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Isaiah 8:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 6Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
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Role in This Section
The narrated sign and its political setting states or reports “Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s…” at Isaiah 8:6 as a specific part of “Assyria Floods Judah but Immanuel Limits the Threat.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 8:5–10
Read Isaiah 8:6 with 8:5–10. By itself, “Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Rejecting Shiloah's quiet waters brings the Euphrates-like Assyrian flood up to Judah's neck, yet the peoples' plans fail because God is with us.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Isaiah 8:5–10, not an independent maxim. The narrated sign and its political setting states or reports “Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s…” at Isaiah 8:6 as a specific part of “Assyria Floods Judah but Immanuel Limits the Threat.”
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 8:5–10 — Assyria Floods Judah but Immanuel Limits the ThreatSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 8:5–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 8:5–10 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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