¶ And the Lord spake yet again unto me, saying,

Because this people hath refused the waters of [a]Shiloah that run softly, and rejoice with Rezin, and the son of Remaliah,

Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of [b]the River mighty and great, even the King of Assyria with all his glory, and he shall come up upon all their rivers, and go over all their banks,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:6 Which was a fountain at the foot of mount Zion, out of the which ran a small river through the city: meaning, that they of Judah, distrusting their own power, which was small, desired such power and riches as they saw in Syria and Israel.
  2. Isaiah 8:7 That is, the Assyrians which dwell beyond Euphrates.

The Lord spoke to me again:

“Because this people has rejected(A)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(B)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,(C)
therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters(D) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria(E) with all his pomp.(F)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks(G)

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