Isaiah 8:6 "Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

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New International Version
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

New Living Translation
“My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. They are rejoicing over what will happen to King Rezin and King Pekah.

English Standard Version
“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Berean Standard Bible
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

King James Bible
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

New King James Version
“Inasmuch as these people refused The waters of Shiloah that flow softly, And rejoice in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;

New American Standard Bible
“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

NASB 1995
“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

NASB 1977
“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

Legacy Standard Bible
“Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

Amplified Bible
“Because these people (Judah) have refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin [the king of Aram] and Remaliah’s son [Pekah the king of Israel],

Christian Standard Bible
Because these people rejected the slowly flowing water of Shiloah and rejoiced with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because these people rejected the slowly flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

American Standard Version
Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

Contemporary English Version
These people have refused the gentle waters of Shiloah and have gladly gone over to the side of King Rezin and King Pekah.

English Revised Version
Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"These people have rejected the gently flowing water of Shiloah and find joy in Rezin and Remaliah's son."

Good News Translation
He said, "Because these people have rejected the quiet waters of Shiloah Brook and tremble before King Rezin and King Pekah,

International Standard Version
"Because this people have rejected the gently-flowing waters of Shiloah, and because they keep rejoicing in Rezin and Remaliah's son,

Majority Standard Bible
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

NET Bible
"These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.

New Heart English Bible
"Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

Webster's Bible Translation
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

World English Bible
“Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
“Because that this people has refused "" The waters of Shiloah that go softly, "" And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Young's Literal Translation
'Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Smith's Literal Translation
Because this people rejected the water of Shiloh, going softly and rejoicing in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
Forasmuch as this people hath cast away the waters of Siloe, that go with silence, and hath rather taken Basin, and the son of Romelia:

Catholic Public Domain Version
“Because this people has cast aside the waters of Shiloah, which go forth silently, and has instead chosen Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

New American Bible
Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, And melts with fear at the display of Rezin and Remaliah’s son,

New Revised Standard Version
Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and melt in fear before Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
Forsasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah, that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and the son of Romaliah;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
”Because this people rejected the waters of Shilukha flowing in quietness and they rejoiced in Retsan and in the son of Rumlia

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
Forasmuch as this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rassin, and the son of Romelias to be king over you;

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

Assyrian Invasion Prophesied
…5And the LORD spoke to me further: 6“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah, 7the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.…

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:7-18
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...

Jeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Hosea 13:15
Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Psalm 46:4
There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.

John 4:10-14
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” / “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water? / Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?” ...

John 7:37-39
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” / He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Revelation 22:1-2
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb / down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

Jeremiah 2:18
Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?

Jeremiah 18:14-15
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry? / Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

Ezekiel 47:1-12
Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. / Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side. / As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water. ...

Psalm 36:8-9
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights. / For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

Zechariah 14:8
And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.

John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Matthew 7:26-27
But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

Treasury of Scripture

For as much as this people refuses the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

refuseth

1 Kings 7:16
And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:

2 Chronicles 13:8-18
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods…

the waters of Shiloah

Nehemiah 3:15
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

John 9:7
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

Siloam.

Jeremiah 2:13,18
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water…

Jeremiah 18:14
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

rejoice

Isaiah 7:1,2,6
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it…

Judges 9:16-20
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; …

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Isaiah 8

1. In Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, he prophesies Syria and Israel shall be subdued by Assyria
5. Judah likewise for their infidelity
9. God's judgments shall be irresistible
11. Comfort shall be to those who fear God
19. Great afflictions to idolaters

Berean Study Bible

Because this people has rejected
The phrase begins with a clear indication of a choice made by the people of Judah. The Hebrew word for "rejected" is "ma'as," which conveys a strong sense of disdain or refusal. Historically, this reflects the period when the people of Judah, under King Ahaz, turned away from God's guidance and sought alliances with foreign powers, such as Assyria, rather than trusting in the Lord. This rejection is not merely a passive act but an active decision to turn away from the divine covenant, highlighting the spiritual infidelity of the nation.

the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
The "gently flowing waters of Shiloah" symbolize God's provision and peace. Shiloah, or Siloam, was a small, steady stream in Jerusalem, representing God's quiet and sustaining presence. The Hebrew word "shiloah" suggests tranquility and a gentle flow, contrasting with the tumultuous and destructive forces the people preferred. This imagery underscores the people's rejection of God's peaceful and sustaining presence in favor of more turbulent and unreliable sources of security.

and rejoiced in Rezin
Rezin was the king of Aram (Syria), and his name here represents the political alliances that Judah sought. The Hebrew root "sus" for "rejoiced" implies a sense of delight or exultation. Historically, this reflects the political climate where Judah, instead of relying on God, found false joy and security in alliances with foreign powers. This misplaced trust in human leaders rather than divine guidance is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature, warning against the dangers of political expediency over spiritual fidelity.

