thy fear, we have been in pain, we have brought forth the spirit of thy salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth.”” — editor's note: Isa. viii. 3. Jerome should have substituted “prophet” for “prophetess.” As it stands the quotation is meaningless.

    Read the whole comment

Connections

Around this entry

Open the whole map
  • Old Testament verses
  • New Testament verses
  • Passages
  • Favorites
  • prefigures → fulfilled
  • taught → disciple · succeeded →

Hover to trace, click to select, double-click to open.