Isaiah 8:3 2 Nephi 18:3 Background: 8th century BC

Isaiah’s ministry was during the time when the kingdoms of Israel and Judah were divided. He began his ministry during the reign of King Uzziah of Judah and continued through three more, Jothan, Ahaz and Hezekiah. At the time that these scriptures were given Judah was under threat of attack from Rezin, king of Syria, and Pekah, King of Israel. Isaiah obviously did not have a high opinion of Pekah because he often refused to refer to him by name, simply calling him “Remaliah’s son.” Not long after these prophecies were given the children of Israel fell into captivity and the ten tribes were scattered. Facts about her:

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• She was the wife of the prophet Isaiah;

• She bore a son to Isaiah named Maher-shalal-hash-baz, which means “destruction is imminent”

• Isaiah refers to her as “the prophetess”;

• After Isaiah received the prophesy on Christ (chapter 7) he was commanded to write on a great roll with a “man’s pen” (perhaps meaning that it was easy to be read) the prophecy the Lord had given him about “Maher-shalal-hash-baz” (referring to the destruction which is to come to the children of Israel from Assyria). After Isaiah wrote the prophesy he “went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz” (Isaiah 8:3);

• In Isaiah 8: 18 Isaiah stated that “… I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and wonders in Israel…” His sons were living testaments to the coming of Jesus Christ and the future of Israel.

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Speculations about her:

• The scriptures don’t specify but it is very likely that she was also the mother of Isaiah’s other son Sherajashub, whose name means “a remnant shall return” ;

• Since Isaiah was from upper class society it is likely that she was as well;

• There is much controversy about the correct translation of the Hebrew word “almah” in Isaiah 7:14 which says, “Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Traditionally Christians have translated the word as “virgin” and have seen this scripture as a reference to Mary, the mother of Christ and his divine birth. Jews on the other hand claim that the word should not be translated as “virgin” but as “young woman” and doesn’t denote a woman’s sexual status. They claim that Isaiah’s prophesy in 7:14 was either a referring to a random woman in the crowd that Isiah was preaching to or that he was referring to his own wife (perhaps indicating that Isaiah’s first wife, the mother of Sherajashub, had died and that Isiah had remarried a young woman). This is a highly contested issue between Christan and Jewish scholars and there is a lot of literature on it. I think that this article gave a good concise explanation of both sides, even though it is a little skewed to the Jewish side.

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