and the son of Remaliah
The "son of Remaliah" refers to Pekah, the king of Israel, who allied with Rezin against Judah. This phrase highlights the political intrigue and the complex web of alliances that characterized the period. The mention of Pekah, without using his name, emphasizes his identity as a usurper and illegitimate ruler, further illustrating the folly of Judah's reliance on unstable and ungodly alliances. The historical context here is crucial, as it reflects the divided kingdom and the internal strife that weakened the people spiritually and politically.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(6) Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah . . .--Grammatically, the words "this people" might seem to refer to Judah, and suggest the thought that the tyranny of Ahaz had made him so unpopular that his subjects welcomed the invaders. On this view Ahaz sought the alliance with Tiglath-pilneser as against his own subjects no less than against Syria or Ephraim. He was as a Ferdinand of Naples falling back on Austria to protect him against Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel. What line was the prophet to take? Was he to take the side of the king, or that of his rebellious subjects who were ready to sacrifice their independence? As it is, he sides with neither, and has a warning for each. Each is running blindly into destruction. The prophet could hardly have blamed the people of Syria and Israel for following their own kings; but it was for him a strange and monstrous thing that Judah should follow their example. We must remember, too, that in spite of the weakness and wickedness of Ahaz, the prophet's hopes rested on the house of David (Isaiah 11:1), and that Hezekiah was already old enough to justify that hope. The "waters of Shiloah that go softly," issuing from the slope between Moriah and Zion, "fast by the oracles of God" (Psalm 46:4; John 9:7), presenting so striking a contrast to the great rivers, Nile, Euphrates, Hiddekel (Tigris), on which stood the capitals of great empires, or even to the Abana and Pharpar of Syria, and the Jordan of Ephraim, were a natural symbol of the ideal polity and religion of Judah. (Comp. Ezekiel 47:1-5.) In acting as they did the people were practically apostatising as much as "that king Ahaz" of 2Chronicles 28:22.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - Forasmuch as this people. It is a question which people is intended, Judah or Israel. Ewald supposes Judah, and draws the conclusion that there was a strong party in Jerusalem which favored "the son of Tabeal." Dr. Kay does the same, but understands the charge against Judah to be, not that it sympathized with Rezin, but that it fell into the same sins. Other commentators suggest that Israel is the people intended (as in Isaiah 9:16), the sense being carried on from ver. 4, where the word "Samaria" is suggestive of the Israelite people. Refuseth the waters of Shiloah. The "pool of Siloah" (Nehemiah 3:15) was the tank or reservoir at the southwestern foot of Ophel, which is supplied with water by a narrow conduit cut through the limestone rock for a distance of 1750 feet from the "Pool of the Virgin" on the opposite side of Ophel, in the Kedron valley. This pool itself is fed from reservoirs under the temple area, which have not yet been fully explored. It is probable that Isaiah uses the expression "waters of Shiloah" in a general sense for the streams, springs, reservoirs, conduits, which supplied the temple, and were connected with its service. "Refusing the waters of Shiloah" would then be, without any violent metaphor, refusing the temple service and worship, which was exactly what the Israelites had done from the time of Jeroboam. That go softly. In contrast with the "waters of the river, strong and many," of the next verse. They who refused the mild and gentle government of Jehovah should experience the impetuous and torrent-like rush of the Assyrian armies. Rejoice in Rezin; rather, rejoice with Rezin; i.e. sympathize with him, rejoice when he rejoices.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

“Because
יַ֗עַן (ya·‘an)
Adverb
Strong's 3282: Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause

this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

people
הָעָ֣ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

has rejected
מָאַס֙ (mā·’as)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3988: To spurn, to disappear

the gently
לְאַ֑ט (lə·’aṭ)
Preposition-l | Adverb
Strong's 328: A necromancer, gently

flowing
הַהֹלְכִ֖ים (ha·hō·lə·ḵîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

waters
מֵ֣י (mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

of Shiloah
הַשִּׁלֹ֔חַ (haš·ši·lō·aḥ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7975: Shiloah -- a reservoir in Jerusalem

and rejoiced
וּמְשׂ֥וֹשׂ (ū·mə·śō·wś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4885: Exultation, rejoicing

in Rezin
רְצִ֖ין (rə·ṣîn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7526: Rezin -- a king of Aram (Syria), also an Israelite

and the son
וּבֶן־ (ū·ḇen-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Remaliah,
רְמַלְיָֽהוּ׃ (rə·mal·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7425: Remaliah -- father of King Pekah of Israel

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OT Prophets: Isaiah 8:6 Because this people have refused the waters (Isa Isi Is)