- In Isaiah 8 there are a number of symbols. What is the message engraved on the large sheet?
- Why is it necessary to have witnesses?
- Does the term “neviah” mean a prophetess or the wife of the navi?
- What is the symbol represented in the name of the child — and how does it compare to the symbolism of the “gila’yon”?
- As in Isaiah 7, the child would seem to be primarily a “measuring rod” of time (Isaiah 8:4); is this correct?
- What is the warning to the nations in Isaiah 8:9-10?
- Although political enemies may not destroy the kingdom of Israel and Judea, what does Isaiah 8:14 portend?
- In Isaiah 8:17 there is a phrase that has been applied to the recent Holocaust experience; what is it?
- Would Isaiah 8:19 indicate that superstition, if not right, was common in Israel?
- As Isaiah 8 closes, would Isaiah 8:22 indicate a “turn to the good” or that all is most unpromising?
- And, recalling the earlier chapters — why?
