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Isaiah 7:3
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh commands Isaiah to go out with his son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the upper pool's aqueduct on the road to the Launderer’s Field. This directive follows the report that Aram and Ephraim have allied against Judah, causing Ahaz and his people to tremble.
The words — The Hebrew צֵא־ נָא (tze'- na') literally translates to "go out please," directing Isaiah to leave his position and proceed to a public location.
The thread — The meeting at Jerusalem's water infrastructure parallels the Assyrian military advance recorded in 2 Kings 18:17 and Isaiah 36:2. The name Shear-jashub, meaning "a remnant shall return," aligns with the surviving remnant theme later cited in Romans 9:27.
Why it lands — The text states a divine command to approach a fearful king before any promise of deliverance is given. It asks the reader to prioritize immediate obedience to God's instruction over reaction to political threats.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear–jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field;
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 18:17 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- Isaiah 36:2 And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
- Romans 9:27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
- Isaiah 6:13 And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
- Exodus 7:15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
- 2 Kings 20:20 As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- Isaiah 10:21 A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Jeremiah 19:2 and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,
- Jeremiah 22:1 This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there,